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2016

Mas Alto Que Los Condores

Nico Valsesia is an Italian athlete from the Piedmont region who travels by bike and on foot on every possible terrain. One day he decided that the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, could be an interesting target. To give the mountain importance he starts in an original way: from zero, sea level, and as quickly and light as possible. The feat is not only for Nico Valsesia but also for the support team who documents everything on video.

My take

A raw, inspiring journey that captures one athlete's obsessive pursuit of an impossible goal—climbing from sea level to the summit of Aconcagua with minimal gear. Visually stunning and emotionally grounding, this is the kind of documentary that makes you reconsider what 'possible' actually means.

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Cast

Nico Valsesia

Director

Alessandro Beltrame

If tonight is a Mas Alto Que Los Condores night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.