

And asks the question of those who lost loved ones and aim to follow in their footsteps, “Is it worth it?” Based on the book of the same title The Edge of Never explores the legacy of adventure passed down from one generation to the next. A hero of many true-life action films of the 80s and 90s, Trevor’s career was cut tragically short during a fatal avalanche in a region known as “the death sport capital of the world.”īut the focus of the movie center’s on Petersen’s son Kye, 15, who trains with a number of skiing’s greatest athletes to take on the mountain that claimed his father’s life. Set against the backdrop of Chamonix, France, this documentary tells the story of extreme skier Trevor Petersen. In a spate of one-night adrenaline injections following the Lance Armstrong pic Race Across the Sky and Warren Miller’s Dynasty, The Edge of Never plays at the Sundance Theater, 7PM $20.


An adventure film premieres in Madison on Wednesday.
