"Broad Peak" movie (2022)

Interesting film on Netflix of Maciej Berbeka's winter ascents of Broad Peak which were  twenty-five years apart . He was age 34 on the first ascent in 1988 and age 59 on the second in 2013.

I think it's worth watching. My advice is do no research on it, don't tease yourself and don't try to find out what's going on before you see it.

Perhaps you can comment back here after you watch it? I'd be interested in your take.

Having read Winter 8000 recently, I was very much looking forward to watching Broad Peak.  It did not disappoint.  Very good film.

Watched it last night. I didn’t know the story at all before watching. Inspiring and sad just like the Alpinist. 

Having been to 7000 meters on BP in 1993, I can add two impressions of this film. 1. There is/was not a vertical ice wall as shown in the film.  Don't know why they would do that. And 2. If you look closely, you see that alot of this film was shot in Chamonix. Take a look at some real footage of the terrain from the false peak to the real summit. If it's only 17meter higher, why does the film show a view with a big vertical gain. If you're interested in what it really looks like read Eric Gilbertson's TR of his successful summit bid of BP @ https://www.countryhighpoints.com/broad-peak/

He then goes on to climb K2, so this guy is the real deal and his photos tell it all.

Great movie.  One question comes to my mind though….one we may never know the answer to…

to what degree (if any) was he responsible for the death of the other younger guy on the descent?  

Were they totally operating on independent decisions and capabilities and just happened to die under same situation, or was the younger guy holding back to “assist” and not abandon Maciej alone on the mountain and it cost him?  

While not explicit in the movie, it at least alluded to the possibility that Maciej was slowing the team in his drive to summit   

Anyone know more of the details surrounding the descent, team communications,  and the deaths?  The movie stopped before all this. 

The book Winter 8000 has much more detail about the descent.  Great book, highly recommended.  I'll try to summarise from the book, hope I have this correct... At the Rocky Summit the four climbers unroped and moved independently.   Bielecki was first to reach the true summit and passed the others on descent.  At that point the expedition was a success and they all could have joined him in descending.  Instead, the three climbers each chose to continue to the summit despite the very late hour.  Malek summited second and returned to Camp 4 in the night.  Berbeka was 3rd to summit, Kowalski 4th (last).  Berbeka radioed basecamp from the true summit and was never heard or seen from again.  Kowalski stayed in radio contact throughout the night as he attempted to descend but never made it back to camp 4.  It seems as though he was alone throughout the night, and not with Berbeka.  From the book, it looks like each climber made their own choice and was not held back by others (at least beyond the Rocky Summit).

mbbwrote:

The book Winter 8000 has much more detail about the descent.  Great book, highly recommended.  I'll try to summarise from the book, hope I have this correct... At the Rocky Summit the four climbers unroped and moved independently.   Bielecki was first to reach the true summit and passed the others on descent.  At that point the expedition was a success and they all could have joined him in descending.  Instead, the three climbers each chose to continue to the summit despite the very late hour.  Malek summited second and returned to Camp 4 in the night.  Berbeka was 3rd to summit, Kowalski 4th (last).  Berbeka radioed basecamp from the true summit and was never heard or seen from again.  Kowalski stayed in radio contact throughout the night as he attempted to descend but never made it back to camp 4.  It seems as though he was alone throughout the night, and not with Berbeka.  From the book, it looks like each climber made their own choice and was not held back by others (at least beyond the Rocky Summit).

Awesome, thanks.  Going to read the book