History & Culture

Welcome to the companion web site to several recent NOVA programs on Mt. Everest, including “Lost on Everest” and “Everest: The Death Zone,” originally broadcast in 1998. The site is an intensive look at the culture and lore surrounding the world’s highest mountain.

• Going High: The Early Pioneers
• Early Everest Attempts
• Sherpas on Everest
• Man of Everest: George & Mallory
• South Side Story
• First to Summit
• Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norway
• First Without Oxygen
• World of the Sherpa

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