Dhaulagiri, Mountain of Winds
Synopsis
In October 1984, Pierre BĂ©ghin, an engineer from Grenoble, and Jean-NoĂ«l Roche, a high-mountain guide, completed the Himalayan ascent of Dhaulagiri (8,172 m). The expedition's context: seven people crossed Nepal to Muri, collected accounts from trekkersâincluding that of the author Robert Rieffelâand attended Sherpa prayers at base camp. Then, the two of them embarked on a rocky and snowy route without supplemental oxygen. At over 5,000 meters, on the mountain of winds, Jean-NoĂ«l Roche made a paragliding flight. The climbers brought back footage with their Super 8 camera from 6,500 meters, but only photographs have been able to confirm their presence on the summit ridge of the seventh highest peak in the world.
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