High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 (2013)

High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 is the deepest story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American mountaineering history. Showcasing the daring and visionary efforts of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, the film examines the sheer commitment, step-by-step struggle and lasting impact of America's first ascent of Mount Everest and the pioneering first ascent of West Ridge by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. Five decades later, High and Hallowed returns to Everest to find out if the essence of risk, adventure and the unknown that drew the first Americans to the summit still exists on Everest today.

Cast (38)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

M

Melissa Arnot

Self

Reinhold Messner

Self

B

Barry Bishop

Self (archive footage)

B

Brent Bishop

Self

Norman Dyhrenfurth

Self

N

Ngawang Gombu

Self (archive footage)

Dave Hahn

Self

Tom Hornbein

Self

L

Lute Jerstad

Self (archive footage)

Jon Krakauer

Self (narrator)

C

Charley Mace

Self

D

David Morton

Self

Jake Norton

Self

W

Willi Unsoeld

Self (archive footage)

Jim Whittaker

Self

Steve House

Self

D

Dave Dingman

Self

D

Dianne Roberts

Self

L

Leif Whittaker

Self

Doug Scott

Self

Ed Viesturs

Self

Tenzing Norgay

Self (archive footage)

Edmund Hillary

Self (archive footage)

J

Jim Lester

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

M

Maynard Miller

Self (archive footage)

W

Will Siri

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

J

Jake Breitenbach

Self (archive footage)

G

Gill Roberts

Self (archive footage)

D

Dick Pownall

Self (archive footage)

J

James Ramsey Ullman

Self (archive footage)

A

Al Auten

Self (archive footage)

B

Barry Corbet

Self (archive footage)

B

Barry Prather

Self (archive footage)

D

Dan Doody

Self (archive footage)

D

Dick Emerson

Self (archive footage)

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