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Six Americans on a journey to the top of the world.
Poster art courtesy Epiphany Productions
Journey to Everest
Epiphany Productions
In October of 2008, six Americans traveled to Nepal to embark on the journey to the top of the world – Mt. Everest Base Camp. The world they encountered was a world apart; alive with color, pageantry, and passion. From crowded streets to breathtaking vistas available nowhere else on earth, these travelers began to see themselves and their world in a different light; to regard their fellow human beings, however different their culture may appear, as fellow sojourners and children of the same God.
Their journey took a dramatic turn after the flight they were supposed to be one was overbooked and they had to wait another day for their chance to tackle Everest. That flight, the soon discovered, went down in a fiery crash in a dense fog, killing everyone on board except the pilot. Gut check time revealed understandably mixed emotions. Eventually the team began the 18,000 foot ascension, but not everyone would make it.
Journey to Everest is an exquisitely produced documentary. Yes, it is about a quest to conquer the world’s highest peak, and yes, the cinematography is breathtaking. But Journey to Everest is more…much more. It is as much about scaling the heights within your own soul as it is about reaching the summit. It is as much about learning to trust things you cannot see with your eyes as it is about trusting your teammates. It is as much about compassion as it is about conquering the natural world.
Produced by Hollywood vet, Mitchell Galin, and filmed and directed by up-and-coming filmmaker, David Kiern, Journey to Everest is an experience that is not to be missed. Simply glorious.
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