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NOVA - Everest: The Death Zone
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ASIN: 1578071976 Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
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"Because it is there" is the reason so many men and women have risked death to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth. NOVA follows a scientific investigation of high-altitude physiology in Everest: The Death Zone, which examines the biological and psychological changes experienced by a group of climbers during their ascent. Jodie Foster's narration accompanies the team as the NOVA photographers capture the stark, alien beauty of the mountain; the drama reaches a crescendo on the descent as it becomes unclear whether or not an ill climber will make it. Well worth watching by anyone interested in mountain climbing or the limits of human endurance, Everest: The Death Zone is at once cautionary and inspiring. --Rob LightnerDescription
Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the very pinnacle of the the Earth, five and a half miles above sea level. For those brave souls who survive the harrowing climb to the top of the world, it is a transformative experience. But can the excruciating ascent—through frigid cold, blasting wind, blinding sun, and severe lack of oxygen—cause permanent, damaging changes to the human brain and body?In the wake of the 1996 disaster that took eight climbers in a single day, scientists follow a team of hikers to measure, for the first time ever, the toll high-altitude climbing takes on the heart, lungs, blood, and brain. Why do seemingly rational people make poor, sometimes fatal decisions as they approach the peak? And the danger doesn't end there—as NOVA discovers during the descent, when one climber's respiratory illness takes a terrifying turn on the isolated mountainside. ''Even with the best technology, the best training,'' says team member, producer and director David Breashears, ''you can still end up frozen to death at 27,500 feet. That's what makes Everest Everest.''
Special DVD features include: scene selections; access to the Everest: The Death Zone Web site; and English subtitles.
On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame.
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Everest: Beyond the Limit Episode 4: Intro the Death Zone
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ASIN: B000NO2F24 Release Date: 2007-02-23 |
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The most extensively filmed Everest climb in history captures climbers from around the world who face danger. This is a climb where ambition overrides agony, exhaustion and the chances of survival. Guided by experienced and tough leader with 18 seasons on the mountain behind him, Russell's varied team of adventurers will endure weeks of preparation necessary to begin the ascent on the world's highest mountain. Along the way, a number of climbers will tell the story of what brought them to try to reach the highest point on earth. Both teams are trapped in camp at high altitude by unexpectedly high winds that threaten to wreck their summit attempt. It's particularly bad news for Mogens who is climbing without supplementary oxygen and can not afford extra time in such thin air. When the weather relents next day, Mogens sets off into the Death Zone, an altitude with little oxygen. Mogens got within 1000 feet of the summit last year before he had to turn back with frostbite, but summiting without oxygen would be an extraordinary achievement and the Death Zone is unforgiving. Around midnight, Team One leaves top camp for the summit. Later they get caught in a human traffic jam. If they can't pass other slow climbers ahead, they will run out of time and oxygen.DVD:
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