Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2 (2001)

An archive history of K2

Cast

John Shrapnel, Bob Bates, Charlie Houston, Bill Putnam, Dudley Rochester

Overview

The dramatic stories of Fritz Wiessner’s 1939 K2 expedition and Charlie Houston’s return in 1953. K2 is one of the hardest mountains in the world to climb. This film focuses on the expeditions of Fritz Wiessner and Charlie Houston in 1953. An award winner at the Banff, Telluride, Trento and Prague film festivals.