Hilaree Nelson

In the spring of 2022, four athletes on The North Face team, Emily Harrington, Brette​ Harrington, Christina Lusti and Hilaree Nelson embarked on the trip of a lifetime. Their expedition to climb and ski epic first descents on Baffin Island, Canada became a celebration—of their​ accomplishments, of their friendship, and of their lives.​

Life is a fine line - Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison have often had to experience this at first hand. But the two ski mountaineers are dreaming again of a mountain, the 8516-metre-high Lhotse, and the downhill run of their lives. Never before have they succeeded in descending the eight-thousand-metre peak on skis, although the 45 to 50 degree steep Lhotse Couloir is an absolute dream line. But at some flanks of Lhotse there is seldom snow and also the weather has to play along. So the two US-Americans don't have much time left. They put everything on one card and dare to fulfill their dream with high speed and minimal equipment.

Regrouper au sein du même documentaire Ondra, Honnold, Sharma et Messner est déjà un exploit en soi et l’on comprend aisément pourquoi la réalisatrice a mis trois années à boucler son tour de table d’interviews avec seize autres grandes figures de l’escalade, de l’alpinisme, de l’himalayisme et du freeride : Conrad Anker, Tommy Caldwell, Leo Houlding, Pemba Gyalje Sherpa, Steph Davis, David Lama, Maureen Beck, Angelika Rainer, Hilaree Nelson, Jimmy Chin, Emily Harrington, Erik Weihenmayer, Lai Chi-Wai, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, Lynn Hill et Xavier de le Rue. À mi-chemin entre philosophie et sociologie, chacun tente de répondre au questionnement : pourquoi une telle passion dévorante, qui peut amener jusqu’à l’engagement ultime ? Ce film est d’ailleurs dédié à David Lama décédé dans une avalanche peu avant la diffusion originale du film tandis d’Hilaree Nelson a, elle, disparue cette année au Manaslu lors d’une tentative de descente en ski.

Le 22 juillet 2018, l'alpiniste polonais, Andrzej Bargiel, chausse ses skis à une altitude de 8 611 m pour entrer dans l'histoire. Suivez son l'expédition de la Pologne au Pakistan, alors qu'il descend le K2 à ski.

Tucked deep in the Indian Himalaya is a 21,100-foot behemoth called Papsura, the face of which is split by a line so perfect and massive it pushed the skills of even the most renowned ski mountaineers. Papsura: Peak of Evil follows professional snowboarders Nick Russell and Jerry Mark from California’s Sierra Nevada to this remote corner of the world’s greatest mountain range, as they harness years of experience in pursuit of the biggest line of their lives.