Touching the Void (2003)

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 4 19:45

A facinating and gut wrenching true story. After climbing the snow covered Siula Grande in Peru. Simon and Joe begin descent. After breaking his leg, Joe is lowered down the moutain by a rope attatched to Simon. However Joe falls over a cliff and is left dangling, too heavy for Simon to lift..to far from the floor or mountain side to get grounded. After hours, Simon decides to cut the rope and continue descent alone. After an amazing fall, onto a cavern ledge. Joe must make is back alone and seriously injured. This is a documentary of those events. The bravery and endurance shown by Joe is beyond astounding. Left crawling for days on his belly over snow and fragile ice sheets. The reconstruction is done well, epic scenes and sweeping camera work makes the whole thing feel like a...Read more

Rating : 7/10