Ice, Anarchy & the Pursuit of Madness Part 1

Ice, Anarchy & the Pursuit of Madness Part 1 drops you into the remote, severe beauty of Pakistan’s Charakusa Valley, where Patagonia climbers Steve House, Vince Anderson, and Marko Prezelj establish base camp with a simple, dangerous goal: attempt the unclimbed K6 and K7 West. Filmed around their 2007 expedition, this first chapter follows the grind of planning, weather-watching, and committing upward into unknown terrain, building toward a push on K7 West that culminates in a high-altitude whiteout finish. What makes it worth watching is the rare combination of big-mountain consequence and stripped-down style: no crowds, no fixed lines, just partners making hard decisions with thin margins. In under nine minutes, it captures the addictive logic of alpinism—how suffering, uncertainty, and stubborn hope can turn into a brief, electric moment of success—and sets the hook for what comes next in Part 2.

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In August 2007, Patagonia ambassadors Steve House, Vince Anderson and Marko Prezelj set up base camp in Pakistan's Charakusa Valley to attempt the unclimbed peaks K6 and K7 West. They succeeded in making the first ascend of K7 West (6.842m) on September 3, at approximately 4 p.m. in a whiteout. Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GYIm9UMm-c