An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. It also follows Jon Krakauer throughout the movie, and portrays what he was going through while climbing this mountain.
Peter Horton
as Scott Fischer
Nathaniel Parker
as Rob Hall
Richard Jenkins
as Beck Weathers
Christopher McDonald
as Jon Krakauer
Tim Dutton
as Andy Harris
Pamela Gien
as Sandy Hill Pittman
Peter J. Lucas
as Anatoli Boukreev
Long Nguyen
as Ang Dorje
Jeff Perry
as Doug Hansen
Ned Vaughn
as Neal Beidelman
Akemi Otani
as Yasuko Namba
Richard Rees
as Lopsang Sherpa