Zaghouan

At the Limit is a documentary about extreme climbing. In this sports documentary, Pepe Danquart shows brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber climbing in Patagonia and on the granite rock "El Capitan" in Yosemite Valley (USA). A key part of the film is their attempt at a speed ascent of the 1,000-meter-high route "The Nose," in which the t...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Pepe Danquart

Cast

Alexander Huber, Thomas Huber

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Cast

Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall

In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and the editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb.

Runtime

45m

Director

Stephen Judson

Cast

Robert Jasper, Daniela Jasper-Klindt, John Harlin III

Big UP's Dosage Series is the definitive annual portrait of climbing's state-of-the-art. Volume V features many of the world's best climbers, including: Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell, Dani Andrada, Patxi Usobiaga, Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Michael Fuselier, Ty Landman, Daila Ojeda, Randy Puro, Jason Kehl, Ch...

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Josh Lowell, Brett Lowell

Cast

Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Tommy Caldwell

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Lawrence Schiller, Bruce Nyznik

Cast

Yūichirō Miura, Douglas Rain, Edmund Hillary