The Last Mountain: the story of Tom Ballard
The trailer of The Last Mountain, the BBC documentary directed by Chris Terrill that explores the life of British mountaineer Tom Ballard who died while attempting to climb Nanga Parbat in February 2019 with Italy's Daniele Nardi.
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Tom Ballard: the first rays of sun on Spigolo Vinci, Pizzo Cengalo
Tom Ballard
In February 2019 30-year-old Tom Ballard and 42-year-old Daniele Nardi perished while attempting to scale Nanga Parbat in winter. Ballard was the son of world-famous mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, reputed to be one of the greatest female climbers of all times who died on K2 in 1995. Their compelling lives are explored in the BBC's The Last Mountain directed by Chris Terrill, using intimate family archive footage and interviewing those left behind to tell the unforgettable story on Tom and his family. Here's the trailer.
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