Thank you to reader Brad for sending us the link to the English-subtitled version of Werner Herzog’s 1984 documentary, The Dark Glow of the Mountains. The film, which was made for TV, is about an expedition made by Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander to climb Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I all in one trip without returning to base camp.
There are a lot of things I “recommend” seeing/watching/listening to/wearing in these parts, but this thing is really the toppermost of the poppermost. Watch it in full after the jump…
so, so good. I love the massage scene, and the conversation Messner has at the end with Herzog is probably my favorite moment in any documentary.
I got this one queued up for when I get home tonight. Lookin forward to it!