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Bonington's Secret Mountain (Channel Four / Discovery Channel / YMPA, 2001) (8x30'/DVCAM/16x9) Director / Producer: Martin Belderson / Dean Jones |
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Two mountain ranges north of the Himalayas lie the Nyangla Tanglha mountains of Tibet. No peak in this range has ever been climbed. The crowning summit of the range, Sepu Kangri (the White Snow God), is the objective of Sir Chris Bonington's final mountaineering expedition. Will this be Bonington's last stand? At the age of 64, does he have any real chance of succeeding? He has already made one unsuccessful attempt a year ago. Will it be triumph or tragedy with no hope of rescue? |
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| ITN cameraman, Greig Cubitt at Base Camp. | Sepu's Daughter on the horizon - the most perfectly shaped mountain in the world. | |||||||||||
| Directed, produced and part-filmed by Four Wind's Martin Belderson, Secret Mountain was shot entirely on DV . Every member of the climbing team contributed action photography and video diaries. | ||||||||||||
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Bon'Po stupa in the Five Gorges of Tibet.
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| This documentary series is perhaps the most complete and intimate account of an expedition that has ever been filmed. It also provides a window into a part of Tibet that had not been visited by Westerners since the 1920's and is so remote that it still maintains Tibet's unique culture. | ||||||||||||
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| Graham and Elliot try to fix Charlie Clarke's almost useless windmill generator | Sepu's second summit from Camp One. | |||||||||||
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UK director: Dean Jones Camera: Jim Curran / Greig Cubitt / Martin Belderson / Scott Muir / Vic Saunders/ Graham Little/ Elliot Robertson / Charlie Clarke and Sir Chris Bonington. Editor: Steve Shone |
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| Cameraman Jim Curran waits for the daily avalanches on Sepu Kangri. | ||||||||||||