Fukamachi jest japońskim fotografem, który towarzyszy swoim rodakom podczas wypraw wysokogórskich. Ostatnia ekspedycja na Mount Everest kończy się tragedią, a bohater, aby poradzić sobie z traumą, po...
Fukamachi próbuje poznać tajemnicę uzdolnionego wspinacza, Habu Jōjiego. Odkrywa kolejne historie jego wypraw, zarówno w Alpy, jak i w Himalaje. Niejednokrotnie droga Habu krzyżuje się z innym zdobyw...
With what may be Mallory’s camera found and lost, photographer Fukamachi delves deeper into the life of the mysterious character Bikha Sanp – the “Venomous Snake” - convinced that he is, in reality, t...
“BECAUSE IT’S THERE.” George Herbert Leigh Mallory is said to have given this in reply to the question “Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?” On his third expedition in June 1924, Mallory and his cl...
“Far higher in the sky than imagination had dared to suggest, the white summit of Everest appeared.” - George Mallory. In 1924 Mallory and Irvine vanished on Everest’s North-East ridge, leaving behind...
“BECAUSE I AM HERE” “Climbing is all I have, I climb.” Photographer Fukamachi is visiting Habu’s home when the felon Mohan turns up demanding the missing Kodak but is foiled when his earlier captor s...
“ANOTHER SUMMIT” The scene is finally set for Habu's challenge of the South West face of Everest in winter, solo and without oxygen. Fukamachi has accompanied him so far but must now descend to base ...