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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Surrender to Everest
Ned Kelly (1971)
Norman Dyhrenfurth leads an expedition with thirty climbers from thirteen different countries including Don Whillans, Dougal Haston, Naomi Uemura, Pierre Mazeaud, and others. This optimistic expedition hopes to simultaneously climb the SW Face and the West Ridge Direct, but is fraught with one-upmanship, personality conflicts, and organizational problems. Harsh Bahuguna is caught out in a storm at Camp 3 and died despite the efforts of the rescue party. The expedition falters after his death, but Whillans and Haston push the SW Face route up to 27,400 feet (8,350 meters) before lack of equipment forces an end to the expedition.- 1971
- UK
- 102 min
Norman Dyhrenfurth leads an expedition with thirty climbers from thirteen different countries including Don Whillans, Dougal Haston, Naomi Uemura, Pierre Mazeaud, and others. This optimistic expedition hopes to simultaneously climb the SW Face and the West Ridge Direct, but is fraught with one-upmanship, personality conflicts, and organizational problems. Harsh Bahuguna is caught out in a storm at Camp 3 and died despite the efforts of the rescue party. The expedition falters after his death, but Whillans and Haston push the SW Face route up to 27,400 feet (8,350 meters) before lack of equipment forces an end to the expedition.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
Brave new wild
Oakley Anderson-Moore (2014)
Stumbling upon her father's hi8 tapes, a daughter discovers a world of delinquent oddballs and wino nomad-poets who dedicated their life to an absurdist art form: rock climbing.- 2014
- USA
- 76 min
Stumbling upon her father's hi8 tapes, a daughter discovers a world of delinquent oddballs and wino nomad-poets who dedicated their life to an absurdist art form: rock climbing.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Ascent
Virginia Duncan (1970)
Ascent is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Yosemite National Park. It was directed by Virginia Duncan in 1970 and produced by KQED. It features Loyd Price, Gary Colliver and Wayne Merry. -
Documentary / Climbing Journal
Climbing in Utah
Scott Simper (1999)
Climbing in Utah is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Moonlight Buttress and El Capitan. It was directed by Scott Simper in 1999 and produced by Environmental Recreation Group. It is a part of the series Anyplace wild. It features Annie Getchell, Steph Davis and John Viehman.- 1999
- USA
- 26 min
Climbing in Utah is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Moonlight Buttress and El Capitan. It was directed by Scott Simper in 1999 and produced by Environmental Recreation Group. It is a part of the series Anyplace wild. It features Annie Getchell, Steph Davis and John Viehman.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
El Capitan
Fred Padula (1978)
The film follows three climbers as they do the 3000-feet (900 m) vertical ascent of The Nose, the classic first big-wall climb on El Capitan. A fourth climber follows the group and films their ascent but is never seen in the movie. The climbers need three days to reach the summit, which means they have to spend two nights sleeping on steep ledges, waking to magnificent views. Several minutes of the film is filmed in the pitch black when the climbers are caught by nightfall before reaching a ledge to spend the night. The screen is dark when one climber is heard trying to belay another when a bolt breaks loose and the climbers fall, luckily unharmed.- 1978
- USA
- 57 min
The film follows three climbers as they do the 3000-feet (900 m) vertical ascent of The Nose, the classic first big-wall climb on El Capitan. A fourth climber follows the group and films their ascent but is never seen in the movie. The climbers need three days to reach the summit, which means they have to spend two nights sleeping on steep ledges, waking to magnificent views. Several minutes of the film is filmed in the pitch black when the climbers are caught by nightfall before reaching a ledge to spend the night. The screen is dark when one climber is heard trying to belay another when a bolt breaks loose and the climbers fall, luckily unharmed.Climbing locations
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