K2 - Triumph and Tragedy on the Savage Mountain
01/01/1988
1h
Chris Bonington and Jim Curran trace the history of K2 expeditions from 1903 to the disastrous loss of life in the summer of 1986, when 13 climbers died on K2, climbing tragedies that aggressively carved the epithet the 'savage mountain' into the public consciousness. Jim Curran was hired by the British 'Fuller’s K2' team to document their attempt on the unclimbed NW Ridge, so he was at the mountain, all summer. Inevitably, his documentary ended up drifting into a gripping narrative from the front line of the disastrous and tragic summer that killed 13 climbers on K2.
Cast
Jim Curran
Narrator
Kurt Diemberger
Self
Julie Tullis
Self
Chris Bonington
Self
Alan Rouse
Self
Brian Hall
Self
Willi Bauer
Self
Wanda Rutkiewicz
Self
Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf
Self
Doug Scott
Self
Hannes Wieser
Self
Dave Wilkinson
Self
Alfred Imitzer
Self
John Porter
Self
Alan Burgess
Self
Adrian Burgess
Self
Phil Burke
Self
Mario Puchoz
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Barrard
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali Sadpara
Self (archive footage)
Pasang Dawa Lama
Self (archive footage)
Liliane Barrard
Self (archive footage)
Tadeusz Piotrowski
Self (archive footage)
Fritz Wiessner
Self (archive footage)
Renato Casarotto
Self (archive footage)
Wojciech Wróż
Self (archive footage)
Joe Tasker
Self (archive footage)
Lou Whittaker
Self (archive footage)
Peter Boardman
Self (archive footage)
John Smolich
Self (archive footage)
Dudley Wolfe
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Houston
Self (archive footage)
Alan Pennington
Self (archive footage)
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