Klaus Mees

Sky Running is a very modern way of alpinism, outstanding in both flexibility and toughness: Ascending fast and descending even faster. Benedik Böhm and Sebastian Haag are up to something completely new in the range of mountaineering: A sky run to the summit of Gasherbrum II (8053 m), and going the whole way down to Base Camp on ski - right through the death zone, in one day.

Faszination todeszone is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Gasherbrum Ii. It was directed by Jan Kerckhoff in 2004 and produced by BR. It features Bernhard Olzowy, Thomas Türpe, Klaus Mees, Marin Gogglemann, Paul Koller, Domenico Belingheri and others.

This film describes the different symptoms of altitude sickness. For this purpose, an expedition to the Cho Oyu (8,210 m) has been documented. What happens in and to our body during the acclimatization to high altitudes is depicted in high-standard graphic presentations and animations. Famous mountaineers such as Peter Habeler and Professor Oswald Oelz talk about their experiences, and a group of scientists affiliated with Professor Klaus Mees from Munich explores the human body at different altitudes with the most modern instruments and receives surprising results. This film shows which physical and spiritual limits can be pushed by men on the top of the world and describes the dramatic consequences.