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The Ascent of Mont Blanc

Name: The Ascent of Mont Blanc
Director: Jean Lecarme
Genre: Documentary, Adventure
Released: 1907-01-07
Duration: 14 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Joseph Vallot

Release Date: January 7, 1907

Genre: Documentary, Adventure

Duration: 0h 14m

Rating: ⭐ 10.0/10

Director: Jean Lecarme

Cast: Joseph Vallot

Storyline

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.