The Summit

Overview

The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster directed by Nick Ryan. It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the 2008 K2 disaster. On the way to and from the summit, eleven climbers died during a short time span creating one of the worst catastophes in climbing history. Much of the documentary footage was captured by Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng. Sträng was planning to do a Documentary which was aborted due to the fact that he did not reach the summit. The footage was still valuable to help solving what really did happen since all the climbers had different stories about what happened.

Directed by Nick Ryan

Top cast

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Christine Barnes

Cecile Skog

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Christo Mitzkov

Marco Confortola

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Hoselito Bite

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Marco Confortola

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Cecilie Skog

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Wilco Van Rooijen

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Alberto Zerain

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Cas Van de Gevel

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Niall Foley

Frederik Strang / Cas Van de Gevel

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Pat Falvey

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Stefen Grossniklaus

Lars Nessa

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Pasang Lama

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Tshering Lama

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J. J. McDonnell

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Johannes Moser

Rolf Bae

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Lars Nessa

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Damien O'Brien

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Lochlainn O'Mearain

Ger Mcdonell

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Chhiring Dorje Sherpa

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Pemba Gyalje Sherpa

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