John Harlin explains the nuts and bolts of mountaineering

The Swiss “Border Stories” adventurer demonstrates how to use essential climbing gear to get up a mountain, and prevent fatal falls. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on July 27, 2011 - 14:37

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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