Meru, with an “M” as in...

… Made for Movies!

"Meru" is the new documentary we saw last night, made about the successful climb of the NW face of Meru at 20,702 feet (6310 meters) called the “Shark's Finn” in India's Garhwal Himalaya by the American alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk on October 2, 2011.

This movie received the audience award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City. The ascension was made in 11 days after a failed attempt, by the same team in 2008.

The pictures are stunning, the story is expertly pieced together and – in my view – glorifies extreme risk taking for the sake of a the project sponsors and the end, a stunning documentary film, which, all along, was probably the ultimate prize these men had in focus...