The Asgard Project (2009)
• December 1st, 2009 • 1h 8min
Documentary
Overview
The film follows Leo's ambitious project to make a first free ascent on the North Tower of the incredible Mt Asgard on Baffin Island deep in the Arctic. Leo teams up with fellow big wall climbing god, Stanley Leary (USA), the duo hope to make a wingsuit descent from the summit. Arriving late in the season the trip soon begins to go wrong, after a spectacular arrival skydiving over Mt Asgard, conditions turn against the team where just reaching the base of the climb becomes a massive challenge. The film produced by multi-award winner, Alastair Lee, is an all out spectacular film documenting a truly cutting edge adventure with all its twists and turns. Prior to the Baffin trip they embark on training trips to Riglos, Brento in Italy and El Cap in Yosemite.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Stars at Noon
Released on: 1959-01-01
Documentary, Adventure
Les Etoiles de Midi is an engaging docudrama about some of the more spectacular exploits of French m...
Urtain, King of the Mountains
Released on: 1969-01-01
Documentary
A humorous visit to the turbulent world of the controversial Spanish boxer José Manuel Urtain.
Gold: You Can Do More Than You Think
Released on: 2013-02-28
Documentary
GOLD – YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK is the emotional story about three outstanding top Athletes. H...
Men In Sync
Released on: 2022-04-28
Documentary
A short documentary exploring the gender inequality that male artistic swimmers are facing in the Ol...
The Giants
Released on: 2021-07-01
Documentary
We follow the epic lives of sumo legends who made it from humble beginnings in Hawaii, to becoming t...
Ascending Beyond Shadows
Released on: 2025-03-31
Documentary, Adventure, Family
"Ascending Beyond Shadows:" is a documentary about rock climbing. This documentary follows Tristin a...
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
Released on: 2006-10-03
Documentary
A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face o...
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story
Released on: 2026-01-23
Documentary
Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disor...
We Could Be King
Released on: 2014-04-23
Documentary
Germantown and Martin Luther King High Schools were bitter rivals for over 40 years. This past year,...
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
Released on: 2019-11-26
Documentary
Universally recognized as the greatest female skier ever, Lindsey Vonn went on a remarkable journey ...
Faut qu'on parle
Released on: 2021-06-19
Documentary
Three women, three men, all very high level athletes, Olympic medalists, world champions in basketba...
You'll Never Walk Alone
Released on: 2017-05-18
Documentary
Documentary about the song “You'll Never Walk Alone,” the most famous sports anthem of the world.
Karen: Women In Sports
Released on: 1977-01-01
Documentary
Guest speakers from "Women In Motion" Conference, Vancouver, B.C. 1975.
Reel Rock 14
Released on: 2019-10-17
Documentary, Adventure
In a battle for El Cap’s coveted Nose speed record, rock legends Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold go ...
Liverpool FC: 501 Goals
Released on: 2003-03-10
Documentary
501 goals from 50 of Liverpool's greatest goalscorers. Red's striking legend John Aldridge is your h...
13 Days in France
Released on: 1968-09-27
Documentary, History
This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events ma...
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Released on: 1938-04-21
Documentary
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Released on: 1938-06-02
Documentary
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...