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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit Everest. Over the next 40 years, only top professional climbers attempted the same feat. One in four died. Title Card:
1992: New Zealander Rob Hall pioneered the concept of commercial guiding on Everest for amateur climbers. Over the next four years his team, Adventure Consultants, successfully led 19 clients to summit without a single fatality. Title Card:
1996: Other commercial operators follow Rob Hall's lead, including Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness. More than 20 expeditions compete to summit Everest in the same two week window
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit Everest. Over the next 40 years, only top professional climbers attempted the same feat. One in four died. Title Card:
1992: New Zealander Rob Hall pioneered the concept of commercial guiding on Everest for amateur climbers. Over the next four years his team, Adventure Consultants, successfully led 19 clients to summit without a single fatality. Title Card:
1996: Other commercial operators follow Rob Hall's lead, including Scott Fischer's Mountain Madness. More than 20 expeditions compete to summit Everest in the same two week window
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I plan on going for the summit May 10
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It's been a lucky day for me and Adventure Consultants
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and the weather's usually pretty stable around then
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So that means
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we have 40 days to train your bodies and your minds to go for it
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Now I know there's a lot of mountaineering experience in this room
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You wouldn't be here without it
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Stu K2 Broad Peak
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John Taske
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1 192 meters of Mount Kosciuszko
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And I mean Yasuko Namba
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Six of the Seven Summits and the only woman
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There you go
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Let's make it seven Thank you
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Movie Summary
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
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Scott Fischer
