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.
Directed by Jim Aikman, Jake Norton, David Morton
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Melissa Arnot
Self
Reinhold Messner
Self
Barry Bishop
Self (archive footage)
Brent Bishop
Self
Norman Dyhrenfurth
Self
Ngawang Gombu
Self (archive footage)
Dave Hahn
Self
Tom Hornbein
Self
Lute Jerstad
Self (archive footage)
Jon Krakauer
Self (narrator)
Charley Mace
Self
David Morton
Self
Jake Norton
Self
Willi Unsoeld
Self (archive footage)
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