Storm Over Everest

May 13, 2008

1h 45m

★ 8.0

Overview

As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears, who aided the rescue efforts back in 1996, now returns to Everest to tell the fuller story of what really happened on that legendary climb. Through remarkably intimate interviews with the climbers and Sherpas many who have never spoken before on American television Breashears sheds new light on the worst climbing tragedy in Mount Everest s history.

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Arcturus Motion Pictures

Working Title Films

GBH

PBS

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Cast

Himself

David Breashears

Himself-Guide

Neal Beidleman

Himself-Guide

Mike Groom

Herself-Client

Charlotte Fox

Herself-Client

Sandy HIll

Herself-Client

Lene Gammelgaard

Himself-Client Taiwanese Team

Makalu Gau

Himself-Guide Mountain Madness

Neal Beidleman

Himself-Guide Adventure Consultants

Mike Groom

Herself-Client Mountain Madness

Charlotte Fox

Herself-Client Mountain Madness

Sandy HIll

Herself-Client Mounain Madness

Lene Gammelgaard

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