Yasuko Namba was the second Japanese woman to climb the Seven Summits. Namba worked as a businesswoman for FedEx in Japan, but her hobby of mountaineering took her all over the world. She first summit
The memorial chortens for Rob Hall, Doug Hansen, Andy Harris, and Yasuko Namba
Additional portions of the film, including scenes that take place just above the icefall to camp 3, were filmed at 10,000 feet at Schnalstal/Val Senales in South Tyrol, Italy.