Film

Nanda Devi

10.0

1h 1m

1975

Synopsis

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

DocumentaryAdventure

himalaya mountain rangemountaineeringalpinismfrench expeditionnanda devifrench alpinism

Cast & Crew

Raymond Renaud

as Self

Maurice Gicquel

as Self

Yves Pollet-Villard

as Self

Jean 'Nano' Coudray

as Self

Walter Cecchinel

as Self

Maurice Cretton

as Self

Alok Chandola

as Self

Balwant Singh Sandhu

as Self

Charles Duboise

as Self

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