Meru

Film Title

Meru

Synopsis

Meru is the 2015 documentary of 3 men who were the first to conquer the “shark’s fin” rock face of Meru

Director

Jimmy Chin

Cast

Conrad Anker
Jimmy Chin
Renan Ozturk
Jennifer Lowe-Anker

My attitude towards extreme mountain climbing varies between amazement and admiration for something like Touching the Void, to disdain and disgust at self-important trust fund kids who pollute places like Mt. Everest with their corpses and oxygen bottles. The shark fin of Mt. Meru in the Indian Himalayas has been characterized as the anti-Everest. More […]

GRIZZLY MAN

Film Title

Grizzly Man

Synopsis

Watch Timmy Treadwell feed a bear

Director

Werner Herzog

Cast

Tim Treadwell
Arnie Hugueanard
Werner Herzog

We love bears.

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