Rated 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, this is probably the most intense and viscerally engaging--as well as harrowing--documentary I've ever seen.
As the synopsis describes,
"In 1985, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the 21,000 feet Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes—the only mountain in the Peruvian range that hadn't yet been conquered. They were young, fit, skilled climbers and were confident that they would succeed where others would fail..." (RT)
This 2004 docu/docudrama reconstructs the gripping true story of what happened to Simon and Joe on this astonishing rock climb.
With mind-boggling photography and re-enactments that illuminate crevasses of psychological depth, this is absolutely a must-see.
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