Director: J.F. Musial, William Barber, Niko Myyra
Few automotive stunts carry the altitude-sickness risk of this one: a modified Porsche 911 climbing toward the summit of the world's highest active volcano.
What is Edith: Porsche's Volcano Ascent about?
On Chile's Ojos del Salado, a small crew chases a world record for the highest altitude ever reached by a car. The vehicle, a specially built Porsche 911 nicknamed Edith, has to contend with thin air, loose volcanic rock, and grades that would strain any road car long before elevation becomes a factor. Driver Romain Dumas leads the attempt, working alongside Porsche engineer Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, filmmaker and mountaineer Niko Myyra, and Porsche executive Oliver Blume. The documentary follows the planning, the mechanical adaptations required to keep an engine breathing above six thousand meters, and the tense final push toward the crater rim.
Cast & crew
Dumas, a veteran endurance racer with multiple Le Mans and Pikes Peak credits, anchors the film behind the wheel. Walliser brings the engineering perspective, explaining how a production sports car is reworked for near-zero oxygen conditions, while Myyra's mountaineering background shapes the expedition's approach to the terrain itself. Blume appears as the corporate face of the project, tying the stunt back to Porsche's broader motorsport identity.
Context & significance
Ojos del Salado sits on the Chile-Argentina border and is recognized as the highest active volcano on the planet, a setting that has drawn extreme altitude records in the past but rarely from a factory-built car. The film belongs to the genre of adventure documentaries, more concerned with logistics and endurance than plot, and it favors first-person footage from the ascent over reenactment or narration-heavy exposition. The short runtime keeps the focus tight on the mechanical and physical stakes of the climb rather than broader biography.
Where & how to watch
Edith: Porsche's Volcano Ascent streams on K-Time with a free account login, and no separate purchase is needed to read this page. The platform's interface and support are built around Farsi speakers, and the film plays with clear English audio for viewers who want the unfiltered account of the climb.