This is one of the finest films about extreme sport I have ever seen. It takes you into the mind of a climber, and what you find is spirituality and madness in equal measure.
It is a pleasure to spend time in the company of the three main climbers, who each overcome the most testing adversity to achieve something which to my eyes looks humanly impossible.
The film is also beautifully shot, a number of times I found myself wondering how it could be possible to get a particular angle? Or who would leave the relative comfort of the bivouac in the middle of a storm to get an exterior shot of all the gear hanging off a wall at 20,000ft.
Simply astonishing.
It is a pleasure to spend time in the company of the three main climbers, who each overcome the most testing adversity to achieve something which to my eyes looks humanly impossible.
The film is also beautifully shot, a number of times I found myself wondering how it could be possible to get a particular angle? Or who would leave the relative comfort of the bivouac in the middle of a storm to get an exterior shot of all the gear hanging off a wall at 20,000ft.
Simply astonishing.