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Documentary / Climbing Journal
- 1981
- USA
- 60 min
To climb a mountain is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mount Rainier. It was directed by Rick Ridgeway in 1981 and produced by Baker Street Entertainment. It features Jim Whittaker, Dianne Roberts, Alex Naiman, Kirk Adams, Chuck O'Brien, Roy Fitzgerald and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
- 2003
- USA
- 47 min
There are only five women who have reached the summit of K2 (8.616m). But three of them died while descending the mountain. The other two were killed in accidents on their following expeditions. The outstanding spanish mountaineer Araceli Segarra is quite aware of her forerunners fate.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
High and hallowed - Everest 1963
Jake Norton, David Morton, Jim Aikman
- 2013
- USA
- 48 min
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 is the deeper story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American mountaineering history.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
- 1990
- USA
- 58 min
Jim Whittaker leads USA-China-Russian team to the top of Everest during Cold War. This exhilarating documentary covers the record breaking expedition of the 1990 Mt. Everest International Peace Climb. The team includes climbers from China, the Soviet Union and the United States, led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to have reached the summit of the mountain in 1963. The film captures the high altitude experience, where ideals of world peace and cooperation overcome frigid conditions, medical emergencies, language barriers and cultural differences. This story celebrates these differences and the understanding people reach through striving for a common goal. Narrated by Robert Redford.Climbing locations
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DVD / BLU-RAY