Unclimbed NORTH FACE Expedition · EVEREST North Wall

Robert Redford narrates EVEREST North Wall which follows the Tragic Fall of Marty Hoey, who hoped to become the first American woman to summit Everest while documenting the American China-Everest 1982 Expedition of 16 men and one woman attempting the unclimbed North Face route. Featuring mountaineering legends Dick Bass (who first summited the Seven Summits) Lou Whittaker (first American to summit Everest), Jim Wickwire, Phil Ershler, Eric Simonson, Larry Nielson, George ’Geo’ Dunn and others. EMMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY ______________________________________________________________ UPI: June 3rd, 1982 The American China-Everest ’82 Expedition had to turn back 1,500 feet from the summit of Mount Everest, Dan McConnell, a spokesman for the expedition, said today. McConnell said he received a telephone call early today from team leader Lou Whittaker in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Whittaker reported that the expedition had failed in its attempt to scale the 29,028-foot mou