South America, Peru—Cordillera Blanca, Mountain and Caving Film Festival, Huaraz

Publication Year: 1983.

Mountain and Caving Film Festival, Huaraz. Acceding to a request of the Revista Peruana de Andinismo, the French Ministry of Youth and Sport sent 17 mountaineering and caving films to Huaraz. The famous French climber, René Desmaison, presented his film, Huandoy Sur, taken in 1976 and 1978 during the French climb of the south face. This received the Silver Trophy of the Club Ancash. The films were shown in the Regional Cultural Institute and attended by several thousand people, many of them foreign climbers. Other notable films were those of the late Dr. Nicolas Jaeger’s 60-day solitary vigil on the summit of Huascaran, Jean Afanassieffs new route on Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Yannick Seigneur’s attempt on Broad Peak, Lionel Terray’s climbs and Maurice Herzog’s films. A photographic exhibit by Jaeger and Richard List was also presented. The same festival was also put on in a number of other Peruvian cities.

César Morales Arnao, Club Andino Peruano