Marc Batard

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest (2024)

Transcending cultural barriers and consistently going against the grain, female Nepali climber Pasang Lhamu Sherpa attempted to summit Everest four times in the early nineties. Although she was not allowed to attend school as a child, Pasang did not let th ...

Les Amants des Drus (2007)

The Man Who Returns from Above (2004)

What compels a man to push the limits of what is attainable ever higher? After thirty years of relentless struggle with the highest peaks on earth, Marc Batard has finally found the answers to these questions. He had to reach the summit of Everest twice, o ...

Avoir 16 ans et toutes ses Andes (1991)

Dhaulagiri - 1ère hivernale française 1987 (1988)

Lyon Premier 8000, Au Gasherbrum II - 8035m (1975)

The "Lyon Premier 8000-Gasherbrum II 8035m" expedition, organized and led by Jean-Pierre Frésafond in 1975, was sponsored by the Lyon section of the Club Alpin Français and by Louis Pradel, Mayor of Lyon. The film traces the departure from Lyon of Berlie ...