Shakhaur 7116m, Face Nord

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MOVIE

Shakhaur 7116m, Face Nord

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.

Release Date

1969-01-01

Year

1969

Duration

1h 10m

Status

Released

Score

10.00

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Cast

Jean-Paul Paris

Jean-Paul Paris

Henri Agresti

Henri Agresti

Isabelle Agresti

Isabelle Agresti

Jacques Soubis

Jacques Soubis

Claude Jager

Claude Jager

Jean-Pierre Frésafond

Jean-Pierre Frésafond

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Félix Magnin

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Paul Gendre

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Benoît Mathieu

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René Thomas