K2 - Triumph And Tragedy On The Savage Mountain

The read

It runs a compact 51m.

Synopsis

Chris Bonington and Jim Curran trace the history of K2 expeditions from 1903 to the disastrous loss of life in the summer of 1986, when 13 climbers died on K2, climbing tragedies that aggressively carved the epithet the 'savage mountain' into the public consciousness. Jim Curran was hired by the British 'Fuller’s K2' team to document their attempt on the unclimbed NW Ridge, so he was at the mountain, all summer. Inevitably, his documentary ended up drifting into a gripping narrative from the front line of the disastrous and tragic summer that killed 13 climbers on K2.

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Key crew

• Barry ReynoldsDirector
• Allen JewhurstDirector
• Jim CurranWriter

Cast

• Jim CurranNarrator
• Kurt DiembergerSelf
• Julie TullisSelf
• Chris BoningtonSelf
• Alan RouseSelf
• Brian HallSelf
• Willi BauerSelf
• Wanda RutkiewiczSelf
• Dobrosława Miodowicz-WolfSelf
• Doug ScottSelf
• Hannes WieserSelf
• Dave WilkinsonSelf

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