EVEREST 82 ARESTA W. "PRIMER INTENT CATALA' AL SOSTRE DEL MON"
JORDI PONS SANJINES
Spain / 1983 / 65'
Having conquered some peaks of 8000m, the Catalan mountaineers decide to climb Everest by the East face. Permission is granted in 1982 after the monsoon season. It takes a lot of work to set up the fixed ropes on the mountain and the final climb has to stop at a height of 8500m because of a 140 km.p.h wind and a temperature of 42° below zero. Furthermore a sherpa, Nima Dorje falls into a gorge 3000m deep.
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