Climbing in Trango Towers

The Trango Towers entry documents contemporary free climbing on one of the Karakoram’s most storied granite spires. Making History on the Trango Towers, Pakistan - Edu Marin follows Edu Marìn with support from his brother Alex and their father Novato as they attempt and achieve the second free ascent of Eternal Flame on the Nameless Tower above the Baltoro Glacier.

Director Guillaume Broust intercuts the Marìn party’s on‑tower footage with archival material and contributions from Alexander and Thomas Huber, situating the climb within the route’s established lineage. The film emphasizes the practical mechanics of a remote big‑wall operation—hauling, bivying on exposed ledges, fixed lines and the short, technical pitches that define Eternal Flame—so it reads as both an ascent film and a compact working record of multi‑pitch alpine climbing in the Karakoram.

Because the Trango Towers are granite spires north of the Baltoro Glacier, the piece also communicates how landscape and history shape decisions on a remote tower: weather windows, ropework and the slow process of stitching together technical rock climbing at high altitude are the film’s chief subjects.