Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest

Name: Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-04-20
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7.6

★ 7,6 /10 (7 Votes)

2018 NE 101 min

Overview

A team of 20 elite Nepali climbers venture into the Death Zone of Mount Everest to restore their sacred mountain and the contaminated water source of 1.3 billion people. They ascend the highest point on the planet to the 150 bodies of deceased climbers and 100,000 pounds of rubbish that remain on the high slopes of Everest. This is the self-documented story of their life-threatening journey.

Release date

20/04/2018

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Documentary

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Runtime

101 min

Patrick Stewart

Narrator (voice)

Namgyal Sherpa

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Long Dorjee Sherpa

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Purna Sherpa

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Nima Sherpa

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Indra Bahadur Rai

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Sange Sherpa

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Karma Sherpa

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Pasang Sherpa II

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Pemba Chiiri Sherpa

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Dajangbo Sherpa

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I believe this has gotten a re-release with Patrick Stewart providing the narration--although I'm not 100% sure. I do know that as of June 2019, it is streaming on Amazon Prime in USA. This is a really interesting documentary about the difficulties of Everest. There are many ways that you can tell an interesting story about the highest point on Earth and this one comes from the perspective of the Sherpa and their quest to de-trash the mountain. It's very matter-of-fact with most of the camera work on the ascent being shot on GoPro's worn by the Sherpa themselves. It totally works and Pat…

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