
Plot
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.
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Cast

Melissa Arnot
Self

Reinhold Messner
Self

Barry Bishop
Self

Brent Bishop
Self

Norman Dyhrenfurth
Self

Ngawang Gombu
Self

Dave Hahn
Self

Tom Hornbein
Self

Lute Jerstad
Self

Jon Krakauer
Self

Charley Mace
Self

David Morton
Self

Jake Norton
Self

Willi Unsoeld
Self

Jim Whittaker
Self