| | dOc DVD Review: The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975) - Printable |
 | | The Man Who Skied Down Everest, winner of the Academy Award for best documentary in 1975, captures the arduous trek, mixing narration (read by Douglas Rain) based on Miura's diary amidst scenes of harsh panoramic beauty. |
 | | It is the visual scope of The Man Who Skied Down Everest that is its strength, and not Miura's seemingly mad plan to risk life and limb to slide down a sheet of rocky ice at the top of the world. |
 | | Miura's actual ski run is what the The Man Who Skied Down Everest builds to, though in hindsight it is almost an anti-climax, as the quest became stained with human death, making this questionable act of extreme sporting seem sadly pointless. |
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