In 1959, Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger are said to have been the first to climb the more than 3,000-metre-high granite needle of Cerro Torre. Egger had a fatal accident on the descent and Maestri was unable to prove that they had reached the summit. Reinhold Messner searches for the truth in this documentary.
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Every climbing reward comes at the cost of a potential risk, but when you are a climbing pioneer, dr...
Avid for steep slopes, Marco Siffredi (1979-2002) obeys only one rule: not to fall. This gifted kid ...
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A journey at high altitude seen through the eyes of three mysteriously connected hikers. After their...