Shakhaur 7116m, Face Nord

Overview

This film - without commentary and simply accompanied by local music - relates the 1969 ascent of the north face of Kohe Shakhawr, a Himalayan peak located on the border with Afghanistan, by mountaineers Benoît Mathieu, Jacques Soubis, René Thomas, Jean-Paul Paris, Isabelle Agresti, Henri Agresti, Roger Dietz, Jean-Pierre Frésafond, Paul Gendre, Claude Jager and Félix Magnin. As is often the case in Henri Agresti's films, there is an encounter with other peoples, other cultures, documented at length in the introduction. Then, after the interminable approach, the ascent begins: distribution of camps, successive assaults on the mountain, walking on steep scree and snowy slopes, climbing on icy walls... The arrival at the summit, without the aid of oxygen devices, seems to take place in slow motion: exhaustion mixes with the joy of the victorious mountaineers who will celebrate their success on their return to base camp on August 24, 1969.

Cast

Jean-Paul Paris

Self

Henri Agresti

Self

Isabelle Agresti

Self

Jacques Soubis

Self

Claude Jager

Self

Jean-Pierre Frésafond

Self

F

Félix Magnin

Self

P

Paul Gendre

Self

B

Benoît Mathieu

Self

R

René Thomas

Self

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