High and Hallowed: Everest 1963

The story

High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 is the deepest story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American mountaineering history. Showcasing the daring and visionary efforts of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, the film examines the sheer commitment, step-by-step struggle and lasting impact of America's first ascent of Mount Everest and the pioneering first ascent of West Ridge by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. Five decades later, High and Hallowed returns to Everest to find out if the essence of risk, adventure and the unknown that drew the first Americans to the summit still exists on Everest today.

Cast

M Melissa ArnotSelf R Reinhold MessnerSelf B Barry BishopSelf (archive footage) B Brent BishopSelf N Norman DyhrenfurthSelf N Ngawang GombuSelf (archive footage) D Dave HahnSelf T Tom HornbeinSelf L Lute JerstadSelf (archive footage) J Jon KrakauerSelf (narrator) C Charley MaceSelf D David MortonSelf

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J Jake NortonSelf W Willi UnsoeldSelf (archive footage) J Jim WhittakerSelf S Steve HouseSelf D Dave DingmanSelf D Dianne RobertsSelf L Leif WhittakerSelf D Doug ScottSelf E Ed ViestursSelf T Tenzing NorgaySelf (archive footage) E Edmund HillarySelf (archive footage) J Jim LesterSelf (archive footage) J John F. KennedySelf (archive footage) M Maynard MillerSelf (archive footage) W Will SiriSelf (archive footage) M Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage) F Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage) J Jake BreitenbachSelf (archive footage) G Gill RobertsSelf (archive footage) D Dick PownallSelf (archive footage) J James Ramsey UllmanSelf (archive footage) A Al AutenSelf (archive footage) B Barry CorbetSelf (archive footage) B Barry PratherSelf (archive footage) D Dan DoodySelf (archive footage) D Dick EmersonSelf (archive footage)