The Shark's Fin
2012 · 25 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary, Adventure
Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk ascend Northern India's Meru Shark Fin, one of the last great unclimbed alpine rock walls in the world.
Directed by Jimmy Chin
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