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High Tension (2013)
Directed by Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell, Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr
Documentary, Drama, Adventure · 40m
Ueli Steck (Switzerland), Simone Moro (Italy) and Jon Griffith (GB) are not like 95% of the climbers on Everest: they don't use oxygen, altimeters (improperly called Sherpas), or fixed ropes. In 2013, the trio aims to repeat the arduous Western Spur. The Sherpas have the mission to equip the mountain with fixed ropes on this famous day, up to Camp 3: ropes without which customers of commercial expeditions could not climb Everest. An argument ensued, insults were hurled from both sides. The confrontation at Camp 2 degenerated: a Sherpa water bottle physically attacked the trio of Europeans. Blows and stones were thrown and threats led the trio to flee the mountain. The Réel Rock film crew, which is part of the climbing team, films this chaos without complacency.
Cast
Ueli Steck
Simone Moro
Nick Rosen
Denis Urubko
Yūichirō Miura
Jake Norton
Jim Whittaker
Crew
- Director
- Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell, Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr
Details
- Release date
- 2013-09-19
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Nepali
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Sender Films, Petzl, The North Face, EpicTV, Evolv, Gore-Tex, Big UP Productions, Sterling Rope, Climbing Magazine, Goal Zero, Wenger, Clif Bar, Wind Stopper