Patagonie Force 10

Overview

A team of 12 men, 5 sailors, a doctor, a writer, a film crew, and 3 mountaineers, Jean-Marc Boivin, Thierry Leroy, and Dominique Marchal, set off by sailboat from Mar del Plata in Argentina to reach Riso Patron in Chile, via the Strait of Magellan, the Patagonian Channels, and Falcon Fjord. Their goal is to climb Riso Patron and then make the first crossing of the Campo de Hielo Sur glacier, or Hielo Continental Patagónico, to meet up with the sailors in Puerto Williams on Navarino Island in Chile, a village at the end of the world. After three attempts and an accident for Leroy, who was repatriated, they gave up, crossed the glacier and rejoined the boat, to set off for Cape Horn to climb the South face, knowing that the weather was good one day a month... On January 20, 1983, Jean-Marc Boivin and Dominique Marchal succeeded in making the first ascent of the South face of Cape Horn.

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Cast

Jean-Marc Boivin

Self - Alpinist

Jean-Louis Étienne

Self - Doctor & Explorator

Denis Ducroz

Self - Mountain Guide & Filmaker

Laurent Chevallier

Self - Filmaker

Bernard Prud'Homme

Self - Mountain Guide & Sound Engineer

Sylvain Augier

Self - Journalist

Dominique Marchal

Self - Alpinist

Philippe Facque

Self - Skipper

Olivier Petit

Self - Naval Architect

Enrico Sala

Self - Skipper