The Ascent of Mont Blanc

Name: The Ascent of Mont Blanc
Genre: Adventure, Documentary
Released: 2023-02-21
Duration: 14 min
Rating: 100
Cast: Joseph Vallot

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100

NR 14 minAdventure, Documentary

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands Mulets refuge and the Grand Plateau refuge. This is the very first successfully filmed ascent. Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), rich heir of Lodève in Occitania. He devotes part of his fortune to the observation of the Alps, sometimes opposing the scientific community. He built an observatory, still standing today.

StarringJoseph Vallot

DirectorJean Lecarme

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