• hactar42@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      This one on K2 was really interesting. It goes in-depth on why K2 is so much more dangerous than Everest and the many failures of the people attempting to be the first to make it to the top.

      https://youtu.be/iMFLWoPtSZM

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      2 days ago

      Do you speak German or Dutch? It‘s not a documentary, but Toine Heijmans wrote a spectacular book on mountaineering called Zuurstofschuld. There‘s only a German translation though so far. I read the thing cover-to-cover in three days, best read I‘ve had in a while.

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      2 days ago

      Not exactly what you’re looking for, but “Scary Interesting” on youtube has some good mountaineering gone wrong stories. They’re typically 10-20 minutes long.

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        20 hours ago

        It’s been probably 25 years since I read it and I can still remember what an impression it made.

        Big recommend!