Base Camp - Whelan, Dianne
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Each spring, over 800 climbers attempt to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. The conditions are challenging, and without warning can become life-threatening. Some make it to the top of what is considered the worlds most majestic mountain, but others are not so lucky, and in the attempt to reach the elusive summit, many more have lost their lives. Not all are recovered, their bodies left to the mountain. In 2010, documentary filmmaker Dianne Whelan immersed herself in the world of base camp on Mt. Everest. In this personal and eye-opening expos, Whelan shares gripping stories of Maoist rebels,…mehr

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Each spring, over 800 climbers attempt to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. The conditions are challenging, and without warning can become life-threatening. Some make it to the top of what is considered the worlds most majestic mountain, but others are not so lucky, and in the attempt to reach the elusive summit, many more have lost their lives. Not all are recovered, their bodies left to the mountain. In 2010, documentary filmmaker Dianne Whelan immersed herself in the world of base camp on Mt. Everest. In this personal and eye-opening expos, Whelan shares gripping stories of Maoist rebels, avalanches and dead bodies surfacing out of a dying glacier. Whelan interviews climbers, doctors and Sherpas all living for months on end in the belly of the mountain as they wait for a weather window to summit the top of the world. Woven into the personal stories of these climbers is the devastating truth of the human impact on the mountain and the eerie and unforeseen effects of climate change.
Autorenporträt
Dianne Whelan is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, photographer, author and multimedia artist. In April 2010, Whelan traveled to Nepal and Mount Everest Base Camp to direct and shoot her award-winning documentary film 40 DAYS AT BASE CAMP. Whelan's first book, THIS VANISHING LAND (Caitlin Press), recalls her experience as an embedded media person on a historical sovereignty patrol in the Canadian High Arctic. Her National Film Board documentary, THIS LAND, is based on the same journey. Whelan is currently working on her next film and book project, called THE STORY OF WHITE RAVEN, which weaves the indigenous legend of the white animals into the current war on nature.