In the Shadow of the Mountain

201025m
DocumentaryShortActionAdventure

Charting one climber's exploration of the motivations of climbers, why they take the risks they do in pursuit of their sport. Hugh Barnard is a mountain guide and filmmaker from Wanaka, New Zealand, prompted by the death of a climbing friend he sets out on a journey to discover just what is it that drives he and his friends to climb.

Runtime
25m
Released
2010

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Release year: 2010

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Charting one climber's exploration of the motivations of climbers, why they take the risks they do in pursuit of their sport. Hugh Barnard is a mountain guide and filmmaker from Wanaka, New Zealand, prompted by the death of a climbing friend he sets out on a journey to discover just what is it that drives he and his friends to climb.

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