Skiing Everest

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title: "Skiing Everest" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2009-films", "2000s-english-language-films", "climbing-and-mountaineering-films", "american-documentary-films", "english-language-documentary-films", "2009-american-films", "2009-documentary-films"] description: "2009 documentary film directed by Les Guthman and Mike Marolt" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiing_Everest" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2009 documentary film directed by Les Guthman and Mike Marolt ::

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Field	Value
caption	Skiing Everest Poster
director	Les Guthman and Mike Marolt
producer	Mike Marolt
Les Guthman
Kenny Fields
writer	Les Guthman
starring	Mike Marolt
Steve Marolt
John Callahan
Jim Gile
Hans Kammerlander
Chris Davenport
Laura Bokas
Mark Newcomb
music	Richard Horowitz
cinematography	Mike Marolt
Cherie Silvera
editing	Les Guthman
distributor	Montezuma Basin Productions
Cinetic Media
released
runtime	82 minutes
country	United States
language	English
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| name = | image = | caption = Skiing Everest Poster | director = Les Guthman and Mike Marolt

| producer = Mike Marolt Les Guthman Kenny Fields | writer = Les Guthman | starring = Mike Marolt Steve Marolt John Callahan Jim Gile Hans Kammerlander Chris Davenport Laura Bokas Mark Newcomb | music = Richard Horowitz | cinematography = Mike Marolt Cherie Silvera | editing = Les Guthman | distributor = Montezuma Basin Productions Cinetic Media | released = | runtime = 82 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = Skiing Everest is a 2009 American adventure documentary directed by Les Guthman and Mike Marolt; written by Les Guthman, and featuring high-altitude ski mountaineers Mike Marolt, Steve Marolt, John Callahan, Jim Gile, Hans Kammerlander, Chris Davenport, Laura Bakos, Mark Newcomb. The film also features Fredrik Ericsson, who died skiing on K2 in 2010.

Filmed by Mike Marolt over ten years, Skiing Everest tells the story of a group of friends, led by Marolt and his twin brother Steve, who grew up in Aspen, Colorado, and went on to become the first skiers from the Western Hemisphere to ski from above 8000 m when they skied from the summit of Shisha Pangma in Tibet in 2000, and then tried the highest slopes in the world on Mount Everest and Cho Oyu.

The film follows the Marolts and their childhood friends Jim Gile, and John Callahan, who was an Olympic cross-country skier, on skiing expeditions into the death zone above 8,000 m, without using oxygen.

Skiing Everest also tells the history of high-altitude skiing, dating back to the 1930s, and includes interviews with Hans Kammerlander, who was the first to ski from the summit of Everest; Laura Bakos, the first woman to ski from the summit of an 8000-meter peak; and Chris Davenport, the two-time world extreme skiing champion, who is an avid ski mountaineer as well. And it tells the Marolts' personal story: the sons of U.S. Olympic skier Max Marolt, who grew up in Aspen, before it became an internationally famous ski destination and who took to skiing in the hope of escaping what was an isolated, decaying former mining town.

Skiing Everest was shown in film festivals and theaters in 2009-2011 and was bought by ESPN in July 2011 for broadcast in the United States and Europe. It debuted on ESPN Classic in November 2011 with six primetime broadcasts over the weekend of November 18–20.

Skiing Everest was converted from 2D to 3D in 2012 by Blue Hemisphere 3D. It will premiere in December 2012 and be released in theaters and on 3D Blu-ray Disc in January 2013.

References

References

1. (6 August 2010). "Swede dies on climb to K2 summit ski attempt".
2. [http://ski.mountainzone.com/2000/freshtracks/shishapangma/html/ First North Americans Ski Shishapangma]
3. Nick Paumgarten. "Twin Freaks".
4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114723/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/john-callahan-1.html John Callahan biography and Olympic results]
5. "Kammerlander".
6. [http://www.k2news.com/4002expcoverage/ski8000chooyuhistory.htm SKi8000 expedition 2004: History]
7. [http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5674358/chris-davenport-storyteller Chris Davenport, storyteller] {{webarchive. link. (2010-10-15)
8. "The Max Marolt Statue (Aspen Mountain)".
9. Jon Maletz. (September 27, 2009). "Aspen man's 'High Turns' goes deeper". [[Aspen Times]].
10. [http://www.powdermag.com/industry-news-and-events/skiing-everest-screenings/ Skiing Everest Screenings]
11. [http://www.everestnews.com/stories2010/skiingeverest11302010.htm TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, "SKIING EVEREST" EXPERTLY EDGES TO EARTH IN CHICAGO ON DECEMBER 2 Century Center Cinema, 7pm]
12. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111119203355/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8972873.htm Skiing Everest Weekend on ESPN Classic]

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