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The Man Who Skied Down Everest is a Canadian documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mount Everest in 1970. The film was produced by Crawley Films' "Budge" Crawley and directed by Crawley and Bruce Nyznik.
Sep 19, 1975 · A 1975 Oscar-winning film about Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura's attempt to ski down Mount Everest in 1970. The film features narration by Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL-9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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- Documentary, Sport
- Bruce Nyznik
- 1975-09-19
Jul 12, 2020 · This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain. Miura's trek to the top of Everest provides...
- 83 min
- 291.9K
- Real Stories
May 15, 2021 · Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary, Yuichiro Miura a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mount Everest in 1970. Miura skied 6,600 ft (2,000 m) in two minutes and 20 seconds but fell 1,320...
- 83 min
- 94K
- David Snow
An Oscar-winning documentary about Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura's 1970 attempt to ski down Everest. See the film's ratings, reviews, cast, and streaming options on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Bruce Nyznik
- G
- Yûichirô Miura
To spend $3 million, to muster an expedition of 850 men and 27 tons of equipment, to sacrifice six lives in order to photograph a man skiing down a mountain for four minutes . . . what a peculiar and wonderful thing we have here in the human ego.
Dec 30, 2023 · In 1970, Yuichiro Miura became the first man to ski on Mount Everest, starting from the height of the ‘death zone’, an elevation where there isn't enough oxygen to survive for long.
