Product Details
- Starring: John Viehman, Annie Getchell, Peter Hillary, John Harlin John Viehman
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- Audience Rating: Unrated
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 0794054378238
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- Format: NTSC
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- Label: BKS Entertainment
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- Manufacturer: BKS Entertainment
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: BKS Entertainment
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- Release Date: 1998-09-28
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- Studio: BKS Entertainment
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1997-06
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- Title: Anyplace Wild: Trekking and Climbing in New Zealand
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- UPC: 794054378238
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Product Description: In "West Matukituki Ramble," John Viehman teams up with Peter Hillary and John Harlin for a trek in the land of the kiwis. The route is up the Matukituki River through Mt Aspiring National Park, the second largest national park in New Zealand, en route to an ascent of one of New Zealand's Southern Alps. The challenge will be to choose which one. In "Sons of the Mountaineers," John Viehman, who has long had a fear of heights, is happy to be in the company of two second-generation mountaineers, Peter Hillary and John Harlin. Hillary's father, Sir Edmund, was the first to climb Mt Everest. Harlin's father was the first American to climb the notorious Eiger North Face in Switzerland. He died there four years later while attempting the first "direct route." Viehman learns about what it's like to be from a line of climbers and how that has affected Hillary and Harlin's own climbing careers, risk-taking decisions and family lives.
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Customer Reviews
One of the best episodes of Anyplace Wild
One of the best episodes of Anyplace Wild. Well filmed, showing both the beauty of New Zealand's stunnig glaciated peaks, and gorgeous approach in the lush greenery. The climb is especially interesting in that host JV climbs with Peter Hillary, son of famed climber Ed Hillary, and John Harlin III, whose father was one of the greatest American climbers, but tragically killed on the Eiger. This tape shows brief moments of that fateful climb, and John III's thoughts on his father. The climbing is also interesting, Harlin shows great leadership in teaching JV some basic ice climbing, and the scenery is superb. Highly recommended for those hoping to go climbing in New Zealand, or of fans of history on these climber's famous fathers.
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