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Paul Bonnenfant

Born January 1, 1938 (age 88)

Paul Bonnenfant is a former research director at the CNRS, associate researcher at IREMAM and CEFREPA. Also a photographer and Pyrenean climber, he achieved many firsts in the Pyrenees, some of which with Paul Mortier, Jean and Pierre Ravier and other local climbers. Preparing a degree in sociology at the Faculty of Letters in Bordeaux at the end of the 1950s, he studied during the Algerian War o…

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The Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees AdventureThe Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees Adventure · 2008
The Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees Adventure
★ 10.02008
MovieDocumentary
The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost all the "classic" (difficult) routes in climbing and mountaineering in the Pyrenees. Roped together at the waist using a few flat knots and little equipment, the two twin brothers achieved more than 200 firsts across the entire massif. A unique style and commitment, a state of mind made up of adventure, literature, inventiveness and friendship. Unclassifiable and outgoing, after 60 years of Pyrenees, their desire for the mountains is intact. When does a race start? How does the idea, the desire, come about? What sense does it make to only achieve firsts? And what is the role of the Pyrenees themselves in this reciprocal and endless game of attraction?

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The Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees AdventureThe Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees Adventure · 2008
The Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees Adventure
★ 10.02008
MovieDocumentary
The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost all the "classic" (difficult) routes in climbing and mountaineering in the Pyrenees. Roped together at the waist using a few flat knots and little equipment, the two twin brothers achieved more than 200 firsts across the entire massif. A unique style and commitment, a state of mind made up of adventure, literature, inventiveness and friendship. Unclassifiable and outgoing, after 60 years of Pyrenees, their desire for the mountains is intact. When does a race start? How does the idea, the desire, come about? What sense does it make to only achieve firsts? And what is the role of the Pyrenees themselves in this reciprocal and endless game of attraction?

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