Meru (2015)
- Directed by
- Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 264 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
Three elite climbers attempt to conquer a notoriously difficult peak in the Himalayas. The film follows their dangerous expedition and the personal challenges they face along the way.
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What happens
Meru is a 2015 documentary film chronicling the 2011 first ascent of a new climbing route up the prow of the dramatic Shark's Fin on the northeast side of Meru Peak in the Indian Himalayas. The route required a complex range of alpine climbing, big wall climbing, and aid climbing techniques, and had rebuffed many famous climbers, including the team of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk who are featured in the film. It was co-directed by the husband and wife team of Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, and won the 'U.S. Audience Documentary Award' at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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