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Himalaya, descending India : Shishapangma, a celebration of life / Banjo Strategic Entertainment for the North Face ; produced by American Adventure Productions.
LIBRA DVD 002 152
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Anker, Conrad, author.
- Bridges, Dave, author.
- Lowe, Alex, 1958-1999, author.
- Nelson, Hilaree, author.
- Nobis, Jeremy, author.
- Armstrong, Rick, active 2007, author.
- Series:
- North Face expeditions ; v.3.
- North Face expeditions ; v.3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lowe, Alex, 1958-1999.
- Lowe, Alex.
- Bridges, Dave.
- Anker, Conrad.
- Mountaineering--China--Xixabangma Peak.
- Mountaineering.
- Skis and skiing.
- Skiers.
- Xixabangma Peak (China)--Description and travel.
- Xixabangma Peak (China).
- Skis and skiing--China.
- Mountaineering--Himalaya Mountains.
- Himalaya Mountains.
- Mountaineering--India--Himachel Pradesh.
- Skiers--United States.
- Mountaineers--United States--Biography.
- Mountaineers.
- United States.
- India.
- China.
- China--Xixabangma Peak.
- Skis and skiing--India.
- Deo Tibba (India : Mountain).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (43 min. ; 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Shishapangma, a celebration of life
- Place of Publication:
- [Berkeley, CA] : North Face : Distributed by Video Action Sports, [2001]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; All regions.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Himalaya / American extreme skiers and snowboarders Rick Armstrong, Hilaree Nelson, and Jeremy Nobis travel to the state of Himachel Pradesh, Northern India. Beginning in Manali, the skiers climb the 6000 meter Indian Himalayan mountain peak Deo Tibba to descend on skis. Shishapangma / In an attempt at skiing an 8,000 meter peak in Tibet, Conrad Anker, Dave Bridges and Alex Lowe are engulfed in an avalanche; Lowe and Bridges are lost, but Anker miraculously survives.
- Contents:
- Himalaya series / writer Melissa McManus ; Shishapangma series / writers, Claude Merkel, Cherie Silvera.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Andrew Temple ; host, Sting.
- Credits:
- Himalaya series / field producer, Melissa McManus ; director of photography, Beat Steiner ; cameraman, Scott Simper ; editors, Kricia Giez, Debra Karls, Chris MacDonald. Shishapangma series / field producer & cameraman, Michael Brown ; director of photography, Kent Harvey ; editors, Michael Brown, Ted Winterburn. Music, Malcom Pyne.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast as two segments of the television series, "The North face expeditions" in [2000].
- OCLC:
- 51054947
- Publisher Number:
- 730475783282
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