In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber, breaks out of prison and travels to the holy city of Lhasa. He is employed as an instructor to the 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close confidante.
The Story Behind the Hardest Sea Cliff Climb in the World.
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
This is a documentary film about an expedition to climb Ama Dablam, a 6856m high peak in the Himalayas. The expedition is lead by Simon Yates, known as "the man with the knife". Simon became world famous when the film "Touching The Void" came out. The expedition went through despite a serious accident on the planned route in 2006 when 6 climbers were killed in an avalanche. Ama Dablam is a film about two ordinary guys and their adventure with one of the most famous mountaineers of our times. It's an adventure film for general audiences.
On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
