Noël Hanna

A documentary 'On the brink of human capabilities' about an Everest expedition by a group of Russian climbers. The documentary is a kind of reality show presented from the ground by the popular Russian television presenter Valdis Pelšs. The film crew joined the expedition in 2015, but the expedition was interrupted by a series of earthquakes. In 2016 the group returned to the foot of the mountain to tell the story of several historical conquests and to show the whole process of climbing the main peak from the base to the top.

Mountaineer Sophie Lavaud is part of this amazing family of collectors of summits over 8000 meters high. Of the fourteen that dominate the Himalayas, it has already climbed five of them, the highest of them being Everest. In the summer of 2016, Sophie decided to tackle the most feared one: the famous K2.

Valery Rozov, extreme BASE jumper and Russian wingsuit pilot, is determined to set the record for the highest BASE jump and relative wingsuit flight ever made. Rozov is taking part in a 40-day expedition from Kathmandu to Tibet, together with his team of climbers, guides and porters, to the Mount Everest massif. Although the summit of Everest is not steep enough to launch in a wingsuit, a cornice on the northern side of the mountain offers the opportunity to take flight at 7220 meters above sea level. Rozov spent two years planning and testing this flight, taking measurements and meticulously searching for the perfect suit that would allow him to jump into the void.

Himalaya: Ladder to paradise is a five-episode Chinese series, that follows a group of Tibetan Mountaineering School graduates who had recently finished the six-year course and finally join an expedition to Mount Everest. Named by Tibetan residents, 'Ladder to Paradise' refers to little white ladders drawn onto rocks and cliffs on the Tibetan Plateau, believed to lead spirits to a Holy Land. To reach the top of the 'ladder' symbolizes a new starting point on the journey of life. The film is the first 4K Ultra-HD documentary filmed on Mount Everest. There is a 86 minutes documentary version of the story.

Also titled Himalaya: Ladder to paradise, this is the documentary version of the five-episode Chinese series Ximalaya tianti, that follows a group of Tibetan Mountaineering School graduates who had recently finished the six-year course and finally join an expedition to Mount Everest. Named by Tibetan residents, 'Ladder to Paradise' refers to little white ladders drawn onto rocks and cliffs on the Tibetan Plateau, believed to lead spirits to a Holy Land. To reach the top of the 'ladder' symbolizes a new starting point on the journey of life. The film is the first 4K Ultra-HD documentary filmed on Mount Everest.