The Dark Side of Everest

January. 01,2003      
Rating:
7.2
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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.

Anatoli Boukreev as  Self
Simone Moro as  Self
Brian Blessed as  Self
Zam Baring as  Narrator

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Reviews

Wordiezett
2003/01/01

So much average

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Taraparain
2003/01/02

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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Janae Milner
2003/01/03

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Arianna Moses
2003/01/04

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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