Patagonie Force 10 (1983)
Overview
A team of 12 men, 5 sailors, a doctor, a writer, a film crew, and 3 mountaineers, Jean-Marc Boivin, Thierry Leroy, and Dominique Marchal, set off by sailboat from Mar del Plata in Argentina to reach Riso Patron in Chile, via the Strait of Magellan, the Patagonian Channels, and Falcon Fjord. Their goal is to climb Riso Patron and then make the first crossing of the Campo de Hielo Sur glacier, or Hielo Continental Patagónico, to meet up with the sailors in Puerto Williams on Navarino Island in Chile, a village at the end of the world. After three attempts and an accident for Leroy, who was repatriated, they gave up, crossed the glacier and rejoined the boat, to set off for Cape Horn to climb the South face, knowing that the weather was good one day a month... On January 20, 1983, Jean-Marc Boivin and Dominique Marchal succeeded in making the first ascent of the South face of Cape Horn.
What is Patagonie Force 10 about?
A team of 12 men, 5 sailors, a doctor, a writer, a film crew, and 3 mountaineers, Jean-Marc Boivin, Thierry Leroy, and Dominique Marchal, set off by sailboat from Mar del Plata in Argentina to reach Riso Patron in Chile, via the Strait of Magellan, the Patagonian Channels, and Falcon Fjord. Their goal is to climb Riso Patron and then make the first crossing of the Campo de Hielo Sur glacier, or Hielo Continental Patagónico, to meet up with the sailors in Puerto Williams on Navarino Island in Chile, a village at the end of the world. After three attempts and an accident for Leroy, who was repatriated, they gave up, crossed the glacier and rejoined the boat, to set off for Cape Horn to climb the South face, knowing that the weather was good one day a month... On January 20, 1983, Jean-Marc Boivin and Dominique Marchal succeeded in making the first ascent of the South face of Cape Horn. Patagonie Force 10 is a Documentary, Adventure movie, released on 1983-01-01, runtime 52 minutes.
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Directed by
Denis Ducroz, Laurent Chevallier
Cast
- Jean-Marc Boivin as Self - Alpinist
- Jean-Louis Étienne as Self - Doctor & Explorator
- Denis Ducroz as Self - Mountain Guide & Filmaker
- Laurent Chevallier as Self - Filmaker
- Bernard Prud'Homme as Self - Mountain Guide & Sound Engineer
- Sylvain Augier as Self - Journalist
- Dominique Marchal as Self - Alpinist
- Philippe Facque as Self - Skipper
- Olivier Petit as Self - Naval Architect
- Enrico Sala as Self - Skipper
- Thierry Leroy as Self - Alpinist
- Pierre Baudy as Self - Writer
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