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Details Thursday, 14. Nov. 2013

Festivaleröffnung/opening ceremony 2013

Escalade, école de la vie (Klettern als Schule fürs Leben)

Jean Guillemot (Frankreich), 4 min, Language: n.v. - Climbing on rock and ice

17h rock climbing site of Aviron (Reunion island), a man prepares to climb a block. It focuses as he will have the perseverance, strength and balance to get to the top of the rock. At the same time, a little man made his first steps, he began to... more

The Climbing Shepherd

Alun Hughes (Gro), 49 min, Language: Welsh/D - Climbing on rock and ice

Ioan Doyle always wanted to be the best. To fail was an unknown term to the Welshman - and to have to give up in a route was accordingly hard for him. After only one year of climbing experience, Ioan already achieved the British grade E5... more

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Der Filmbringer

Martin Guggisberg (Schweiz), 2 min, Language: n.v. - Alpine and foreign cultures

A man dragging a film in the snow places it on reels mounted on trees. In this manner, the film rolls from reel to reel and can be watched at any given site with a film projector. The film bringer meanders through the different landscapes, serving... more

High and Hallowed: Everest 1963

David Morton & Jake Norton (USA), 48 min, Language: E/D - Alpine Documentation

One nation which has discovered Mount Everest, only lately, was the USA. In 1963 they organised a huge classical expedition under the leadership of Professor Norman Dyhrenfurth. They did not content themselves to repeat the then already... more