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Wheeler’s Everest

SYNOPSIS

A century ago on March 18,1921 the first expedition to Everest departed from Darjeeling, Indiato Tibet on a 360 mile trek to find a route to the world’s highest mountain. On this all-BritishExpedition was a lone Canadian: WWI veteran, surveyor and climber Major Oliver Wheeler, thebrave man behind the discovery of the ‘doorway’ to Everest and the first mapping of themountain and the surrounding Himalayan massif

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FILM INFO

Title: Wheeler’s Everest
Genre: Documentary Feature
Length: 78 min
Country: Canada
Director: Martin de Valk


Website: www.wheelerseverest.ca