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Expédition Hoggar 79

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  • Adventure
  • Documentary

Overview

TSR documentary on the 1979 expedition to Algeria in the Atakor massif (Hoggar desert), organized by Geneva mountaineer Michel Vaucher and Jean-Blaise Fellay. The climbers make a dozen ascents including the famous summit of Adaouda (which means "finger" in Tamasheq, the Tuareg dialect), by several routes. Then a new route on the peaks of the southern Tezoulegs. They discover the volcanic geological characteristics of the Atakor massif and meet the nomadic inhabitants of the region, the Tuaregs, who are increasingly settling in the town of Tamanrasset.

Keywords

  • mountain climbing
  • sahara desert
  • rock climbing
  • escapade
  • mountaineering
  • algeria
  • djazair
  • alpinism
  • hoggar mountains
  • tamanrasset
  • الجزائر
  • atakor

Details

Status
Released
Release date
May 31, 1979
Original language
French
Spoken languages
Arabic, French
Countries
Switzerland
Production
TSR
Director
Louis Barby
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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