Before Everest
“I’d never share a rope with him” is about as damning a comment as anyone can make about a fellow mountaineer.Sir Edmund Hillary’s words about Earle Riddiford in his last autobiography set the uneasy tone of this nuanced documentary by Earle’s son Richard Riddiford.
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“I’d never share a rope with him” is about as damning a comment as anyone can make about a fellow mountaineer. Sir Edmund Hillary’s words about Earle Riddiford in his last autobiography set the uneasy tone of this nuanced documentary by Earle’s son Richard Riddiford.
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- Release date
- Aug 2, 2020
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- 1h 32m
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- New Zealand
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