La Voie Bonatti

Synopsis

In October 2010, two of France's top mountaineers, Christophe Dumarest and Yann Borgnet, fulfilled a mountaineer's dream: a six-day alpine-style ascent of Walter Bonatti's great routes through the Mont Blanc massif. Dumarest and Borgnet first climbed the north face of the Grandes Jorasses; they then climbed the Grand Capucin and the Pilier Rouge du Brouillard, completing their feat with the ascent of Mont Blanc. Their paragliding descent in Chamonix completes their feat with a touch of fun. The climbers and the director made the ethical choice not to use helicopters to shoot the film.

Cast

Walter Bonatti

Self (archive footage)

Christophe Dumarest

Self

Yann Borgnet

Self

Yves Ballu

Self

Mirella Vescovi Tenderini

Self

Catherine Pauwels

Narrator