Excelsior
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Documentary
Record of the international expedition to climb Kangchenjunga in 1930. The German-Austrian-British expedition, led by Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, had come from the Nepalese side and tried to reach the North Ridge via its NW face after failing in the north face, where the sherpa Chettan was killed in an avalanche. The attempt failed but the team made the first ascents of Rathong (6678m) and Jongsong Peak (7483m), and also climbed the Southwest peak of Nepal Peak.
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Günther Oskar DyhrenfurthSelf - Expedition leader & lecturer, Germany (as Professor Dr. Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth)
Hettie DyrenfurthSelf - Expedition participant, Germany
Hermann HoerlinSelf - Expedition participant, Germany
Helmuth RicherSelf - Expedition participant, Germany (as Dr. Helmuth Richer)
Ulrich WielandSelf - Expedition participant, Germany
John HannahSelf - Expedition participant: England
George Wood JohnsonSelf - Expedition participant: England
Frank SmytheSelf - Expedition participant: England
Erwin SchneiderSelf - Expedition participant: Austria
Charles-Georges DuvanelSelf - Expedition participant: Switzerland
Marcel KurzSelf - Expedition participant: Switzerland
Lowell ThomasNarrator (USA)