Stephan Keck

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.

Since the first ascent in 1800, the Grossglockner has played an important role in the development of alpinism. To this day it is of great importance for tourism in the region and, with over 5000 summits a year, a popular destination for mountaineers and other sportsmen. On foot, by bike or with the snow blowers during the winter clearing we set off on our way to Austria's highest peak.