Rhythms; The Man Who Skied Antartica; Icebirds; Ski A La Carte Highlights; Race Day; and Dudh Kosi, Relentless River of Everest

Rhythms
Expert skiers at Jackson Hole were shot skiing to the pre-recorded musical score of this film which captures a harmony of visual movement and musical rhythm.
• (20 mins, color, Print from Sports World Cinema)

The Man Who Skied Antarctica
Yuichiro Miura (The Man Who Skied Down Everest) again tests his limits on an uncharted Antarctic peak where he encounters storms and avalanche danger.
• Directed by Masara Otaki. (1980, 18 mins, color, Print from Dewitt Jones)

Icebirds
Ice climbing. A man-woman team scales Crystal Pillar, one of the spectacular ice formations surrounding Quebec's Montmorency Falls.
• Directed by Marc Hebert. (1980, 16 mins, color, Print from National Film Board of Canada)

Ski A La Carte Highlights
From Warren Miller, the dean of ski filmmakers, comes the excitement of heli-skiing in the Cariboos, racing at Mammoth, ski flying 491 feet in the air and the world freestyle championships at Nordic Valley.
• Directed by Warren Miller. (1978, 15 mins, color, Print from Warren Miller Productions)

Race Day
The tension, the effort and the precision movement of adult and children cross country ski racers at the 1978 Nordic World Championships at Lahti, Finland.
• Directed by Harvey Edwards. (1979, 15 mins, color, Print from Karol Media)

Dudh Kosi, Relentless River Of Everest
This awesome Himalayan river starts at the base of Everest and falls 13,000 feet in 50 miles. Six British adventurers made the first run of the river with cameras mounted on their kayaks. Rob Schultheis of Outside magazine described the resulting film as “at once so violent and so lovely that it took my breath away.”
• Directed by Leo Dickenson. Photographed by Dickenson and Eric Jones. (1977, 52 mins, color, Print from Leo Dickenson)

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