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Cast

Christophe Profit

Christophe Profit

Self

Crew

Nicolas Philibert

Nicolas Philibert

Director

Jean-Pierre Bailly

Jean-Pierre Bailly

Executive Producer

André Giroud

André Giroud

Music

Amar Arhab

Amar Arhab

Cinematography

Laurent Chevallier

Laurent Chevallier

Cinematography

Didier Lafond

Didier Lafond

Cinematography

Marie-Hélène Quinton

Marie-Hélène Quinton

Editor

Yves Ballu

Yves Ballu

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Charles Daubas

Charles Daubas

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Christophe

198510.0 / 1028 min
Documentary

Overview

It is 1 p.m. on June 30, 1982, when Christophe Profit, 24, shows up at the foot of Les Drus with his pof bag, his climbing shoes and nothing else. He will try the west face of Les Drus in "solo", in the Mont Blanc massif by "Directe Américaine", 1100 meters of vertical and smooth rock. Christophe will achieve the feat of climbing the wall in free solo, without using a rope or any belaying technique. At 4:10 p.m., barely more than three hours after the start of his ascent, the new climbing star can embrace the Virgin of the Drus at the same time as the career of a high-level mountaineer. Three years later, on July 25, 1985, he climbed the north faces of the Matterhorn, the Eiger and the Jorasses in the same day. Awarded at many mountain film festivals, this great documentary is a magnificent testimony to one man's passion for climbing, the mountains and adventure.