Skills and techniques for alpine mountaineering and via ferrata - this film aims to educate and inspire. The film follows two mountaineers on a multi-day trip in the Swiss Alps. Subjects covered include glacier travel, crevasse rescue, moving together, abseiling, ice axes and crampons, via ferrata, huts and bivouacs and clothing and other equipment.
36 mins of documentary plus a further 140 mins of technical info.
Made by Slackjaw for the BMC, MCofS, MLTE and Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust.
Released 2008.