Climbers experience personal war of adventure vs. life imperilment

                   
signonsandiego.com     May 13, 2008            

Lou Kasischke has a gentle voice and a kind face. He'll be among the survivors featured tonight on “Storm Over Everest,” a PBS “Frontline” documentary by David Breashears about the ferocious blizzard that killed eight people on the world's highest mountain. A noted filmmaker and mountaineer,... [read full story]                    

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Three documentaries; two deadly, one 'Beautiful'

chicagotribune.com     May 12, 2008          

"Storm Over Everest" (9 p.m. Tuesday, WTTW-Ch. 11) is an undoubtedly beautiful and interesting film. But as participants of the disastrous May 10, 1996, Mt. Everest expedition recount the deaths of their friends and their agonies as a storm raged around them, they remained mostly dry-eyed. One...                    

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Ellen Gray: Filmmaker returns to site of fatal climb

philly.com     May 12, 2008          

FRONTLINE: STORM OVER EVEREST. 9 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 12. LEFT FOR DEAD: MIRACLE ON EVEREST. 9 p.m. May 20, National Geographic. ... By Ellen Gray Philadelphia Daily News Daily News TV Critic FRONTLINE: STORM OVER EVEREST. There's a bit of both at work tomorrow night in...                    

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Return to Everest

freep.com     May 12, 2008          

Lou Kasischke has a gentle voice and a kind face. When he talks about surviving the Mt. Everest tragedy of May 10, 1996, it's with the introspection of someone who's spent a dozen years sorting out the meaning of it all. He was 400 vertical feet away from the summit when he decided to turn back....                    

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Climber Recounts Tragedy in 'Storm Over Everest'

npr.org     May 12, 2008          

Mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears talks about his new IMAX documentary Storm Over Everest, which chronicles an unexpected and violent storm that hit Everest in May 1996 — now remembered as one of the mountain's worst tragedies. ... » E-Mail This » Add to...                    

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Filmmaker returns to site of fatal climb

sacbee.com     May 12, 2008          

Time plus tragedy doesn't always equal comedy. ... By ELLEN GRAY - There's a bit of both at work Tuesday night in PBS' "Frontline" presentation, "Storm Over Everest," as filmmaker and climber David Breashears looks back at the storm that 12 years ago this month left eight...                    

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Hinckley: On Everest, finding the heights of folly

nydailynews.com     May 13, 2008          

Two coincidental specials on lethal crises atop Mount Everest will not alter the average person's instinctive sense that climbing this sucker is something most of us are happy to leave to someone else. ... For those driven to climb, though, "summiting" Everest is almost...                    

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Hot on TV tonight: "Storm Over Everest"

citizen-times.com     May 13, 2008          

by Gannett News Service • published May 13, 2008 9:35 am TONIGHT’S MUST-SEE TV: “Frontline: Storm Over Everest,” 9-11 p.m., PBS/UNC-TV. The weather seemed gorgeous around Mount Everest on May 10, 1996. There were so many climbers that many had to wait; descents were delayed. Then things turned...                    

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FRONTLINE "Storm Over Everest"

pbs.org     May 13, 2008          

by Erica S. Perl For me, “base camp” is the spot where we park our Volvo, pitch our two-room tent and roast marshmallows over an open fire. The only sherpas involved are me and my husband, who often end up carrying our kids’ day packs back from strolls to “the summit,” no matter what promises...                    

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Gripping story of Mt. Everest fatal climbs

nevadaappeal.com     May 14, 2008          

World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears returns to the scene of Mount Everest’s worst tragedy in “Storm Over Everest,” airing 9 p.m. Tuesday on PBS (check local listings). This two-hour “Frontline” combines original cinematography with dramatic recreations of the weather of May 10,...                    

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Survivor Reflects on Turning Back on Mt. Everest

theledger.com     May 13, 2008          

By JULIE HINDS DETROIT FREE PRESS DETROIT - He'll be among the survivors featured tonight at 9 on "Storm Over Everest," a PBS "Frontline" documentary by David Breashears about the ferocious blizzard that killed eight people on the world's highest mountain. A noted filmmaker and mountaineer,...                    

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