High and Hallowed: Everest 1963

Overview

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

Top cast

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Melissa Arnot

Self

Reinhold Messner

Self

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Barry Bishop

Self (archive footage)

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Brent Bishop

Self

Norman Dyhrenfurth

Self

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Ngawang Gombu

Self (archive footage)

Dave Hahn

Self

Tom Hornbein

Self

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Lute Jerstad

Self (archive footage)

Jon Krakauer

Self (narrator)

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Charley Mace

Self

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David Morton

Self

Jake Norton

Self

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Willi Unsoeld

Self (archive footage)

Jim Whittaker

Self

Steve House

Self

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Dave Dingman

Self

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Dianne Roberts

Self

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Leif Whittaker

Self

Doug Scott

Self

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