Summary TSR documentary on the 1979 expedition to Algeria in the Atakor massif (Hoggar desert), organized by Geneva mountaineer Michel Vaucher and Jean-Blaise Fellay. The climbers make a dozen ascents including the famous summit of Adaouda (which means "finger" in Tamasheq, the Tuareg dialect), by several routes. Then a new route on the peaks of the southern Tezoulegs. They discover the volcanic geological characteristics of the Atakor massif and meet the nomadic inhabitants of the region, the Tuaregs, who are increasingly settling in the town of Tamanrasset. View more details
Directed : Louis Barby
Written : Louis Barby
Stars : Michel Vaucher Jean-Blaise Fellay
Genres : Adventure Documentary
Release date : Nov 14, 1979
Countries of origin : Switzerland
Official sites : Expédition Hoggar 79 - Part 1 Expédition Hoggar 79 - Part 2
Language : French
Production companies : Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)
Summary TSR documentary on the 1979 expedition to Algeria in the Atakor massif (Hoggar desert), organized by Geneva mountaineer Michel Vaucher and Jean-Blaise Fellay. The climbers make a dozen ascents including the famous summit of Adaouda (which means "finger" in Tamasheq, the Tuareg dialect), by several routes. Then a new route on the peaks of the southern Tezoulegs. They discover the volcanic geological characteristics of the Atakor massif and meet the nomadic inhabitants of the region, the Tuaregs, who are increasingly settling in the town of Tamanrasset. View more details
Genres : Adventure Documentary
Release date : Nov 14, 1979
Countries of origin : Switzerland
Official sites : Expédition Hoggar 79 - Part 1 Expédition Hoggar 79 - Part 2
Language : French
Production companies : Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)
