I saw this docu-drama tonight, and it was incredible. It really puts other mountain climbing movies (like "K2" and "Vertical Limit") to shame (no big feat there though ![[http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]](http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif "http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif")
). Throughout the movie, you could hear people in the audience uttering "oh my god" as this guy faced each new obstacle, which made his chances of surviving even more slim... I highly recomend it.
You can watch the preview here: http://www.pathefilms.co.uk/touching_the_void/
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). Throughout the movie, you could hear people in the audience uttering "oh my god" as this guy faced each new obstacle, which made his chances of surviving even more slim... I highly recomend it.Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. It was 1985 and the men were young, fit, skilled climbers. The west face, remote and treacherous, had not been climbed before. Following a successful 3-day ascent, disaster struck. Simpson fell a short distance and broke several bones in his leg. With no hope of rescue, the men decided to attempt descent together with Yates lowering Simpson 300 feet at a time in a slow, painful process that could have potentially been deadly for both. One further misstep led to Yates unknowingly lowering his injured partner over the lip of a crevasse. With the gradient having gone from steep to vertical, he was no longer able to hold on. Certain they were about to be pulled jointly to their deaths -- the only choice was to cut the rope. Based on the international bestseller, "Touching the Void," which combines dramatic and documentary techniques, is directed by Kevin Macdonald, the Academy Award-winning director of "One Day in September."</font>
You can watch the preview here: http://www.pathefilms.co.uk/touching_the_void/
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