Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst? Would they suffer brain damage leading to madness? Nobody was sure. Messner: 'I would never come here for trying Everest with oxygen. That is not a challenge for me.' A fascinating piece of history, well filmed by Leo Dickinson and Eric Jones (above the South Col Messner used a cine camera to continue the filming), featuring Messner and Habeler's thoughts. The film follows the usual sequence from Namche to Base Camp, through the Icefall, to Camps I, II and III. It also shows historical footage of the pioneering Mallory and Shipton expeditions.

A tragic expedition to the Himalayas, told by the great mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who lost his b...

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The best films of the European Outdoor Film Tour 11/12.

French alpinist Charles Dubouloz’s attempt at a rarely repeated route on the fabled north face of th...

For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, li...

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An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their ...

Heinz Mariacher got closer to the mountains by climbing the most important peaks of the Dolomites. H...

One of the greatest adventures of mankind told in a one-year storyline: Will Valery Rozov be able to...

Pierre Mazeau has managed to unite three of his passions which seem to have nothing in common, at a ...

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In 1983, three climbers became the first French people to reach the summit of Everest. Among them we...

Nicolas Jaeger, a French physician specializing in sports and high-altitude physiology, conducted an...

In 1961 the southern face of the Central Pillar of Mont Blanc was still unclimbed. Two roped parties...

The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, ...

An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, aw...

In 1975, Raymond Renaud, Yves Pollet-Villard, Maurice Gicquel, Maurice Cretton, Jean Coudray, Yvon M...