Films

TRADITIONAL ALPINISM – EXPERIENCES CANNOT BE INHERITED
TRADITIONAL ALPINISM – EXPERIENCES CANNOT BE INHERITED

 

Simon Messner. Italy. 2021. 48’

A small expedition enters the Pakistani Karakorum. The objective is to go around Nanga Parbat, 8,125 m. In addition to the director Simon Messner, his father, the great Reinhold Messner, is part of the group. In the documentary Simon talks about the tragedies of the first ascension attempts on the 1930s and the 1970’s expedition as well, in which his uncle Günther lost his life and his father miraculously survived.