Synopsis
Norman Dyhrenfurth, a sprightly ninety year old, tells for thefirst time the fascinating history of his parents role in the raceto TO THE THIRD POLE, the highest mountains on earth. Two expeditions during the 1930s which stand up to their Nazirivals, - state-sponsored - beats them in setting world climbingrecords.In doing so, Guenter and Hettie Dyhrenfurth take the firstmoving pictures in high altitude during their Himalaya expeditions.Norman Dyhrenfurth himself put the first Americans on the top of Mount Everest in 1963 andled the first traverse of any 8000-metres mountain. He was participant or the leader of seven majorHimalaya expeditions, many of which achieved Firsts, and he filmed every bit of it. The film featuresmountaineering legends Sir Chris Bonington and Reinhold Messner. In their engaging interviews theyput the Dyhrenfurth family saga into contemporary context and convey an intense compassion for theheroic achievements and tragic failures of this family.
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