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The Ascent of Mont Blanc

The Ascent of Mont Blanc

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 22, 1907

Runtime

0h 14m

Genres

Documentary, Adventure

User Score

100%

Original Title

L'Ascension du Mont Blanc

Production Companies

Pathé

Director

Jean Lecarme

Description

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.