The closer you are to death. The more you realize you are alive.
It’s a very cool tagline and one that sums up this documentary perfectly. It is about two men, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, who wanted to climb the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. A mountain no one had ever successfully climbed, as these men found out there was a good reason for it. Continue reading
Do you ever eat fish from lake Victoria, located in Tanzania? Since 500 tons of fish are caught each day, which feeds two million people, chances are that you could have. The lake was once a rich environment with hundreds of species of fish, but because of the introduction of one big predatory fish, the Nile perch, many species disappeared. This huge fish is now caught, cut up and sent all over the world to be consumed. You might not know the story behind what gets onto your plate, but as this Oscar nominated documentary shows, you should. Continue reading