The Dark Side of Everest (2003)
Death on Everest
50 min
May 25, 1996 - Bruce Herrod, a South African mountaineer reached the summit of Everest at 5 p.m. On the radio, we urge him to come down as soon as possible because the descent is dangerous in the middle of the night. A few hours later, no news from him. From this South African expedition which turned into a fiasco and another expedition carried out in parallel, the testimonies of the members of these expeditions show to what extent the thirst for climbing to the top of certain mountaineers, combined with the lack of oxygen , can alter the lucidity of climbers to the point of changing their relationship to death and thus lead them to neglect other expedition members in order to ensure their victory or save their own life.
- Release date
- January 1, 2003
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Alec Harrison, Bruce Leitl
Cast
- Pete Athans as Self
- Zam Baring as Narrator
- Neil Beidleman as Self
- Anatoli Boukreev as Self
- Matt Dickinson as Self
- Bruce Herrold as Self
- Alan Hinkes as Self
- Ken Kamler as Self
- Jon Krakauer as Self
- John Martin Meek as Self
Crew
- Bruce Herrold · Archive footage
- Andrew Palmer · Director
- Zam Baring · Writer
- Brian Dooley · Writer
- Carrie Madu · Producer
- Andrew Palmer · Producer
- Alec Harrison · Composer
- Bruce Leitl · Composer
- Doug Forbes · Editor