Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds Free Online HD on Lookmovie. When Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa, joined Edmund Hillary as the first men to summit Mount Everest in 1953, it alerted the world to the indispensable role of the Sherpas on any Himalayan expeditions. By 1954 the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) was founded to marry the high-altitude strengths of the Sherpa with technical climbing skills. The HMI’s arduous training program has been developing mountaineers who play crucial roles in the success of Himalayan ascents. In 1967, HMI’s field director Nawang Gombu, a Sherpa and the first man to summit Everest twice, was charged with training women as well. In Sherpa: the Proving Grounds we follow a team of intrepid young women as they attack the grueling 28-day course.
- Genre: Documentary
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- Director: Win Whittaker
- Cast: Lou Whittaker, Jim Whittaker, Robert Link, Nawang Gombu Sherpa, Phursumba Sherpa, Yanchen Bhutia, Asha Vilas Patil, Diksha Nerurkar, Indra Kala, Kunga Bhutia, Vijay Singh, Sanghamitra Sarangi, Puman Kadam, Premlata Agarual,
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