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“Beyond the Edge” | Story of the 1953 First Ever Summit of Mount Everest

In the beginning of the year 1953 the score on Mount Everest was 13 deaths, 0 summits. It was still very unknown if the summit of Mount Everest could be achieved. New Zealand bee-keeper Edmund Hillary and very experienced Sherpa Tenzig Norgay changed all that on May 29th, 1953. Against all odds and against ridiculous climactic conditions, they safe reached the summit of 29,028-foot Mount Everest. This movie is a re-dramatization of the Edmund and Tenzig’s first ascent of Everest. It premiers on October 24th, 2013 in New Zealand […]

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SnowBrains | September 11, 2013
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