Alpine Essentials is a training film which shows the essential skills and techniques necessary for Alpine mountaineering and climbing. It follows two mountaineers on a multi day trip in the Swiss Alps. See how they cope with their environment and what steps they take to both enjoy the experience and return safely. Filmed in Switzerland in the Summer of 2006 the skills covered are appropriate to all glaciated terrain.
United Kingdom
Documentary
176 minutes
2006
Slackjaw

2019
8.1

2006
6.8

2014
4.2

1991
10.0
1949
0.0

1959
6.6

2007
6.8

1997
10.0

1966
10.0

2003
7.6

1980
10.0

1998
10.0

2007
7.5

2006
8.0

1986
10.0

2009
10.0

2016
10.0

1994
10.0

2007
7.5

2013
7.9