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Annapurna South Face (1971)

Annapurna South Face (1971)

Documentary

The Hard Way

Release Date: 1971, June 1
Directors: John Edwards
Cast: Mike Thompson, Tom Frost, Chris Bonington, Don Whillans, Dougal Haston, Martin Boysen, Mike Burke, Ian Clough, Nick Escourt

Overview:

This entertaining film documents the first ascent of the very difficult South Face of Annapurna, a huge Himalayan wall that the right team could achieve the seemingly impossible. The ascent of the South Face of Annapurna in 1970 was one of those breakthrough ascents - both technically and psychologically. Chris Bonington assembled the cream of British mountaineering and American Tom Frost for the attempt. The documentary is punctuated by wry observation, understatement and cutting humor from a by-gone age when the game of taking huge risks was matched by a determination not to take it too seriously.

Keywords:

himalaya mountain range mountaineering alpinism annapurna