Everest: A Conversation
We spoke to the people who know Everest best—current climbers and guides, sages from the 1963 American team, and members of the Sherpa community—to tell us their candid thoughts on the state of the rooftop of the world.
>Iceland -Ice Climbing Aerial Reel from Chad Copeland.
Speed alpinist Ueli Steck imagines climbing multiple peaks in the Swiss Alps in a day, using a paraglider to get from the summit of one to the base of the next. But first he has to learn how to fly... Produced by Big UP Productions and Sender Films.
I Am Ice Climber from Bud Force on Vimeo.
Climbing Everest with a Mountain on My Back; The Sherpa's Story. A BBC documentary from 2013.
Team climber Emily Harrington looks at mixed ice climbing as a logical extention to her climbing career.
Music Credits: Cedar Wright 2012. www.cedarwright.com
"I've been ice climbing around Grenoble for almost 20 years, and for at least 10 years I've been dreaming of the day when the waterfalls that flow down off the Saint-Hilaire du Touvet plateau would freeze up. In 2001 a cold spell allowed us to climb a number of beautiful lines, but only the upper portion of Oule Falls froze. The consistent and exceptionally cold temps over the course of recent weeks worked wonders! Every day for the last two weeks I carefully watched how the ice was forming... and then last weekend the time had finally come. Oule Falls was frozen and ready... the only problem was that I could not find a partner for Sunday!"