Sherpa: The Proving Grounds

Name: Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-06-12
Duration: 72 min

When Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa, joined Edmund Hillary as the first men to summit Mount Everest in 1953, it alerted the world to the indispensable role of the Sherpas on any Himalayan expeditions. By 1954 the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) was founded to marry the high-altitude strengths of the Sherpa with technical climbing skills. The HMI’s arduous training program has been developing mountaineers who play crucial roles in the success of Himalayan ascents. In 1967, HMI’s field director Nawang Gombu, a Sherpa and the first man to summit Everest twice, was charged with training women as well. In Sherpa: the Proving Grounds we follow a team of intrepid young women as they attack the grueling 28-day course.

DirectorWin WhittakerStudioWhittaker Productions

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
Lou WhittakerSelf	Self
Jim WhittakerSelf	Self
RRobert LinkSelf	Self
NNawang Gombu SherpaSelf	Self
PPhursumba SherpaSelf	Self
YYanchen BhutiaSelf	Self
AAsha Vilas PatilSelf	Self
DDiksha NerurkarSelf	Self
IIndra KalaSelf	Self
KKunga BhutiaSelf	Self
VVijay SinghSelf	Self
SSanghamitra SarangiSelf	Self
PPuman KadamSelf	Self
PPremlata AgarualSelf	Self