The Man Who Skied Down Everest
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| Directed by | Bruce Nyznik Lawrence Schiller |
| Produced by | F. R. Crawley James Hager Dale Hartleben |
| Narrated by | Douglas Rain |
| Cinematography | Mitsuji Kanau |
| Editing by | Bob Cooper Millie Moore |
| Release date(s) | September 19, 1975 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | English |
The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mt. Everest in 1970. The film was produced by Canadian film maker Budge Crawley. Miura skied 6,600 feet (2000 m) in 2 minutes and 20 seconds and fell 1320 feet down the steep Lhotse face from the Yellow Band just below the South Col. He used a large parachute to slow his descent. He came to a full stop just 250 ft. from the edge of the crevasse.
Eight died during the expedition's ascent.
Crawley won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for this picture.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "IMDb: The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975) - Awards". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073340/awards. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
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