The allure of Meru Peak and its Shark’s Fin climbing route is simple. The mountain, a 21,850-foot jagged monster in India’s Gharwal Himalayas, is believed by Hindus to be the center of the universe.

Choose carefully, as for some this not a metaphor. The mythic Mount Meru in the Himalayas is thought to be the center of the universe, in that it "govern[s] the courses of heavenly bodies," writes ...

When you get a climber’s eye view of “The Shark’s Fin” jutting skyward at the very top of the 21,000-foot Meru Peak in the Himalayas, you feel a rock sinking in your stomach, even though you’re ...

The big-budget, CGI-generated, special effects-driven “Everest” is a fictional movie based on a real climbing expedition that did not go well in the Himalayas. “Meru” is a documentary that was mostly ...

Last week, I attended a lunch at New York’s 21 Club celebrating the hit mountaineering documentary, “Meru.” The film’s producer/director E. Chai Vasarhelyi and her husband climber/cameraman Jimmy Chin ...

A new documentary charts the attempts of a trio of American climbers to be the first to scale Meru Peak, a 21,000-foot Himalayan peak. Critic... Climbing Documentary 'Meru' Is A Hair-Raising 'Peak ...

The new documentary “Meru” does more than offer pretty pictures of snow-capped granite mountains. The season opener at the Detroit Film Theatre effectively gets into the heads of the bold souls who ...

Even within the extreme sport of alpine climbing — a sport many of us would never even think of attempting — there are challenges that stand out. The Shark’s Fin at Meru Peak is one of those. Located ...

The documentary Meru, chronicles the years-long journey of three world-class climbers–Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk–as they endure the physical, emotional and psychological punishment, ...

“Yeah, yeah,” says Jennifer, wife of legendary mountaineer Conrad Anker. “Stuff can happen.” The nonchalance masks a deeper fear but even so, that has to be an early contender for understatement of ...

Three American climbers have become the first in the world to conquer the Shark's Fin - a lethal 20,000ft pinnacle. The dare-devil trio of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk spent 11 days ...