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In a video shot and edited on the flanks of Mount Everest, Ottawa filmmaker Elia Saikaly has paid tribute to the rescue teams that responded to the devastation at the Everest Base Camp that followed last weekend’s earthquake.
The video, Everest: A tribute to the fallen, was posted online late Tuesday night.
“It is with a great deal of pleasure and sadness that I share my short film: Everest — A Tribute to the Fallen,” Saikaly wrote on his Facebook page.
“No single person can come close to accurately portraying the incredible acts of bravery on the part of the many ordinary men and women at base camp that day.
“I did the best I could, under extreme circumstances, to tell the story through our team’s eyes. There were hundreds of these stories that dreadful day.
Everest – A Tribute to the Fallen from Mission 14 on Vimeo.
“With deep respect for the fallen and injured, I share a bit of what we all lived on that very difficult day.”
Saikaly, 36, is a respected filmmaker and mountaineer who was on Everest filming a client’s summit attempt. He was standing outside a dining tent when the massive quake-triggered avalanche struck, sweeping through the centre of the Base Camp, temporary home to trekkers, Nepalese Sherpas and climbers preparing to climb the world’s highest peak. The quake and avalanche killed at least 17 people on Mt. Everest. Scores more were injured, some of them critically.
The three-minute, 45-second video begins with dramatic scenes of an enormous, billowing wall of snow roaring over the camp, followed by scenes of flattened tents and scattered mountaineering gear.
“The Norwegian camp is gone,” says one climber as the survivors work to help the injured and search for the dead.
The video includes footage of rescue helicopters arriving to carry the injured to safety and is dedicated “to all the brave men and women, including the brave pilots, who assisted in rescuing and recovering the injured and deceased.”
Saikaly also pays tribute to his friend, Google executive Dan Fredinburg, who was killed on the mountain that day.
The video was shot and edited at Base Camp, which sits at 17,500 above sea level.
bcrawford@ottawacitizen.com
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The video, Everest: A tribute to the fallen, was posted online late Tuesday night.
“It is with a great deal of pleasure and sadness that I share my short film: Everest — A Tribute to the Fallen,” Saikaly wrote on his Facebook page.
“No single person can come close to accurately portraying the incredible acts of bravery on the part of the many ordinary men and women at base camp that day.
“I did the best I could, under extreme circumstances, to tell the story through our team’s eyes. There were hundreds of these stories that dreadful day.
Everest – A Tribute to the Fallen from Mission 14 on Vimeo.
“With deep respect for the fallen and injured, I share a bit of what we all lived on that very difficult day.”
Saikaly, 36, is a respected filmmaker and mountaineer who was on Everest filming a client’s summit attempt. He was standing outside a dining tent when the massive quake-triggered avalanche struck, sweeping through the centre of the Base Camp, temporary home to trekkers, Nepalese Sherpas and climbers preparing to climb the world’s highest peak. The quake and avalanche killed at least 17 people on Mt. Everest. Scores more were injured, some of them critically.
The three-minute, 45-second video begins with dramatic scenes of an enormous, billowing wall of snow roaring over the camp, followed by scenes of flattened tents and scattered mountaineering gear.
“The Norwegian camp is gone,” says one climber as the survivors work to help the injured and search for the dead.
The video includes footage of rescue helicopters arriving to carry the injured to safety and is dedicated “to all the brave men and women, including the brave pilots, who assisted in rescuing and recovering the injured and deceased.”
Saikaly also pays tribute to his friend, Google executive Dan Fredinburg, who was killed on the mountain that day.
The video was shot and edited at Base Camp, which sits at 17,500 above sea level.
bcrawford@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/getBAC
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