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K2 : siren of the Himalayas / directed and produced by Dave Ohlson ; produced by Jason Reid, Andy McDonough.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FRF916295D | First Run FeaturesLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]Distributor: New York, NY : First Run Features Description: 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Edited by Darren Lund, Jason Reid, Dave Ohlson ; original score, Jonathan Haidle ; cinematography, Dave Ohlson.
Featuring Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Fabrizio Zangrilli, Chris Szymiec, Jake Meyer ; narration, Simon Leorin.Summary: The film follows an attempt to reach the summit of the world's most challenging peak on the 100-year anniversary of the Duke of the Abruzzi's landmark K2 expedition. It also explores the history and geography of the legendary Karakoram Mountain Range, while contemplating the risks, rewards and personal nature of exploration in an age when there are few blank spots left on the map.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD 796.522 K11 Available 33111008277184
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Dave Ohlson's mountain climbing documentary K2: Siren of the Himalayas follows the attempts of two world-class explorers to scale the second-highest peak in the world. The efforts of Jake Meyer and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner are intercut with archival footage and photographs from an attempt to climb the same slope in 1909 by a pair of Italians. This approach shows how this physically grueling task has changed over one-hundred years, and how in some ways it stays the same. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Originally released in 2013.

Special features: short film, "After K2"; extended interviews; deleted scene: death on Broad Peak; bonus clips.

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Edited by Darren Lund, Jason Reid, Dave Ohlson ; original score, Jonathan Haidle ; cinematography, Dave Ohlson.

Featuring Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Fabrizio Zangrilli, Chris Szymiec, Jake Meyer ; narration, Simon Leorin.

The film follows an attempt to reach the summit of the world's most challenging peak on the 100-year anniversary of the Duke of the Abruzzi's landmark K2 expedition. It also explores the history and geography of the legendary Karakoram Mountain Range, while contemplating the risks, rewards and personal nature of exploration in an age when there are few blank spots left on the map.

DVD.

Closed captioned.

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