File consists of a brief put together by Air Canada's advertising department on the project. The document outlines the background, objectives of the project, advertising priorities, budgets, and other information.
File contains John Amatt’s extended audio recordings of camp operations and radio transmissions surounding a major avalanche that occurred in the Khumbu Icefall on August 31, 1982, killing 3 Sherpa, Ang Chuldim Sherpa, Pasang Sona Sherpa, and Dawa Dorje Sherpa. Conversations are unedited, sometimes with extended periods of silence, and team member voices are sometimes inaudible and difficult to identify.
File includes cassettes with field recordings made by team members on the April 1982 expedition gear transport layover in Prestwick, Scotland, and in various locations in Nepal. Clips include recordings of expedition logistics meetings, climber team meetings, Sherpa gatherings, commentary from Sir Edmund Hillary, and environmental sounds captured from the trail.
Scope and Content: File includes interviews with former team leader George Kinnear and team members John Amatt (reporting from the field, regarding summit attempts, questions not audible), Tim Augur, Rusty Baillie, George Kinnear, Bill March, Pemba Tshering, Dwayne Congdon, Pat Morrow, Jim Elzinga, and Programmed Communications Limited representatives Lynn Muir and Brian Smith. Audio reels contain interview recordings with George Kinnear and John Amatt that have been edited down into segments for Air Canada 1982 Everest broadcast radio reports.
File contains team member Steve Bezruchka’s extended audio recordings of daily radio transmissions from September 16 to-October 8 between Everest Base Camp, team members on various parts of the mountain, and Kathmandu. Transmissions are unedited and sound quality varies.
File contains records related to the planning, budgeting, and execution of lecture tours and public appearances of the 1982 Canadian Expedition team. Includes lecture planning meeting minutes; agreement regarding rules for expedition member public appearances; outline of school tour presentation content; lecture series brochure content; correspondence with Teleglobe Canada regarding sponsorship of the speaking tour; and final lecture reports summarizing the tour bookings and income.
File contains Programmed Communications Limited's video script from the expedition's press reception at the Everest Sheraton in Toronto, July 15, 1982. Also includes a history of climbing Everest written by Alberta historian R.W. Sandford, and an outline for Pat Morrow's "Beyond Everest", a proposal for an interactive CD related to his 7 Summits project.
Cassettes contain radio reports of the Canadian Everest expedition’s daily progress from September 11 through October 8, 1982. Reports included broadcaster Earl Pennington reporting live from Kathmandu, spliced with clips of commentary from expedition team members. Each recording is devoted to a single day of the expedition and numbers were assigned to each tape. Some days include both an English report and a French version reported by Michel Lacroix. The audio reel has Lacroix’s French announcement of Laurie Skreslet’s summit.
File contains iterations of an in-flight documentary produced by CanEverEx for Air Canada. Features a history of past Everest climbs, pre-climb interviews with expedition team members, and in-depth visual preview of the logistics for the 1982 Canadian Everest Expedition. File includes original film answer and test prints, videocassette copies with a 24-minute version and a 10-minute version of the film, and digitized versions of the film.