Last night we watched The White Hell of Pitz Palu, filmed in 1929, lost for many years, recovered and restored about 15 years ago. It stars Leni Riefenstahl as a climber and Ernst Udet, who flew with the Red Baron, in bi-plane flying stunts (trying to locate the stranded climbers). Mostly filmed on location near St. Moritz. Now available on Netflix. In today's world it is hard to watch silent films, but the footage is really stunning, especially of the large rescue effort attempted with skiers carrying torches, and some of the avalanche scenes. The communal straw bed in the alpine ski hut also is awesome.
P.S. not sure why they went mountain climbing wearing only sweaters.......
P.S. not sure why they went mountain climbing wearing only sweaters.......
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