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Makalu 8481m - West Pillar

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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.

Directed byLucien Bérardini

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 27m
Language
FR
Released
June 26, 1971
Studios
Club Alpin Français (CAF)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Lucien Bérardini

Lucien Bérardini

Self

Robert Paragot

Robert Paragot

Self

Yannick Seigneur

Yannick Seigneur

Self

Bernard Mellet

Bernard Mellet

Self

François Guillot

François Guillot

Self

Georges Payot

Georges Payot

Self

Claude Jager

Claude Jager

Self

Jean-Claude Mosca

Jean-Claude Mosca

Self

Jean-Paul Paris

Jean-Paul Paris

Self

Robert Jacob

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Lucien Bérardini
Lucien Bérardini

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