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Docudrama / Biographical
- 2018
- Austria
- 123 min
Hans Kammerlander crowned Manaslu in 2017, along with Stephan Keck, and skied down through a new route. That’s the way these two great mountaineers found redemption after the tragedies they went through on that same mountain years before. With archive footage, interviews and magnific dramatic reconstructions, the film goes through Kammerlander’s greatest achievements and his most painful losses. He is one of the greatest alpinists in history, who keeps asking himself how and why he survived while his best friends passed away in the mountain.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Fabrizio Truini, Walter Licastro
- 1987
- Italy
- 45 min
Secod episode of the 'Reinhold Messner - In nome della montagna' series. A magazine program by the Italian television about mountaineering feats, presented by Reinhold Messner. In this episode, Messner talks about the expedition he led to Makalu (his 13th 8000er) in 1986. Messner, together with Hans Kammerlander and Gottfried Mutchlechner, reached the summit of Makalu in september. A bewitched mountain: on February the South Tyrolean alpinist tried to climb the terrible summit in winter, which he had to give up because of a violent storm. The programe includes footage of both expeditions.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Fabrizio Truini, Walter Licastro
- 1987
- Italy
- 45 min
Fourth episode of the 'Reinhold Messner - In nome della montagna' series. A magazine program by the Italian television about mountaineering feats, presented by Reinhold Messner. In this episode, Messner talks his expedition to Lhotse (his 14th 8000er) in 1986. Messner, along with Hans Kammerlander, eached the summit of Mount Lhotse, 8,516 meters, at 1:45 noon on October 16, 1986, after almost six hours of ascent. With the conquest of Everest's sister peak, Messner achieved his dream of summiting the fourteen highest mountains on the planet. During the program, Messner interviews Erhard Loretan in the studio and Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki via video connection.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Fabrizio Truini, Walter Licastro
- 1987
- Italy
- 45 min
Third episode of the 'Reinhold Messner - In nome della montagna' series. A magazine program by the Italian television about mountaineering feats, presented by Reinhold Messner. In this episode, Messner talks about his expeditions to Makalu and Lhotse (in September and October 1986, respectively), and about the road that led him from one mountain to another. During the program, Messner talks about the Sherpa people and from the studio, he interviews Edmund Hillary via a video connection. In October, with his ascent of Lhotse, Messner completes the list of the 14 eight-thousanders.Climbing locations