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Everest

1998Movie44 minG

Documentary
81
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IMDb7.0Rotten Tomatoes93%75%
81
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.0Rotten Tomatoes93%75%

Summary

An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.

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  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

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  • You want something to laugh at

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  • Leaves you in awe.
  • Teaches you something.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Feels like real life.

Not for laughs or romance.

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Documentaryin 255 titlesThe filmmakers initially intended to document Ed Viesturs's attempt at summitting Mt. Everest, after he'd previously scaled it part of the way.Challenge SeekerRare · in 32 titlesThe reason that so many people want to scale Everest in the first place; some, like Ed Viesturs even go so far as to climb without bottled oxygen, which is both much more difficult and very dangerous…All 12 tropes

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