I can't add anything to what has been said except...

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2015)

I didn't read IMDb.com carefully (shameless plug) and thought Everest was going to be a documentary. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was more of a docudrama based on real events.
I often choose which movies to view based on the appropriateness of the language used, with the rationale that if I don't speak that way and no one in my home should, why should I pay for the same? I can think of dozens of other films I've seen that were ruined by inserting swear words where they seemed out of place. I applaud the movie Everest for being an intense adventure movie that used virtually no objectionable language--at least that I can remember. The lack of offensive language was incredibly refreshing.
The footage and drama were in this movie were riveting. I marveled that when the climbers were having such a hard time in some scenes shot from above, how the photographers were able to record such shots. They must have been staged on other mountains, but they looked realistic to me.