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Synopsis
Following in the footsteps of Captain John Noel and his immensely popular documentaries taken on the Mount Everest expeditions of the 1920s ("Climbing Mount Everest"/"The Epic of Everest"), Frank Smythe hoped to help finance his 1931 attempt on Kamet, another Himalayan peak, by bringing back film footage of a successful ascent including summit shots which were at that time the highest ever taken in the world.
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Key crew
- Frank SmytheDirector
- C. à Becket WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Frank SmytheSelf - expedition leader
- E. St. John BirnieSelf - expeditioner
- E. Bentley BeaumanSelf - expeditioner
- C. Raymond GreeneSelf - expedition physician (as Dr. C. Raymond Greene)
- R.L. HoldsworthSelf - expeditioner
- Eric ShiptonSelf-expeditioner
- LewaSelf - Sherpa
- Nema DorjeSelf - Sherpa
- Nima TendrupSelf - Sherpa
Themes
himalaya mountain rangeasiaexpeditionmountainmountaineerglacierclimbingsnowblack and whitesummitmountain climbingmountaineering