Everest Unmasked
02/01/1978
Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst? Would they suffer brain damage leading to madness? Nobody was sure. Messner: 'I would never come here for trying Everest with oxygen. That is not a challenge for me.' A fascinating piece of history, well filmed by Leo Dickinson and Eric Jones (above the South Col Messner used a cine camera to continue the filming), featuring Messner and Habeler's thoughts. The film follows the usual sequence from Namche to Base Camp, through the Icefall, to Camps I, II and III. It also shows historical footage of the pioneering Mallory and Shipton expeditions.
Movie Information
Reinhold Messner
as Self
Peter Habeler
as Self
Leo Dickinson
as Self
Wolfgang Nairz
as Self
Robert Schauer
as Self
Helli Hagner
as Self
Franz Oppurg
as Self
Dawa Nuru Sherpa
as Self
Raimund Margreiter
as Self
George Mallory
as Self (archive footage)
Sky du Mont
as Narrator
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