BALLOONING OVER EVEREST
- Video
In
a field near the Nepalese hamlet of Gokyo four men climb into fragile
wicker baskets and pour flame into their hot air balloons. Rising powerfully
into the skies their craft follow a course towards the highest place
on earth - Everest.
For
Leo Dickinson and Chris Dewhirst, the cameraman and pilot in one of
the balloons, the flight will settle old scores after three previous
attempts and several life threatening crashes.
This
fifty-two minute documentary follows their extraordinary and successful
last attempt as they fly over the finest panorama on earth in the oldest
of flying machines before the final crash landing in a remote corner
of Tibet.
Produced
by Leo Dickinson Productions & Orana Films