Max Eiselin

Since the 1950s, adventurers from all over the world have been travelling to Nepal and trying to climb its summit (8,167 metres). To date, some 400 mountaineers have made it, and 70 have died on the remote mountain. In 'Adventure Dhaulagiri' Himalayan pioneers and their successors tell the dramatic story of the white mountain, what the Dhaulagiri is called in Nepali. With Richard Bolt, the leader of the Swiss Dhaulagiri Jubilee Expedition, who 50 years after the first ascends of Dhaulagiri following the footsteps of Swiss Himalayan pioneers, and the members of the 1960 expedition, who travel to nepal to remember his expedition: Kaspar Winterhalter, Max Eiselin, Peter Diener, Ernst Forrer and Kurt Diemberger.

On 13 May 1960, a Swiss expedition achieved the first ascent of the Dhaulagiri. The Dhaulagiri (8167 m) was at that time the highest still unconquered eight-thousand-metre peak and, due to its unpredictable weather, was considered a 'mountain without mercy'. 50 years after the first ascent of the Dhaulagiri, the mountaineers of that time return to the place of their great triumph. A DOK team accompanies the three veterans around the Dhaulagiri to the former base camp (4700 m) and to the French Col (5360 m), where one has the most beautiful view of the Dhaulagiri.

Erfolg am Dhaulagiri is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Dhaulagiri. It was directed by Norman Dyhrenfurth in 1960. It features Max Eiselin, Kurt Diemberger, Peter Diener, Norman Dyhrenfurth, Ernst Forrer, Georg Hajdukiewicz and others.

Conquest of Dhaulagiri is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Dhaulagiri. It was produced in 1961 by ABC. It is a part of the series Expedition!. It features John D. Craig, Max Eiselin, Kurt Diemberger, Peter Diener, Norman Dyhrenfurth, Ernst Forrer and others.

Les voies les plus dures is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Makalu and Dhaulagiri. It was directed by Daniel Costelle in 1981 and produced by TF1. It is a part of the series Les grandes aventures de l'Himalaya (4/6). It features Yannick Seigneur, Norman Dyhrenfurth, Tenzing Norgay and Max Eiselin.