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Les Conquérants de l'impossible - Portrait de René Desmaison (1985)

Les Conquérants de l'impossible - Portrait de René Desmaison (1985)

Documentary
Release Date: 1985, January 1
Directors: Bernard Choquet
Countries: France
Production: TF1, Les Films du Soleil, INA
Cast: René Desmaison, Gary Hemming, Simone Desmaison, Jean Couzy, Serge Gousseault

Overview:

This episode is part of the series "The Conquerors of the Impossible (2/3)". From the 1950s to the 1980s, René Desmaison achieved a large number of "firsts". A specialist in normal routes (west face of Les Drus, Pilier du Freyney, Shroud...), he experienced a tragedy at the Grandes Jorasses, where his exceptional resistance allowed him to survive against all logic. He is the first to claim the practice of the mountain as a high level sport. A man of contrasts, his apparent strength hides great shyness and an unalterable enthusiasm despite the years. Beyond mountaineering, it is the spirit of adventure that has always inhabited him. A whole life devoted to mountaineering.

Keywords:

biography himalaya mountain range mountaineering goat climber alpinism chamonix alpes alpinism legend