Would you support your friend if he wanted to risk his life conquering a dream? In the Sundance award-winning documentary film “Meru”, this dream involves climbing a 20,702 foot mountain carrying 200 ...

“Yeah, yeah,” says Jennifer, wife of legendary mountaineer Conrad Anker. “Stuff can happen.” The nonchalance masks a deeper fear but even so, that has to be an early contender for understatement of ...

Critic’s rating: 4 stars out of 5 Chin and Vasarhelyi effectively cut between climbing footage and backstory of how they got there. The visuals are stunning, and shot by two of the climbers. “Because ...