Mountain Of Storms - 1968 - 7/10
Old school “extreme sport” film puts modern exhibitionists to shame.
In later years, Yvon Chouinard would found Patagonia, Doug Tompkins would found North Face, yet when they were young…
Five friends set out from California to Patagonia, the southern tip of South America.
They surf in Mexico and Peru, then sell their boards for gas.
They ski in the Andes; climbing up one mountain is an eight hour trek. No helicopter.
Then they sell their skiing equipment for repairs and gas.
Finally they make it to Cerro Fitz Roy where they port their own mountain gear.
No sherpas, no servants. Man vs Nature at its most elemental. Respect for these men.