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Dream of the mountains

Many mountaineers say Everest is becoming crowded – but it’s unlikely that the year 2020 will add much to the). follows an Australian man’s dream to combine two seldom-paired disciplines – rock-climbing and BASE-jumping – at a sheer-faced mountain in Tasmania, while tells the story of a Nepalese villager whose own dream meant he was the only local spiritually sanctioned for the dangerous work of harvesting honeycomb from cliff heights. For longer fare, the recently released , available for rent though Vimeo, is about ten women and their passion for daunting walls of rock (). Netflix users can also get a global overview of great summits with and a free-climbing close-up in Yosemite with .

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