Director
Anthony Geffen
Narrator
Liam Neeson
Featured Voices
Ralph Fiennes
Natasha Richardson
Hugh Dancy
Alan Rickman
Editor
Peter Miller
Directors of Photography
Ken Sauls
Chris Openshaw
Producers
Anthony Geffen
Claudia Perkins
Executive Producer
Mike Medavoy
Edit Producer and Writer
Mark Halliley
Line Producers
Aleid Channing
Candice Martin
Music
Joel Douek
Art Director
Humphrey Bangham
Costume Designer
Jane Wrigley
Featuring
Conrad Anker
Susan Robertson
Robert Macfarlane
Peter Gillman
Jennifer Loew-Anker
Julie Summers
Leo Houlding
Historical Consultants
Peter and Leni Gillman
Business and Legal Affairs
Mimi Gilligan
Funding
James McNeile
Accountant
Angus Nisbet
For National Geographic Entertainment
Lisa Truitt
Mark Katz
Antonietta Monteleone
Jennifer Lee
Nikki Lowry
Valerie Stempler
Consultant Executive Producer
Greg Moyer
Consultant Coproducers
Mark DeAngelis
Rob Faris
Assistant Producer
Kate Fraser
Head of Production
Ruth Sessions
Drama Development
Petra Tauscher
Development Executive
James Taylor
Production Manager
Nicola Wicks
Production Coordinator
Jane Flannery
Production Assistant
Alex Willis-Bray
Sponsorship Manager
Kirsten Wrigley
Web Producer
Robert D’Arcy-Howard
Website Designers
Javier E. Krasuk
Florencia San Martin
Post Production Supervisor
Ashley Davis
Edit Assistant
Matt Pearson
Production Assistant
David Williams
Additional Archive Research
Carole D. Foster
Additional Writing
Richard Bedser
Kevin Maher
Production Accountant
Vincent Pretorius
Personal Assistants to Anthony Geffen
Adrienne Brown
Poppie Skold
Tess Thomson
Expedition Manager
Russell Brice (Everest)
Climber and Filming Support
Gerry Moffatt (Everest)
Support Climber
Kevin Thaw (Everest)
Stuart MacDonald (Chamonix)
Director of Photography
Ken Sauls (Everest)
Chris Openshaw (Chamonix)
Drama Director
Tom Pollock (Chamonix)
First Assistant Director
David Lawley-Wakelin (Chamonix)
Low Altitude Camera
Peter Hayns (Everest)
Peter Allibone (Everest)
High Altitude Camera & Stills Photographer
Jimmy Chin (Everest)
Additional Altitude Filming
Deam Staples (Everest)
Mark Woodward (Everest)
Camera
Mark Carling (Chamonix)
Sean Carswell (Montana)
Bob Poole (Montana)
Chris Barham (UK)
Patrick Duval (UK)
Richard Heap (UK)
Mike Robinson (UK)
Stephen Vale (UK)
Assistant Camera
Max Hug-Williams (Chamonix)
Scott Sterling (Montana)
David Prevost (UK)
Andy Symon (UK)
Luke Jefferson (UK)
Tim Allan (UK)
Sound
Josef Knauer (Everest)
Mike Duffield (Chamonix)
Jeremiah Slovarp (Montana)
AJ Butterworth (UK)
Simon Firsht (UK)
Cameron Hills (UK)
Malcolm Hirst (UK)
Geoff Price (UK)
Cormac Tohill (UK)
Mike Williams (UK)
Sherpas
Mingma Dorji Sherpa (Head Sherpa)
Nigma Sherpa
Mingma Tsering Sherpa
Lakpa Ongjuk Sherpa
Gyaluk Sherpa
Jangbu Sherpa
Gombu Sherpa
Phuru Nuru Sherpa
Nigma Sherpa
Mingma Tsering Sherpa
Lakpa Ongjuk Sherpa
Gyaluk Sherpa
Jangbu Sherpa
Gombu Sherpa
Phuru Nuru Sherpa
Base Camp Staff Everest
Lachlu Bahadur Basnet
Rames Kumar Basnet
Kul Bahadar Magar
Unit Doctor Everest
Monica Piris
Web Technician Everest
Mark Kahrl
Props Everest
Tom Jungst
Costume Everest
Chris Winter
Dickie Knight
K & D Boot Makers
Mountain Guides
Brian Hall (Chamonix)
Paul Moores (Chamonix)
Jim Kerr (Chamonix)
Porters Chamonix
Tim Rhodes
Pema Sherpa
Nick Yates
Unit Manager Chamonix
Christine Baxter-Jones
Transport Captain/Runner Chamonix
Neil Brickley
Unit Doctor Chamonix
Gael Vallençant
Make up Artist Chamonix
Natasha Lawes
Storyboard Artist Chamonix
Rob Angol
Stills Photographer Chamonix
Sam Peach
Studio Gaffer UK
Rob Pye
Rigging Gaffer UK
John Barker
Electricians UK
Avalino Fernandez
Ron Herschman
Gary Nagle
Mark Stanley
Jimmy Jib Operator UK
Dan Shaw
Doubles UK
Caesar Bayliss
Gwynfor Jones
Thomas Foulger
Calligrapher UK
Rosalind Wyatt
Make up and Wardrobe UK
Natasha Lawes
Effects Supervisor UK
Paul Mann
Model Makers
Mats Rivenes
Jonathan Beakes
Fiona Mordaunt
Art Department Assistant
Charlie Bangham
Zoo VFX
James Prosser
Thomas Baber
Marty Waters
Matt Baker Jones
Jon Burden
Simon Reid
Phinnaeus O’Connor
Anelia Asparuhova
Aleks Czenczek
Dasha Legge
Martin Cook
Legal Services
Adrian Phillips, Moorcrofts LLP
Insurance
Torrible Special Risks
Accountants
Saffery Champness
Dubbing Mixer
Graham Kirkman
Colourist
Nick Adams
Online Editors
Daniel Richards
Ben Heather
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Brazier
Foley Artists
Rowena Wilkinson
Sue Harding
Post Production Facilities
Evolutions
Post Producer (Evolutions)
Richard Knights
Sound Engineers USA
Don Hoffman
Jaimie Siedow
Robbie Wood
Rostrum Camera
Ken Morse
Chris King
Archive Photographer
Herman Haye
Featured Photographer
Lisbeth Scott
ORCHESTRATOR
Greg Pliska
Production Music Supervisor
Peter Miller
Conductor
Richard Fiocca
Composer’s Assistant
Danna Rosenthal
Score Engineer
Gary Chester
Assistant Engineers
Cenda Kotzman
Maki Suzuki
Studio
CNSO Prague
Orchestra
Prague Philarmonic
Solo Violin
Meg Okura
Ethnic Flutes
David Weiss
Nepali Translator
Kharka Pariyar
‘Edge of Heaven’ Song
Lisbeth Scott & Joel Douek
Saltland Studios Brooklyn
Gary Maurer
Adam Moseley
David Eggar
Gownaus Radio Orchestra
Archive
British Movietonews
East Anglian Film Archive (UEA)
Getty Images
ITN Source/ British Pathe
John Noel Collection – BFI National Archive
National Geographic Digital Motion
Royal Geographical Collection- BFI National Archive
Stills
The Alpine Club Photo Library
Chris Noble Photography Inc
Corbis
Duncan Grant Estate, DACS 2008
Edward Stanford Ltd
John Noel Collection
Kristoffer Erickson
Marcia Newbold
Peter Gillman Collection
Salkeld Collection
The Sandy Irvine Trust & The Warden
Fellows of Merton College, Oxford
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Sponsors
Berghaus
La Sportiva
DMM International
MeteoTest
Grabber Warmers
The North Face
Icebreaker
Smith Optics
Jetboil
Therm-a-Rest
John Smedley
Timex
Julbo
Woodland Organics Distribution Ltd
Jamieson & Smith Shetland Wool Brokers Ltd
With thanks to
Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation
The Alpine Club
Steven Arcieri
Jerry Barnes
Racheline Benveniste
Maureen and Henry Buckley
Margaret Campbell
Anne Channing
Chinese Tibet Mountaineering Assoc.
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Peter Firstbrook
Funivie del Monte Bianco, Italy
Gallatin National Forest, Montana
Prof A Gruen, ETH Zurich (3D model)
Max Lowe
Sam Lowe-Anker
Isaac Lowe-Anker
Magdalene College, Cambridge
John Marckesano
Jonathan Marder
Merton College, Oxford
Mountain Drop-Offs, Chamonix
Sandra Noel
Peak District National Park Authority
William Penne
Richard and Elizabeth Perkins
Gina Poole
Royal Geographical Society
Pamela Hainsworth
Liz Hawley, Himalayan Record Keeper
Himalayan Mountain Experience
Hector and Bede
Jessica Houlding
Ketchum Community Library
Irvine Heritage Trust
Nick Kelsey
Debra Kronenberg
Jason Lane
George Mallory II
Audrey Salkeld
Rod Smith
Sun Valley Lodge
Peter Symes
St Wilfrid’s Parish Church, Mobberley
Tom Jungst & Montana Tech Program
The Town of Chamonix, France
Julia Walworth
Frank Wells (1932 – 1994)
Shane Winser
Simon Winters
Alex Andrews
Jerry Barnes
Nigel Crump
Caroline Dashwood
Fiona Gatty
Richard Littlejohn
Patrick McGrath
Henrietta McNeile
James McNeile
Tim Holland Martin
Dominique Montier
Ulla Nilson
Christopher Pease
Raphael Rottgen
Alistair Salvesen
Joanna Sandford
The Earl of Seafield
Emily Taylor
Todd Thomson
Alan Weston
Andrew Wheeler
Keith Williams
John Wolstenholme
