Algeria - Spirit of the Desert
202030m10.0
Documentary, Adventure
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- Italy
About
In March 2002, the Italian climbers of the Ragni di Lecco group embarked on an expedition across the Algerian Sahara. Mario Conti, Simone Pedeferri, Marco Vago and Massimo Bosetti, during a long journey, completed numerous ascents: Ihaghen, Adaouda, Tizouyag Sud, Dôme de l'Éléphant (Tesnou mountain range) and around thirty new boulders, including La Gazelle (7b) and Le Guépard (7c). But the main objective was the opening of a new climbing route on the face of Garet El Djenoun, in the Tefedest mountain range. The 400-meter route, named "Mariolino Fotonico", has 13 pitches (8 new, plus 3 spans with "Mosquitoes" and 2 with a "Voie des Espagnoles" from 1985), with a maximum difficulty of 8a/A1. This film has a special significance, as it is the first film of the rebirth of the Ragni group, after the 90s marked by tragedy, and at the same time the end of the tragic black decade in Algeria which raged between 1992 and 2002.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Massimo Bosetti, Simone Pedeferri
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Mar 25, 2020
- Studio
- Gruppo Ragni Della Grignetta
Cast
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