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Documentaries like Touching the Void

Not everyone loves Touching the Void for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Touching the Void

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  1. You want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive.

  2. You grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there.

  3. You like the men who lived it telling it themselves.

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  • Meru2015

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive

    Good for you if you like watching people push their bodies past what seems possible.

  • The Dawn Wall2017

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you want the real footage of a climb nobody had done before.

  • The Alpinist2021

    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there

    Good for you if you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.

  • Last Breath2019

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you like counting the minutes with a crew racing against time.

  • Free Solo2018

    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you like holding your breath through a climb you already know the end of.

  • The Summit2013

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you want to understand what it takes to stay alive near the top of K2.

  • 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible2021

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you like Nims Purja's real 2019 attempt on the world's fourteen highest peaks.

  • 127 Hours2010

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there

    Good for you if you like a true story of survival against everything.

  • Everest2015

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you like a storm closing in on climbers near the summit.

  • Society of the Snow2023

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you want to feel the cold, the hunger and the avalanche.

  • The Rescue2021

    • you want to know how someone gets off that mountain alive
    • you grip the chair even though the two men telling it are sitting right there
    • the men who lived it telling it themselves

    Good for you if you like holding your breath through every dive, even knowing the ending.

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