Mount Everest in popular culture explained

This is a list of media content related to Mount Everest, the Earth's highest mountain, with an elevation of 8848m (29,029feet) above sea level. Mount Everest was identified as such in the 19th century as a result of a geographical survey conducted by the British Empire. A century later it was climbed, after some infamous attempts in the preceding decades.

During the 20th and 21st centuries, the notoriety of Mount Everest increased and it became a common subject of novels and films, often focusing on particular expeditions or events at the mountain. For example, the 1998 film Everest was the highest grossing IMAX film up to that time, and some novels in the genre have sold millions of copies.

Books

Non-fiction

TitleAuthorYear of publicationNotes
A Day to Die ForGraham Ratcliffe2011[1] about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond1999[2]
After the Wind

1996 Everest Tragedy – One Survivor's Story

Lou Kasischke 2014[3] about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
AftershockJules Mountain20172015 Mount Everest avalanches
Ascent into HellFergus White 2017[4]
Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount EverestBrian Dickinson (climber)2014about 2011 season
Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest TragedyLene Gammelgaard 2000about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Crystal Horizon: Everest: The First Solo AscentReinhold Messner1989about 1978 and 1980 solo summits
Dark SummitNick Heil2008About 2006 season[5]
Dead Lucky2007About his first summit in 2006 season[6]
Everest: Alone at the SummitStephen Venables2018about 1988 season
Everest: It's Not About the SummitEllis Stewart2016
Everest: Mountain without MercyBroughton Coburn1997photobook about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Everest, the west ridgeTom Hornbein1965about Hornbein Couloir ascent in 1963
Everest - The First Ascent: The Untold Story of Griffith Pugh, the Man who made it possibleHarriet Tuckey2013about 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition, 1953 British Mount Everest expedition and 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition
Everest the Hard WayChris Bonington1976about 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition
Everest: The Unclimbed RidgeChris Bonington, Charles Clarke1984
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mt Everest2000
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & IrvineJochen Hemmleb1999about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Going Up is EasyLydia Bradey2015
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of EverestEdmund Hillary1955about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of GreedMichael Kodas2008
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving placesDavid Breashears1999
Into Thin Air1997about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Into the Silence2011[7] about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
Just for the Love of it: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Both SidesCathy O'Dowd, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes2000[8]
Last Hours on EverestGraham Hoyland2013about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Left for Dead2000[9] about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Master of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest PeaksAndrew Lock2015about David Sharp's death on Everest in 2006
One Man's Everest2015
No Summit out of SightJordan Romero 2014[10] [11]
See You TomorrowJeremy Evans2021About Marco Siffredi snowboarding Everest in 2001 and 2002[12]
The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922: Special Centenary EditionC. G. Bruce2022about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition
The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest GenerationClint Willis2006about Chris Bonington
The Climb1997about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
The Fear Bubble2019about 2018 season
The Fight for Everest 1924E. F. Norton2015about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
The Hunt for Mount EverestCraig Storti2021about 1921 and prior
The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland QuestDominic Faulkner 2010[13]
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. EverestConrad Anker1999about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition
The Mammoth Book of EverestJon E. Lewis2015Anthology
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and EverestEd Caesar2020about Maurice Wilson's ascent in 1934
The Mountain: My Time on EverestEd Viesturs2013
The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer StormMatt Dickinson1999about North Face (Everest)
The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on EverestMike Trueman 2015[14] about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
The Third Pole: My Everest Climb to Find the Truth About Mallory and IrvineMark Synnott2021about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and 2019 ascent with Renan Öztürk
The Turquoise Mountain: Brian Blessed on EverestBrian Blessed1993
To the Top of the WorldBrian Blessed1995
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of EverestBroughton Coburn and Jamling Tenzing Norgay2001about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Ultimate High: My Everest OdysseyGöran Kropp1997about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Up: My Life's Journey to the Top of EverestBen Fogle and Marina Fogle2018about 2018 season
Up and About, The Hard Road to EverestDoug Scott2015
View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer EverestEdmund Hillary1999about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Within Reach: My Everest StoryMark Pfetzer1998about 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Many Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dreams Into RealityRavindra Kumar2016[15]
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World’s Highest MountainMick Conefrey2022about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition

Fiction

Film and television

TitleYearGenreNotes
The Sherpa Family Cleaning up Mount Everest2022DocumentaryDirected by Geertjan Lassche
SHERPAS · True Heroes of Mount Everest2009DocumentaryARTE
2021Documentary
40 Days at Base Camp 2011Documentary[16] about 2011 season
Bear's Mission Everest 2007Documentarywith Bear Grylls
Beyond the Edge 2013Documentaryabout 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest 2012Documentary[17] about cleaning Everest directed by Marina Martins narrated by Patrick Stewart
Everest Air 2016Reality TV show[18]
Everest 1998Documentaryabout 1996 Mount Everest disaster, a MacGillivray Freeman Films narrated by Liam Nelson for Imax
Everest '82 2007 mini-seriesDocumentaryabout 1982 season
2006–2009 TV seriesDocumentary
Everest ER 2006DocumentaryBBC documentary about Everest ER
Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki (エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺 Everesuto Kamigami no Itadaki)2016Drama
Everest: The Death Zone 1998Documentary Produce by NOVA, narrated by Jodie Foster
Extreme Everest 2018Documentarywith Ant Middleton and Ed Wardle about 2018 season
Lost on Everest2020DocumentaryRenan Öztürk
Galahad of Everest1991Documentarywith Brian Blessed[19]
High Ground 2012Documentary[20] about 2010 season
Keeper of the Mountains 2013Documentary about Elizabeth Hawley
Mount Everest 1952Documentary[21]
The Epic of Everest 1924Documentaryrestored 2013, about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
The Challenge: Everest 2018Documentarywith Ben Fogle, Victoria Pendleton and Kenton Cool about 2018 season
The Conquest of Everest 1953Documentary[22]
The Climb 2007Documentaryabout Laurie Skreslet ascent in 1982
The Man Who Skied Down Everest 1975Documentaryabout Yuichiro Miura in 1970
The Summit of the Gods 2021Animation
The Wildest Dream 2010Documentaryabout 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
2004Documentary about 2004 season
Wings Over Everest 1934Documentary

Fiction/Dramatizations

Other

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ratcliffe . Graham . A day to die for : 1996 : Everest's worst disaster : one survivor's personal journey to uncover the truth . 2013 . Edinburgh . 9781780576411.
  2. Web site: A Life on the Edge. www.goodreads.com. 2019-01-23.
  3. Web site: After the Wind by Lou Kasischke. www.afterthewind.com. 2017-05-28.
  4. Web site: Ascent into Hell. www.goodreads.com. Oct 28, 2020.
  5. Web site: Dark Summit. www.goodreads.com. 2019-01-23.
  6. News: The seven most riveting reads about Mount Everest. USA TODAY. 2017-05-28. en.
  7. Web site: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis – review. Sep 24, 2011. the Guardian. Oct 28, 2020.
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  9. Web site: The seven most riveting reads about Mount Everest. USA TODAY. en. 2019-01-23.
  10. Book: No Summit out of Sight. May 6, 2014. 9781481432764 . Oct 28, 2020. www.simonandschuster.com . Romero . Jordan . Simon and Schuster .
  11. Web site: The Acorn - Youngest climber of the Seven Summits to speak in T.O. . 2019-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160508152746/http://www.theacorn.com/news/2014-05-15/Community/Youngest_climber_of_the_Seven_Summits_to_speak_in_.html . 2016-05-08 . dead .
  12. Book: Evans . Jeremy . See You Tomorrow: The Disappear . 2021 . Falcon . 978-1-4930-5303-2 . en.
  13. Web site: BOOK. Dom Faulkner. en-US. 2017-05-28.
  14. News: The Storms - Mike Trueman. Vertebrate Publishing. 2017-05-28. en.
  15. Book: Many Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dreams Into Reality. . en.
  16. Web site: 40 Days at Base Camp (Documentary). . 2011 . 2017-05-28.
  17. Web site: Death Zone: Cleaning Mount Everest . IMDb. 2016. 2017-05-28.
  18. News: 'Everest Air' Chronicles First-Of-Its-Kind Rescue Team. Ruggiero. Adam. 2016-10-26. GearJunkie. 2017-05-28. en-US.
  19. Web site: Galahad of Everest . The Radio Times . 72 . 28 November 1991.
  20. News: World T.E.A.M. Sports. 2010-09-16. 2017-05-28. en-US.
  21. News: MOUNT EVEREST 1952 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029122741/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74838f5c. dead. October 29, 2020. 1952. BFI. 2017-05-28. en.
  22. Web site: Alpha Video - The Conquest of Everest . 2014-01-30.
  23. Web site: NOVA Online Lost on Everest. www.pbs.org. 2017-05-28.
  24. News: Film Review: 'Sherpa'. Kuipers. Richard. 2015-07-13. Variety. 2017-05-28. en-US.
  25. News: Our Everest Challenge review – Ben Fogle, Victoria Pendleton and some vertiginous cliches. Seale. Jack. 2018-08-30. The Guardian. 2019-01-23. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  26. Web site: Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Episode Guide Season 3. 2021-12-11. montycasinos.com.
  27. News: The Climb review: a big-hearted crowd-pleaser in the name of love . Tara . Brady . 28 December 2017 . 25 August 2018 . Irish Times.
  28. Web site: Merinews.com. www.merinews.com. Oct 28, 2020.
  29. Web site: Everest for Windows (2000) . MobyGames.
  30. Web site: Visually Stunning EVEREST VR is Now Available on Playstation VR. 2017-10-03. Nerdist. en. 2019-01-24.
  31. Web site: The 'Everest VR' Experience On HTC Vive Is So Terrifying I Couldn't Even Finish It. Evangelho. Jason. Forbes. en. 2019-01-24.
  32. Web site: Scaling the Mountains. gschloesser. 2015-12-07. The Opinionated Gamers. en. 2019-01-24.

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