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Roger Verdegen

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Roger Verdegen

Born May 3, 1935 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Died December 5, 2024 · aged 89

Roger Verdegen, born May 3, 1935, in Nice, and died December 5, 2024, in Marseille, is considered "the historical guide of the Verdon Canyon," a specialist in the Verdon River. He wrote several reference guides on the subject. Roger Verdegen, born in 1935, was estranged from his family. Taking his mother's name, he was placed in a wet nurse in the Nice hinterland. He learned the trade of goatherd…

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The Gate of HeavenThe Gate of Heaven · 1980
The Gate of Heaven
★ 10.01980
MovieDocumentary
A legendary film in the history of rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges, shot in 16mm between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1979 by Henri Agresti, a high mountain guide. For the first time, acrobatic shots were taken on the walls of the Verdon. We rediscover a whole generation of pioneers on routes like Dingomaniaque, Triomphe d'Eros, Péril rouge, Luna Bong, Pichenibule or Necronomicon, routes which, like Dingomanique or Triomphe d'Eros, had just been opened. We witnessed a major turning point in the style and possibilities of rock climbing at the end of the 1970s: anchors sealed by drilling used as belaying and no longer as aids, new equipment: climbing shoes and chalk, harnesses and figure eights. Henri Agresti's unfinished and silent film, lasting around fifty minutes, was presented in the form of a nine-minute fragment at the Trento Film Festival in 1981.

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The Gate of HeavenThe Gate of Heaven · 1980
The Gate of Heaven
★ 10.01980
MovieDocumentary
A legendary film in the history of rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges, shot in 16mm between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1979 by Henri Agresti, a high mountain guide. For the first time, acrobatic shots were taken on the walls of the Verdon. We rediscover a whole generation of pioneers on routes like Dingomaniaque, Triomphe d'Eros, Péril rouge, Luna Bong, Pichenibule or Necronomicon, routes which, like Dingomanique or Triomphe d'Eros, had just been opened. We witnessed a major turning point in the style and possibilities of rock climbing at the end of the 1970s: anchors sealed by drilling used as belaying and no longer as aids, new equipment: climbing shoes and chalk, harnesses and figure eights. Henri Agresti's unfinished and silent film, lasting around fifty minutes, was presented in the form of a nine-minute fragment at the Trento Film Festival in 1981.

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