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.

As the denizens of a Tibetan village prepare for their arduous annual trek to exchange salt for grai...

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds ...

Marcel is on the eve of his 95th birthday. He trained his two sons, Claude and Yves, in the world of...

On some peaks in 2003, the statistics are impressive. For the K2 dubbed "wild mountain" or "ruthless...

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...

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

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

In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumps...

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

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

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

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...

In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd h...

Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the...