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Here we are with part three of movies about climbing, mountains, mountain adventures, extreme sports and natural extreme situations. Choose a movie you havent seen and enjoy it. Dont forget to share your opinion with us.
1. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became ...
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Expeditions can challenge anyone. However, no matter how challenging, a physically difficult goal is beneficial for people with cerebral palsy. Working on controlling, strengthening, and loosening muscles helps with learning patterns, which can increase coordination. Many people with disabilities participate in a variety of...
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A joint Swedish-Pakistani expedition has set out to tackle 7,027m Mt. Spantik, a peak in the Spantik-Sosbun subrange of the Karakoram.
Mt. Spantik, also known as Golden Peak, was first climbed in 1955 by a German expedition led by Karl Kramer. Recently, the mountain has become popular with commercial expeditions due to a r...
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Last week, three South Korean climbers, led by Eun Soo Koo, were swept downslope by an avalanche on the North Face of Latok I (7,145m) in the Karakoram. Two of them sustained serious back, rib and shoulder injuries.
Bad weather forced the rescue helicopter to wait nearly 24 hours before it could extract the stricken men....
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South-Korean mountaineer Kim Hong-bin has already climbed 12 of 14 highest mountains. He scaled Annapurna this spring. He lost all his fingers during a climb of the West Buttress of Mt Denali in 1991.
This summer Kim Hong-bin is attempting to climb Gasherbrum-I along with three Sherpas.
This incredible climber scaled Mt...
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Climbers Cristobal Señoret and Max Didier ascended the southwest face of Cerro Paine Grande to make the first ascent of a new route on the peak. Cerro Paine Grande, at 2,884 meters (9,462 feet), is the tallest peak in the Cordillera Paine massif of Torres del Paine National Park, in Chilean Patagonia. The mountain group is ...
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Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer has just departed for 7,181m Lupghar Sar West in Pakistan’s Karakoram.
Tempered by a number of hard solo climbs in Europe, Auer is now translating these abilities to the great ranges. He will continue his tradition of solo climbing. His only companions will be a cook and a few porters on the ...
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After creating a world record at the age of nine by becoming the youngest in the world to scale Mt Stok Kangri at 20,187 feet last year, Kaamya Karthikeyan scaled Mt Elbrus. This is Europe’s highest mountain at 18,510 feet (5642m) and the 10th most important peak in the world.
While the young mountaineer had previously c...
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The highest unclimbed peak in the Gangotri Glacier Complex is now finally climbed. Malcolm Bass, Paul Figg and Guy Buckingham have made the first ascent of Janhukot (6805m) a remote, unclimbed peak at the upper end of the Gangotri Glacier (Garhwal Himalaya), via a technical route on the South West buttress leading to the el...
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