Andrej Štremfelj

In 1979 Reinhold Messner thought of an ideal route to climb K2 along the south-south west face, the 'Magic Line'. This route was attempted by a French expedition in 1979 without success. A Polish expedition instead, with Wroz, Piasecki and Bozik, succeeded in the attempt but Wroz did not return. The bodies of Renato Casarotto, Lashr Khan, Hogn Smlich and Allan Pannington also lie at a height of 7000 m. Despite this, in July 1988, a Yuogslavian expedition attempted the climb and made this film, along the most difficult route leading to the summit of K2.

This is a summary of 30 years of confrontations with the world highest mountain – the period which has significantly marked Slovenian and also worldwide mountaineering. Aside two world mountaineering legends, Everest's first ascender Edmund Hillary and Peter Habeler, the first man climbing Everest without using bottled oxygen, the story focuses on two Slovenian historic achievements on the mountain: The first ascent via the West Ridge in 1979 and the first complete ski descent from the peak of Everest in 2000. The 30 years of Slovenian attempts on Mount Everest also covers a great part of the most epic period of Slovenian Himalayan expeditions.

Zašto is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest. It was directed by Stipe Božić in 1979 and produced by HRT. It features Stipe Božić, Ang Phu, Stane Belak-Šrauf, Andrej Štremfelj, Jernej Zaplotnik, Tone Škarja and others.

Lhotse 1981 - Južna stena is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Lhotse. It was directed by Dušica Kunaver in 2011 and produced by Aleš Kunaver. It is a part of the series Prvi slovenski himalajci in bara sab Aleš. It features Stipe Božić, Aleš Kunaver, Janez Majdič, Marjan Manfreda-Marjon, Peter Markič, Vanja Matijevec and others.