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The documentary is about Project Possible, a plan by Nepali high altitude climber Nirmal Purja to climb all of the world's 14 highest peaks with an altitude greater than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) (called eight-thousanders) inside 7 months (i.e. from early spring to late summer, before the winter season begins). The actual climbing took 6 months ...
Isaac Feldberg of Roger Ebert gave the film three out of five stars, writing that "Mortimer and Rosen’s film succeeds most as a sincere, wonderstruck tribute to a fellow climber. And if glorifying a sport as lethal as alpinism itself runs a kind of risk, there’s no denying the heart-in-mouth thrill of watching Leclerc in the zone, following ...
Torn is a 2021 American documentary film by photographer and explorer Max Lowe, son of the late climber Alex Lowe, who explored his father's high-profile mountain climbing death on the Himalayan peak, Mount Shishapangma, in 1999. His body was discovered in 2016, 17 years after his death. [1]
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Lucy Walker. It follows Lhakpa Sherpa as she climbs and survives ten successful summits of Mount Everest. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, and is scheduled to be released on July 31, 2024, by ...
The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster, directed by Nick Ryan.It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the K2 disaster, during which – on the way to and from the summit of one of the most dangerous mountains in the world [1] – 11 climbers died during a short time span.
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Mountain Madness guides climbers Anatoli Boukreev and Neil Beidelman, who set the fixed ropes. By then dozens of climbers have reached the step, and congestion forms at the bottom. Climber Jon Krakauer (from Hall's group) continues to the summit with Boukreev. They are joined afterward by Adventure Consultants guide Andy Harris.
Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 97% of critics gave the film a positive rating, based on 34 reviews with an average score of 7.7/10. [12] Patrick Peters of Empire magazine wrote: "...this is a spectacular, intimate and politically provocative exposé of the dangers, racial tensions and harsh economic realities on the world's highest mountain."