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Nanda Devi
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Nanda Devi

1975-01-01 · 61 min · ★ 10.0

Documentary · Adventure

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.

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Directors
Christian Brincourt
Production companies
TF1
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Raymond RenaudSelf
Maurice GicquelSelf
Yves Pollet-VillardSelf
Jean 'Nano' CoudraySelf
Walter CecchinelWalter CecchinelSelf
Maurice CrettonSelf
Alok ChandolaSelf
Balwant Singh SandhuSelf
Charles DuboiseSelf
Christian BrincourtChristian BrincourtSelf
Devinder Jeet SinghSelf
Jean GrégoireSelf
Dorjee LhatooSelf
Yvon MasinoSelf
Prem ChandSelf
Jean-Claude OdinJean-Claude OdinSelf
Gilbert VignesSelf (archive footage)
Roger DuplatSelf (archive footage)

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