The documentary gives a detailed description of the conquest of K2 climbing from the north edge on the Chinese side of the mountain. The climb - that proceede well for the first days without too much difficulty even because the weather was good - was extremely hard and took over 30 days in July and August.

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

They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the worl...

In 1961 the southern face of the Central Pillar of Mont Blanc was still unclimbed. Two roped parties...
A vast white wilderness that stretches across the south of our planet; a giant natural laboratory th...

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

Major Ben McBride organizes a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend who has been ...

Established in 1821, the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is the first and largest guides' company i...

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

A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his ...

After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountain...

When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them of...

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic ...
Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with f...

A mercenary-for-hire accepts a mission from a billionaire to capture a dangerous snake that could po...

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

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

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