Climbing Everest with a Mountain on My Back: The Sherpa's Story (2013)
• March 19th, 2013 • 1h 0min
Adventure, Documentary
Overview
Every year, over a thousand climbers try to reach the summit of Mount Everest, with the annual record for successful attempts currently standing at 633. But of that number, nearly half were Sherpas - the mountain's unsung heroes. Yet the Sherpa community has remained secretive about their nation, culture and experiences living in the shadow of the world's highest mountain. Now, for the first time, they open the door into their world. Without the expertise of the Sherpas, only the hardiest and most skilful climbers would succeed. Every day they risk their lives for the safety of others, yet they seek neither glory nor reward, preferring to stay in the background. Following the stories of four such Sherpas - Phurba, Ngima, Ngima Tenji and Gelu - this film reveals the reality of their daily lives, not just up the mountain, but with their families after they return home.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Tibet: Roof of the World
Released on: 2020-01-01
Documentary
Join us as we explore life on the highest mountain plateau on Earth. This beautiful and other worldl...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Released on: 1981-06-12
Adventure, Action
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologis...
Batso
Released on:
Adventure, Drama, Thriller, History
In 1970, ‘The Wall of Early Morning Light’ was an unthinkable climb. For larger-than-life climbing l...
Asgard Jamming
Released on: 2009-01-01
Adventure, Documentary
Attempt to make the first free climbing of the Mount Asgard.
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one...
The Nose Speed Record
Released on: 2019-10-17
Documentary, Adventure
For decades, an elite handful of climbers have competed for the coveted speed record on the 3,000-fo...
Mission: Impossible II
Released on: 2000-05-24
Adventure, Action, Thriller
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt...
Seven Years in Tibet
Released on: 1997-09-12
Adventure, Drama, History
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedit...
Great Britain, Journey To The Sources of Mountaineering
Released on: 2025-01-06
Documentary, History, Adventure
Breathtaking climbing sequences. As a guide, none other than "The Rock Queen" Catherine Destivelle. ...
Meru
Released on: 2015-01-25
Adventure, Documentary
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan ...
Beyond Dreams
Released on: 2019-09-26
Documentary
The film tells the life story of Roman Romancini, one of the most important Brazilian mountaineers, ...
Nanga Parbat
Released on: 2010-01-14
Adventure, Drama
Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhol...
No Siesta - Christophe Dumarest & Tom Livingstone
Released on: 2022-12-09
Documentary, Adventure
It's one of the hardest routes on a north face that's not lacking in them: No Siesta on the Grandes ...
Odyssey
Released on: 2012-12-23
Adventure, Documentary
‘Odyssey’ is a road movie that celebrates the best of British trad climbing. From the bold Northumbe...
Committed - Volume II
Released on: 2008-12-12
Adventure, Documentary
Committed Volume II showcases five of Britain's best climbers on a spectacular array of hard routes;...
Zembrocal
Released on: 2014-12-24
Adventure, Documentary
From America, England, France, Italy and Japan. From each corner of the earth, five climbers – Sam E...
Same Same but Different
Released on: 2013-12-24
Adventure, Documentary
The movie "Same Same But Different" follows the transformative journey of Barbara Zangerl: For many ...