Filming in Kathmandu | How 'Everest' Got Its Peak
Filming in Kathmandu
Everest is an ambitious title for a film. It lays claim to the highest peak and the popular conceptions and lived experiences that surround it — but with good reason. It recounts the moment when "the commercialization of Everest" began, director Baltasar Kormakur told Variety, through the lens of a 1996 expedition that killed eight climbers during a particularly brutal season. It's based on the John Krakauer book Into Thin Air, which tells the story of that fateful and fatal year. Krakauer accompanied the climbers on part of their expedition, and now Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke will bring the story to life. But how did they do it .
Filming actually occurred in several locations across frosty Europe, as well as the Everest base camp. Because of challenges of climate, weather, and the grueling lack of oxygen at the heights of Everest, the filmmakers selected less daunting peaks to stand in for the highest mountain. That's not to say that the more accessible mountains were that much easier — temperatures in the Dolomites, one of the filming locations, reached 20 degrees below zero Celsius. The filmmakers and actors took on very real risks in making this film, in Nepal and beyond. Here's where they went:
1. Kathmandu
Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal acted as a film studio for Everest. Its domestic terminal was the location of shooting for scenes in which the expedition team arrived in Nepal to prepare for their climb. Airport aside, the shooting locations also included several streets and neighborhoods in Kathmandu and the city's iconic Buddhist place of meditation (known as a "stupa"), Boudha.
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