Watch a Female Mountaineer Make History in ‘Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest’ Trailer (Exclusive Video)
thewrap.comMany have heard the names Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the mountaineer from New Zealand and Nepal who in 1953 were the first men to summit Mt.
Everest. Climbing enthusiasts will have heard about Japan’s Junko Tabei, who was the first woman to reach the highest point on Earth in 1975.
But less familiar is the remarkable story of trailblazer Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Everest. Her long journey to the mountaintop in 1993, which included protracted battles against gender discrimination, racism, and political opposition from within her own nation, is the subject of the new documentary “Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest.” The film’s exclusive trailer can be watched above.
Directed by first-time feature documentarian Nancy Svendsen (whose own brother-in-law is related to Pasang), the movie will make its world premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on March 3.“After my brother-in-law Dorjee told me Pasang’s story, I remember thinking how powerful one woman’s dream can be,” Svendsen told TheWrap. “I felt an immediate emotional connection to her, a calling to make her story more widely known.
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