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.

Directed by Jean-Marc Boivin in 1977, Glace Extrême is a documentary about mountaineering and extrem...

Une Vie Au Dessus Du Vide (A Life Above the Void), directed by Nicolas de Virieu, is a documentary t...

Paragot and Bérardini: two climbers who fill all climbing enthusiasts with admiration. In Fontainebl...

1967: Two of the world's best climbers, Yvon Chouinard and Royal Robbins, tackle the west face of Se...

At an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, Sking is one of the most isolated villages in the Himalayan r...

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

Following in the footsteps of his father, Folco Felzani embarks on an epic journey on foot in search...

French alpinist Charles Dubouloz’s attempt at a rarely repeated route on the fabled north face of th...
In 1924, British climber George Mallory and his partner Andrew Irvine attempted to conquer Everest f...

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

A documentary portrait of the legend Eric Escoffier at the height of his mountaineering career. A tr...

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

In this retrospective tribute, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Walkinshaw hails the 100th anniversary of Mo...

Yûichirô Miura, the man who skied down Everest, journeys to an 8,000 foot mountain in the midst of a...

Before tackling the ascent of urban buildings, Alain Robert was considered one of the best specialis...

Horia Colibasanu is a dentist, father of two boys and elite climber. In 2008, he refused to abandon,...

Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mou...