Makalu 8481m - West Pillar

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Makalu 8481m - West Pillar (1971)

Directed by Lucien Bérardini

Documentary, Adventure · 27m

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.

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Cast

Lucien Bérardini Self Robert Paragot Self Yannick Seigneur Self Bernard Mellet Self François Guillot Self Georges Payot Self Claude Jager Self Jean-Claude Mosca Self Jean-Paul Paris Self
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Robert Jacob Self
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Jacques Marchal Self

Crew

Director
Lucien Bérardini
Editor
Jean-Marie Perthuis

Details

Original title
Makalu 8481m - Pilier Ouest
Release date
1971-06-26
Runtime
27m
Genres
Documentary, Adventure
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France
Production
Club Alpin Français (CAF)