Mount Everest: Then & Now

It's waaaaaay too short. This is not a history of Everest, but rather a short summary of some main events. They even skip a ton of huge climbing stories and "first time ever" events. They skip most of the big deaths and accidents and movies and docs about it. They skip most Sherpa stuff. Hell, it basically skips everything. But still it's a well-made documentary and everything they do say here is completely factual and relevant. This is a strong intro.

Overall I can't really recommend it to people seeking a good deep docs about Mount Everest. If you like such documentaries and watch them already it's also an easy skip. If you know nothing at all about Everest this is for you. I did enjoy the basics presented here, but overall it feels like a short video you'd see in a museum presenting some topic. Also, when a doc just presents the basics you really miss the story and human connection. The single climb stories have depth and humanity to them. This one is a shallow mass info campaign.

They do introduce the basics, from George Mallory to Edmund Hillary and then to modern mass climbing. So you do get the basics presented in a flashy package with no great bias. But no one will watch this and feel something deep or admire the mountain.