Dawa Nuru Sherpa

El tesoro de la gran nieve is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Kangchenjunga. It was directed by Carmen Portilla in 2009 and produced by RTVE. It is a part of the series Al filo de lo imposible. It features Alex Txikón, Jorge Egocheaga, Asier Izaguirre, Ferran Latorre, Juanito Oiarzabal, Edurne Pasaban and others.

In 1924, British climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared while attempting to become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Exactly how far they climbed and how they died has been a mystery ever since. In 1999, a British-American research team set out to conquer Everest on the north side. Not for the beauty of the gesture, but to find to find clues that can unravel the mystery. They make a great find: the body of George Mallory himself, though the mystery only deepened...

Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst? Would they suffer brain damage leading to madness? Nobody was sure. Messner: 'I would never come here for trying Everest with oxygen. That is not a challenge for me.' A fascinating piece of history, well filmed by Leo Dickinson and Eric Jones (above the South Col Messner used a cine camera to continue the filming), featuring Messner and Habeler's thoughts. The film follows the usual sequence from Namche to Base Camp, through the Icefall, to Camps I, II and III. It also shows historical footage of the pioneering Mallory and Shipton expeditions.