Everest (2015)
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
In spring 1996 a New Zealand guide leads paying clients from Kathmandu up to Everest Base Camp and on toward the summit, while his pregnant wife waits at home in New Zealand.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Kathmandu, Nepal≈ 00:03:00Stated on screen
Rob greets his Adventure Consultants clients as they arrive in Nepal.
- 2Lukla airstrip and trek≈ 00:10:00Lukla, NepalInferred
The team flies into the mountains and trek up the Khumbu valley.
- 3Everest Base Camp, Nepal≈ 00:15:00Stated on screen
At base camp the teams acclimatise, Rob makes a deal to cooperate with Scott Fischer's team, and they make practice climbs.
- 4Camp 4≈ 00:48:00South Col (Camp 4), Mount EverestStated on screen
The climbers set out from the highest camp at night for the summit.
- 5Summit≈ 01:00:00Mount EverestStated on screen
- 6South Summit≈ 01:22:00Mount EverestStated on screen
- 6Jan's home≈ 01:30:00Christchurch, New ZealandInferred
- 7Beck stumbles into Camp 4≈ 01:45:00South Col (Camp 4), Mount EverestStated on screen
- 8Helicopter rescue≈ 01:50:00Western Cwm, Mount EverestInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 189 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 9
- Plane: 139 km
- On foot: 50 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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