Film
8000+
About
Director
Christian Schmidt
Producer
Luz Marina Gennes
Running time
21 minutes
Country / Nationality
Germany
Our Judges say:
Awesome! Inspiring and fascinating as well as a world first.Jimmy Hyland
Flying in the death zone in Pakistan mountainsPaul Hodgson Music Judge
What the !!!! 😲 This is none stop epic 🚀Ed Birch Director of Salt-Street productions
This adventure seems so out there... Paragliding higher than most mountaineers can climb, with no oxygen? Wild.Anna Paxton
One to make you think about border crossings... How 'easily' we feel we can traverse across the globe in our sports, and how this might impact those whose land we 'land' in.Claire Carter Writer, Film Officer for Kendal Mountain Festival, 'Creative Consultant'.
In July 2016, the paraglider Antoine Girard set off on a three-week hike-and-fly tour to explore the Karakorum mountains in Pakistan— alone. From the town of Skardu, he heads for the highest peaks of the Karakorum mountain range. The Frenchman has already twice failed in his attempts to climb the 8,051-meter-high Broad Peak and paraglide from the summit down into the valley. Now, his hope is that the upwinds will carry him and his chute to the summit—and possibly beyond. If he succeeds, he will set a new altitude record in paragliding, but the air is thin between the 8,000-meter peaks, and take-offs and landings are extremely tricky. Especially when you only have one person to rely on—yourself.