Summary English adventurer Ben Fogle resolves to the extreme cure for his acrophobia: climbing the steep Dolomites (Italian-Austrian border Alps) by way of the via ferrata, steel cables laid there during World war I. First he learns climbing trees, in Californian sequoias no less. Then he joins a friend's Icelandic glacier expedition, climbing and abseiling into macabre deep crevasses and diving in the tectonic rift between the Eurasian and North American plates. Finally he even enjoys the Italian mountaineering.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ben Fogle Jim Parcher
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Nov 1, 2012
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official Blog
Language : English
Production companies : BBC Bristol Factual
Summary English adventurer Ben Fogle resolves to the extreme cure for his acrophobia: climbing the steep Dolomites (Italian-Austrian border Alps) by way of the via ferrata, steel cables laid there during World war I. First he learns climbing trees, in Californian sequoias no less. Then he joins a friend's Icelandic glacier expedition, climbing and abseiling into macabre deep crevasses and diving in the tectonic rift between the Eurasian and North American plates. Finally he even enjoys the Italian mountaineering.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Nov 1, 2012
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official Blog
Language : English
Production companies : BBC Bristol Factual
