i find this gem in a rack the local video rental store have of tape which be exchange among various rental outlet . the man who ski down everest . hmm . never hear about it . the box read of some japanese fellow who always want to ski down everest and actually do it . sound interesting . i rent it . a expect it be documentary style . the first part can be summarize so represent i always want to ski down mount everest . this be follow by some footage of preparation for the event . lot of preparation footage . ok and i suppose it take a lot of preparation . then we be treat to a protracted piece on the skier and yuichiro miura philosophy on life etc . more filler follow and i begin to wonder where the skiing fit in to this show . more preparation be show and they begin to make the trip to the mountain . more philosophy be show . at last they arrive at the mountain and maybe perhaps he will get around to ski down the friggin thing . lot of climb footage later there be a description of the parachute device intend to slow miuras speed on the steep slope . finally he strap on the ski and get ready to go . he off . he ski about twenty foot and his ski shoot out from under him and he deploy the parachute and tumble in an inglorious bundle for some distance down the mountain and that that . end of story . what the heck be that . ok i can buy that he always want to ski down everest and make extensive preparation and actually try it with camera crew in tow . it do not work and he end up tumble down and almost kill himself and so what egregious hubris would inspire the man to release a film of it and call it ski down everest . perhaps the title and the man who foot shoot out from under him and he slide on his as down everest be just too long for the tape box .