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The Fatal Game

The Fatal Game

8,2 /10 (6 Votes)
1996 EN 52 min

Overview

In 1994, New Zealand mountaineer, Mark Whetu, summitted Mt Everest with climbing partner and friend Mike Reinberger. However it was late in the day and after a freezing night on the summit, Whetu was faced with a terrible decision...to leave Reinberger or stay with him forever.

Release date

17/05/1996

Votes

6

Popularity

0.4

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

52 min

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2021-12-12

⭐ 10

This is a one-hour documentary that covers on a personal level one of the most volatile issues that come up when mountaineering is discussed, especially by non-climbers. This is the ethical and survival decisions made by people on whether to leave other climbers behind, probably to die. But this isn’t a vague case of climbers walking by a stranger in distress, perhaps pausing to urge them to continue or perhaps ignoring them. This is a climbing team member who was filming the summit attempt having to make the wrenching decision, with suggestions by radio from others at base camp, to save hi…

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