A broad look at the working lives and families of Mt. Everest's Icefall Doctors, who each climbing year manage the route through the perilous Khumbu Icefall to ensure Western mountaineers have an opportunity to reach the top of the world.
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Aug 1, 2023
Angnima Sherpa, the original "Icefall Doctor", has held the most dangerous job on earth on the slopes of Mt. Everest for 30+ years. A kaleidoscopic and meditative view on his last season as leader of the Icefall Doctors before his death.
Aug 1, 2023
Angnima Sherpa, the original "Icefall Doctor", has held the most dangerous job on earth on the slopes of Mt. Everest for 30+ years. A kaleidoscopic and meditative view on his last season as leader of the Icefall Doctors before his death.
Aug 8, 2023
As one family’s lives interweave under Everest’s shadow, the beloved matriarch Samdo Sherpa, so as not to be a burden to her family, moved to Kathmandu after her husband’s (Icefall Doctor leader, Angnima Sherpa) premature death to become a Buddhist nun in a monastery. She is now in a state of limbo, discouraged to leave of her own free will and unable to see some of her children who desperately miss her. All that remains is the love for her family and the resolve and inner strength to die with dignity.
Aug 1, 2023
On 18 April 2014, 16 climbing Sherpas died on the slopes of Mt. Everest in the most treacherous and deadliest part of the mountain, the Khumbu Icefall. Follow the Icefall Doctors, who hold the job of building and maintaining the route through the icefall, during the Spring climbing season to experience the most dangerous job on earth and the avalanche’s deadly aftermath.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Icefall Doctors Season 1 premiered on August 1, 2023.
Icefall Doctors Season 1 has 4 episodes.
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "The Icefall Doctor Part 1". It aired on August 1, 2023.
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