Makalu 8481m - West Pillar
The French Alpine Club's film about the French expedition to conquer Makalu (8481m) via the west pillar in Nepal, which began on February 24, 1971. Composed of 11 mountaineers, Robert Paragot (expedition leader), Georges Payot, Lucien Berardini, Yannick Seigneur, Claude Jager, Jean-Paul Paris, Jean-Claude Mosca, François Guillot, Bernard Mellet, Robert Jacob and Jacques Marchal (surgeon), it took twenty-five days of walking on the Himalayan trails with 460 porters and 18 Sherpas to transport 14 tons of equipment to reach the base camp. Finally, it was Mellet and Seigneur who managed to reach the summit on May 23, 1971: 8481 m, temperature - 30°, oxygen 30%, no wind.
Year: 1971
Genre: Documentary, Adventure
Studio: Club Alpin Français (CAF)
Director: Lucien Bérardini
Cast: Lucien Bérardini, Robert Paragot, Yannick Seigneur, Bernard Mellet, François Guillot, Georges Payot
Crew: Lucien Bérardini (Director), Lucien Bérardini (Cinematography), Jean-Marie Perthuis (Editor), Jean-Paul Janssen (Technical Advisor)
Runtime: 27 minutes
Release: Jun 26, 1971
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
Country: France
Language: Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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