To Be First: The Quest for Yangmolong

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To Be First: The Quest for Yangmolong

2014

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Among the last unclimbed peaks on earth there stands a little-known mountain in a remote region of China. Follow a climbing expedition as they make three attempts over the span of three years to summit the 6060-meter Yangmolong Mountain.

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