The Man Who Skied Down Everest
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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.
Yuichiro Miura
is a Japanese alpinist who in 2003, at age 70, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. This record was later broken. However, on May 26 2008, Miura once again successfully summited Mt Everest at the age of 75....
, 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
Lhotse
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is and Lhotse Shar is...
face from the Yellow Band just below the South Col
South Col
The South Col usually refers to the southern col between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the first and fourth highest mountains in the world. When climbers attempt to climb Everest from the southeast ridge in Nepal, their final camp is situated on 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.