Meru (2015)

Some time ago,  I had seen that a North Face store was promoting this movie.  I didn't get to see it then but now it's available on Netflix.

You can see why North Face like it.  It's a big product placement opportunity.  Meru is a treacherous Himalayan peak, 20,000 feet plus.  On some aspects, there are straight up rock faces.  Our group of Conrad, Jimmy and Renan make their first summit bid and fall 100 meters short.  The real challenges then await them.

A good documentary story.  The climber Jimmy Chin is also the Director of Photography so to be climbing and filming at the same time is quite a feat.  Hard to see how he does it, but who else could be doing it?

Audience award winner at Sundance Film Festival.

Watching it reminded me of Wild (2014).  A good outdoor story about someone with a dream.  Go get that!


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