Dying for Everest (2007) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2007 · 53 mins · English

Directed by

Richard Dennison

Starring

Wayne Alexander, Mark Whetu, Mark Inglis

On 15 May 2006, double‑amputee climber Mark Inglis reached Everest’s summit, an achievement that earned him widespread praise from the press and public. Within days, controversy erupted after it emerged that he had passed an incapacitated fellow climber, Englishman David Sharp, leaving Sharp alone in the death zone, where he later died.