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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Testing Ourselves
Josep Serra (2017)
Is it possible to climb an 8,000m mountain in two weeks? What sort of acclimatization is necessary and how does it affect the body? These are the questions Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg were asking themselves. To find the answer they set off to climb Cho Oyu using a new method of acclimatization that could revolutionize climbing. Would it work?- 2017
- Spain
- 17 min
Is it possible to climb an 8,000m mountain in two weeks? What sort of acclimatization is necessary and how does it affect the body? These are the questions Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg were asking themselves. To find the answer they set off to climb Cho Oyu using a new method of acclimatization that could revolutionize climbing. Would it work?Climbing locations
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Matt Sharman (2015)
Tim Mosedale, a guide on Everest, lost three Sherpa friends when the earthquake struck in 2015. Tim set about raising money to help the families of his dead companions, and draw attention to how reliant most high altitude mountaineers are on their Sherpa crew; in fact, how much we all need the support of others to keep going. With the intention of raising awareness of his cause and to increase the number of donations he had received, Tim completes a grueling triathlon covering a total distance of 184.5 miles over 51 hours 50 minutes.- 2015
- UK
- 32 min
Tim Mosedale, a guide on Everest, lost three Sherpa friends when the earthquake struck in 2015. Tim set about raising money to help the families of his dead companions, and draw attention to how reliant most high altitude mountaineers are on their Sherpa crew; in fact, how much we all need the support of others to keep going. With the intention of raising awareness of his cause and to increase the number of donations he had received, Tim completes a grueling triathlon covering a total distance of 184.5 miles over 51 hours 50 minutes.Climbing locations
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Siguniang 1981
Graham Zimmerman (2017)
In 1981 Jack Tackle, Jim Donini, Kim Schmitz, Jim Kanzler, and Greg Thomsen traveled to the newly opened mountains of central China to attempt the South Face of then unclimbed Mt Siguniang. Retreating from the mountain in defeat, the team engaged in outrageous hijinks that, until recently, were too embarrassing to share publicly. This film gathers the four surviving members to learn about their experiences in China in 1981 and highlight their hilarious account with animated images from the expedition.- 2017
- USA
- 12 min
In 1981 Jack Tackle, Jim Donini, Kim Schmitz, Jim Kanzler, and Greg Thomsen traveled to the newly opened mountains of central China to attempt the South Face of then unclimbed Mt Siguniang. Retreating from the mountain in defeat, the team engaged in outrageous hijinks that, until recently, were too embarrassing to share publicly. This film gathers the four surviving members to learn about their experiences in China in 1981 and highlight their hilarious account with animated images from the expedition.Climbing locations
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Rutas de tributo: Beckey-Chouinard
Benjamín Soto (2016)
A team of Mexican climbers is fine-tuning the crampons and the car to drive from Guadalajara to Canada to climb the Bugaboos in Canadian British Columbia to face a great challenge: climb the iconic Beckey-Chouinard route and, incidentally, meet the legendary Dirtbag, Fred Beckey. A project that is not only representative of the spirit of sporting achievement, it also brings together the elements of adventure and exploration that define the values of what it means mountaineering.Rutas de tributo: Beckey-Chouinard
Benjamín Soto, Cristóbal de Alba
- 2016
- Mexico
- 34 min
A team of Mexican climbers is fine-tuning the crampons and the car to drive from Guadalajara to Canada to climb the Bugaboos in Canadian British Columbia to face a great challenge: climb the iconic Beckey-Chouinard route and, incidentally, meet the legendary Dirtbag, Fred Beckey. A project that is not only representative of the spirit of sporting achievement, it also brings together the elements of adventure and exploration that define the values of what it means mountaineering.Climbing locations
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Por qué escalamos
Benjamín Soto (2015)
Pursuing their dreams and passion, sometimes far into what some people would call insane, this short film tells the story of why these athletes do what they do, what is in rock-climbing that moves so many of them so deeply that is no longer only a sport, but a way of life. The film tries to respond to all this through the testimony of a group of Mexican climbers. An advertising-style film produced by Alta Vertical and Zenith Adventure Media.Benjamín Soto, Cristóbal de Alba
- 2015
- Mexico
- 7 min
Pursuing their dreams and passion, sometimes far into what some people would call insane, this short film tells the story of why these athletes do what they do, what is in rock-climbing that moves so many of them so deeply that is no longer only a sport, but a way of life. The film tries to respond to all this through the testimony of a group of Mexican climbers. An advertising-style film produced by Alta Vertical and Zenith Adventure Media.Climbing locations
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Northwestern Mountains
Josef Boehmer (1941)
An early silent color film of Glacier National Park and Mount Rainier. The film is part of the 'Our Colorful World' series, produced by Bell & Howell. It shows a drive up to the Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, and a two-day ascent to Mount Rainier through Nisqually Glacier by two men and a woman. This Filmosound Library series produced in the early 1940s initially included thirty-seven single reels, for the most part silent, bringing beauty spots and wildlife of America and the world to the school screen in full natural color.- 1941
- USA
- 14 min
An early silent color film of Glacier National Park and Mount Rainier. The film is part of the 'Our Colorful World' series, produced by Bell & Howell. It shows a drive up to the Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, and a two-day ascent to Mount Rainier through Nisqually Glacier by two men and a woman. This Filmosound Library series produced in the early 1940s initially included thirty-seven single reels, for the most part silent, bringing beauty spots and wildlife of America and the world to the school screen in full natural color.Climbing locations
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North3
(2020)
Late summer 1991. Hans Kammerlander and Hans-Peter Eisendle, two of the boldest mountaineers of all time, conceived a new challenge, hybrid and progressive, on their home mountains: they climbed in a single day the north faces of Ortles and Cima Grande di Lavaredo, covering the distance between the two mountains (246 km) by fair means, on their bikes. What was born more or less as a game became the milestone of a new way of conceiving mountain activities. In Spring 2018, Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini took the baton and challenge that achievement, adding a third north face, the Grossglockner’s, and another 117 kilometers by bike.
- 2020
- Italy
- 15 min
Late summer 1991. Hans Kammerlander and Hans-Peter Eisendle, two of the boldest mountaineers of all time, conceived a new challenge, hybrid and progressive, on their home mountains: they climbed in a single day the north faces of Ortles and Cima Grande di Lavaredo, covering the distance between the two mountains (246 km) by fair means, on their bikes. What was born more or less as a game became the milestone of a new way of conceiving mountain activities. In Spring 2018, Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini took the baton and challenge that achievement, adding a third north face, the Grossglockner’s, and another 117 kilometers by bike.Climbing locations
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Montagnes d'Alaska
Pierre Royer (1984)
An expedition of the French Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne (GMHM) led by Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Claude Marmier to Alaska in 1984, where they made an amazing number of important ascents: Mount McKinley (Denali) via Western Rib, via West Buttress, and West Buttress-Muldrow Traverse; Mount Foraker via southeast ridge; Mount Hunter via north face, via the west ridge, and via south ridge; and Rooster Comb via the north face. The Rooster Comb climb probably was the second ascent of the route.- 1984
- France
- 14 min
An expedition of the French Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne (GMHM) led by Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Claude Marmier to Alaska in 1984, where they made an amazing number of important ascents: Mount McKinley (Denali) via Western Rib, via West Buttress, and West Buttress-Muldrow Traverse; Mount Foraker via southeast ridge; Mount Hunter via north face, via the west ridge, and via south ridge; and Rooster Comb via the north face. The Rooster Comb climb probably was the second ascent of the route.Climbing locations
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Le Lhotse
Pierre Royer (1987)
The ascent of Lhotse Shar (8,400 meters) by its southwest ridge in 1987 by the French Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne (GMHM). This was the first 8000m climbed by the GMHM. Alain Estève, who became one of the best French paragliding specialists, set the altitude record for this discipline by flying from an altitude of 7,300 meters in a two-seater paraglider.- 1987
- France
- 27 min
The ascent of Lhotse Shar (8,400 meters) by its southwest ridge in 1987 by the French Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne (GMHM). This was the first 8000m climbed by the GMHM. Alain Estève, who became one of the best French paragliding specialists, set the altitude record for this discipline by flying from an altitude of 7,300 meters in a two-seater paraglider.Climbing locations
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Latok 1978
Jim Aikman (2017)
In 1978, an elite team of American alpinists set off for an unclimbed peak in the remote mountains of Pakistan. The infamous attempt is now considered one of the greatest failures in the history of Amerian alpinism. Jim Donini, Michael Kennedy, George Lowe and Jeff Lowe nearly succeeded on the long and committing Latok's North Ridge in 1978. They came within a few hundred meters of the summit, but they retreated after Jeff Lowe nearly died from a sudden onset of altitude sickness.- 2017
- USA
- 7 min
In 1978, an elite team of American alpinists set off for an unclimbed peak in the remote mountains of Pakistan. The infamous attempt is now considered one of the greatest failures in the history of Amerian alpinism. Jim Donini, Michael Kennedy, George Lowe and Jeff Lowe nearly succeeded on the long and committing Latok's North Ridge in 1978. They came within a few hundred meters of the summit, but they retreated after Jeff Lowe nearly died from a sudden onset of altitude sickness.Climbing locations
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L'angelo custode
Matteo Mocellin (2014)
Toni Marchiorello dedicated himself to the mountains and mountaineering from a very young age: the soul of the CAI, the first Mountaineering Instructor in the Bassano area, he has collected 35 climbs over 4000 meters of altitude. At the ripe old age of 85, he is still a man of the mountains and continues to participate in hiking activities in Italy and abroad and is not lacking in every occasion of cheerful conviviality. Its feature? The total absence of a sense of direction. Hence the nickname 'Compass'.- 2014
- Italy
- 22 min
Toni Marchiorello dedicated himself to the mountains and mountaineering from a very young age: the soul of the CAI, the first Mountaineering Instructor in the Bassano area, he has collected 35 climbs over 4000 meters of altitude. At the ripe old age of 85, he is still a man of the mountains and continues to participate in hiking activities in Italy and abroad and is not lacking in every occasion of cheerful conviviality. Its feature? The total absence of a sense of direction. Hence the nickname 'Compass'.Climbing locations
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Kamet
Pierre Royer (1985)
Franco-Indian Expedition in the Garhwal Himalayas. In 1985, a joint Indo-French Army expedition, led by Balwant Sandu and deputy leader Jean-Claude Marmier (from the Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne - GMHM), fixed 4,000 meters of rope up the left side of the southwest face and then the west ridge of Kamet (7,756 meters), overcoming difficulties of UIAA VI and icy couloirs of 75° before a total of 13 climbers reached the summit.- 1985
- France
- 27 min
Franco-Indian Expedition in the Garhwal Himalayas. In 1985, a joint Indo-French Army expedition, led by Balwant Sandu and deputy leader Jean-Claude Marmier (from the Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne - GMHM), fixed 4,000 meters of rope up the left side of the southwest face and then the west ridge of Kamet (7,756 meters), overcoming difficulties of UIAA VI and icy couloirs of 75° before a total of 13 climbers reached the summit.Climbing locations
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