He will be accompanied by an Austrian film team led by Werner Herzog and Gerald Salmina, who are making a documentary feature film about the life of the extreme mountaineer. Also taking part is Stefan Keck, an experienced high-altitude mountaineer and skier from Tyrol, who witnessed an avalanche accident on Manaslu in 2012 in which twelve people died. Both Kammerlander and Keck associate difficult memories with the "mountain of souls". All the more reason for both of them to now attempt to climb the mountain in order to ski down a new route at the end. Always at their side: the film team.

AN ADVENTURE IN FEATURE FILM FORMAT

In the film itself, Hans Kammerlander is the narrator. His story is told in two ways: Archive footage brings Kammerlander's life to life authentically, while actors at original locations emotionally retell the milestones of his career and the turning points of his life. A real back-breaking job for the actors, as this project demands everything of them: storms with wind speeds of up to 80 km/h, temperatures as low as -35 degrees Celsius, icefalls and crevasses. The audience should be able to empathise with what such a mountain demands of a person. They should be able to feel how unreal this area is and understand what it means to be in an extreme situation. The climax of the film is Kammerlander's return to Manaslu, the mountain of destiny.