The Summit

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Nick Ryan

Writers

Mark Monroe

Language

English

Country

Ireland

Release date

4 October 2013

Budget

$1,000,000

Box office

$243,550

Ensemble

Cast

• Christine Barnes

  Cecile Skog

• Christo Mitzkov

  Marco Confortola

• Hoselito Bite

  Himself

• Marco Confortola

  Himself

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  Cecilie Skog

  Herself

• Wilco Van Rooijen

  Himself

• Alberto Zerain

  Himself

• Cas Van de Gevel

  Himself

• Niall Foley

  Frederik Strang / Cas Van de Gevel

• Pat Falvey

  Himself

• Stefen Grossniklaus

  Lars Nessa

• Pasang Lama

  Himself