Chris Bonington

La voie Beghin-Lafaille en face sud de l’Annapurna a pendant 20 ans été considérée comme l’une des plus difficiles et les plus dangereuses de l’Himalaya. A l’automne 2013, elle a été gravie successivement par Ueli Steck seul, puis par la cordée Yannick Graziani - Stéphane Benoist. Une voie hors-norme qui a bouleversé la vie de ceux qui l’ont abordée. Le film raconte l’extraordinaire conjonction de destins autour de cet itinéraire et comment une telle ascension peut transformer une vie. En s’inspirant de l’expérience des astronautes de retour de la lune, victimes du syndrome de "l’accomplissement absolu",les auteurs ont cherché à comprendre comment les moteurs intimes qui poussent des alpinistes à se préparer et à s’engager pour de telles ascensions, peuvent se briser au moment où semble atteint le but de toute une vie.

Brian Blessed plays George Mallory in this intrepid recreation of his ill fated 1924 climb to Everest. Meeting Sir Chris Bonington, Rheinhold Messnerhe learns of the pitfalls that await him before setting off for his epic struggle with the mountain. Against all odds he reaches 26000 feet on the North face of Everest, and is a changed man

Everest Revisited 1924 - 2024, uses extensive historical footage, as well as interviews with Everest scholars and mountaineers, to tell the story of the 1924 Everest expedition and to ask questions about what the mountain means to climbers and Nepalis 100 years on from this famous expedition.

Documentary directed by Neil Armstrong.

From his rock climbing days in the UK through to visionary ascents on the high peaks of the Himalaya and shares the remarkable and poignant life of one of the world's best-known mountaineers.

The legend of Hamish MacInnes began early. At 16 he climbed the Matterhorn. At 17 he built his first motor car – from scratch. He attempted Everest in 1953 with his friend Johnny Cunningham, and almost stole the peak before Hillary and Tenzing. As an explorer, expedition leader and engineer he achieved world fame. As inventor of the all metal ice axe, author of the International Mountain Rescue Handbook and founder of Glencoe Mountain Rescue he has been responsible for saving hundreds of lives, if not thousands. But at the age of 84, his accomplishments could not save him from being institutionalised against his will, suffering from delirium. After a spell in psychogeriatric detainment in a hospital in the Highlands of Scotland, during which he made many escape attempts – he emerged to find his memory gone. This film tells the story of his life by mirroring his greatest challenge: to recover his memories and rescue himself.

"Bergwelten" (Montagnes en français) nous montre des aventuriers de haut niveau qui vivent des aventures sur les hauteurs du monde entier. Des personnalités, fascinées par le monde de la montagne, en quête de liberté en repoussant les extrêmes, que beaucoup de personnes non-initiées ont parfois du mal à concevoir.