The Best Everest & the 8,000ers Documentaries

Adventure & Extreme - 16 free documentaries about everest & the 8,000ers.

Start with Behind The First Summit of The World's Tallest Mountain (47 min, National Geographic), then The Horrible Truth About Climbing Mount Everest (47 min, Real Stories). All 16 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on everest & the 8,000ers is Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

• Behind The First Summit of The World's Tallest Mountain | Lost on Everest (47 min, National Geographic)
• The Horrible Truth About Climbing Mount Everest (47 min, Real Stories)
• What Happened During The 1924 Attempt To Summit Everest? (46 min, Absolute History)
• What Happens to the Human Body on Top of Everest (20 min, Real Science)
• The Incredible Dangers Of Climbing Mount Everest (46 min, Wonder)
• The Man Who Skied Down Everest (83 min, Real Stories)
• Sherpa: People Of The Mountain (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• First Winter Climb Of Nanga Parbat: World's 9th Highest Mountain | Through The Unknown (72 min, Wonder)
• Meltdown in the Himalayas - The politics of climate change (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Mind Over Mountain | Richard Parks on Mount Everest (59 min, Free Documentary)
• The Man Who Skied Down Everest (84 min, Wonder)
• Could You Survive Mount Everest's "Death Zone"? (48 min, Wonder)
• Climbing Mount Everest At 67: The Oldest American To Summit (64 min, Wonder)
• Climbing Everest's Death Zone | The Link Between High Altitude & Your Brain (59 min, Real Stories)
• Team of Climbers Attempts Mount Everest's Brutal "Death Zone" (52 min, Wonder)
• The Most Dangerous Rescue in Everest History (53 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Everest & the 8,000ers

1. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev - View on Amazon
3. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - View on Amazon
4. The Wildest Dream by Peter Gillman - View on Amazon