La zona della morte + Alp GM “I magnifici 8000”

DVD: Year: 1998 Duration: 26 minutes Above the fateful altitude of eight thousand meters above sea level the boundary between life and death becomes extremely labile. It is "The Death Zone", an expression introduced by Reinhold Messner to indicate the summit part of the highest mountains on Earth, the nightmare of all mountaineers who try to climb them. Ehrart Loretan, the third man to have climbed the fourteen eight-thousanders, Kurt Diemberger, who in his career has spanned the entire history of the Himalayan conquest, and many other protagonists of non-European mountaineering discuss their extreme experiences at the limits of human possibilities. In French with Italian subtitles. MAGAZINE: Alp GM "The Magnificent 8000" Invention: meters versus feet. How the list of 14 eight-thousanders was formed. In concept of the Third Pole. From exploration to collection. Numbers and technologies. Protagonists: challenges, difficulties, dreams, future of high altitude. Eight leading Himalayans and four expedition organizers respond. Lafaille & Kammerlander, Meroi & Mondinelli, The “commercials”. Stories: adventures at the limits of human potential in the grandiose scenery of the Himalaya and Karakorum mountains. Mountaineers and reporters tell the story. Krzyszof Wielicki, Kurt Diemberger, Stephen Venables.