Americans on Everest

1965-09-10| 48 min

"In 1963, Swiss climber Norman Dyhrenfurth began 'a little war against a big mountain.' Leading 19 Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters carrying 27 tons of gear, Dyhrenfurth spearheaded the highly successful 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition for his adopted country. Jim Whittaker, accompanied by Nawang Gombu Sherpa made the first ascent by the Hillary-Tensing route. On May 22, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made the first ascent by the unclimbed West Ridge. They descended by the South Col, making the first traverse of Everest. Orson Welles narrates the spectacular record, and the film includes the first ever filmed images from the summit."

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Orson Welles

Jim Whittaker

Ngawang Gombu

Barry Bishop

Lute Jerstad

Willi Unsoeld

Tom Hornbein

Barry Prather

Barry Corbet

Al Auten

James Ramsey Ullman

Norman Dyhrenfurth

Dan Doody

Dave Dingman

Dick Emerson

Will Siri

Maynard Miller

John F. Kennedy

Jimmy Roberts

Jim Lester

Dick Pownall

Gill Roberts

Jake Breitenbach

Americans on Everest

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