Touching the Void
After reading the novel 'Into Thin Air' a few years ago I decided I'd never attempt to climb a mountain, it just doesn't seem like a very sound idea. After watching Touching the Void my decision has only been reinforced.
Touching the Void is the harrowing tale of Simon Yates and Jim Simpson's mountain climbing expedition gone a rye. Joe breaks his leg while descending down from a summit in the Andes. Simon tries to help him down and basically everything goes to shit. Joe ends up sliding off a cliff and hanging by a rope that is tied to Simon. Simon soon realizes he will fall off the cliff if he doesn't cut the line. So... he cuts the line, sending Joe down into a crevasse. From there he has to make it out alive... on his own... in the snow and ice... with a bum leg... Good times.
The style of this documentary reminds me of The Thin Blue Line, it's mostly reenactments and the interviewees face the camera straight on. It's beautifully filmed and extremely entertaining. The story is INSANE... people... please stop trying to climb these gigantic ass mountain ranges, nature doesn't give a crap about you and you will die.
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