In February 1966, Pierre Mazeaud and Lucien Berardini traveled to the Atakor massif, in the Hoggar mountain range of the Sahara in southern Algeria. There, they attempted a challenging first ascent: the Takouba spur, one of the peaks adjacent to Garet El Djenoun, a legendary mountain in the Hoggar massif, first climbed by Roger Frison-Roche and Raymond Coche in 1935. The documentary, superbly filmed by Jacques Ertaud, won the Grand Prize at the Trento International Mountain Film Festival in 1966.
Jacques Ertaud
Writer, Director
Free Solo78%
The Alpinist78%
The Dawn Wall80%
Explorer: The Last Tepui75%
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible73%
180° South72%
Meru74%
Atlantis Rising61%
Elephant77%
African Cats73%
L'empereur69%
Maidentrip70%
Valley Uprising77%
Bambi, l'histoire d'une vie dans les bois64%
Deepsea Challenge 3D66%
Le Bus : Les Bleus en grève69%
God Grew Tired of Us72%
Wick Is Pain74%
Ghost Elephants77%