Robert Jacob

On May 23, 1971, a French expedition led by Robert Paragot successfully climbed the Makalu by its western pillar. Makalu is one of the five highest peaks in the world, in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibetan border. Jean-Pierre Janssen and Lucien Bérardini film this expedition where Robert Paragot discusses the conditions of the expedition, life at altitude and his state of mind as an expedition leader. On the way back to the base camp, Jean-Pierre Janssen interviewed Lucien Berardini, Georges Payot, Jean-Claude Mosca, François Guillot and Jean-Paul Paris, all of whom had a decisive role in bringing Bernard Mellet and Yannick Seigneur to the summit.

On July 10, 1966, a French expedition, led by Robert Paragot, reached the summit of Huascaran-Nord, the highest peak in Peru at an altitude of 6555 metres. Robert Paragot tells us about this expedition, which ended with the fatal fall of mountaineer Dominique Leprince-Ringuet.

Makalu 8481m - Pilier Ouest is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Makalu. It was directed by Lucien Bérardini in 1971. It features Robert Paragot, Lucien Bérardini, Yannick Seigneur, François Guillot, Robert Jacob, Claude Jager and others.

On July 10, 1966, a French expedition led by Robert Paragot reaches the summit of Huascaran-Nord, the highest peak in Peru, by its north face. This documentary is the report by the French television broadcasted within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit' (Behind the scenes), a monthly sports news program created by Jacques Goddet and Raymond Marcillac, and broadcast on RTF Télévision then on the first channel of the ORTF from December 13, 1961 to August 16, 1972. The Huascaran expedition ended with the tragic fatal fall of mountaineer Dominique Leprince-Ringuet.