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UltraShame
Nov 6, 2006

Vocabulum.
I got to watch the NOVA documentary about their expedition to Everest, when they ended up finding George Mallory's body in 1999. It was great. The amount of corpses frozen forever on the side of the mountain is shocking.

Anyone have any other recommendations for documentaries regarding Mount Everest?

e: added some links for the curious.

UltraShame fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Feb 5, 2012

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UltraShame
Nov 6, 2006

Vocabulum.

bionictom posted:

there's a thread about everest here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3412948

These were the ducomentaries people mentioned:
Touching the Void
Dark Side of Everest
IMAX Everest (film team that was there for the '96 disaster)
Everest: Beyond the Limit by Discovery (film team was there for the '06 David Sharp death and controversy)
Frontline: Storm Over Everest

Wow, that was fast and incredibly helpful! Thanks, I had no idea that thread existed. I got to see Beyond the Limit recently - I think that's the one where the dude with the crazy prosthetic legs summited. It was excellent, if a little short.

UltraShame
Nov 6, 2006

Vocabulum.
Evidently Touching the Void is both a book, and has a dramatized movie. Since this is the documentary thread, how good is the film?

Also, thank you.

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