Meru

In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. Sitting 21,000 feet above the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the mountain’s perversely stacked obstacles make it both a nightmare and an irresistible calling for some of the world’s toughest climbers. In October 2008, renowned alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk arrived in India to tackle Meru. Their planned seven-day trip quickly devolved into a 20-day odyssey in sub-zero temperatures with depleting food rations. Within 100 meters of the elusive summit, their journey – like all previous attempts – fell short of the goal. Heartbroken and defeated, the trio returned to their everyday lives, where the siren song of Meru continued to beckon. By September 2011, Anker had convinced his team to reunite and undertake the Shark’s Fin once more, under even more extraordinary circumstances. Meru is the story of that journey, an expedition through nature’s harshest elements and one’s complicated inner demons, and ultimately on to impossible new heights.

• Himself : Conrad Anker
• Himself : Jimmy Chin
• Himself : Renan Ozturk
• Himself : Jon Krakauer
• Herself : Jenni Lowe-Anker
• Herself : Amee Hinkley
• Herself : Grace Chin
• Himself : Jeremy Jones

• Directors : Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
• Producers : Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Ethridge
• Executive Producers : Daniel T. Reiner, Elizabeth Lauren Reiner, Jonas Tempel, Chris Wright, Loren Bough
• Cinematography : Renan Ozturk, Jimmy Chin
• Editor : Bob Einsenhardt
• Music : J. Ralph

• Production Year : 2015
• Release Date : August 14, 2015
• Countries of Production : USA
• Languages : English
• Running Time : 90 Minutes
• Screen Ratio : 1.78:1
• Sound : Dolby Digital 5.1
• Color : Yes
• Rating : R For Language

Interview with Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Expedition Prep

Deleted Scenes

Theatrical Trailer