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.

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...

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures de...

René Collet, skier member of the French team, guides a friend from the summit of the Aiguille du Mid...

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

In 1973, 6 guides from the National Ski and Mountaineering School (ENSA), including Charles Daubas a...

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 ...

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

The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost all the "classic" (difficult) routes in c...

In 1975, Raymond Renaud, Yves Pollet-Villard, Maurice Gicquel, Maurice Cretton, Jean Coudray, Yvon M...

Mountaineering documentary on the Nanga Parbat expedition, in India, in 1982. Led by mountaineer Pie...

The story of the ascent of the Aiguille de la République by mountaineers Jacques Fromentin and Miche...

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic ...

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base cam...

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost ...

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

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, t...

The higher you climb, the deeper you fall. A psycho-drama about a professional mountain climber who'...

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