Marc Martinetti

Lionel Terray, the famous French mountain guide, died at the age of 44 on a rock climb in the Vercors, south of Grenoble, on 19 September 1965. This short report is the hommage by the French television, broadcasted one month later within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit'. The documentary remembers his alpine career and shows archive images of some of the expeditions he took part in (Annapurna, Chacraraju, Jannu, Mont Huntington) and ends with excerpts of his ascent to Grand Capucin from the film 'Les etoiles du midi', by Marcel Ichac and Jacques Ertaud.

Report of the first ascent of Mount Huntington in Alaska, shot by the team of mountaineer Lionel Terray, from April to August 1964, and commented by Lionel Terray himself. The members of the expedition were Lionel Terray, Marc Martinetti, Jacques Soubis, Jacques Batkin, Jean-Louis Bernezat, Paul Gendre, Maurice Gicquel, and Sylvain Sarthou. The report was broadcast within the program of the French public television 'Les coulisses de l'exploit'.