{"id":14905,"date":"2015-10-27T16:57:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=14905"},"modified":"2015-10-27T16:57:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:57:56","slug":"meru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/meru\/","title":{"rendered":"MERU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merufilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14906\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/meru-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"meru\" width=\"631\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/meru-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/meru-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/meru.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is MERU? In the high-stakes game of big-wall climbing, the Shark\u2019s Fin on Mount\u00a0Meru\u00a0is the ultimate prize. Everest is a cakewalk by comparison. Sitting at the headwaters of the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the Shark\u2019s Fin has seen more failed attempts by elite climbing teams over the past 30 years than any other ascent in the Himalayas.\u00a0This movie\u00a0is the story of one group\u2019s journey to conquer it\u2014a white-knuckle quest of friendship, sacrifice, hope and obsession. How Jimmy captured it on film while risking his life is almost impossible to fathom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is MERU? 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