In reply to paul mitchell:
If you watch Fri Night Vid: what if he falls? Alex Honolds solo up El Cap, the film makers go to great pains in ethically reasoning their involvement with the film making process. All of them were aware of their potentially intrusive involvement. At one point on the crux boulder problem the team decided to film remotely out of site as this was a part of Alex’s wishes that should he fall he didn’t want his friends to be a part of the visual theatre.
if considering say VICE TV for example, if you’ve ever seen it, well they have produced what could be called ethnolographic situational films which lead little to the imagination. Good film making of this or any kind has to have ethics guiding the production otherwise it will appear to lack sensitivity and intelligence. Judge things for yourself is what I do. With regards to well this is the way things are today is a cop out and negligent. “Today” will always be defined by our actions and just because someone does something doesn’t mean you have to do likewise.
IMO for what it’s worth, you can shut Everest down for me it’s more trouble than what it’s worth and there’s better mountains to climb. I wonder if Mr K Cool has watched this, I wonder what his opinion would be? Just a thought really, right I’m off to drink a beer.