Following in the footsteps of Captain John Noel and his immensely popular documentaries taken on the Mount Everest expeditions of the 1920s ("Climbing Mount Everest"/"The Epic of Everest"), Frank Smythe hoped to help finance his 1931 attempt on Kamet, another Himalayan peak, by bringing back film footage of a successful ascent including summit shots which were at that time the highest ever taken in the world.

Frank Smythe
as Self - expedition leader

E. St. John Birnie
as Self - expeditioner

E. Bentley Beauman
as Self - expeditioner

C. Raymond Greene
as Self - expedition physician (as Dr. C. Raymond Greene)

R.L. Holdsworth
as Self - expeditioner

Eric Shipton
as Self-expeditioner

Lewa
as Self - Sherpa

Nema Dorje
as Self - Sherpa

Nima Tendrup
as Self - Sherpa