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The Alpinist
2021 · Film · documentary · 93 min
Directed by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.
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The narrators voice is annoying clickbait shit.
If you like this, check out The Alpinist. Literally the best movie I’ve ever seen. Also, felt like it was on par with Alex Honnolds climbing movie
The Alpinist. It’s a documentary about how to optimise for being in a flow state (which is the peak of human experience) 24/7.
Some other great climbing documentaries:
- Touching The Void (It's an older movie but maybe the most harrowing survival story I've ever heard).
- Meru
- Free Solo
- The Alpinist
- Valley Uprising
The Alpinist
If you enjoyed Free Solo, you really should check out The Alpinist. It's a documentary about Marc-André Leclerc; Alex Honnold thinks of Marc-André the way most of us think about Alex Honnold.
Altitude is definitely a challenge, but I don't agree that peaks below 4000 m are amateur mountaineering and elite is reserved for 8000ers. As an example, Marc-André Leclerc made some incredible first solo ascents below 4000 m like the Corkscrew on Cerro Torre, at 3128 m (10,262 ft). The Alpinist [1] is worth watching if you are into mountaineering!
1: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11790780/
404 here too (UK), but from the details I believe it's "The Alpinist"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11790780/
Amen. Another documentary comes to mind: The Alpinist (on Amazon). It follows a Canadian climber who ‘solved’ his ADHD by becoming one of the world’s best mountain climbers. Funnily enough, his climbing style was smooth, controlled and relaxed. At a desk, he couldn’t sit still.
If you like Free Solo, I recommend The Alpinist, another documentary about solo climbing in unreal peaks.