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THE SUMMIT
“In August, 2008, 18 mountain climbers reached the top of K2. 48 hours later, 11 people were dead. While memorials paid tribute to those killed, there were also condemnations about ‘the why.’ Why do these athletes risk everything to reach a place humans are simply not meant to go? With breathtaking cinematography and jaw dropping reenactments based on the testimony of those who survived the climb, this thrilling film is about the very nature of adventure in the modern world.
NICK RYAN BIO
Nick Ryan was a founding director of Image Now Films in 1995, and works as a director and producer of films. Ryan wrote, directed and produced the award winning short film A Lonely Sky. In 2008 he wrote and directed the award winning The German. Ryan also produced Ruairi Robinson’s short films The Silent City Blinky™ and Imaginary Forces.
PEMBA GYALJE BIO
Born in the shadow of the Himalayas, Pemba Gyalje is not a Sherpa in the western sense, a high altitude helper or porter. Before this expedition, Gyalje had distinguished himself as a professional mountaineer with nine summits above 8000 meters. To date, he has climbed Mt. Everest 7 times with 6 summit, K2, Cho-Oyu, Ama Dablam, and uncountable 6000m peaks. When first generation Nepalese mountain guide certification program was held in 2009 by UIAGM he was officially known as International Mountain Guide. His aim beside climbing and guiding is to contribute for the promotion and development of healthy climbing and mountaineering activities in Himalaya.
In the aftermath of the 2008 tragic ice-falling disaster that left many climbers without a rope to climb down the mountain with, the incredibly brave Gyalje risked his own life as he searched for his missing best friend, Irish climber Ger McDonnell, and saved many others in the process. Despite watching many of climbers die in front of him, and never finding McDonnell, Gyalje remained level-headed in extreme circumstances, sparing the lives of as many as possible and strategizing the best way to lead his men to safety.
Gyalje’s heroism during the K2 disaster also landed him on the cover of National Geographic as one of the Adventurers of the Year.
DR. JONATHAN FADER, PH.D. BIO
Dr. Jonathan Fader is a licensed clinical psychologist. He is an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and teaches in the Beth Israel Residency Program in Family Medicine in New York City. The Department of Family Medicine is housed within the larger organization of the Institute for Family Health (IUFH).
At Beth Israel, Dr. Fader is responsible for teaching and researching Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques and cultural competency in healthcare settings. Dr. Fader has over fifteen years of experience as a Motivational Interviewing trainer and has participated in the “Training for Trainers” program, making him part of the nationally recognized Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).
Dr. Fader received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington in Seattle where he worked with Drs. Mary Larimer and G. Alan Marlatt. He then completed an internship in clinical psychology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. In addition to expertise in Motivational Interviewing, and cultural competency in healthcare, Dr. Fader has clinical and research interests in: sports psychology, family therapy, clinical work with under-served populations, multiculturalism in patient-care, psychotherapy with Spanish-speakers, addictive behaviors across the lifespan, harm reduction and alternative medicine.
Dr. Fader is a team psychologist to the NY Mets baseball team. He maintains an active clinical practice in New York City. Dr. Fader writes a blog for Psychology Today entitled ‘The New You.’”
ABELLA Sharon 
