For the documentary series Les Ascensions Célèbres, Denis Ducroz has created this historical reconstruction of the first ascent of the Meije, exploring etymology, physical geography, and the history of the emergence of mountaineering in the Oisans massif. The first ascent of the Grand Pic was made on August 16, 1877, by Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau with Pierre Gaspard and son; the rope party moved along the Promontoire ridge on the south face to the Glacier Carré, where Jean-Baptiste Rodier, the second porter, separated from the three climbers who managed to overcome ice and granite to open the famous "normal route" to the summit.
Michel Turc
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Éric Leininger
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Christophe Ponsart
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La Conquête De La Meije
January 1, 1986
49m
10.0
Denis Ducroz
Denis Ducroz
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Gilles Delannoy
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Pierre Gaspard
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Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau
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Jean-Baptiste Rodier
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