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Shakhaur 7116m, Face Nord (1969)

Shakhaur 7116m, Face Nord (1969)

Adventure Documentary
Release Date: 1969, January 1
Directors: Henri Agresti
Countries: France
Production: Club Alpin Français (CAF), Club Alpin Français (CAF)
Cast: Henri Agresti, Isabelle Agresti, Jean-Pierre Frésafond, Jacques Soubis, Claude Jager, Jean-Paul Paris, Félix Magnin, Paul Gendre, Benoît Mathieu, René Thomas, Roger Dietz

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

afghanistan mountaineering alpinism french climbers french expedition club alpin français afghanistan summits kohe shakhawr hindou kouch mountain range