06 Apr 2022
Höhenrausch – Die Entwicklung der Höhenmedizin
How do you brave acute mountain sickness? We talk to researchers, doctors and mountaineers about a syndrome whose mechanisms are still poorly understood.
The Dark Side of Everest
Death on Everest
May 25, 1996 - Bruce Herrod, a South African mountaineer reached the summit of Everest at 5 p.m. On the radio, we urge him to come down as soon as possible because the descent is dangerous in the middle of the night. A few hours later, no news from him. From this South African expedition which turned into a fiasco and another expedition carried out in parallel, the testimonies of the members of these expeditions show to what extent the thirst for climbing to the top of certain mountaineers, combined with the lack of oxygen , can alter the lucidity of climbers to the point of changing their relationship to death and thus lead them to neglect other expedition members in order to ensure their victory or save their own life.
Top Billed Cast
Pete Athans Self
Neal Beidleman Self
Anatoli Boukreev Self
Simone Moro Self
Brian Blessed Self
Tenzing Norgay Self (archive footage)
Bruce Herrold Self (archive footage)
Edmund Hillary Self (archive footage)
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