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Producer(s):
ARTE GEIE, MEDIEN KONTOR Movie GMBH
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2016
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Language(s):
German, English, Spanish, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
An encounter with François Pallandre, member of the famous Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix. The guild’s guides accompany mountain climbers as they tackle Western Europe’s highest summit.
To join the guild, which was founded in 1821, candidates are carefully selected before following a five-year training course. 229 years after it was first climbed, the 4,810-metre Mont Blanc continues to fascinate mountain climbers all over the world. Every year, one thousand people try to climb it, sadly sometimes leaving their life behind. Crevasses, the vagaries of the weather, avalanches, as well as climbers’ tendencies to underestimate the risk can all prove to be fatal.