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Algeria - Spirit of the Desert

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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.

Directed byMassimo Bosetti, Simone Pedeferri

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Language
IT
Released
March 25, 2020
Studios
Gruppo Ragni Della Grignetta

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Algeria - Spiriti del deserto

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Mario Conti

Mario Conti

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Massimo Bosetti

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Simone Pedeferri

Self

Marco Vago

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Directed by
Massimo Bosetti
Simone Pedeferri

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