Makalu 8481m - West Pillar (1971)
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.
Director: Lucien Bérardini
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Lucien Bérardini as Self |
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Robert Paragot as Self |
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Yannick Seigneur as Self |
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Bernard Mellet as Self |
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François Guillot as Self |
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Georges Payot as Self |
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Claude Jager as Self |
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Jean-Claude Mosca as Self |
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Jean-Paul Paris as Self |
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Robert Jacob as Self |
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Jacques Marchal as Self |
| Directing | Lucien Bérardini | Director |
| Crew | Lucien Bérardini | Cinematography |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Perthuis | Editor |
| Crew | Jean-Paul Janssen | Technical Advisor |
