Nanda Devi (1975)
1h 1m
Running Time
January 1, 1975Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Raymond Renaud
Self

Maurice Gicquel
Self

Yves Pollet-Villard
Self

Jean 'Nano' Coudray
Self

Walter Cecchinel
Self

Maurice Cretton
Self

Alok Chandola
Self

Balwant Singh Sandhu
Self

Charles Duboise
Self

Christian Brincourt
Self / Director

Devinder Jeet Singh
Self

Jean Grégoire
Self / Sound

Dorjee Lhatoo
Self

Yvon Masino
Self

Prem Chand
Self

Jean-Claude Odin
Self / Cinematography

Gilbert Vignes
Self (archive footage)

Roger Duplat
Self (archive footage)

Chantal Perrot
Editor
Media.


Details.
This Movie Is About.
himalaya
mountaineering
alpinism
french expedition
nanda devi
french alpinism