# SIR EDMUND HILLARY DOCUMENTARY FILM "I ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE HIMALAYAS" TIBET 47154

Produced in 1965 with backing by Sears Roebuck (which apparently hoped to sell camping equipment) and the co-operation of Sir Edmund Hillary and his first wife Louise Mary Rose, "I Always Come Back to the Himalayas" is a rarely-seen documentary about the famed climber. The film takes the viewer on a journey with Hillary across several continents and shows a rarely-seen part of his life as a father and husband who brought his whole clan along on his incredible adventures. Tragically, roughly ten years after the film's release, his wife Louise and daughter Belinda (who is seen in the film as a youngster) were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport. They had been en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital. The film begins in Alaska, where the Hilary family camps near the Matanuska Glacier. The family revels in the unpolluted air, the beautiful wild flowers and the stunning landscapes. The long 20 hours of sunlight during summer produced enormous vegetables. As Hillary recounts, 1956 saw his first trip to the Antarctic led by Dr. Vivian Fuchs, and despite enjoying every adventure, Hillary states in voice over; “Each expedition is a separate adventure, and each location has an attraction of its own - but I always come back to the Himalayas”. And of course, Mount Everest. Situated north of India and on the border between Nepal and Tibet, the Himalayas provide superb trekking, campsites and beautiful flowers. But one of the…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/47154IAlwaysCameBackToTheHimalayas)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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