Spain, 49 min
Director: Euskal Mendi Museoa. Digitalización: Euskadiko Filmategia - Filmoteca Vasca. Donada por: Josema Casimiro. Introducción: Antxon Iturriza. Montaje: Alberto Cáceres.
In 1962, a French expedition led by Lionel Terray and made up of some of the finest Alpine guides achieved the first ascent of Jannu (7,710 m), one of the most demanding and spectacular climbing routes in the entire Himalaya. Images of the climbers straddling a razor-sharp ridge high above immense voids captivated the mountaineering world and quickly became iconic. Inspired by the beauty and audacity of those images, a group of friends comprising Iñaki Aldaya, Xabier Garaioa, Mari Abrego, Josema Casimiro, Javier Muro and Patxi Senosiain set out from Kathmandu in the spring of 1981, bound for Jannu, also known as Kumbhakarna.
