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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Ultimate Skiing on Mount Rishiri
Yasutoshi Hattori (2013)
Mount Rishiri (1721 meters) floats in Japan's northernmost sea. In February, when seasonal winds blow from the sea, winter is at its harshest. Daisuke Sasaki, one of Japan's most famous backcountry skiers, dares to ski down 1400 meters of unforgiving cliffs, some with a gradient of 50 degrees. But even before he can ski down, Sasaki must first face the ordeal of climbing the mountain with ski equipment on his back. This documentary follows Sasaki as he challenges-and ultimately succeeds in-skiing down the snowy mountain, despite the unavoidable risk of avalanches.Ultimate Skiing on Mount Rishiri
- 2013
- Japan
- 49 min
Mount Rishiri (1721 meters) floats in Japan's northernmost sea. In February, when seasonal winds blow from the sea, winter is at its harshest. Daisuke Sasaki, one of Japan's most famous backcountry skiers, dares to ski down 1400 meters of unforgiving cliffs, some with a gradient of 50 degrees. But even before he can ski down, Sasaki must first face the ordeal of climbing the mountain with ski equipment on his back. This documentary follows Sasaki as he challenges-and ultimately succeeds in-skiing down the snowy mountain, despite the unavoidable risk of avalanches.Climbing locations
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Sonam Ri - Le sommet porte-bonheur
Stéphane Schaffter (2014)
An expedition to northern India, in Zanskar, under the theme of the transmission of knowledge between 2 Himalayan guides: Stéphane Schaffter and Pierre Morand, and 3 young and talented riders, Christelle Marceau, Laura Bolheber and Jeremy Pernet. Apotheosis, the adventure will be crowned with success by the opening of a 6'500 meters virgin in the unknown valley of Reru. The team will call it the Sonami Ri or Lucky Charms, translated.Sonam Ri - Le sommet porte-bonheur
Stéphane Schaffter, Sandy Palenzuela
- 2014
- Switzerland
- 54 min
An expedition to northern India, in Zanskar, under the theme of the transmission of knowledge between 2 Himalayan guides: Stéphane Schaffter and Pierre Morand, and 3 young and talented riders, Christelle Marceau, Laura Bolheber and Jeremy Pernet. Apotheosis, the adventure will be crowned with success by the opening of a 6'500 meters virgin in the unknown valley of Reru. The team will call it the Sonami Ri or Lucky Charms, translated.Climbing locations
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Skiing Above the Clouds
Bob Spring (1955)
Four skiers, John Carter, Bob and Ira Spring, and Paul Wiseman, plan a traverse from Paradise to the White River across the glaciers of Mount Rainier. The group climbs to Camp Muir. They tour and ski among the crevasses on the Emmons Glacier below the north face of Little Tahoma Peak. Later, the skiers travel to a camp on the other side of the mountain. They explore scenic crevasses, making delicate crossings on skis. Includes scenes of packing and eating Zoom cereal.- 1955
- USA
- 13 min
Four skiers, John Carter, Bob and Ira Spring, and Paul Wiseman, plan a traverse from Paradise to the White River across the glaciers of Mount Rainier. The group climbs to Camp Muir. They tour and ski among the crevasses on the Emmons Glacier below the north face of Little Tahoma Peak. Later, the skiers travel to a camp on the other side of the mountain. They explore scenic crevasses, making delicate crossings on skis. Includes scenes of packing and eating Zoom cereal.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
No man's land
Matthias Mayr (2018)
Due to the extreme cold, the glaciated terrain and the desert climate, freeskiing in Antarctica seemed to be impossible. But the two freeskiers and adventurers Matthias Haunholder and Matthias Mayr don ́t care if regions are ment to be too remote or harsh for skiing. They are getting even more attracted by so called hard conditions. Together with cinematographer Johannes Aitzetmüller they set over for an unsupported expedition into the mainland of Antarctica to find beautiful mountains for skiing. The 3 men team, each hauling a 90kg sled, covered a distance of more than 150km by hiking and using kites. What they found, was much better than expected. The 'holy grale' of freeriding.- 2018
- Austria
- 73 min
Due to the extreme cold, the glaciated terrain and the desert climate, freeskiing in Antarctica seemed to be impossible. But the two freeskiers and adventurers Matthias Haunholder and Matthias Mayr don ́t care if regions are ment to be too remote or harsh for skiing. They are getting even more attracted by so called hard conditions. Together with cinematographer Johannes Aitzetmüller they set over for an unsupported expedition into the mainland of Antarctica to find beautiful mountains for skiing. The 3 men team, each hauling a 90kg sled, covered a distance of more than 150km by hiking and using kites. What they found, was much better than expected. The 'holy grale' of freeriding.Climbing locations
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Monumental - Skiing our National Parks
Chris Kitchen (2016)
A ski film unlike any other, Monumental: Skiing Our National Parks celebrates the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service by paying homage to these monuments of nature and solitude, reminding us skiers where we came from, and that we belong to something greater than ourselves. Follow contemporary explorers through the lens of KGB Productions with skiers Andy Mahre, Lynsey Dyer, Griffin Post, Colter Hinchliffe, Kalen Thorien, Greg Hill, Max Hammer, and Connery Lundin at Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Glacier National Park, and Olympic National Park.Monumental - Skiing our National Parks
- 2016
- USA
- 42 min
A ski film unlike any other, Monumental: Skiing Our National Parks celebrates the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service by paying homage to these monuments of nature and solitude, reminding us skiers where we came from, and that we belong to something greater than ourselves. Follow contemporary explorers through the lens of KGB Productions with skiers Andy Mahre, Lynsey Dyer, Griffin Post, Colter Hinchliffe, Kalen Thorien, Greg Hill, Max Hammer, and Connery Lundin at Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Glacier National Park, and Olympic National Park.Climbing locations
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Rendezvous in the Selkirks
Hans Gmoser (1967)
The film features a complex tale of eight ski instructors and racers travelint to the newly built Fairy Meadow hut in the northern Selkirks, interwoven with the sotry of their professional lives on the ski slopes. The stars of the film are Hans Gmoser’s old gang: Mike Wiegele, Scott Henderson, Jim McConkey and his wife, Glenn, Lorne McFadgen, Oake O’Connor, Rob and Linda Bockock and Kiwi Gallagher. The sequeences of the eight ski pros all dancing down the slope while the wind whips up snow plumes in the sunlight are magical. In this film, there is none of Gmoser’s philosophy, it is just good entertainment and eye candy for skiers.- 1967
- Canada
- 38 min
The film features a complex tale of eight ski instructors and racers travelint to the newly built Fairy Meadow hut in the northern Selkirks, interwoven with the sotry of their professional lives on the ski slopes. The stars of the film are Hans Gmoser’s old gang: Mike Wiegele, Scott Henderson, Jim McConkey and his wife, Glenn, Lorne McFadgen, Oake O’Connor, Rob and Linda Bockock and Kiwi Gallagher. The sequeences of the eight ski pros all dancing down the slope while the wind whips up snow plumes in the sunlight are magical. In this film, there is none of Gmoser’s philosophy, it is just good entertainment and eye candy for skiers.Climbing locations
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Magnetic Mountains
Steve Wakeford (2017)
In October 2014, Steve Wakeford, a sports broadcast editor, fell 70 metres whilst climbing a mountain known as Les Petites Jorasses in the French Alps. It was a fall that required him to be airlifted out of the mountains suffering from a number of serious injuries and resulted in him being temporarily left in a wheelchair - he is lucky to be alive. At the start of a long journey of rehabilitation, he began to ask himself some serious questions - 'Regardless of injury or trauma, why are we drawn to the mountains in the first place? Is risk an essential part of what we do? Perhaps most importantly, why is it that I am planning to climb the same route from which I fell?'- 2017
- France, UK
- 86 min
In October 2014, Steve Wakeford, a sports broadcast editor, fell 70 metres whilst climbing a mountain known as Les Petites Jorasses in the French Alps. It was a fall that required him to be airlifted out of the mountains suffering from a number of serious injuries and resulted in him being temporarily left in a wheelchair - he is lucky to be alive. At the start of a long journey of rehabilitation, he began to ask himself some serious questions - 'Regardless of injury or trauma, why are we drawn to the mountains in the first place? Is risk an essential part of what we do? Perhaps most importantly, why is it that I am planning to climb the same route from which I fell?'Climbing locations
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Kiteskiing Glaciers in Greenland
Mark Dyson (2003)
In the spring of 2003, local snowboarder John Griber and local skier and photo-grapher Chris Figenshau spent a month in Greenland climbing and descending numerous, un-named peaks along the Kaarali glacier near the small village of Taasalaq. The group, which included skier Kasha Rigby of Salt Lake City and snowboarder Jim Zellers of Truckee, California, planned to use wind-driven kites to tow themselves across the glacier.Kiteskiing Glaciers in Greenland
- 2003
- UK
- 23 min
In the spring of 2003, local snowboarder John Griber and local skier and photo-grapher Chris Figenshau spent a month in Greenland climbing and descending numerous, un-named peaks along the Kaarali glacier near the small village of Taasalaq. The group, which included skier Kasha Rigby of Salt Lake City and snowboarder Jim Zellers of Truckee, California, planned to use wind-driven kites to tow themselves across the glacier.Climbing locations
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Kilian Jornet - Path to Everest
Josep Serra (2018)
Kilian Jornet wrote as a child a list of all the races he would like to win and all the mountains he dreamed of climbing. In May 2017 he crossed off the last top of the list by completing a historic double ascent of Everest alone, without oxygen and in one go. It was the culmination of the Summits of My Life project, which for five years has taken him to spectacular peaks around the planet accompanied by a small group of climbers. Path to Everest' reviews the path that has taken Kilian Jornet to the highest peak in the world, discovering his most intimate face with his fears, his contradictions and his illusions to continue looking for new challenges that allow him to continue dreaming, always surrounded by mountains and those that inspire him.Kilian Jornet - Path to Everest
Josep Serra, Sébastien Montaz-Rosset
- 2018
- Spain
- 80 min
Kilian Jornet wrote as a child a list of all the races he would like to win and all the mountains he dreamed of climbing. In May 2017 he crossed off the last top of the list by completing a historic double ascent of Everest alone, without oxygen and in one go. It was the culmination of the Summits of My Life project, which for five years has taken him to spectacular peaks around the planet accompanied by a small group of climbers. Path to Everest' reviews the path that has taken Kilian Jornet to the highest peak in the world, discovering his most intimate face with his fears, his contradictions and his illusions to continue looking for new challenges that allow him to continue dreaming, always surrounded by mountains and those that inspire him.Climbing locations
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Der blinde Mann und der Berg
Juliane Möcklinghoff (2017)
The Lienzer Dolomites are Andy Holzer's home, but he has never seen them before. The mountains all over the world attract him magically - even though he is blind. Andy Holzer is an extreme mountaineer who was born without sight. He has already conquered six of the highest peaks of all continents, only the highest, Mount Everest, is still missing. Twice Andy Holzer had to turn back, twice he was stopped by natural disasters that cost the lives of many people. But giving up is not Andy Holzer's thing. He has a mission: He wants to open the eyes of those who see, show them how he 'sees' the world.- 2017
- Germany
- 30 min
The Lienzer Dolomites are Andy Holzer's home, but he has never seen them before. The mountains all over the world attract him magically - even though he is blind. Andy Holzer is an extreme mountaineer who was born without sight. He has already conquered six of the highest peaks of all continents, only the highest, Mount Everest, is still missing. Twice Andy Holzer had to turn back, twice he was stopped by natural disasters that cost the lives of many people. But giving up is not Andy Holzer's thing. He has a mission: He wants to open the eyes of those who see, show them how he 'sees' the world.Climbing locations
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Das Ötztal - Tal der Vielfalt und Gegensätze
Hans-Peter Stauber (2017)
In the first episode 'Bergwelten on Tour' visits the Ötztal in Tyrol, the longest transverse valley of the Eastern Alps. A valley full of cultural and scenic diversity. It ranges from icy glaciers to gentle meadows, from high alpine rugged landscapes to the mild climate in the valley, from action-packed events to quiet and secluded retreats. Five climatic and scenic zones extend over the almost 70 km of the valley and are reflected accordingly in the cultural breadth of the valley.Das Ötztal - Tal der Vielfalt und Gegensätze
- 2017
- Austria
- 47 min
In the first episode 'Bergwelten on Tour' visits the Ötztal in Tyrol, the longest transverse valley of the Eastern Alps. A valley full of cultural and scenic diversity. It ranges from icy glaciers to gentle meadows, from high alpine rugged landscapes to the mild climate in the valley, from action-packed events to quiet and secluded retreats. Five climatic and scenic zones extend over the almost 70 km of the valley and are reflected accordingly in the cultural breadth of the valley.Climbing locations
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Auf den Spuren der Ersten
Matthias Mayr (2017)
The Austrian professional freerider and adventurer Matthias 'Hauni' Haunholder and Matthias Mayr set off to follow the traces of pioneers who had skied down famous Alpine mountains for the first time – and they are impressed. They are even more surprised, when they consider the materials of that time. Observed by a state-of-the-art camera, the two professional skiers try to repeat the partly extremely exposed descents. Due to the climate warming, some ski runs have become even more extreme, or already impossible. They experience thrilling moments on the north face of the Hochfeiler in the Zillertal Alps or in the Pallavicini Gully on the Großglockner.Matthias Mayr, Matthias Haunholder
- 2017
- Austria
- 47 min
The Austrian professional freerider and adventurer Matthias 'Hauni' Haunholder and Matthias Mayr set off to follow the traces of pioneers who had skied down famous Alpine mountains for the first time – and they are impressed. They are even more surprised, when they consider the materials of that time. Observed by a state-of-the-art camera, the two professional skiers try to repeat the partly extremely exposed descents. Due to the climate warming, some ski runs have become even more extreme, or already impossible. They experience thrilling moments on the north face of the Hochfeiler in the Zillertal Alps or in the Pallavicini Gully on the Großglockner.Climbing locations
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