re: The Alpinist climbing doc (Netflix)

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Looking forward to watching this one. Just about finished 14 peaks today. Incredibly impressive what that guy I assumed achieved. K2 was the most impressive out of all 14.

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I haven't watched 14 Peaks yet, but it's in my queue. Another doc in my queue is Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey, on Amazon Prime and PlutoTV. I've never heard of this guy, but he sounds like a character.

You climbed Everest right? Was summiting similar to the pic Nima posted where there is a massive queue?

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I lost interest quickly because none of the climbing docs I’ve seen were as good as the first 2 I saw, Free Solo and The Dawn Wall.

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They are going to be hard to beat given their production value. Two more you should consider are Dirtbag (mentioned above) and Valley Uprising. Both of them are very rooted in the early climbing ethos which is not subtly different from the modern era and ethos of climbing. A great movie that looks at the more modern era is Meru where you get to see Jimmy Chin climbing instead of being behind the camera along with Conrad Anker who is a legend. The final suggestion would be Touching the Void. I think Dirtbag, Valley Uprising, Touching the Void and Meru are all on Amazon.

If you want to get a good window into rock climbing in general The Reel Rocks series on Redbull.com (there is also an app on Roku and I assume most other media players) is excellent I suggest starting with #14. If you want to get a little more into the minds of climbers Fine Lines on Amazon takes you there.

Thought it was great. It is crazy how he could move from ice faces to rock faces different times through the climbs. changing shoes at different points so he could climb those different faces. Also really like Free Solo and Dawn Wall. These people are incredible athletes.