WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:06.806 --> 00:00:09.075 Mountaineering. 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:09.075 --> 00:00:12.746 In the collective imagination, this word evokes adventure, 5 00:00:12.746 --> 00:00:16.683 stories of heroic climbs on inaccessible peaks. 6 00:00:16.683 --> 00:00:19.319 It is also associated with death, 7 00:00:19.319 --> 00:00:24.090 the ultimate consequence of the many dangers that mountaineers face. 8 00:00:24.090 --> 00:00:30.930 Through the prism of the general press, mountaineering is seen as an elitist and dangerous activity. 9 00:00:30.930 --> 00:00:38.371 Indeed, when the media talk about mountaineering, it is usually to report a tragedy or an exploit. 10 00:00:38.371 --> 00:00:41.408 But is this widely held image correct ? 11 00:00:41.408 --> 00:00:49.482 Are mountaineers really just adrenaline-addicted supermen, selfishly risking their lives to climb the coveted summit? 12 00:00:49.482 --> 00:00:56.289 What if mountaineering had another face, that of a little-known practice, more accessible than one might think ? 13 00:00:56.289 --> 00:01:01.127 What if mountaineering had also a more and more feminine face ? 14 00:01:34.794 --> 00:01:40.166 It is on the French Riviera that we will seek the answers to these questions. 15 00:01:40.166 --> 00:01:44.637 At first glance, the Promenade des Anglais and its palm trees, 16 00:01:47.207 --> 00:01:52.212 don't look like places where we could meet a mountaineer. 17 00:01:52.212 --> 00:01:56.282 And yet, the department of which Nice is capital 18 00:01:56.282 --> 00:01:59.986 is called the Alpes-Maritimes. 19 00:01:59.986 --> 00:02:02.422 Taking a step back from the coast, 20 00:02:02.422 --> 00:02:06.826 we discover a diversity of landscapes that is unique in France. 21 00:02:07.694 --> 00:02:10.730 Barely a stone's throw from the Mediterranean sea, 22 00:02:10.730 --> 00:02:13.700 snow-capped mountains rise. 23 00:02:13.700 --> 00:02:19.539 A true natural border with Italy, the Mercantour-Argentera mountain range 24 00:02:19.539 --> 00:02:23.676 constitutes the southern end of the Alpine arc. 25 00:03:48.461 --> 00:03:51.831 To reveal another face of mountaineering, 26 00:03:51.831 --> 00:03:54.267 we will meet novices 27 00:03:54.267 --> 00:03:56.269 Accompanied by mountain guides, 28 00:03:56.269 --> 00:03:59.138 we will follow them throughout an initiation course 29 00:03:59.138 --> 00:04:02.175 which will bring them from learning the basic techniques, 30 00:04:02.175 --> 00:04:05.044 all the way to their first climbs in the Mercantour. 31 00:04:12.986 --> 00:04:16.189 My name is Olga, i'm 30 years old 32 00:04:16.189 --> 00:04:18.458 and in my professional life 33 00:04:18.458 --> 00:04:23.196 I am an international salesperson in the medical field. 34 00:04:23.196 --> 00:04:27.567 Before doing this mountaineering training, 35 00:04:27.567 --> 00:04:31.304 I didn't have much sport in my life. 36 00:04:31.304 --> 00:04:35.975 I must say that I come from a very flat country, from Belarus. 37 00:04:35.975 --> 00:04:40.146 My first meeting with the mountains 38 00:04:40.146 --> 00:04:46.386 dates from 5 years ago when i came to live in the french riviera. 39 00:04:46.386 --> 00:04:50.523 I discovered the mountains through the hikes, 40 00:04:50.523 --> 00:04:55.495 coastal hikes first, and after hikes in the hinterland. 41 00:04:55.495 --> 00:05:00.600 I discovered mountaineering thanks to the one who became my husband since. 42 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:06.606 He is passionate about mountains and he shares this passion with everyone. 43 00:05:06.606 --> 00:05:13.079 He told me that here, in the area, there is a mountain guides association 44 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.249 which organizes training for beginners. 45 00:05:16.249 --> 00:05:23.723 I was very surprised, because for me mountaineering was a rather elitist sport 46 00:05:23.723 --> 00:05:31.864 and besides, I did not have a clear image of how people became mountaineers. 47 00:05:31.864 --> 00:05:36.436 I'm Mirela, I am a software engineer. 48 00:05:36.436 --> 00:05:42.875 I used to go the mountains quite regularly, I did mostly hiking. 49 00:05:42.875 --> 00:05:48.981 My main desire to discover mountaineering was especially to surpass myself. 50 00:05:48.981 --> 00:05:52.218 To try to go beyond my fears. 51 00:05:52.218 --> 00:05:56.222 See, you could go in now it makes a 0, and if you do an extra round, you have the 8. 52 00:05:56.222 --> 00:05:58.624 Do you have a nice technique for doing the 8 knot ? 53 00:05:58.624 --> 00:06:02.161 The one of the witch The witch, look ! 54 00:06:02.161 --> 00:06:04.997 What is it ? Go ahead. Ah darn, Hahaha 55 00:06:04.997 --> 00:06:10.336 You take the witch, you strangle her, you stick her eye in, 56 00:06:10.336 --> 00:06:15.441 and then you kill it and it becomes an 8, or a 0 ... No, it's a 0 ! 57 00:06:15.441 --> 00:06:21.347 Wait, you have to strangle the witch... That's it. 58 00:06:21.347 --> 00:06:24.617 No but .. can you stop filming there ? 59 00:06:24.617 --> 00:06:28.187 And here we start, we will see it together. 60 00:06:28.187 --> 00:06:30.690 Belaying there is belaying in motion, 61 00:06:30.690 --> 00:06:35.695 it's only the leader holding his partner directly by the strength of his arm. 62 00:06:35.695 --> 00:06:38.664 There is no belay point, there is nothing there, ok ? 63 00:06:40.366 --> 00:06:45.805 Our first day of training was a beautiful sunny day. 64 00:06:45.805 --> 00:06:51.277 We went to the Baou de Saint-Jeannet, not far from the coast. 65 00:06:51.277 --> 00:06:57.750 The first day of training consisted of learning basic techniques. 66 00:06:57.750 --> 00:07:00.753 Handling ropes, how to tie knots, 67 00:07:00.753 --> 00:07:03.823 how to tie up, how to use the camming devices, 68 00:07:03.823 --> 00:07:07.493 how to adjust your harness, very simply, how to adjust your helmet. 69 00:07:07.493 --> 00:07:13.366 Which may seem obvious but which has a great importance in mountaineering, 70 00:07:13.366 --> 00:07:16.736 because these bases have to be automated 71 00:07:16.736 --> 00:07:22.542 so you don't have to think about it and avoid wasting time during a real climb. 72 00:07:22.542 --> 00:07:30.082 We spent four or five hours learning this theory and then we embarked on an easy route. 73 00:07:30.082 --> 00:07:34.987 Take ! take ! take ! I can't take more, it's good. 74 00:07:36.456 --> 00:07:40.660 Phew! I did it ! 75 00:07:42.895 --> 00:07:46.032 You are so beautiful in this landscape ! 76 00:07:46.032 --> 00:07:50.236 It was the first time i was roped with somebody. 77 00:07:50.236 --> 00:07:57.109 We took turns leading the rope or being second climber. 78 00:07:57.109 --> 00:08:01.747 The main thing was to learn to move forward together. 79 00:08:07.820 --> 00:08:11.757 We arrived at the top of the Baou ! 80 00:08:11.757 --> 00:08:14.560 It's our first mountaineering summit ! 81 00:08:26.873 --> 00:08:33.246 So, what made me want to try mountaineering, it's clearly our friends. 82 00:08:33.246 --> 00:08:39.118 I had never climbed, I don't know, maybe six months or a year 83 00:08:39.118 --> 00:08:41.821 before trying the experience. 84 00:08:41.821 --> 00:08:46.659 We actually just started climbing indoors and a little outside. 85 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:51.631 We had made a very few outings and we have a friend who saw the training offer, 86 00:08:51.631 --> 00:08:56.102 and we were motivated, so we signed up. 87 00:08:56.102 --> 00:08:58.704 We recognize a good piton, you will see if this one is good, 88 00:08:58.704 --> 00:09:02.441 when we hit it it makes a noise more and more acute, we say he sings. 89 00:09:02.441 --> 00:09:05.544 It does "ton ton ton ton ton". 90 00:09:05.544 --> 00:09:10.149 That means that it is good. If it sounds hollow, it's bad. Felix ? 91 00:09:10.149 --> 00:09:13.419 You don't want to do it ? Yes we do, you don't have to push it all at once. 92 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:18.124 Ah well, I put two shots and it's in ! We bet ? 93 00:09:21.961 --> 00:09:23.396 Ah yes, he sings ! 94 00:09:23.396 --> 00:09:26.933 And he also sings. Go ahead, make music ! 95 00:09:30.503 --> 00:09:33.339 Impressive. Anyway, do it seriously. 96 00:09:33.339 --> 00:09:36.275 And there normally... Here. 97 00:09:36.275 --> 00:09:38.544 Come on Arthur, do it ! 98 00:09:40.613 --> 00:09:42.615 Yeaaaahhhhhhh! 99 00:09:42.615 --> 00:09:44.317 Wooooooh! 100 00:09:47.954 --> 00:09:50.456 And you have to force yourself to face the void. No, it's true. 101 00:09:50.456 --> 00:09:52.825 At first, I thought I was doing well ... Come on, it's ok ! 102 00:09:52.825 --> 00:09:55.661 Since a while ago I was telling to myself it's ok, I am doing it right ... 103 00:09:56.062 --> 00:09:58.965 Its good ? You see, she did everything facing the void, she did it easily. 104 00:09:58.965 --> 00:10:03.569 Ah yes it was an easy ride ! Come on, well left. Far left. 105 00:10:03.569 --> 00:10:05.838 Facing the void ? ah yes, facing the void. 106 00:10:19.418 --> 00:10:23.789 My name is Fiona and I am a landscaper. 107 00:10:23.789 --> 00:10:29.128 It was a bit complicated at first to belay on cams 108 00:10:29.128 --> 00:10:32.331 and to trust... to trust yourself in fact. 109 00:10:32.331 --> 00:10:35.434 At the beginning you think a lot about not falling. 110 00:10:35.434 --> 00:10:39.205 On the left, the mantle a little on the left. Yes but on the left there is no foot hold. 111 00:10:39.205 --> 00:10:42.208 That's the goal of the game, you have to put your feet flat a little. 112 00:10:42.208 --> 00:10:47.079 Ah, it's 3+ huh! Yes, well. Said like that ... 113 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:49.115 He is funny... 114 00:10:49.115 --> 00:10:50.950 Ah he was pretty serious, Maurice! 115 00:10:50.950 --> 00:10:53.753 If you fall, please don't crash on the ground, don't spoil the picnic. 116 00:10:53.753 --> 00:10:55.054 Okay... 117 00:10:55.054 --> 00:10:59.025 Because otherwise it ruins my picnic. Yes, I understand. 118 00:11:04.797 --> 00:11:08.100 My god if we come back alive, it will be awesome. 119 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:10.970 Camille, 28, corporate lawyer. 120 00:11:10.970 --> 00:11:14.974 In fact I did not measure at all that it was necessary to know so many things. 121 00:11:14.974 --> 00:11:17.443 And measure so many parameters. 122 00:11:17.443 --> 00:11:19.879 And suddenly, I lost it completely. 123 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.982 Although it was simple things, I completely panicked. 124 00:11:22.982 --> 00:11:26.686 So even in the evening after that day, I couldn't stop crying, it was horrible. 125 00:11:26.686 --> 00:11:29.755 So I had to get back to reminding myself why I wanted 126 00:11:29.755 --> 00:11:31.791 to do this mountaineering training. 127 00:11:34.794 --> 00:11:37.797 At first it was super fun, we did the stuff, we knew how to do it 128 00:11:37.797 --> 00:11:40.232 and once on the route it was scary. 129 00:11:40.232 --> 00:11:44.537 Yes, that's it, down below everything was fine and then when you have to do it up there... 130 00:11:44.537 --> 00:11:46.772 Come on. 131 00:11:48.474 --> 00:11:52.478 Come down well, that you are well settled. Come on, it's ok. 132 00:11:52.478 --> 00:11:54.880 This cam is awesome. 133 00:12:02.988 --> 00:12:06.725 For the second day of training, we met again a month later. 134 00:12:06.725 --> 00:12:11.797 It was february and we climbed an icefall. 135 00:12:11.797 --> 00:12:16.602 Then, the experience was completely different compared to the first day. 136 00:12:16.602 --> 00:12:21.207 I must admit that I rather suffered. 137 00:12:21.207 --> 00:12:26.979 So, imagine a beautiful winter day. 138 00:12:26.979 --> 00:12:32.351 It's pretty cold, you are in the shade, there is an icefall, 139 00:12:32.351 --> 00:12:39.792 and you have to climb it. The main difficulty was to master 140 00:12:39.792 --> 00:12:47.700 the crampons and the ice axes, and understanding how to climb using both. 141 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:52.304 So you rope up, you put on your crampons, you take your ice axes, 142 00:12:52.304 --> 00:12:57.743 and here you are in front of a wall of ice, and the goal is to go up there. 143 00:12:57.743 --> 00:13:02.448 In theory, it sounds easy enough. 144 00:13:02.448 --> 00:13:08.587 And you throw yourself at it with a lot of energy. But after the first steps, 145 00:13:08.587 --> 00:13:11.857 I understood that it would not be easy at all. 146 00:13:16.796 --> 00:13:21.767 I experienced a lot of emotions, I asked myself questions. 147 00:13:21.767 --> 00:13:28.207 Why am i here, what am i doing here, why am i not at home in my bed ? 148 00:13:28.207 --> 00:13:33.078 But in the end, at the end of the day, on the way home, 149 00:13:33.078 --> 00:13:38.884 I was pretty happy because it was a first real challenge. 150 00:13:38.884 --> 00:13:42.454 I was very happy and proud of myself. 151 00:13:44.523 --> 00:13:48.527 You have to extend your arm, Mirela. Extend, yes. 152 00:13:48.527 --> 00:13:51.263 You have to hurt the ice ! I can admit 153 00:13:51.263 --> 00:13:55.968 that it was not necessarily the outing where I was brilliant, 154 00:13:55.968 --> 00:13:58.237 but i did it. 155 00:13:59.972 --> 00:14:02.107 I'm too scared, frankly. 156 00:14:24.063 --> 00:14:26.398 It's good Mirela. 157 00:14:26.398 --> 00:14:30.402 Yes, perfect. Well done ! 158 00:14:45.184 --> 00:14:47.720 Finally ! 159 00:14:50.723 --> 00:14:53.392 It's over, right? 160 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.609 The icefall was really great. 161 00:15:10.609 --> 00:15:15.581 We had a great weather. Even the approach walk was really pretty. 162 00:15:17.182 --> 00:15:23.322 The icefall was crazy, it was huge. It was very very beautiful. 163 00:15:23.322 --> 00:15:26.792 The guides first sat the ropes on all the routes, 164 00:15:26.792 --> 00:15:32.097 then we were able to top rope them. 165 00:15:45.244 --> 00:15:49.114 I found it rather hard physically, especially I think because we are tense. 166 00:15:49.114 --> 00:15:54.853 Suddenly your muscles tighten well, but it was great. 167 00:15:54.853 --> 00:15:57.890 It's great to be able to do ice climbing like that top roping with mountain guides, 168 00:15:57.890 --> 00:16:02.761 because clearly I would never have climbed an icefall on my own. 169 00:16:03.996 --> 00:16:07.800 Sometimes the little shapes break. Yes, yes, I try. 170 00:16:07.800 --> 00:16:11.103 What I really liked during this day was the pedagogy of the guides 171 00:16:11.103 --> 00:16:14.606 who were teaching us. In fact they encouraged us, 172 00:16:14.606 --> 00:16:18.711 they told us what was good to do, not good, improvements we could make. 173 00:16:18.711 --> 00:16:21.347 Come on, it's ok Camille. 174 00:16:21.347 --> 00:16:24.216 Hit harder, hurt the ice! Go hard ! 175 00:16:25.818 --> 00:16:30.723 No, right it doesn't work, you can't do it. Put it better in the axis, your right foot. 176 00:16:30.723 --> 00:16:35.127 At first, it was hard to plant the ice axe and to trust your feet. 177 00:16:35.127 --> 00:16:38.030 You say no, but... The ice axe will never hold. 178 00:16:38.030 --> 00:16:40.232 And from down below someone yells at you it holds ! 179 00:16:40.232 --> 00:16:43.635 Well then you do it and in fact it holds. And gradually, you trust yourself more and more. 180 00:16:43.635 --> 00:16:46.505 I think it is at this point where I had a little click. 181 00:16:46.505 --> 00:16:48.574 Telling me that i was actually going to finish it. To finish this mountaineering training after all. 182 00:16:48.574 --> 00:16:52.878 I misunderstood, I thought I had to go down. I was stuck then... 183 00:16:52.878 --> 00:16:55.381 What did you think ? That we had to go. 184 00:16:55.414 --> 00:16:59.018 She thought we had to go back. While there is still daylight... 185 00:16:59.018 --> 00:17:01.420 You took your headlamp anyway, did you ? That's true. Here, you see. 186 00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:04.089 It was on the last one that I gained confidence in my feet. 187 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:10.963 Frankly, great, I overcame my fears, it's great ! 188 00:17:10.963 --> 00:17:14.800 I climbed the routes that I wanted. They have a good psychology. 189 00:17:14.800 --> 00:17:16.802 And look how beautiful she is. 190 00:17:16.802 --> 00:17:22.141 They encourage you and everything is cool, You're glad you did it. 191 00:17:22.141 --> 00:17:25.110 A good moment. Yeah, really. 192 00:17:32.317 --> 00:17:36.088 The icefall, it was wonderful. 193 00:17:36.088 --> 00:17:41.593 That's true, it was the first time that I was climbing on ice only. 194 00:17:41.593 --> 00:17:45.831 It was very fun. It is both beautiful in texture, 195 00:17:45.831 --> 00:17:51.203 to see a little through but not too much. Half opaque but not too much. 196 00:17:53.038 --> 00:17:56.675 It was the first time I put on crampons to climb on a wall of ice. 197 00:17:56.675 --> 00:18:00.913 It was quite impressive. It was very interesting. 198 00:18:00.913 --> 00:18:05.551 For an first time, it was really good. We could see during a day, 199 00:18:05.551 --> 00:18:09.054 what it was and it served us well afterwards. 200 00:18:16.328 --> 00:18:19.064 So, for the accident, 201 00:18:19.064 --> 00:18:23.435 actually we were seeing pieces of ice falling regularly. 202 00:18:23.435 --> 00:18:30.275 Especially when preparing the routes, to break what was dangerous for us. 203 00:18:30.476 --> 00:18:34.613 Ice ! Warning ! 204 00:18:35.514 --> 00:18:39.751 There are big ones there. Be careful, it's falling on the right ! 205 00:18:39.751 --> 00:18:42.955 There were already lots of pieces of ice falling, but we were careful. 206 00:18:42.955 --> 00:18:45.090 He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 207 00:18:45.090 --> 00:18:48.861 Because it fell right on his head. Without helmet, 208 00:18:48.861 --> 00:18:52.898 the noise it made was like he had a helmet, actually. We thought it was a piece of ice 209 00:18:52.898 --> 00:18:55.434 falling on a helmet. 210 00:18:55.434 --> 00:19:01.173 And already the impact was violent. So when we saw that he didn't wear a helmet... 211 00:19:01.173 --> 00:19:03.942 Yes Nico ? Yes, Toto, 212 00:19:03.942 --> 00:19:06.712 A block of ice fell right on my face. I forgot my helmet. 213 00:19:06.712 --> 00:19:10.949 So I had to call for rescue. Rescuers... the chopper will come. 214 00:19:10.949 --> 00:19:15.020 It happened very very quickly. Well, i think even him, 215 00:19:15.020 --> 00:19:18.190 he didn't realize that he was bleeding at first. 216 00:19:18.223 --> 00:19:23.061 He was helping someone and then, ten seconds later, 217 00:19:23.061 --> 00:19:26.498 we were putting him aside and he was holding his head. 218 00:19:26.498 --> 00:19:31.336 You could see that his head was bleeding, so we had to call for help. 219 00:19:31.336 --> 00:19:38.110 It was quite interesting to see the mountain rescue response. 220 00:20:24.089 --> 00:20:28.961 Yesterday... Saturday, it's Saturday today. It is Saturday ? Ok, where do you live ? 221 00:20:28.961 --> 00:20:32.965 Valdeblore. Ok and what do you do for a living ? 222 00:20:36.401 --> 00:20:38.470 we're going to attach him and make a disengageable. 223 00:20:38.470 --> 00:20:43.342 I'm going to mobilize him a little bit, so that he goes to the winching area. 224 00:20:43.342 --> 00:20:47.479 So it's going to take a quarter of an hour or so, but i will do it by myself. 225 00:20:47.479 --> 00:20:49.881 Ok copy that, no worries. 226 00:20:57.956 --> 00:21:01.660 Whenever you don't have your helmet, it's the day you take one on the head. 227 00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:05.497 For sure, you wear it every day of your life... The day you don't have it... 228 00:21:36.662 --> 00:21:41.033 I am a CRS in the mountain rescue, the CRS Alpes. 229 00:21:41.033 --> 00:21:43.835 And I am specifically assigned to the Nice detachment, 230 00:21:43.835 --> 00:21:46.438 for the rescue in the Mercantour mountain range. 231 00:21:46.438 --> 00:21:48.640 The mountains are an accident-prone environment, 232 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:51.076 more than the activities. It is an environment 233 00:21:51.076 --> 00:21:55.080 where there are objective risks, and it has to with the frequency, 234 00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:57.582 the time we spend out there. 235 00:21:57.582 --> 00:22:02.487 Here, I don't feel like we're dealing with a lot of carelessness or mistakes. 236 00:22:02.487 --> 00:22:05.691 I would even say that it is a minority. It's really more ... 237 00:22:05.691 --> 00:22:10.696 These are disciplines where you can hurt yourself, but just as you can hurt yourself 238 00:22:10.696 --> 00:22:13.231 by going mountain biking or trail running. 239 00:22:13.231 --> 00:22:17.135 Sure, there are a little more risks to twist your ankle while going mountaineering 240 00:22:17.135 --> 00:22:19.838 than playing on your computer. 241 00:22:19.838 --> 00:22:25.510 Already, before an accident, there are times when the situation is out of control, 242 00:22:25.510 --> 00:22:28.213 that you no longer know what you are doing. Do not go as far as the accident 243 00:22:28.213 --> 00:22:29.915 to call for help, actually. 244 00:22:29.915 --> 00:22:33.151 Sometimes people call us a little early, there has been no accident yet. 245 00:22:33.151 --> 00:22:37.122 They are technically stuck and they feel a bit guilty, they are embarrassed when we arrive. 246 00:22:37.122 --> 00:22:42.260 But I prefer to go get people unharmed because they can't go further anymore, 247 00:22:42.260 --> 00:22:48.433 rather than going to pick up two bodies or two injured people at the foot of a cliff. 248 00:22:48.433 --> 00:22:51.136 What is important is also to know, it sounds silly, 249 00:22:51.136 --> 00:22:53.839 but to know where you are. That everyone in a group 250 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:58.143 knows where he is in the mountain, and on which route. 251 00:22:58.143 --> 00:23:01.480 Because that also happens, There is a leader who hurts himself 252 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:05.350 and he is no longer able to call for help. There are people who don't know where they are ! 253 00:23:05.350 --> 00:23:08.787 It's good enough, if everyone knows where he is, it's good enough. 254 00:23:08.787 --> 00:23:14.793 The CRS Alpes is a unit based in Grenoble, 255 00:23:14.793 --> 00:23:17.929 which groups the detachments 256 00:23:25.203 --> 00:23:32.344 Each unit performs mountain rescue on its department, in its mountain range, 257 00:23:32.344 --> 00:23:36.148 every other week, alternating with the PGHM . 258 00:23:40.018 --> 00:23:46.258 This is a practice that took place in Aiglun, there were 12 staff involved. 259 00:23:53.265 --> 00:23:58.637 Pretty basic alert, a fall of the lead climber who hurts himself on the impact, 260 00:23:58.637 --> 00:24:00.972 to the arm and ankle. 261 00:24:03.442 --> 00:24:05.877 Sir, can you hear me? 262 00:24:05.877 --> 00:24:10.882 Ah. We are... R9 We have 2 rope length left, we have the topo in front of us. 263 00:24:10.882 --> 00:24:15.554 But he fell, my buddy fell, i think he must have either sprained, 264 00:24:15.554 --> 00:24:18.256 either fractures, his wrist hurts and the ankle too. 265 00:24:18.256 --> 00:24:22.060 But the thing is that we don't know what to do, he can't climb anymore 266 00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:24.663 and it's too steep, we can't abseil down. 267 00:24:24.663 --> 00:24:29.334 Ah yes, and there is a roof over us there. It's not a problem ? 268 00:24:29.334 --> 00:24:35.574 There is a big overhang, a big roof above us. They will come with a helicopter ? 269 00:24:35.574 --> 00:24:39.678 So it wasdrop of the team and equipment at the top. 270 00:24:39.678 --> 00:24:44.216 The rope party is blocked at two rope lengths from the exit of the route, the wall is 300m high. 271 00:25:34.032 --> 00:25:40.138 So, a rescuer goes down on contact by attaching static rope. 272 00:25:40.138 --> 00:25:48.780 And the, from above we use a thermal winch with a stem system, 273 00:25:48.780 --> 00:25:53.251 which allows for clearance from the wall, to prevent the ropes and the victims 274 00:25:53.251 --> 00:25:55.153 to rub on the rock. 275 00:26:02.193 --> 00:26:04.663 Adjust it so that it's clean. 276 00:26:10.402 --> 00:26:15.407 Fab from Ludo, down here everything is ok. 277 00:26:15.407 --> 00:26:18.043 Copy that, Ludo. 278 00:26:20.478 --> 00:26:23.248 Winch running ! 279 00:26:23.248 --> 00:26:25.517 Received Ludo, we wait for your instructions. 280 00:26:25.517 --> 00:26:28.353 The victim is 5m below me, we continue the traction. 281 00:26:28.353 --> 00:26:31.323 Ok, stop pulling, he is at my level. 282 00:26:31.323 --> 00:26:34.392 We continue the traction. 283 00:26:34.392 --> 00:26:38.763 Traction, we continue. 284 00:26:38.763 --> 00:26:41.800 Traction, on one meter. 285 00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:44.502 There, we will disengage you a little bit. 286 00:26:44.502 --> 00:26:46.671 Go further down. 287 00:26:46.671 --> 00:26:49.107 Hop, go. 288 00:26:49.107 --> 00:26:51.743 Go ahead, take a little rope, Ju. 289 00:26:51.743 --> 00:26:54.479 It's good, the chopper can winch him now. 290 00:27:11.162 --> 00:27:14.666 In fact, all the people we drop at the hospital 291 00:27:14.666 --> 00:27:16.868 or at the parking lot, next to their car, 292 00:27:16.868 --> 00:27:20.605 after a rescue and who thank us and smile at us. 293 00:27:20.605 --> 00:27:24.542 That, and then the letters we receive at the detachment, people who thank us. 294 00:27:24.542 --> 00:27:27.445 Sometimes it's a rescue that we forgot, because it was not particularly striking. 295 00:27:27.445 --> 00:27:31.349 For us it was not something exceptional, but for them, 296 00:27:31.349 --> 00:27:35.954 we got them out of trouble and for them it was something quite moving. 297 00:27:35.954 --> 00:27:40.592 They send us chocolates, or nothing, but just a letter to thank us. 298 00:27:40.592 --> 00:27:44.562 It's all these little signs of affection 299 00:27:44.562 --> 00:27:48.299 and gratitude, even if we don't do it for that, 300 00:28:03.014 --> 00:28:05.717 For the third outing, 301 00:28:05.717 --> 00:28:08.853 we climbed a multi-pitch route. 302 00:28:08.853 --> 00:28:14.059 At the Sainte-Victoire mountain, not far from Aix-en-Provence . 303 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:19.631 It was my first multi-pitch and it was my first encounter with the void. 304 00:28:33.545 --> 00:28:37.215 There is a first step, after there is the beautiful white plate up there, 305 00:28:37.215 --> 00:28:39.684 we go to the right of the big pine. 306 00:28:40.552 --> 00:28:45.423 What was complicated for me, in this multi-pitch, 307 00:28:45.423 --> 00:28:49.728 was to accept that there is no escape. 308 00:28:49.728 --> 00:28:52.697 You are in the middle of the way, a lot of void below you, 309 00:28:52.697 --> 00:28:56.534 and several rope lengths left above you. 310 00:28:56.534 --> 00:29:00.038 And the only thing you have to do is move up. 311 00:29:00.038 --> 00:29:02.240 You can go now Sandrine ! Yes... 312 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.145 I have a lot of slack on the other hand... It happens ! Woah, a lot of slack... 313 00:29:07.145 --> 00:29:10.915 You quibble ! You quibble ! 314 00:29:10.915 --> 00:29:14.552 The first rope length was... Very interesting for me. 315 00:29:14.552 --> 00:29:20.658 There were a few tears, a few crises. There were a few moments when... 316 00:29:20.658 --> 00:29:23.294 I thought it was the end. 317 00:29:23.294 --> 00:29:28.399 Some moments when I just wanted to go down and go home watch a movie. 318 00:29:29.834 --> 00:29:32.604 Here we go again. 319 00:29:32.604 --> 00:29:34.939 It will be fine. 320 00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:40.745 The main lesson that I learned during this outing 321 00:29:40.745 --> 00:29:44.883 is that you have to be always on the move, you have to be efficient, you have to move on 322 00:29:44.883 --> 00:29:46.551 to avoid waste time. 323 00:29:46.551 --> 00:29:49.988 Because time passes much faster than you think. 324 00:29:49.988 --> 00:29:54.325 When you're in action, you lose track of time a bit. 325 00:30:03.768 --> 00:30:08.239 "but no, don't worry, you will get there". 326 00:30:08.239 --> 00:30:11.109 No, it's someone who will move you. 327 00:30:15.647 --> 00:30:18.683 For me, that's it. and that's exactly what i needed. 328 00:30:18.683 --> 00:30:22.687 He is an extraordinary person, that's it. 329 00:30:22.687 --> 00:30:26.524 Can I go ? Ah well yes, we are waiting for you ! 330 00:30:26.524 --> 00:30:28.760 It's about time 331 00:30:36.568 --> 00:30:41.039 because I'm not there yet. Take ! 332 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:45.009 And once we got to the top, it was magnificient because we had a beautiful sunset. 333 00:30:45.009 --> 00:30:48.146 It was really beautiful, it was worth it. 334 00:31:27.952 --> 00:31:30.054 For me mountaineering is 335 00:31:30.054 --> 00:31:33.658 linked very closely with the idea of beauty. 336 00:31:33.658 --> 00:31:38.763 Because every outing allows you to discover breathtaking landscapes, 337 00:31:38.763 --> 00:31:41.733 of incredible beauty. 338 00:31:41.733 --> 00:31:44.769 And the mountain is never the same. 339 00:31:44.769 --> 00:31:49.807 You can do the same route in winter, summer, autumn and spring, 340 00:31:49.807 --> 00:31:52.710 and it's going to be a different outing each time. 341 00:31:52.710 --> 00:31:56.814 Really it pays for all the effort, the view you have on the summit, 342 00:31:56.814 --> 00:32:03.221 For our fourth outing, we finally went doing a real mountaineering route. 343 00:32:03.221 --> 00:32:12.130 We went to do the route of the Eperon de Cessole at the Malinvern. 344 00:32:12.130 --> 00:32:16.501 The approach walk was a bit hard for me. 345 00:32:16.501 --> 00:32:21.139 I was having trouble breathing and I found it hard to move forward 346 00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:28.446 at the pace that the rest of the group was going. So i tried to catch up, 347 00:32:28.446 --> 00:32:32.884 but it made me stop, take a break to catch my breath. 348 00:32:32.884 --> 00:32:36.988 While the guide explained to me that it is better to move slowly, 349 00:32:36.988 --> 00:32:39.257 but with a permanent rhythm. 350 00:32:39.257 --> 00:32:43.828 Often we go faster by going slowly than by going fast. 351 00:32:43.828 --> 00:32:48.633 At the bottom of the edges, we removed the snowshoes. 352 00:32:48.633 --> 00:32:53.004 We left the sticks, we got a little lighter. 353 00:32:53.004 --> 00:32:57.375 And we got equipped, and here we had to start climbing. 354 00:32:57.375 --> 00:32:58.977 Good, Olga ! 355 00:32:58.977 --> 00:33:03.147 Wearing multiple layers, which somehow limits movement. 356 00:33:03.147 --> 00:33:08.119 I had to adapt to that. And having a backpack that weighs a bit. 357 00:33:09.454 --> 00:33:13.524 So they call it the spur of Cessole, but it's more of a ridge. 358 00:33:13.524 --> 00:33:17.895 The crampons, for the moment, no. We'll have to see after, because 359 00:33:17.895 --> 00:33:23.101 we go up some couloirs from time to time, so it's possible that we push 360 00:33:23.101 --> 00:33:26.137 without the crampons. Because we will be able to belay properly. 361 00:33:26.137 --> 00:33:30.241 The Malinvern, by the spur of Cessole, it's mixed climbing. 362 00:33:30.241 --> 00:33:35.446 That means you have to climb on cliffs and you have to climb on snow. 363 00:33:35.446 --> 00:33:38.383 You have to adapt, change your technique 364 00:33:38.383 --> 00:33:43.688 fairly quickly depending on what you're up against. And it's not easy. 365 00:33:43.688 --> 00:33:47.992 Meaning that you have to manage everything with lots of layers of clothes, 366 00:33:47.992 --> 00:33:51.863 that limits flexibility. And with big gloves, 367 00:33:51.863 --> 00:33:55.299 with which you have to go get the holds, which is not very obvious. 368 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:59.604 And with the big mountaineering boots, which are much less sensitive 369 00:33:59.604 --> 00:34:01.906 than climbing shoes, of course. 370 00:34:01.906 --> 00:34:06.477 Is it up there, the end ? Ohhhhh... 371 00:34:10.248 --> 00:34:13.351 The arrival at the summit, somehow it was a victory. 372 00:34:13.351 --> 00:34:14.485 There it is, the snow ! 373 00:34:14.485 --> 00:34:15.987 Summit ! 374 00:34:22.026 --> 00:34:25.163 Yeaaaah! Summit ! 375 00:35:09.373 --> 00:35:13.744 But at the same time, at the top, you don't stay long. 376 00:35:13.744 --> 00:35:17.515 We had a little time to eat a bite, to have a hot drink. 377 00:35:17.515 --> 00:35:20.585 But after, it's not won, we still have to get down. 378 00:35:20.585 --> 00:35:25.389 And then I learned that the descent is not much easier than the climb. 379 00:35:25.389 --> 00:35:28.226 We went down a fairly steep couloir 380 00:35:28.226 --> 00:35:31.462 and the weather started to get worse. 381 00:35:31.462 --> 00:35:36.601 So we were a little bit in a hurry, we had to move fast 382 00:35:36.601 --> 00:35:42.273 but we had to move safely. Luckily we were on time, 383 00:35:42.273 --> 00:35:45.409 we were at the parking lot when it started to snow. 384 00:35:45.409 --> 00:35:50.681 And then a nice snowstorm came. 385 00:35:53.217 --> 00:35:55.753 Mountaineering is discovery. 386 00:35:55.753 --> 00:35:59.891 The discovery of incredible landscapes, 387 00:35:59.891 --> 00:36:03.361 the discovery of oneself, of one's limits, 388 00:36:03.361 --> 00:36:07.131 and our ability to exceed our limits. 389 00:36:07.131 --> 00:36:11.502 Because down the mountain, you look at the top and you say no, never. 390 00:36:11.502 --> 00:36:15.406 I will never get there, especially going through all these ridges, 391 00:36:15.406 --> 00:36:17.608 with all this equipment. 392 00:36:17.608 --> 00:36:21.679 I am a girl, I never did mountaineering. 393 00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:26.884 But after six hours on the route, 394 00:36:26.884 --> 00:36:29.787 You realise that it is possible. 395 00:36:32.156 --> 00:36:37.962 I think for mountaineering, you need some mental strength. 396 00:36:37.962 --> 00:36:43.234 I think anyone can do it, that's for sure. You should know that there will be some walking, 397 00:36:43.234 --> 00:36:46.571 especially uphill. So you have to manage your breath a little bit. 398 00:36:46.571 --> 00:36:50.508 That is from a physical point of view, but it is mostly a mental sport for me. 399 00:36:50.508 --> 00:36:57.748 What this training taught me about me is that frankly, actually, we can. 400 00:36:57.748 --> 00:37:02.687 Everything is in your head, and everything is possible. 401 00:37:02.687 --> 00:37:05.790 Everything is possible if you do it rationally. 402 00:37:05.790 --> 00:37:09.694 I am strong ! 403 00:37:09.694 --> 00:37:12.463 What's the matter ? You told me it's not vertiginous... 404 00:37:12.463 --> 00:37:16.801 Oh no, it's not vertiginous. Ah no, it's not even high for real ! 405 00:37:16.801 --> 00:37:20.638 If we look at it like this .. That's it, look ! 406 00:37:20.638 --> 00:37:23.941 No but, it always seems more vertiginous from a distance. 407 00:37:23.941 --> 00:37:27.945 Follow in the footsteps. We go up the couloir, 408 00:37:27.945 --> 00:37:33.584 and then do you see the hollow there ? This is the ridge that we will climb, 409 00:37:33.584 --> 00:37:37.421 and visibly, it is not vertiginous. Visibly ! 410 00:37:37.421 --> 00:37:39.890 That's what they say, I don't believe it much but... 411 00:37:45.162 --> 00:37:49.233 There was snow, there was an extraordinary couloir. 412 00:37:49.233 --> 00:37:52.637 We climbed up with ice axes, it was great. 413 00:37:52.637 --> 00:37:56.841 It's true that there is a sort of security that you have 414 00:37:56.841 --> 00:38:00.411 when you are roped up with the guide. Maybe he will hold you a little harder, 415 00:38:00.411 --> 00:38:04.882 when you don't feel reassured. Or he will tell you to put your hand there, or there. 416 00:38:04.882 --> 00:38:09.720 So maybe there is a little more experience which reassures somehow. 417 00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:13.024 There was a time when i got a little scared, 418 00:38:16.927 --> 00:38:21.899 And there was a tight rope, he was on the other side, diagonal from me, 419 00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:24.635 and between me and him you had to walk around. 420 00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:31.976 But it's just because we didn't understand each other, and he didn't understand that I was 421 00:38:31.976 --> 00:38:34.845 well back from him. So there I was a little scared, 422 00:38:34.845 --> 00:38:41.318 but it remains clearly the outing that i preferred, it was wonderful. 423 00:38:41.318 --> 00:38:43.954 Mountaineering is clearly a team sport. 424 00:38:43.954 --> 00:38:48.659 There is no "I am stronger so I'm going to go through there, you are weaker so you go here". 425 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:52.596 No, you have to really think like a team. 426 00:38:52.596 --> 00:38:55.800 If there is one that is stronger, he won't challenge himself 427 00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:57.601 just because he can do it. 428 00:38:57.601 --> 00:39:03.274 Know that i am tired. It... it doesn't matter to you. 429 00:39:03.274 --> 00:39:05.576 Let's go. 430 00:40:10.274 --> 00:40:12.443 Yes ! 431 00:40:17.014 --> 00:40:20.518 Well done ! Well done ! 432 00:40:23.487 --> 00:40:27.158 There is one thing, it's that from the start I didn't think 433 00:40:27.158 --> 00:40:29.760 I would be able to succeed. 434 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:33.597 I thought I was going to cry on all the outings, 435 00:40:33.597 --> 00:40:37.968 that I was not going to finish any, that I would panic, 436 00:40:37.968 --> 00:40:43.007 that everything was going to fall appart. And in the end it was not the case at all, 437 00:40:43.007 --> 00:40:50.948 because I had people on whom I could count on and who made it happen. 438 00:40:50.948 --> 00:40:55.052 For sure, they didn't hug me and they didn't listen to me cry. 439 00:40:55.052 --> 00:41:00.991 I was pushed, but in the end I got there. It's beautiful, it's great. 440 00:41:05.596 --> 00:41:08.632 In fact, I imagined that when you were mountaineering, 441 00:41:08.632 --> 00:41:11.902 you were using ice axes and rock climbing all the time. And in fact, not at all. 442 00:41:11.902 --> 00:41:15.773 There is first an approach walk, which may seem long. 443 00:41:15.773 --> 00:41:18.042 You feel like it is hiking, 444 00:41:18.042 --> 00:41:21.345 except that after you still have all the climbing and the summit to do. 445 00:41:21.345 --> 00:41:25.049 So you have to keep energy, even if you are a good hiker, that you like it. 446 00:41:25.049 --> 00:41:29.186 It's something I learned along the way. 447 00:41:29.186 --> 00:41:32.523 Because it's not something I could have imagined, 448 00:41:32.523 --> 00:41:35.359 when telling to myself I was going to go mountaineering. 449 00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:39.463 My god, we're never going to get there ! 450 00:41:45.569 --> 00:41:48.339 So, what I suggest is that on the first part we can try to 451 00:41:48.372 --> 00:41:52.142 go up like this, and then we will see, depending on the slope, 452 00:41:52.142 --> 00:41:55.746 and how you feel, whether or not we adapt the technique. 453 00:41:55.913 --> 00:42:01.819 We were a group not on the same level, but with a good cohesion. 454 00:42:01.819 --> 00:42:06.290 And at times we asked ourselves the question of the famous TECAP? 455 00:42:06.290 --> 00:42:09.727 So whether different parameters are green 456 00:42:09.727 --> 00:42:12.363 to be able to continue, or to chose another route. 457 00:42:12.363 --> 00:42:16.267 And in fact we all agreed with the choices we made. 458 00:42:17.334 --> 00:42:20.504 It is noon, so there is still time to go to the top. 459 00:42:20.504 --> 00:42:21.472 Yes. 460 00:42:21.472 --> 00:42:24.441 Because we have to be at the top around 3 or 4am ? 461 00:42:24.441 --> 00:42:26.844 Yes, that's good. 462 00:42:26.844 --> 00:42:31.649 The general physical state is fine. It's ok, we only made a couloir, it's ok. 463 00:42:31.649 --> 00:42:35.953 C, the conditions. The conditions are fine, we switch on rock there. 464 00:42:35.953 --> 00:42:39.323 A is for...? Adaptation. It was if we wanted to go down there, or... 465 00:42:39.323 --> 00:42:41.392 Yes, there would be a way to get down there. 466 00:42:41.392 --> 00:42:44.628 And then there is the pleasure, there you feel pleasure. 467 00:42:44.628 --> 00:42:48.032 And about the beauty of the route ? Both are the same. 468 00:42:51.568 --> 00:42:53.737 Yes, yes, If you enjoy abseilling. 469 00:42:53.737 --> 00:42:56.907 Let's go, that's good, good choice. 470 00:42:56.907 --> 00:43:00.177 We are a really good group huh ? Yes, Yes Yes Yes. Thanks Damien. 471 00:43:00.678 --> 00:43:05.883 It allowed me, even in my job, when i am panicking, to be calmer. 472 00:43:05.883 --> 00:43:09.653 To have more self-confidence, to tell me that I am worth something. 473 00:43:09.653 --> 00:43:13.223 And to be proud too, because when you tell someone 474 00:43:13.223 --> 00:43:16.160 that you are doing a mountaineering training, they look at you saying "are you sure, you?" 475 00:43:16.160 --> 00:43:19.396 "well yeah, me!" And you show them the mountains, etc 476 00:43:19.396 --> 00:43:21.098 It's satisfactory. 477 00:43:21.098 --> 00:43:23.634 It allowed me to have a lot more self-confidence. 478 00:43:23.634 --> 00:43:27.404 We clilmbed an edge, there was void on both sides, 479 00:43:27.404 --> 00:43:32.476 It was pretty vertiginous, It was the one that scared us the most. 480 00:43:32.476 --> 00:43:34.445 Anyway, it scared me the most. 481 00:43:34.445 --> 00:43:37.614 I think that in fact I was still tired from the way up. 482 00:43:37.614 --> 00:43:40.417 We had been walking for a long time, because we had different fitness levels. 483 00:43:40.417 --> 00:43:42.086 So we waited for each other. 484 00:43:42.086 --> 00:43:45.656 And actually, the more i waited, the more my psychological worked. 485 00:43:45.656 --> 00:43:48.726 Once at the top, i thought to myself "But... How am I going to get down ?" 486 00:43:48.726 --> 00:43:51.829 That's it, we are at the summit ! it was great... 487 00:43:51.829 --> 00:43:55.432 And we don't know how we're going to go back down... It was rated F , it was worth it. 488 00:43:55.432 --> 00:43:58.502 Prepare for some crying ! Hahaha 489 00:43:58.502 --> 00:44:02.773 It was horrible, I think it was really psychological. 490 00:44:02.773 --> 00:44:05.809 I was getting tired, and then someone sayed 491 00:44:05.809 --> 00:44:09.046 "anyway, the majority of accidents occur during the descent". 492 00:44:09.046 --> 00:44:13.951 So clearly, there, it was over for me. So at the edge I started to cry, to say to myself 493 00:44:13.951 --> 00:44:19.023 that I was losing all my means. And luckily, Fiona, my sidekick, 494 00:44:24.461 --> 00:44:28.899 And actually, like a child, I watched where she was passing and I said to myself, let's do it 495 00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:34.405 I imagined that mountaineering would be harder. 496 00:44:34.405 --> 00:44:39.143 That it might be less accessible, with more complicated techniques. 497 00:44:39.143 --> 00:44:44.648 In the end, when it is explained progressively, it's rather accessible. 498 00:44:44.648 --> 00:44:49.019 The Timing is perfect ! Yes... it's 5 p.m., we're still up there... 499 00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:53.457 How do i see mountaineering after, i don't think i will stop. 500 00:44:53.457 --> 00:44:56.527 Because it's something that I like. I would like to do things within my reach, 501 00:44:56.527 --> 00:44:59.229 because now i know pretty much my level. So if someone explains to me 502 00:44:59.229 --> 00:45:02.066 here we are going to do that, it will happen like this, etc. 503 00:45:02.066 --> 00:45:04.968 I think I would like to do it again. 504 00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:33.263 Haven't you learned the topo by heart ? No, by his heart yes. 505 00:45:33.263 --> 00:45:37.134 So we're going to do that, it looks far away right? 506 00:45:37.134 --> 00:45:39.636 Haha, yes. 507 00:45:39.636 --> 00:45:41.605 The Saint-Robert. 508 00:45:41.605 --> 00:45:44.975 He is pretty ! Ah yes, it's beautiful. 509 00:45:44.975 --> 00:45:48.078 Two hour approach walk. 510 00:45:48.078 --> 00:45:50.781 You have time to wake up, you see 511 00:45:50.781 --> 00:45:53.917 Oh... but I don't want to wake up, I want to sleep. 512 00:46:09.967 --> 00:46:12.069 Yes, huh ? 513 00:46:16.140 --> 00:46:21.879 And then, we can go back down. Here, all this for 7 p.m. 514 00:46:27.618 --> 00:46:33.023 Next time, we will only do this part. Or just the hike, we were fine so far. 515 00:46:33.023 --> 00:46:36.426 I will tell you that this is the Saint-Robert. 516 00:46:36.426 --> 00:46:41.698 And there, from the beginning to the end, for me, it was a fight against myself. 517 00:46:41.698 --> 00:46:47.371 Because quite often I was in the void, just on ridges. 518 00:46:47.371 --> 00:46:49.706 There is the mountain, which is pretty, that you see like that. 519 00:46:49.706 --> 00:46:54.311 And in fact there are ridges. And there are ridges, and ridges. 520 00:46:54.311 --> 00:46:58.448 And it doesn't end, that was kind of it. 521 00:46:58.448 --> 00:47:02.152 At the end of each rope length, I wanted to stop. 522 00:47:02.152 --> 00:47:08.592 But in the end I pushed myself to my limits and then I got there, I did it. 523 00:47:08.592 --> 00:47:12.896 One difficulty is that it reveals people, 524 00:47:12.896 --> 00:47:17.267 it asks them to take off their masks. It is also one of the difficulties, 525 00:47:17.267 --> 00:47:22.472 to know if you can manage this together with your rope partner. 526 00:47:22.472 --> 00:47:27.578 Yes, nice. Take ! take, i don't have a foot hold. 527 00:47:27.578 --> 00:47:29.713 I don't have a foot... 528 00:47:32.115 --> 00:47:35.485 Before embarking on the discovery of mountaineering, 529 00:47:35.485 --> 00:47:40.691 you have to understand that it's an activity where you have to commit. 530 00:47:40.691 --> 00:47:45.195 All your actions have consequences and these consequences can be very serious. 531 00:47:45.195 --> 00:47:49.333 It is not the mountain that presents a risk, but these are your actions. 532 00:47:49.333 --> 00:47:52.302 And it is you who creates this risk. 533 00:47:52.302 --> 00:47:56.974 I think 90% depends on you, on how you manage these risks. 534 00:47:56.974 --> 00:47:59.610 Well done Mirela! Well done ! 535 00:47:59.610 --> 00:48:02.045 It's over ! Well, no... It's not exactly over. 536 00:48:02.045 --> 00:48:04.314 Not really... 537 00:48:06.483 --> 00:48:09.319 Clearly, I am very happy to have finalized this training. 538 00:48:09.319 --> 00:48:13.824 I think to begin with, if I had been alone, I would never have committed to that. 539 00:48:13.824 --> 00:48:17.527 So luckily, there were friends who were doing it at the same time as me. 540 00:48:17.527 --> 00:48:21.431 I will continue the training in future years. 541 00:48:21.431 --> 00:48:26.336 Because the path to autonomy is far from over. 542 00:48:26.336 --> 00:48:29.106 It's a bit like driving school, 543 00:48:29.106 --> 00:48:32.943 you have to get hours of driving before driving autonomously. 544 00:48:32.943 --> 00:48:36.546 It's the same, here you have to put yourself in different situations 545 00:48:36.546 --> 00:48:39.483 being guided, by being the second climber on the rope, 546 00:48:39.483 --> 00:48:44.254 before you can take the responsibility of bringing someone to the mountains. 547 00:49:01.171 --> 00:49:05.108 Meeting your true self and the one of others, 548 00:49:05.108 --> 00:49:07.678 overcoming your fears and limits, 549 00:49:07.678 --> 00:49:10.847 contemplating the beauty of the landscapes, 550 00:49:10.847 --> 00:49:13.951 reconnecting with nature, 551 00:49:13.951 --> 00:49:15.819 feeling free. 552 00:49:16.987 --> 00:49:20.324 If mountaineers, despite the risks, 553 00:49:20.324 --> 00:49:23.427 are so many to climb the peaks, 554 00:49:23.427 --> 00:49:26.330 it is that they find, up there, 555 00:49:26.330 --> 00:49:29.299 something missing in their lives from below.