A story of a family with numerous members drowned in their sentimental problems.
The film in a charming and original way compares the first ascent to the first free-climb ascent of the Face of Sphinx, located in the most prominent part of the North Face Triglav. The aesthetic and breathtaking footage present beautiful and powerful environment of the Slovenian national symbol, with the mystical Sphinx at the forefront and all four protagonists of the two crucial ascents, which are separated by a period of three decades. The central story tells us that the Sphinx does not want that the climbers to solve her riddle, taken from her famous question: 'Who walks in the morning on four, at moon on two and in the evening on three (legs)?'
Un grupo de amigos alpinistas parten hacia la región de Svanetia, en el norte del Cáucaso, para escalar el monte Artao. Tras ser recibidos en casa de un georgiano, cuyo hijo murió tiempo atrás mientras ascendía la montaña, el grupo se dirige al campamento base. Cuatro de ellos emprenden el ascenso, mientras abajo se quedan el radiooperador y una doctora.
For the past 26 years 16 expeditions have tried and failed to climb one of Pakistan's 8,000 meter peaks in winter. On February 2, 2011, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards became the first. Cory is now the only American to summit any 8,000 meter peak in winter. The journey nearly killed them. Cory carried a small camera and filmed the ordeal constantly. This is their story, as seen from the raw, honest perspective of Cory's lens.
Años 30. Durante unas vacaciones en Suiza, un maduro médico escocés y su joven sobrina viven un apasionado romance.
"Más allá de las cimas" es un documental sobre la alpinista francesa Catherine Destivelle, en el que nos transmite su sentimiento por las montañas y su especial forma de vivirlas. A lo largo de los 75 minutos, Destivelle acompaña a algunas de las personas que más aprecia en escaladas en los Alpes franceses de especial belleza.
La bailarina profesional Diotima se encuentra en el vértice de un triángulo amoroso cuando es pretendida por dos alpinistas, Vigo y su amigo mayor, del que no se sabe el nombre.
Reinhold y Günther Messner decidieron escalar la cara Rupal de la montaña Nanga Parbat, en Pakistán, en los años 70. En el camino de vuelta Günther sufre un accidente y muere, su hermano Reinhold es acusado de asesinarlo.
Peter Garret es un joven fotógrafo deportivo que vive atormentado por el recuerdo de su padre, que sacrificó su vida durante una escalada para salvarlo a él y a su hermana Annie. Con los años, Annie se ha convertido en una experta escaladora que forma parte de un equipo de ascensión al K-2. Sin embargo, cuando un error en la previsión meteorológica provoca un grave accidente en el que se ve implicada, Peter decide arriesgar su vida junto a otros voluntarios para rescatarla.
Travelogue about the 1909 expedition of Duke Luigi Amedeo of Italy to K2.
“Getting to the top matters,” or so says veteran alpinist Mark Richey as he prepares to climb Saser Kangri II, at 7,518 meters the world’s second highest unclimbed mountain. In “The Old Breed”, co- director and climber Freddie Wilkinson takes the audience with him on a journey to the heart of one of the last unexplored patches of mountain wilderness: the war-inflicted eastern Karakoram range. As Richey and Steve Swenson, both in their 50s, push the limits of physical health and will power to be the first to claim this final summit, a gripping psychological thriller unfolds.
Every year, over a thousand climbers try to reach the summit of Mount Everest, with the annual record for successful attempts currently standing at 633. But of that number, nearly half were Sherpas - the mountain's unsung heroes. Yet the Sherpa community has remained secretive about their nation, culture and experiences living in the shadow of the world's highest mountain. Now, for the first time, they open the door into their world. Without the expertise of the Sherpas, only the hardiest and most skilful climbers would succeed. Every day they risk their lives for the safety of others, yet they seek neither glory nor reward, preferring to stay in the background. Following the stories of four such Sherpas - Phurba, Ngima, Ngima Tenji and Gelu - this film reveals the reality of their daily lives, not just up the mountain, but with their families after they return home.
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay made history as the first people to reach the top of Everest. Now, 50 years later, three sons of Everest's most celebrated climbers return to the mountain to challenge it again. Join their journey as they brave the elements and face death to climb 29,000 feet of wind-blasted rock and ice. And, relive the dramatic history of Everest from great triumphs to deadly tragedies, enduring rivalries and the unsung role of the Sherpa people—as National Geographic exposes the untold stories that lurk in the mountain's epic shadow and takes you on the ultimate Everest experience.
Película sobre David Lama escalando la montaña patagónica Cerro Torre por primera vez gratis, una montaña que ha sido llamada la más difícil de escalar en el mundo.
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.
Les Etoiles de Midi is an engaging docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French mountain climbers over the last several decades. In one re-enacted story, there is a wartime escape through the mountains, and in another, a daring rescue of a pair of climbers who had been missing. The actors themselves are adept at the sport of climbing, and they give the scenes an immediacy and real daring that brings the stories alive. A combination of their acrobatics and skill and the outstanding episodes in the history of French climbing creates a winning 78 minutes.
In this retrospective tribute, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Walkinshaw hails the 100th anniversary of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington by talking to those who know it best: the scientists, naturalists, mountain climbers and artists whose lives have been touched by the peak's far-reaching shadow. The result is a harmonious blend of archival material and high-definition footage celebrating an icon of the Pacific Northwest.
Una familia pasa las vacaciones de invierno en los Alpes. El sol brilla y las pistas están magníficas, pero cuando almuerzan en un restaurante, se produce una avalancha. Los clientes del restaurante se asustan, Ebba, la madre, llama a su esposo Tomas para que le ayude e intenta salvar a sus hijos, pero Tomas ha huido para salvar su vida… La avalancha se detiene delante del restaurante, sin ocasionar daños, y sin embargo, el universo familiar se ha resquebrajado. Persiste una duda sobre el padre, y Tomas busca desesperadamente recuperar su lugar de patriarca de la familia.
We followed Said Belhaj when he showed his good friend Dani Andrada around on the Swedish west coast for ten days. They climbed some of the old classic routes and also tried some of the projects the area has to offer. We tried our best to capture the spirit, surroundings and the atmosphere around their visit here.
