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The Himalayas
This is the story, in eight episodes, of the conquest of Mount Everest in the Himalayas and its impact on the world. We meet the climbers who reached the summit and those who perished attempting the ascent. We encounter the Sherpa people, an ethnic group originating from Tibet, explore high-altitude mountaineering techniques, and hear the stories of expedition leaders and team members throughout their journey, while cameras capture every danger on the icy peaks. Viewers will remember that Everest is a world of illusions, a world that can become hostile in an instant, swept by fierce winds and deadly ice slides. A more recent, political, ecological, and economic perspective focuses primarily on present-day Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan and their economies, including the Tibetan carpet industry and the Chinese occupation.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 8 episodes (January 1, 1994)
Cast
- Reinhold Messner as Self
- Benoît Chamoux as Self
- Jean-Christophe Lafaille as Self
- Edmund Hillary as Self
- Andrew Irvine as Self
- George Mallory as Self
- Tenzin Gyatso as Self
- E.G. Marshall as Narrator
Details
- Created by
- Brando Quilici
- First aired
- January 1, 1994
- Episodes
- 8
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 10.0 / 10 from 1 votes
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