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The film begins with a session of solo sea crossings on the Piade site near Toulon. In the second part, Patrick Edlinger trains in Buoux before soloing several lengths of this now famous climbing site. While the editing seems to suggest that it is a long and extremely difficult route, it is in fact several climbs put end to end, Edlinger facilitates holds to reinforce the spectacular aspect of his movements. Edlinger climbs the slab of Golot Fou (grade 6b), the roof of DSF (Dingue Stress Flippe, grade 6b+), the roof of La Béda (grade 6a+), and finally the last pitch of the Pilier des Fourmis (grade 7a) at the end of the film. Life at the Fingertips is a French documentary directed by Jean-Paul Janssen released in 1982, directed by Patrick Edlinger totally living his passion, climbing, which he practices here in full solo ("with bare hands"), that is, without a rope or any insurance. This film remains legendary in more ways than one in the world of climbing. It is considered the first climbing film (that is to say where climbing is an activity in itself and not a means of training for mountaineering), its media success was such that it propelled Patrick Edlinger to the rank of world star, and above all that he made climbing known to the general public. The film was nominated at the 9th César ceremony in 1984 in the César category for best documentary short.
Written by ClimbPassion
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