Nanda Devi (1975)
In 1975, Raymond Renaud, Yves Pollet-Villard, Maurice Gicquel, Maurice Cretton, Jean Coudray, Yvon Masino, Walter Cecchinel, all teacher guides at ENSA in Chamonix, with the help of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, set out to cross the 2 peaks of the highest mountain in India. After 43 hours in a truck, 10 days of slow and difficult approach walking, helped by goats for the portage due to lack of sherpas, the base camp is set up on the Nanda Devi glacier. Two groups share the two eastern and western slopes, 3 kilometers separate them: the goal being to meet between the two summits by the ridge. But on the big day, with the monsoon, bad weather arrives with wind and snow, we will have to give up. Like the French expedition of 1951 which lost two mountaineers, Roger Duplat and Gilbert Vigne, to whom Paul Gendre and Louis Dubosc pay tribute.
Director: Christian Brincourt
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Raymond Renaud as Self |
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Maurice Gicquel as Self |
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Yves Pollet-Villard as Self |
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Jean 'Nano' Coudray as Self |
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Walter Cecchinel as Self |
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Maurice Cretton as Self |
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Alok Chandola as Self |
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Balwant Singh Sandhu as Self |
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Charles Duboise as Self |
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Christian Brincourt as Self |
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Devinder Jeet Singh as Self |
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Jean Grégoire as Self |
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Dorjee Lhatoo as Self |
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Yvon Masino as Self |
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Prem Chand as Self |
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Jean-Claude Odin as Self |
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Gilbert Vignes as Self (archive footage) |
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Roger Duplat as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Christian Brincourt | Director |
| Sound | Jean Grégoire | Sound |
| Crew | Jean-Claude Odin | Cinematography |
| Editing | Chantal Perrot | Editor |
