Alain Mesili
French mountain climber, guide, photographer and political activist
About Alain Mesili
Born 1949. Alain Mesili is a French and Bolivian mountain guide, photographer, writer, literary scholar, historian and geographer.
Alain Mesili (born 24 February 1949 in Paris) is a climber and mountain guide, photographer and political activist based in La Paz, Bolivia.
He was a political activist in France during the 1968 student riots. In 1969 he left the country, disgusted by the French Communist Party's failures, for Argentina. He was released in 1997 without facing trial. By 1999, he had resumed his career as a mountain guide.
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French mountain climber, guide, photographer and political activist
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Alain Mesili was born on 24 February 1949 in Paris.
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Alain Mesili is a mountain guide, photographer, writer, literary scholar, historian and geographer.
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Alain Mesili is French and Bolivian.
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