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Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes (1996)

Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes (1996)

Documentary
Release Date: 1996, March 1
Directors: Jean Afanassieff
Countries: France
Production: MC4, France 3, France 3, CNC, CNC
Cast: René Desmaison, Gary Hemming, Pierre Mazeaud, Lothar Mauch, Maurice Herzog, François Guillot, Gil Bodin, Lauren Hemming

Overview:

The American mountaineer Gary Hemming marked the era of the 1960s. The story of this "exceptional" character is intimately linked to that of the rescue of the two German mountaineers on the west face of the Drus, in 1966, a rescue which he had took the initiative. While the official emergency services of the EHM try to reach them from above, a pirate rope made up of Gary Hemming, René Desmaison, Lothar Mauch, Gil Bodin, Mike Brurke, François Guillot, the filmmaker Gérard Bauer organizes to join them from below and succeeded after a fierce struggle the rescue. The press seizes the event and elevates Gary Hemming to the rank of national hero. All the newspapers feature this big guy with a cool attitude, mismatched clothes, jovial smile and long blond hair on the front page. From then on, he was nicknamed: "the beatnik of the peaks".

Keywords:

biography hero mountain climbing alps mountains french alps heroic rescue documentary short alpinism chamonix escalade garyhemming