11 Best Travel Documentaries Streaming on Netflix

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8. The Summit

Site Rank: 9, IMDb rank 1 Total Rank: 10

Directed by Nick Ryan
Year: 2012

August 1st, 2008 was a sunny day, ideal for climbing the second highest mountain in the world, the infamous K2. Conditions were perfect for an international expedition consisting of 25 climbers set out to achieve their goal and summit the mountain. Some 48 hours later, 11 of them were dead and three more severely injured. The series of disasters that happened in those two days are among the worst in the climbing world. The footage one of the members recorded was used to create the film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.

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