Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s Journey to Climb Mount Everest
As award-winning film about Pasang Lhamu Sherpa is now screening in select theatres in the U.S. and Canada

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Everest in 1993. As an uneducated, indigenous woman and a Buddhist in a Hindu kingdom, Pasang’s dream to scale the legendary mountain pits her against her family, foreign climbers, her government, and nature itself.
Her determined pursuit of Everest plays out within the context of her nation’s quest for democracy and the emergence of the commercial climbing industry. As told by the Nepalis who knew her, by some of the world’s most notable alpinists, and by Pasang herself, the film documents her historic quest that would transfix her country and uplift a new generation’s belief in its possibilities.
The 2022 film is now on limited release in the U.S. and in Canada. See below for dates and locations and visit here for more info.
Select Screenings 2024
MARCH 29, 31, & APRIL 4, 2024 | OLYMPIA FILM SOCIETY | OLYMPIA WA
MAY 17, 18, 20 & JUNE 4, 2024 | HOT DOCS TED ROGERS CINEMA | TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
APRIL 2, 2024 | THE KATE | OLD SAYBROOK, CT
APRIL 22, 25, 29, & MAY 6, 2024 | DIETRICH THEATER | TUNKHANNOCK, PA
APRIL 23, 2024 | BYTOWNE CINEMA | OTTAWA, ONTARIO
APRIL 26TH-28TH, 2024 | SIFF | SEATTLE, WA
MAY 3 & 11, 2024 | DENIZEN THEATRE | NEW PALTZ, NY
MAY 10-16, 2024 | THE FLICKS | BOISE, ID
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest trailer