If we’re honest, this is a good time for a reminder to say ‘go see’ Nick Ryan’s THE SUMMIT when it comes out and now we’ve got a new trailer! Our THN team saw the film at last years London Film Festival and at Sundance London, with both reviewers giving very positive feedback.
The film chronicles K2, the most dangerous mountain of all and more specifically the worst climbing disaster in its history and the true story of Ger McDonnell and his choice to live or die to save other climbers. Here’s the official synopsis and then the new trailer that looks utterly compelling.
At the heart of The Summit lies a mystery about one extraordinary man, Ger McDonnell. By all accounts, he was faced with a heart-breaking dilemma– at the very limit of his mortal resources, he encountered a disastrous scene and a moral dilemma: three climbers tangled up in ropes and running out of time. In the death zone, above 8,000 metres, the body is literally dying with each passing second. Morality is skewed 180 degrees from the rest of life. When a climber falls or wanders off the trail, the unwritten code of the mountain is to leave them for dead. Had Ger McDonnell stuck to the climbers’ code, he might still be alive.
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