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In fall 2007 both Munich-based extreme alpinists Benedikt Böhm and Sebastian Haag took off to Nepal to climb „Manaslu“ (8.163 m). Accompanied by the French junior alpinist Nicolas Bonnet they wanted to reach the eighth highest peak of the planet at top speed and ski down again - right through the death zone. But the weather conditions were very bad. In base camp everybody had to stay calm, waiting for the prefect day to start. The climbers made several attempts and had already established some higher camps on the mountain. But then an avalanche struck and destroyed everything. After that the expedition was teetering on the brink of collapse. Fortunately, the forecasters give them the green light again. So Beni, Basti and Nicolas set off immediately and 200 meters below summit they have to make a difficult decision.

Carsten Maaz
Carsten studied at the Film and TV University in Munich, Germany. He took various seminars in film direction and screen writing by established and renowned film experts. He worked for the “Stunts Unlimited” project with big wave surfers in Hawaii, and produced a documentary “Maui Boyz” on the same topic. He frequently works at TV and film projects and event documentation.