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The Fatal Game( 1996)

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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.

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    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Sun Dec 12 2021
    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 him...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • mountain
    • mountaineer
    • climbing
    • mount everest
    • free climbing
    • alpinist