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[man narrating]
At some point in our lives,
we all dream of flying.
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[speaking French]
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[onlookers]
Yes! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
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[man narrating]
Why is that?
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[gasping, chattering]
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[narrator] And what is it
to be one of these ski jumpers
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and wingsuiters...
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and highliners--
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an individual
that pursues air,
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height, flight...
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and freedom?
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What is the void?
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The emptiness
that keeps us afloat,
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that draws us towards death?
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Or is it
the terrifying alternative
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to every decision we make?
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We're all surrounded
by this void.
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We're all at
the mercy of the universe.
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And that scares us.
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[speaking French]
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The men and women
who stand on the precipice
of their own souls,
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while most of us run away,
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I wonder if they can teach us
anything about how to live.
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This is Tancrède Melet
walking the highline
in Chamonix,
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600 meters
above the ground.
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He is soloing,
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which is to say
he is walking with no harness
and no safety line
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to prevent him
from falling.
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[man speaking French]
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There's a saying
from this sports psych book
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that I've read a few times.
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It says, a body works perfectly
and the mind gets in the way.
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And when it all works right,
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in a contest run
or even just riding another day,
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that's when it all clicks,
is when you're into that zone.
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[French]
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[Toa Fraser narrating]
As a filmmaker, I often feel
that I'm walking on a tightrope.
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The void is staring back at you
at every step.
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Why did I choose this life?
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A search for freedom?
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The freedom
from constraints?
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The freedom to live truly
in my own life?
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[man] When you jump,
the time expands.
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Your brain
is much more smarter.
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It analyzes
with a frame rate--
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I don't know.
Very, very fast.
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And you really feel
this moment
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as a-- as a--
a very powerful moment.
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[siren wailing]
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[Fraser] What do you say
to people that are pursuing
something so extreme
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that they are actively
risking their life?
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[Jossi] I don't know
what we're pursuing, man.
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It's not like the pursuit
of happiness, 'cause it's
happiness the whole time.
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It's not like happiness
is the end.
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I don't even know if there's
an end goal, to be honest.
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I think the pursuit
is just to...
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feel that
as much as you can
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the whole time,
like every day.
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I think that's what it is.
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[Fraser] What is this pursuit,
and what does it mean to me?
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What drives people
like Jossi?
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[shutter clicks]
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Why do they do
what they do?
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And why are they
prepared to risk death
in order to find joy?
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[Fraser] Tell me what
goes through your mind when
you're skiing in competition.
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[Jossi]
There was a zone I would go in,
like the zone people talk about.
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You're not thinking
about anything.
Your mind goes blank.
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If it's done right,
it goes blank.
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When you go out to play
in front of people,
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you already know
the notes to play.
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And when it comes to that time
to put on a show,
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you put the heart and the soul
into it and put those emphases
on that note just so, you know,
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elevate that song
to the point of bringing
your own little touch to it.
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You watch
a crazy violinist playing,
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they've got their eyes closed
and they're wailing away.
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They're just--
They're in that zone,
that, like, switch-off zone.
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They're not thinking about it.
They're feeling it, kinda.
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Feeling their way
through that track
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and putting those emphasis notes
on where it feels good
to put them in.
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[crowd cheering, applauding]
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There's people lined
down the half-pipe
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screaming, like--
Yay! All crazy.
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But I couldn't hear any of that.
And I drop in.
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Everything was like...
[snaps fingers]
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All I could hear is, like,
my skis on the ground.
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[imitates skis landing]
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That's exactly
how I want to ski.
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I want to drop in
and just play my music
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and put the emphasis
on those notes
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to make people go,
"Whoa! Sick!"
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One of the things that
drew me into this discipline,
this sport of skiing,
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is the creativity
and freedom of it.
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There's nobody telling me
how to do it,
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telling me how to move my arm,
how to move my leg,
how to grab my ski.
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No one is telling me
how to do any of that.
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So it's basically
completely up to me and how
I want to express myself.
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It all works right
in a contest run
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or even just
riding another day.
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That's when it all clicks,
is when you're into that zone.
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[crowd cheering]
[announcer]
The final jump.
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Hard over the shoulder.
Yes! Going for the switch.
Double-14 gets it!
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Jossi Wells
just commanding it.
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From Kiwi Land.
Doing it for all of New Zealand.
And look how fired up he is.
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[Fraser]
Skiing was Jossi's first love.
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It's given him purpose,
confidence and acclaim.
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While pushing himself
to the limits of his sport,
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Jossi broke his neck
in three places,
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an injury that nearly
cost him his life.
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Yet he went on
to achieve the unthinkable--
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a gold medal
at the 2016 X Games.
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It wasn't enough.
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Was it possible for Jossi
to experience
any greater sense of joy?
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He is now heading
to the French Alps
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to experience
for the first time
the highline.
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[Jossi]
It's the satisfaction
of overcoming...
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that fear
that you've had in your brain,
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that you've kind of
had set for yourself
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that I chase.
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[Fraser]
Was highlining going to be
the next phase for Jossi,
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or was this about freedom?
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If so, freedom from what?
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What were the shackles
he needed to throw off?
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[Fraser]
We talked about Chamonix
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being a place that creates
a sense of humility
and life and death.
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[Jossi]
I know Chamonix is like,
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the epicenter
of epic mountains in the world.
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It's kind of like
the holy grail
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of big mountain
extreme skiing.
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[woman]
Are you going skiing,
Joss?
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[Jossi]
Started skiing at 18 months.
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My dad was working
in Whistler at the time.
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One of the first words
that I learnt was "ski."
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And I would always just
be sitting by the window,
"Ski! Ski!" [laughs]
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[Fraser] Jossi is
the eldest of four brothers,
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all professional skiers.
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Yeah, I'd like to make a job.
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I'd like to be a ski racer
when I grow up.
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Gonna talk to an ollie!
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[Jossi] My whole life,
when I was a grommie, um,
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I always seemed to be
a little bit different
than everyone else.
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I had long blonde hair,
for one.
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Got mistaken for a girl
on a daily basis.
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I'd play my violin outside
the supermarket for money
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so I could buy skateboards
and skate shoes.
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I was a Christian.
I was home-schooled.
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And so a whole lot of things
that I was
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led to me feeling like
a little bit of an outsider.
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My parents got me
into ski racing.
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I ski-raced
from the age of seven
up until I was 15.
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Trying to go as fast as you can
down a hill, around gates.
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It's a really,
really cool feeling.
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And it wasn't
until I started free-skiing
and that whole vibe
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that I felt like
I really fit in,
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because everybody
was really good friends
and everyone rode together
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and everyone was
pushing each other
to do better.
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I always just thought that I
was little Jossi from Wanaka.
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Going from being
that stoked little grommie
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to actually being
one of those guys
that the grommies looked up to,
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it took me a little while
to get used to it.
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Ohh!
[laughs]
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[Fraser]
I find these mountains
kind of foreign,
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scary and inspiring.
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I'm not the only one.
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People have been
coming here for centuries
to test themselves,
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illuminate their spirits,
their weaknesses
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and their strengths.
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[chattering]
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Le Brévent
is also a revered place
for highliners and wingsuiters.
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[chattering in French]
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Highline.
The highline webbing.
That's for the highline.
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It's good.
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[Fraser]
The Flying Frenchies are not
only extreme sportspeople,
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but also artists,
acrobats and performers.
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Put Jossi on the ground.
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To me
they're poets of the mountains
and of the void.
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They have
tremendous respect for it,
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and yet approach it
with a kind of
comical lightness.
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I mean,
the scene is sort of crazy.
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And I don't know
if it's some sort of
strange fairy tale.
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But it's an understatement to
say that Julien and the rest
of the Flying Frenchies
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understand height and fear.
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And then we'll do a highline
from, uh-- from the top of it
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to the tree just there.
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It's not very high,
but it's high enough.
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And so, uh, as the fear
is related to height--
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Mm-hmm.
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You won't have
much fear here.
True.
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[speaking French]
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[Fraser] Here are Julien
and Tancrède as they recce
the fjords of Norway
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for ideal highlining
and flying spots.
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[Fraser]
How did you meet Tancrède?
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[Julien] I met Tancrède
in, uh, the Verdon Gorge.
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Uh, the Verdon Gorge is--
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is the mecca
for climbing of France.
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I was with, uh,
some friends at a campsite,
and then Tancrède showed up.
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He was alone and asked,
uh, if somebody was keen
to climb with him
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within the next days,
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because he was alone
and you would need to be two,
at least, for climbing.
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And we were having just fun
with friends.
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I was making my first steps
on a slackline
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between two trees
in the campsite.
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And I remember Tancrède saying,
"Okay, we can do a highline.
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We can go and do a highline."
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And so we all went up
in the Verdon Gorge
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and set up
a ridiculous highline,
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and we just discovered
what was the thrill
of highlining all together.
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So I met Tancrède,
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I do my first steps
on the slackline,
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and two hours after
I do my first steps
on the highline.
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Actually, it was
a Saturday or Sunday,
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and the next Monday I was
putting my resignation letter
for quitting my job.
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So at the same time
Tancrède, also,
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was not really, uh, happy
with, uh, his job.
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I didn't talk about it.
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I would just say,
"Okay, next Monday
I'm resigning."
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And then he said,
"I will do the same
soon actually."
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And, uh, when he saw that
I was ready to do it,
and doing it,
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and that we--
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We were doing
something together.
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We didn't know what,
but we were,
like, just, okay.
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We... We are free
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to do what we want
for one year, two year.
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We were really partners
in this moment.
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[shouting]
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[laughing]
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[French]
[Julien laughs]
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All right, once again.
Try it again.
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So it stretches.
You can pull a bit back.
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All right,
that's a good start.
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-Yeah.
-Yeah.
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-One, two, three.
-[grunting]
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One, two, three.
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[all counting together]
One, two, three.
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[Fraser]
Slacklining, highlining.
237
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They seem to be very different
from competitive skiing.
238
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[laughs]
239
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[Fraser]
From out of the constraints
240
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and the very specific
concentration and determination,
241
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I wondered about the possibility
of a kind of limitless freedom.
242
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[chattering]
243
00:18:22,182 --> 00:18:25,102
You have good legs.
Good, strong legs.
244
00:18:26,186 --> 00:18:27,854
Yeah?
Mmm.
245
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All right. Come on.
246
00:18:31,608 --> 00:18:33,610
All right?
247
00:18:33,652 --> 00:18:35,487
All right.
Okay.
248
00:18:35,529 --> 00:18:38,657
Okay, did you feel,
when you put the second step,
it stops shaking?
249
00:18:38,698 --> 00:18:41,910
-Yeah.
-But as soon as you touch
the line with the second step,
250
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then it will stop again.
251
00:18:43,620 --> 00:18:46,623
Okay.
So the more you have
your two steps together,
252
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the easier it will be for,
uh, keeping your balance.
Mm-hmm.
253
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Okay.
254
00:18:52,087 --> 00:18:54,881
So you can
push on the leg...
255
00:18:56,341 --> 00:18:58,510
rather than try to--
to jump on the line.
256
00:18:58,552 --> 00:19:00,679
Just push on the leg.
Cool.
257
00:19:04,307 --> 00:19:06,143
Yeah. That's it.
258
00:19:06,184 --> 00:19:09,229
[exhales]
She's shaky, mate.
Yeah.
259
00:19:09,271 --> 00:19:11,273
I can take your hand.
Yeah.
260
00:19:11,314 --> 00:19:13,275
Another feeling
will-- will help.
261
00:19:14,484 --> 00:19:16,319
Okay, and now try to--
262
00:19:16,361 --> 00:19:18,738
Just to feel--
to relax, okay.
263
00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:20,991
So for me your--
your foot are good.
264
00:19:21,032 --> 00:19:25,162
Maybe this one
could be a little bit
more like that, okay?
265
00:19:25,203 --> 00:19:28,415
You can try after to go
on the front, on the back,
266
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to transfer your weight.
267
00:19:30,792 --> 00:19:32,502
Like that, okay?
268
00:19:32,544 --> 00:19:35,922
And after you go in the front,
you can try to do
one step. Okay?
269
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[Jossi] I'm always a guy
that wants to finish something
and accomplish it,
270
00:19:39,676 --> 00:19:42,637
and so I want to
get across it all the way.
271
00:19:42,679 --> 00:19:44,806
That's the whole goal,
you know.
272
00:19:44,848 --> 00:19:49,269
And so I'm getting frustrated
because I can see that
I have a very long road to go.
273
00:19:51,062 --> 00:19:53,523
[Fraser]
So you had a van?
[Julien] Yeah.
274
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[Fraser]
And it was the two of you
in the van. In France?
275
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[Julien]
Yeah. With not much money.
276
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The goal was to
travel to one place,
stay for one or two weeks.
277
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W-We had to live it
a hundred percent.
278
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We are not able
to, uh, go to work
from Monday to Friday
279
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and then just
spend the time--
280
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the weekend time
doing what we wanted to do.
281
00:20:17,631 --> 00:20:21,843
We wanted
to embrace it at its--
at full speed. [laughs]
282
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[Julien]
When we went to Norway,
283
00:20:25,055 --> 00:20:28,558
this was, uh,
one of the biggest trips
we did together.
284
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It was only three weeks,
but, uh, we were just
the two of us,
285
00:20:32,604 --> 00:20:35,482
and, uh, uh,
286
00:20:35,523 --> 00:20:39,027
we were discovering
a new place together.
287
00:20:42,989 --> 00:20:47,827
[speaking French]
288
00:20:57,295 --> 00:20:59,839
[Julien] This trip was
a very important trip for us,
289
00:20:59,881 --> 00:21:03,635
because it's
the last piece of training
290
00:21:03,677 --> 00:21:07,472
before being able
to BASE jump or highline.
291
00:21:24,155 --> 00:21:28,285
[singing "Happy Birthday to You"
in French]
292
00:21:40,338 --> 00:21:42,841
[song ends]
293
00:21:44,467 --> 00:21:46,720
[speaking French]
294
00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:07,240
[laughing]
295
00:22:14,914 --> 00:22:17,167
[man] Purpose.
And relax your hand.
296
00:22:17,208 --> 00:22:18,543
Relax your--
297
00:22:18,585 --> 00:22:20,295
And when you do
all your move--
298
00:22:20,337 --> 00:22:22,797
"Flook, flook, flook"
with your hands.
Okay.
299
00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:30,430
[chattering in French]
300
00:22:31,806 --> 00:22:33,600
[clears throat]
301
00:22:37,896 --> 00:22:40,148
I need to strap my ankle up,
I think, guys.
302
00:22:42,192 --> 00:22:45,945
[Jossi] I broke my ankle
three or four years ago
skateboarding pretty bad.
303
00:22:45,987 --> 00:22:48,281
Had surgery on it.
304
00:22:48,323 --> 00:22:50,658
Had about
ten months off skis.
305
00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,703
And then for the next year
after that while I was skiing
it was super-bad,
306
00:22:53,745 --> 00:22:56,831
so I had to tape it up
every day before I went skiing.
307
00:23:00,418 --> 00:23:02,587
[exhales]
Okay.
308
00:23:02,629 --> 00:23:05,090
Relax. Yeah.
309
00:23:05,131 --> 00:23:07,675
I flipped it over.
Yeah, you flipped the...
310
00:23:09,844 --> 00:23:13,848
I had stem cell surgery
on them a while ago.
311
00:23:13,890 --> 00:23:16,851
They've been bad
since I was about 15.
312
00:23:16,893 --> 00:23:19,979
My knees
hurt me too.
Yeah.
313
00:23:20,021 --> 00:23:22,107
[Fraser]
As the training went on,
314
00:23:22,148 --> 00:23:26,027
it was becoming clearer
just what Jossi's
shackles were--
315
00:23:28,696 --> 00:23:30,281
his body.
316
00:23:39,582 --> 00:23:43,711
At just 26, Jossi's body
has been beaten up so bad
317
00:23:43,753 --> 00:23:48,049
he has willfully chosen
constant pain in order
to do what he does.
318
00:23:54,639 --> 00:23:57,517
[Jossi] At my first X Games
I was 16 years old.
319
00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:01,479
In the qualifiers
I popped a little too hard
on one of my tricks
320
00:24:01,521 --> 00:24:05,191
and landed really low
and just drove my shoulder
right into the flat bottom,
321
00:24:05,233 --> 00:24:07,944
and I shattered my collarbone
into six pieces.
322
00:24:07,986 --> 00:24:10,655
Had surgery the next day
and got a metal plate put in,
323
00:24:10,697 --> 00:24:13,658
which is still in there
holding me together right now.
324
00:24:15,493 --> 00:24:18,204
I've broken my ankle twice,
325
00:24:18,246 --> 00:24:21,166
three of my ribs
off my spine,
326
00:24:21,207 --> 00:24:24,836
my wrist three times.
327
00:24:24,878 --> 00:24:27,422
I've dislocated
and fractured my elbow.
328
00:24:33,261 --> 00:24:37,807
I haven't skied a day
in the last six years
329
00:24:37,849 --> 00:24:40,393
without pain.
330
00:24:40,435 --> 00:24:44,898
Whether it's minor or major,
I still don't have
a hundred-percent perfect body.
331
00:24:44,939 --> 00:24:48,109
I have my knee problem
that hurts every day I ski.
332
00:24:57,785 --> 00:25:01,414
[Fraser] We weren't designed
to be suspended in the air.
333
00:25:06,044 --> 00:25:10,381
Yet the Flying Frenchies
describe a sense of peace
when highlining,
334
00:25:14,677 --> 00:25:19,265
a peace I glimpsed
when I saw Jossi
training at Le Brévent.
335
00:25:21,142 --> 00:25:24,103
There was also an irony
to Jossi's story.
336
00:25:29,692 --> 00:25:33,029
After breaking his body
through an extreme sport,
337
00:25:33,071 --> 00:25:37,116
he was now seeking
to transcend his body
through an extreme sport.
338
00:25:52,298 --> 00:25:54,259
[Julien]
When you are slacklining
on the ground
339
00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:56,844
and you are just imagining
that you are highlining,
340
00:25:56,886 --> 00:25:59,639
because you don't
want to fall obviously, and--
341
00:25:59,681 --> 00:26:02,850
and a fall
is directly related
342
00:26:02,892 --> 00:26:06,479
to your fear
of falling into the void.
343
00:26:06,521 --> 00:26:11,901
[speaking French]
344
00:26:11,943 --> 00:26:15,196
[Julien]
So when you are highlining,
345
00:26:15,238 --> 00:26:18,366
you can't avoid the void.
346
00:26:18,408 --> 00:26:20,702
You must embrace it.
347
00:26:20,743 --> 00:26:25,957
You must, uh, accept
that it's all around you,
348
00:26:25,999 --> 00:26:28,126
and it's very hard because...
349
00:26:29,502 --> 00:26:33,298
you let your fear
go inside of your brain,
350
00:26:33,339 --> 00:26:36,384
and I-I-I really
like this feeling
351
00:26:36,426 --> 00:26:41,848
when you are
just overwhelmed
with fear of falling,
352
00:26:41,889 --> 00:26:44,517
but at the same time
fighting against
353
00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:48,187
and being able to stay
on this little line.
354
00:26:54,068 --> 00:26:57,280
[French]
355
00:27:07,832 --> 00:27:11,127
'Cause I'm used to,
like, switching off.
Yeah.
356
00:27:11,169 --> 00:27:14,047
'Cause I don't think about
what I'm doing when I do it.
Yeah.
357
00:27:14,088 --> 00:27:16,633
And with this it's like...
concentration the whole time.
358
00:27:16,674 --> 00:27:18,593
It's longer.
It's very different.
359
00:27:18,635 --> 00:27:20,928
I think what you do,
jumping,
360
00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:23,931
is the-- the same we do
as, uh, BASE jumping.
361
00:27:23,973 --> 00:27:27,268
Like we need, uh,
short concentration.
Mm-hmm.
362
00:27:27,310 --> 00:27:30,355
And then
when you jump after
you just, uh--
363
00:27:30,396 --> 00:27:33,399
-[makes whooshing sound]
And do what you have to do.
-Yeah. Mm-hmm.
364
00:27:33,441 --> 00:27:35,568
And your body knows
how to do it.
Yeah.
365
00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:38,029
Just switch off and go.
Mmm.
366
00:27:38,071 --> 00:27:40,615
[Julien] And you fight,
fight, fight.
Aah!
367
00:27:40,657 --> 00:27:43,493
[Anicet] Sometimes you--
you really think you're--
you're falling,
368
00:27:43,534 --> 00:27:46,454
and if you fight,
oh, you get up again.
369
00:27:46,496 --> 00:27:49,999
And two meters after
you get calm.
Mm-hmm.
370
00:27:50,041 --> 00:27:51,959
And then you have
the technique,
371
00:27:52,001 --> 00:27:53,753
and more you have
this relation
with the void--
372
00:27:53,795 --> 00:27:55,546
Mm-hmm.
373
00:27:55,588 --> 00:27:58,633
Uh, the less
it takes your energy.
374
00:27:58,675 --> 00:28:01,427
But at the beginning
it's so much energy.
Oh, yeah.
375
00:28:14,691 --> 00:28:16,275
Nice.
376
00:28:17,860 --> 00:28:21,823
[Julien] Imagine that you are
not on the ground anymore.
377
00:28:24,951 --> 00:28:28,955
You are high,
and you don't really
have the right to fall.
378
00:28:31,624 --> 00:28:33,835
[exhales]
379
00:28:35,753 --> 00:28:37,672
Yeah.
Just got it, man.
380
00:28:37,714 --> 00:28:39,549
That's perfect.
381
00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:41,050
Man!
382
00:28:41,092 --> 00:28:42,802
There we go.
It's coming along.
383
00:28:42,844 --> 00:28:45,638
You need, uh--
You need a longer line now.
384
00:28:47,557 --> 00:28:51,310
So Anicet here
is walking, but, uh--
385
00:28:51,352 --> 00:28:53,354
Anicet,
can you fall please?
386
00:28:53,396 --> 00:28:55,940
You fight, you fight,
and you're already falling.
387
00:28:58,025 --> 00:29:00,737
He's all right.
It's intense.
388
00:29:00,778 --> 00:29:02,864
That's the fun flip,
yeah.
Cool.
389
00:29:02,905 --> 00:29:06,075
So you just have to--
Yeah, you go side,
and you put your--
390
00:29:06,117 --> 00:29:08,119
Mm-hmm.
your hands on the rope.
391
00:29:08,161 --> 00:29:11,205
And then you are lying
in the harness.
Mm-hmm.
392
00:29:11,247 --> 00:29:14,709
So, you will
have another
difficult move to do
393
00:29:14,751 --> 00:29:17,003
with your knees,
unfortunately.
394
00:29:17,044 --> 00:29:20,339
[English]
395
00:29:25,344 --> 00:29:26,763
Yeah.
396
00:29:29,474 --> 00:29:32,226
While realistically
being completely...
397
00:29:33,603 --> 00:29:35,188
exhausted.
398
00:29:48,159 --> 00:29:50,495
Okay?
Oh, I should put
the gloves on.
399
00:29:50,536 --> 00:29:53,331
It must be pretty insane
being way, way, way up.
400
00:29:53,372 --> 00:29:55,458
Okay.
Sausage time.
401
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:57,043
Perfect.
402
00:29:58,878 --> 00:30:00,671
Yeah. Yeah.
[exhales]
403
00:30:00,713 --> 00:30:02,256
Okay, guy!
404
00:30:02,298 --> 00:30:04,091
Good job.
405
00:30:06,969 --> 00:30:08,554
And then...
406
00:30:13,142 --> 00:30:15,853
Nice.
All right.
407
00:30:15,895 --> 00:30:19,732
[Julien] Put two legs--
Yeah, the legs on each side.
And you have it.
408
00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:30,952
[Julien]
Okay, now take your time, huh?
All the time you can.
409
00:30:38,084 --> 00:30:40,545
Okay, relax.
Relax.
410
00:30:40,586 --> 00:30:42,797
And try to walk.
411
00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:44,674
Fall, fall, fall!
412
00:30:44,715 --> 00:30:47,051
[all cheering, applauding]
413
00:30:47,093 --> 00:30:49,387
[Julien]
That was clean!
414
00:30:49,428 --> 00:30:50,847
Are you all right?
Yeah!
415
00:30:50,888 --> 00:30:52,640
Yeah.
416
00:31:14,328 --> 00:31:16,497
Aah! Damn it.
417
00:31:17,790 --> 00:31:19,417
[groans]
418
00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:21,878
That's brutal
on the kidneys, eh?
419
00:31:23,462 --> 00:31:24,964
Oh, man.
420
00:31:28,593 --> 00:31:31,429
[Anicet] Put your foot
on the other side.
Not like that. Like that.
421
00:31:31,470 --> 00:31:32,847
Oh, okay.
422
00:31:38,603 --> 00:31:39,979
Nice.
423
00:31:42,231 --> 00:31:45,109
Yeah. Yeah!
Okay, guy.
424
00:32:04,712 --> 00:32:07,548
[Fraser] Bet you hate
being out of control, eh?
425
00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:10,509
[Jossi]
Feeling very unconfident
at something,
426
00:32:10,551 --> 00:32:12,595
it's like the worst feeling
you can have.
427
00:32:16,057 --> 00:32:18,267
[Julien]
Hey, you are a rock climber.
428
00:32:18,309 --> 00:32:21,354
[Jossi] When I was 16,
I could land on a knuckle
429
00:32:21,395 --> 00:32:24,148
and balance, and get back up,
and go do the next run,
and it was fine.
430
00:32:24,190 --> 00:32:29,111
But now falling
does take a bit more
of a toll on the body.
431
00:32:29,153 --> 00:32:31,572
It's also kind of mental too.
432
00:32:31,614 --> 00:32:34,408
I don't like feeling
out of my comfort zone.
433
00:32:43,501 --> 00:32:46,963
Winter Olympian Jossi Wells
has suffered a potentially
career-ending injury
434
00:32:47,004 --> 00:32:50,174
in a free-ski crash
in Australia.
435
00:32:50,216 --> 00:32:54,053
Wells broke his neck
during a big air event
at the resort of Thredbo.
436
00:32:56,389 --> 00:32:58,724
[Jossi] Unfortunately came up
about a meter short on the jump.
437
00:32:58,766 --> 00:33:01,769
So I hit the flat part
right before the landing
438
00:33:01,811 --> 00:33:06,107
and ended up landing
on my back and neck
kind of simultaneously.
439
00:33:06,148 --> 00:33:08,985
And I felt pins and needles
through my legs and feet.
440
00:33:11,737 --> 00:33:14,740
Started to kind of freak out
a little bit as I was
sliding down the landing.
441
00:33:14,782 --> 00:33:19,120
Still I was wriggling my toes
like crazy, making sure that
I still had feeling in them.
442
00:33:20,246 --> 00:33:22,373
I sustained a fracture
443
00:33:22,415 --> 00:33:26,085
in the C7 vertebrae,
uh, in my lower neck,
444
00:33:26,127 --> 00:33:27,878
and I've got some other--
445
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,589
a little bit of a step
in C5 and 6.
446
00:33:32,174 --> 00:33:34,093
So yeah, it's not great.
447
00:33:37,304 --> 00:33:39,515
There is
a point of no return
448
00:33:39,557 --> 00:33:43,769
once you hit the transition
where it's too late to stop
and change your flight path.
449
00:33:44,895 --> 00:33:46,897
You have a millisecond
450
00:33:46,939 --> 00:33:51,110
to decide what position
am I gonna put my body in
when I land on this knuckle
451
00:33:51,152 --> 00:33:53,904
to come out of this
the best I can.
452
00:33:57,241 --> 00:33:59,785
I've learned
from my experiences
453
00:33:59,827 --> 00:34:02,246
slapping back and
taking the pressure
off my knees
454
00:34:02,288 --> 00:34:04,498
is the best option
for me.
455
00:34:04,540 --> 00:34:06,709
So that's what I did.
456
00:34:06,751 --> 00:34:09,837
But I had too much speed
and bounced off the knuckle,
and it all turned to custard.
457
00:34:12,590 --> 00:34:15,801
I've never
felt so uncomfortable
in my body,
458
00:34:15,843 --> 00:34:19,388
so uncomfortable
in the air.
459
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:23,267
It was literally
all out of my control,
and I was just floating back.
460
00:34:23,309 --> 00:34:25,269
I couldn't change anything.
461
00:34:25,311 --> 00:34:28,981
I didn't have any choice
on how I was going to land
at that point,
462
00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:33,652
because I had already
done that and used it up,
kinda, you know.
463
00:34:33,694 --> 00:34:37,615
When you're upright in the air,
you can still move your body
in a certain way.
464
00:34:37,656 --> 00:34:40,785
When I was just bouncing back,
it was completely
out of control.
465
00:34:40,826 --> 00:34:43,120
That was the scariest thing.
466
00:34:43,162 --> 00:34:46,082
I've n-- I'd never felt
that out of control.
467
00:34:55,091 --> 00:34:58,719
[woman] Worst part was
the drive to the hospital.
468
00:34:58,761 --> 00:35:01,430
Three hours
in that ambulance.
That was pretty scary, eh?
469
00:35:01,472 --> 00:35:02,848
Yeah.
I was so miserable.
470
00:35:02,890 --> 00:35:04,892
And not knowing, like,
because we had--
471
00:35:04,934 --> 00:35:09,563
Actually,
we got those X-rays
down in the medic's.
472
00:35:09,605 --> 00:35:13,734
But they didn't know, like,
the extent of the injury.
473
00:35:13,776 --> 00:35:15,861
Yeah, they saw
that it-- they saw
that it was fractured.
474
00:35:15,903 --> 00:35:19,573
So we were, just like,
three hours of, like,
sitting there, like, okay.
475
00:35:19,615 --> 00:35:24,537
That was the scariest part--
a mil away from being paralyzed.
It was pretty gnarly.
476
00:35:24,578 --> 00:35:26,622
[Hannah]
Yeah, it kind of
freaked him out
477
00:35:26,664 --> 00:35:30,209
that something that--
that, uh, just, like,
478
00:35:30,251 --> 00:35:34,213
a tiny bit of speed
could almost change
your whole entire life,
479
00:35:35,297 --> 00:35:38,384
and one millimeter...
480
00:35:39,718 --> 00:35:42,471
could be the difference
between...
481
00:35:43,973 --> 00:35:47,726
your entire future,
like, the way it pans out.
482
00:35:51,438 --> 00:35:55,317
[Hannah] The doctor was, like,
"That's why you felt tingling."
'Cause it actually touched it.
483
00:35:55,359 --> 00:35:58,028
And there was a teeny bit
of fluid in between--
484
00:35:58,070 --> 00:36:02,283
holding that bone
from... paralyzing you.
485
00:36:02,324 --> 00:36:03,993
Literally a millimeter.
486
00:36:04,034 --> 00:36:06,495
Like, that's not a lot.
487
00:36:08,747 --> 00:36:12,918
[Fraser] What do you say
to people who are pursuing
something so extreme
488
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,963
that they're actively
risking their life?
489
00:36:16,005 --> 00:36:17,464
[chuckles]
490
00:36:17,506 --> 00:36:21,051
I think it goes back to,
um, what I said
491
00:36:21,093 --> 00:36:23,304
about
not living in fear.
492
00:36:23,345 --> 00:36:26,640
[sizzling]
493
00:36:26,682 --> 00:36:29,101
We're about to
set this kitchen on fire.
494
00:36:32,646 --> 00:36:35,232
[Hannah]
Skiing is important.
495
00:36:35,274 --> 00:36:39,028
That's who he is.
That's what he loves.
496
00:36:39,069 --> 00:36:43,782
So to take that away would have
been the same if he got
paralyzed. You know?
497
00:36:43,824 --> 00:36:48,329
I mean, there would
have been nothing
really different to him.
498
00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:55,127
[Fraser] Is that why
you do what you?
499
00:36:55,169 --> 00:36:57,838
'Cause you don't want
to live life scared?
500
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,673
Yeah. Like, I'm--
501
00:36:59,715 --> 00:37:01,800
I don't want to be
afraid of...
502
00:37:04,678 --> 00:37:06,972
doing something
because of
the consequences of it.
503
00:37:07,014 --> 00:37:09,350
Like, I'm really aware
of the consequences,
of course.
504
00:37:10,142 --> 00:37:11,644
But...
505
00:37:12,645 --> 00:37:14,939
I don't want to, like,
506
00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:17,483
live life terrified
of what could happen.
507
00:37:29,536 --> 00:37:31,330
[Julien]
The basics of BASE jumping
508
00:37:31,372 --> 00:37:34,959
is just falling,
like, with normal gear,
normal clothes.
509
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,919
So it's very short.
510
00:37:36,961 --> 00:37:40,923
So you spend maybe 30 minutes
packing your parachute,
511
00:37:40,965 --> 00:37:43,092
then you walk
for two hours,
512
00:37:43,133 --> 00:37:46,262
and you have,
like, five seconds
of-- of-- of fall.
513
00:37:46,303 --> 00:37:48,430
So that's
a very intense jump.
514
00:37:48,472 --> 00:37:50,182
But, uh, you--
515
00:37:50,224 --> 00:37:54,478
you may, uh, want more,
uh, free-fall time.
516
00:38:00,985 --> 00:38:02,987
The problem
with BASE jumping,
517
00:38:03,028 --> 00:38:05,155
it's very simple
when everything goes well.
518
00:38:05,197 --> 00:38:08,575
But, uh, it's only when you
have, like, unexpected things
519
00:38:08,617 --> 00:38:11,537
that you realize that actually
it's a bit difficult.
520
00:38:11,578 --> 00:38:15,207
[speaking French]
521
00:38:24,591 --> 00:38:29,096
[Jossi] The idea that
there's something that has--
522
00:38:29,138 --> 00:38:32,308
that has the potential
to be very destructive--
523
00:38:32,349 --> 00:38:35,060
But the flip side
that you live with
524
00:38:35,102 --> 00:38:37,771
is something
that is very creative.
525
00:38:39,523 --> 00:38:42,735
[Julien] I know some people
that start BASE jumping
526
00:38:42,776 --> 00:38:46,530
and after 30 jumps they say,
"Okay, it's not for me.
527
00:38:48,907 --> 00:38:52,828
I love you guys.
I love the family
involved in this sport.
528
00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:58,334
But seeing 25 people
I nearly know dying every year
is not for me."
529
00:38:58,375 --> 00:39:00,586
And I completely
understand that.
530
00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:05,883
Okay.
[counts to three in French]
531
00:39:05,924 --> 00:39:10,679
[Julien] And unfortunately,
uh, being a bit, uh, cold
532
00:39:10,721 --> 00:39:13,766
when you see death
at your door.
533
00:39:15,601 --> 00:39:18,020
You have to, uh,
make a wall.
534
00:39:18,062 --> 00:39:20,439
Otherwise you--
you will stop.
535
00:39:20,481 --> 00:39:23,567
You are getting stronger,
but at the same time
I say to myself--
536
00:39:23,609 --> 00:39:27,571
For example,
I-I'm-- I'm not having
a lot of sad feelings.
537
00:39:27,613 --> 00:39:29,698
So am I a monster now?
538
00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:32,242
Am I just,
like, a shield
539
00:39:32,284 --> 00:39:34,286
and there's
nothing inside?
540
00:39:34,328 --> 00:39:35,871
So you--
541
00:39:35,913 --> 00:39:39,583
That's the problem
when you seem strong
to-- to people,
542
00:39:39,625 --> 00:39:44,463
and to some--
and when you make
a-a strong, uh, mind.
543
00:39:48,842 --> 00:39:52,012
[Julien]
Soloing is one step beyond.
544
00:39:59,269 --> 00:40:01,647
The first stage of soloing
545
00:40:01,688 --> 00:40:05,025
is to just do a highline
attached to a rope.
546
00:40:05,067 --> 00:40:08,821
And then you have the second
stage of soloing stuff is,
like, you remove the safety.
547
00:40:12,199 --> 00:40:16,453
[Fraser] There's no question
that if you're walking across
a highline without safety,
548
00:40:16,495 --> 00:40:20,666
if something goes wrong
then you're--
you're gonna end up dead.
549
00:40:22,126 --> 00:40:24,211
[Julien]
I remember my first solo.
I was like...
550
00:40:26,088 --> 00:40:31,176
feeling that my heart
would just stop,
551
00:40:31,218 --> 00:40:32,928
because it's--
552
00:40:32,970 --> 00:40:34,930
it's so intense.
553
00:40:34,972 --> 00:40:37,224
You have-- I don't know
if it's adrenaline.
554
00:40:37,266 --> 00:40:40,436
I don't know what's--
what's, uh,
555
00:40:40,477 --> 00:40:43,313
uh, in your veins
at this time,
556
00:40:43,355 --> 00:40:45,816
but you feel--
557
00:40:45,858 --> 00:40:49,486
you feel cold, you feel--
[imitates whooshing sound]
and warm at the same time.
558
00:40:49,528 --> 00:40:51,280
It's just so powerful.
559
00:40:51,321 --> 00:40:55,868
You say, like, my body
won't bear this--
this feeling.
560
00:40:55,909 --> 00:41:00,914
And then this feeling
fades away slowly,
561
00:41:00,956 --> 00:41:05,252
and then you
get your skills back
and you build yourself,
562
00:41:05,294 --> 00:41:07,838
and you're--
you're like, okay.
563
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,048
I'm still alive,
I'm still in solo,
564
00:41:10,090 --> 00:41:12,926
and now I'm enjoying
this moment.
565
00:41:15,846 --> 00:41:19,600
Tancrède loved this,
uh, uh, aspect
566
00:41:19,641 --> 00:41:23,770
of just being with
the hand on the balance,
567
00:41:23,812 --> 00:41:25,772
[laughing]
alone with no help.
568
00:41:25,814 --> 00:41:27,399
Whoo!
569
00:41:31,028 --> 00:41:34,615
And, uh, he loved the fear
involved with that,
570
00:41:34,656 --> 00:41:36,617
and controlling this fear,
571
00:41:40,621 --> 00:41:43,248
which is
way, way, way greater
572
00:41:43,290 --> 00:41:46,710
than just
being on the highline,
attached with a leash.
573
00:41:51,381 --> 00:41:55,302
[Tancrède speaking French]
574
00:42:15,781 --> 00:42:17,950
[wind howling]
575
00:42:25,958 --> 00:42:27,626
[man] What do we got?
576
00:42:49,940 --> 00:42:53,735
There's no visibility
at all, so...
577
00:42:53,777 --> 00:42:57,072
With the snow
that's also white, obviously
you can't see anything.
578
00:42:57,114 --> 00:43:00,033
Sometimes if you're not careful,
you can get kind of disoriented,
okay?
579
00:43:00,075 --> 00:43:02,327
So just take your time
when you're walking
on the snow.
580
00:43:11,795 --> 00:43:14,006
[Antoine speaking English]
581
00:43:39,573 --> 00:43:41,033
Hold on.
582
00:44:18,070 --> 00:44:20,447
[speaking French]
583
00:44:20,489 --> 00:44:22,532
[grunting]
584
00:45:14,710 --> 00:45:17,629
There it is.
585
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,717
Nobody wants to go out.
[laughing]
586
00:45:21,758 --> 00:45:24,219
-Yes.
-Ooh!
587
00:45:24,261 --> 00:45:26,805
[laughing continues]
588
00:45:26,847 --> 00:45:29,141
[man]
So the plan for today, guys,
589
00:45:29,182 --> 00:45:31,435
I went to check things
this morning.
590
00:45:31,476 --> 00:45:33,687
Um-- [clicks tongue]
591
00:45:33,729 --> 00:45:36,231
There's a little bit more wind
than yesterday.
592
00:45:36,273 --> 00:45:40,569
And also the wind has turned.
Now it's more... west coming.
593
00:45:40,610 --> 00:45:45,115
So it hits the-- it hits
the line a little bit more,
so I think...
594
00:45:45,157 --> 00:45:47,701
[Julien]
'Cause the wind won't stop
and will increase, huh?
595
00:45:47,743 --> 00:45:50,746
[man] The wind will probably
increase at noon,
596
00:45:50,787 --> 00:45:52,831
and then it will
start snowing also.
597
00:45:52,873 --> 00:45:55,792
Oh!
So it's gonna
be storm-- stormy.
598
00:45:55,834 --> 00:45:57,169
Okay.
Stormy weather.
599
00:45:57,210 --> 00:46:00,172
[laughing]
600
00:46:04,050 --> 00:46:06,553
[Fraser] From what I understand,
the control thing
601
00:46:06,595 --> 00:46:10,432
and executing
something perfectly
in the way that you describe,
602
00:46:10,474 --> 00:46:15,937
is more to do with dopamine
than it is to do
with adrenaline.
603
00:46:15,979 --> 00:46:18,356
[Jossi] Adrenaline
is not really a nice feeling.
604
00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:24,404
Adrenaline is like a...
605
00:46:26,198 --> 00:46:28,533
uncontrollable feeling.
606
00:46:31,369 --> 00:46:35,415
[Jossi]
I like to be in control.
607
00:46:35,457 --> 00:46:38,251
Welcome in hell.
Whoo!
608
00:46:38,293 --> 00:46:40,378
Storm has picked up, eh?
Look at that.
609
00:46:44,007 --> 00:46:46,134
[Julien] Easy.
610
00:46:46,176 --> 00:46:48,094
[laughing]
[Jossi] Wow.
611
00:46:48,136 --> 00:46:49,596
The line is pretty tight.
612
00:46:49,638 --> 00:46:51,264
If the weather improve,
613
00:46:51,306 --> 00:46:53,350
I guess you will have
some chance to stand up,
614
00:46:53,391 --> 00:46:55,352
maybe make one step or two.
615
00:47:08,156 --> 00:47:10,242
Okay?
Good. Yeah.
616
00:47:10,283 --> 00:47:13,370
Then this one here.
This one here.
617
00:47:13,411 --> 00:47:16,289
Crazy.
We're the sworn
kings of jesters
618
00:47:16,331 --> 00:47:18,834
But we never worn a crown
619
00:47:18,875 --> 00:47:21,503
Getting gold from the nobles
620
00:47:21,545 --> 00:47:24,172
And mocking from yea all
621
00:47:24,214 --> 00:47:26,633
But we drink
with the greatest warrior
622
00:47:26,675 --> 00:47:29,386
And we dance in every hall
623
00:47:29,427 --> 00:47:32,222
We never had a family
624
00:47:32,264 --> 00:47:34,683
Nor have I had a wife
625
00:47:34,724 --> 00:47:37,435
It's the hard price
of living
626
00:47:37,477 --> 00:47:39,980
It's the price
I pay for life
627
00:47:40,021 --> 00:47:42,649
Getting gold
from the nobles
628
00:47:42,691 --> 00:47:45,360
And mocking
from yea all
629
00:47:45,402 --> 00:47:47,988
But we drink with
the greatest warrior
630
00:47:48,029 --> 00:47:50,615
And we dance
in every hall
631
00:48:04,796 --> 00:48:07,382
[Julien]
Highlining is pretty extreme
for your mind.
632
00:48:07,424 --> 00:48:10,927
But you have to feel
some signals in your head
633
00:48:10,969 --> 00:48:14,806
that just--
that are telling you
that what you do is special,
634
00:48:14,848 --> 00:48:17,017
what you do is unique
635
00:48:17,058 --> 00:48:19,311
and what you do is, uh...
636
00:48:21,813 --> 00:48:24,524
the most important moment
of your life,
637
00:48:24,566 --> 00:48:27,027
because it's the present,
it's the last minute.
638
00:48:27,068 --> 00:48:29,863
The next minute
is the most important moment
of your life
639
00:48:29,905 --> 00:48:33,325
Because if you don't
do this properly,
640
00:48:33,366 --> 00:48:35,660
it's the last minute
of your life, so...
641
00:48:35,702 --> 00:48:37,996
[chattering]
[vocalizing]
642
00:48:38,038 --> 00:48:40,582
[Jossi] Whoa, that's scary
looking down.
643
00:48:42,667 --> 00:48:47,088
To die without a nickel
is a scare for anyone
644
00:48:47,130 --> 00:48:49,257
Whee! Hee-hah!
645
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,761
[Julien] Wow!
646
00:48:52,802 --> 00:48:55,805
That is the craziest part--
flipping over
and looking down there.
647
00:48:55,847 --> 00:48:57,265
Whoo!
648
00:49:13,323 --> 00:49:15,867
Okay, guys. Okay, relax.
649
00:49:15,909 --> 00:49:18,620
Slowly, slowly, slowly.
650
00:49:21,623 --> 00:49:23,208
Oh!
Fuck!
651
00:49:24,918 --> 00:49:27,587
[grunts]
Oh, you just leaned forward.
652
00:49:27,629 --> 00:49:29,714
That's hard, man.
653
00:49:29,756 --> 00:49:32,676
That is very difficult.
654
00:49:32,717 --> 00:49:34,594
This bounce is sick though.
655
00:49:40,016 --> 00:49:42,894
Oh!
[cheering, whooping]
656
00:49:44,437 --> 00:49:46,272
[Julien]
You fell into the void.
657
00:49:47,357 --> 00:49:48,900
Yeah, man.
Whoo!
658
00:49:52,612 --> 00:49:54,531
Come on. [grunts]
659
00:50:08,044 --> 00:50:10,255
Ba-da-boom!
Whoo!
660
00:50:10,296 --> 00:50:12,257
[laughs]
Oh, yeah.
661
00:50:24,352 --> 00:50:28,356
[Julien chattering]
[grunting]
662
00:50:32,402 --> 00:50:34,821
[speaking French]
663
00:50:37,490 --> 00:50:40,035
So exhaus--
I can't even move my arms.
[exhales]
664
00:50:40,076 --> 00:50:41,661
Oh, wow.
665
00:50:43,038 --> 00:50:45,623
That's exhausting, man.
666
00:50:47,083 --> 00:50:49,252
[Julien]
This is hard-core.
667
00:50:49,294 --> 00:50:53,006
[Fraser] When you're out
of your comfort zone
and out of control,
668
00:50:53,048 --> 00:50:56,885
you said, "If I don't walk
across that line from one side
of the cliff to the other,
669
00:50:56,926 --> 00:50:59,846
then it's not worth doing."
670
00:50:59,888 --> 00:51:01,806
[Jossi]
Yeah. I had a rope on me.
671
00:51:01,848 --> 00:51:04,225
If I was gonna fall,
I was gonna get caught.
672
00:51:04,267 --> 00:51:07,228
I wasn't scared of falling,
plunging to my death.
673
00:51:07,270 --> 00:51:10,315
I couldn't
even stand up on it.
That was a huge failure.
674
00:51:10,356 --> 00:51:13,318
But I think
I was scared of being...
675
00:51:16,362 --> 00:51:20,200
so outside of
my comfort zone for myself.
676
00:51:21,576 --> 00:51:23,119
My man.
677
00:51:23,161 --> 00:51:24,412
Thanks, boys.
678
00:51:24,454 --> 00:51:26,873
[Julien]
You're a warrior, guy.
679
00:51:26,915 --> 00:51:29,417
You're a warrior.
Thank you so much.
680
00:51:29,459 --> 00:51:30,960
[grunts]
681
00:51:32,796 --> 00:51:35,173
Thank you
for that experience.
682
00:51:35,215 --> 00:51:37,383
Thank you for you--
You give a lot.
683
00:51:37,425 --> 00:51:38,927
That's too real, man.
684
00:51:38,968 --> 00:51:41,221
You gave a lot.
Whoo!
685
00:51:50,105 --> 00:51:52,857
[laughing]
686
00:51:54,734 --> 00:51:56,528
Ew!
687
00:51:56,569 --> 00:51:59,656
-Oh! He lost it.
-Oh!
688
00:51:59,697 --> 00:52:03,201
[Julien] It was really important
to enjoy this moment
689
00:52:03,243 --> 00:52:05,870
because the friendship
was the key moment.
690
00:52:05,912 --> 00:52:07,789
It's not about highlining.
691
00:52:07,831 --> 00:52:12,544
It was just about
doing crazy highlining
in crazy conditions.
692
00:52:12,585 --> 00:52:15,088
Before, I was result-driven.
693
00:52:17,382 --> 00:52:21,970
And now, I'm more into
sharing the moment with people.
694
00:52:22,011 --> 00:52:26,558
It's sometimes stronger
than just crossing for yourself.
695
00:52:39,070 --> 00:52:41,072
When we jump, we are alone.
When we--
696
00:52:41,114 --> 00:52:44,242
When we are highlining,
we are alone on the line.
697
00:52:45,743 --> 00:52:48,621
You have this freedom,
you have this graceful moment.
698
00:52:48,663 --> 00:52:50,623
And you...
699
00:52:50,665 --> 00:52:54,419
you just say, "Okay, I...
It's worth it for me.
700
00:52:54,460 --> 00:52:56,421
I need this."
701
00:52:59,048 --> 00:53:02,051
[Fraser]
Is that why you do it?
For that moment?
702
00:53:02,093 --> 00:53:06,681
[Julien]
I... At the moment,
I can't live without it.
703
00:53:06,723 --> 00:53:09,517
I need to do it.
It's, uh-- It's part of me.
704
00:53:11,269 --> 00:53:14,772
The other answer I know
is that it will not last.
705
00:53:25,325 --> 00:53:27,118
[laughing]
706
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:28,661
Whoo!
707
00:53:28,703 --> 00:53:30,914
[Fraser] It feels like one
of the most important aspects
708
00:53:30,955 --> 00:53:32,665
is that camaraderie?
709
00:53:32,707 --> 00:53:34,709
[laughing]
710
00:53:34,751 --> 00:53:37,795
The clown can leave the circus,
but the circus cannot
leave the clown.
711
00:53:41,299 --> 00:53:44,802
This is how you build
the best friendship ever,
I would say.
712
00:53:46,471 --> 00:53:49,515
You know, we are very privileged
as--
713
00:53:49,557 --> 00:53:52,101
We can, you know,
714
00:53:52,143 --> 00:53:54,520
consume a lot of goods
715
00:53:54,562 --> 00:53:56,189
to go and fly off a mountain,
716
00:53:56,231 --> 00:53:58,608
and, you know,
Tancrède remembered
717
00:53:58,650 --> 00:54:02,111
that, um, okay,
he was being very free,
718
00:54:02,153 --> 00:54:06,032
but he was also using
a lot of consumer goods,
a lot of toys--
719
00:54:06,074 --> 00:54:08,451
[laughs]
as we like to call them.
720
00:54:20,505 --> 00:54:22,048
Whoa.
721
00:54:24,926 --> 00:54:29,180
[drumming]
722
00:54:40,900 --> 00:54:42,944
[Eudeline]
He gave the impression, maybe,
723
00:54:42,986 --> 00:54:45,655
that he was just about,
uh, adrenaline
724
00:54:45,697 --> 00:54:48,491
and feeling
and living a hundred percent,
725
00:54:48,533 --> 00:54:50,576
but he had also this side of him
726
00:54:50,618 --> 00:54:55,248
where there was a lot
of deep reflection about life
and the way you live it.
727
00:54:57,625 --> 00:55:00,378
[Tiphaine]
Sometimes he was, like,
"What are we doing?"
728
00:55:00,420 --> 00:55:02,755
You know, wasting this,
wasting this good--
729
00:55:02,797 --> 00:55:04,841
That was his big project--
730
00:55:04,882 --> 00:55:09,012
making people think differently,
you know, about healthy living,
about food
731
00:55:09,053 --> 00:55:12,974
and... no waste of good food.
[laughs]
732
00:55:13,016 --> 00:55:15,560
[man] And to the end
733
00:55:19,814 --> 00:55:21,899
[Tiphaine speaking French]
734
00:55:48,259 --> 00:55:51,387
[Eudeline] I think that's also
why he was no longer
735
00:55:51,429 --> 00:55:53,973
fully satisfied
with BASE jumping
736
00:55:54,015 --> 00:55:56,434
and he was willing
to move to something else.
737
00:55:56,476 --> 00:55:58,895
[jazz]
738
00:56:07,820 --> 00:56:09,947
[man] Yeah!
739
00:56:12,283 --> 00:56:15,119
[Fraser] Tancrède's art
was constantly evolving.
740
00:56:19,624 --> 00:56:21,793
He was diving deeper
into his psyche.
741
00:56:21,834 --> 00:56:24,128
Whee-hoo!
742
00:56:33,221 --> 00:56:35,640
[speaking French]
743
00:56:42,647 --> 00:56:45,191
Whoo!
744
00:56:46,192 --> 00:56:49,362
Whoo! Whoa!
745
00:56:50,696 --> 00:56:52,740
[Fraser] When I think
of extreme sports,
746
00:56:52,782 --> 00:56:56,911
I don't think of guys
in wigs, makeup and red noses.
747
00:56:56,953 --> 00:57:01,040
[shouting]
But like I said, these are
the poets of the void.
748
00:57:05,962 --> 00:57:08,089
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
749
00:57:11,217 --> 00:57:13,886
[Tancrède speaking French]
750
00:57:46,294 --> 00:57:48,254
I was partner with Tancrède.
We were close.
751
00:57:48,296 --> 00:57:52,467
And then Anicet came,
and he was also developing
a different, uh--
752
00:57:52,508 --> 00:57:54,469
a different relationship
with him,
753
00:57:54,510 --> 00:57:56,304
which was also really strong.
754
00:57:56,345 --> 00:57:58,848
And they found themselves, uh,
755
00:57:58,890 --> 00:58:02,435
on the craziness
of some stunts
756
00:58:02,477 --> 00:58:05,229
that Tancrède was not able
to find with me.
757
00:58:13,070 --> 00:58:14,071
Whoo-hoo!
758
00:58:17,950 --> 00:58:20,912
[Anicet speaking English]
759
00:58:32,673 --> 00:58:37,303
[Eudeline] Clown acting
really released something.
760
00:58:37,345 --> 00:58:38,971
[speaking French]
761
00:59:02,036 --> 00:59:04,539
[whooping]
762
00:59:10,962 --> 00:59:13,422
[whooping continues]
763
00:59:13,464 --> 00:59:15,466
[Tancrède speaking French]
764
00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:20,137
[Eudeline]
You are free, you know.
You just...
765
00:59:20,179 --> 00:59:23,516
I think that's
what he liked also
in clown acting is you--
766
00:59:23,558 --> 00:59:26,519
There are no social limits.
A clown can do anything.
767
00:59:26,561 --> 00:59:28,938
You are free.
You really can...
Mm-hmm.
768
00:59:28,980 --> 00:59:30,439
Anything is open.
769
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:34,694
[laughing]
770
00:59:41,742 --> 00:59:43,494
[speaking English]
771
01:00:10,813 --> 01:00:13,774
Whoa!
Whoa-ho-ho-ho!
772
01:00:13,816 --> 01:00:16,444
[Fraser]
It's a natural human instinct
to want to progress.
773
01:00:16,485 --> 01:00:20,698
So you start on
the two-meter-high slackline,
774
01:00:20,740 --> 01:00:23,868
and then you end up jumping
off Le Brévent or whatever.
775
01:00:23,909 --> 01:00:27,997
Why do we have that need?
Why can't we stay on
the two-meter line?
776
01:00:28,039 --> 01:00:31,000
[Julien]
In my very, uh, heart,
I want to do it.
777
01:00:31,042 --> 01:00:34,462
I want to do crazy stuff,
new stuff.
778
01:00:34,503 --> 01:00:37,757
And I like it actually.
I like the danger of it.
779
01:00:37,798 --> 01:00:40,092
[gasping]
780
01:00:40,134 --> 01:00:42,970
[Julien] This-- This is life.
Life is-- Life wants to spread.
781
01:00:43,012 --> 01:00:46,223
So we are--
We are all searching
782
01:00:46,265 --> 01:00:48,517
for... for something,
783
01:00:48,559 --> 01:00:51,979
and trying to understand
what's next.
784
01:00:55,816 --> 01:00:58,527
[speaking French]
785
01:00:58,569 --> 01:01:01,405
[Anicet speaking French]
786
01:01:22,385 --> 01:01:24,178
There's a lot of happiness,
787
01:01:24,220 --> 01:01:26,972
a lot of undercurrent
of good sensation,
788
01:01:27,014 --> 01:01:30,059
and then the ambivalences
that there's this,
789
01:01:30,101 --> 01:01:33,479
while we are doing stuff
that's life-threatening,
790
01:01:33,521 --> 01:01:35,648
if you think about it.
791
01:01:35,690 --> 01:01:37,566
I think that's
when you say ambivalence,
792
01:01:37,608 --> 01:01:39,318
that's what
I'm thinking about.
793
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:42,780
I think sometimes
in the-- in the projects,
794
01:01:42,822 --> 01:01:45,199
you don't--
795
01:01:45,241 --> 01:01:49,078
you don't feel this ambivalence,
not until there's, um, a moment
796
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:50,955
where you can release
the tension.
797
01:01:52,498 --> 01:01:54,917
We really experienced
this moment as a group, I think,
798
01:01:54,959 --> 01:01:56,711
in Norway
799
01:01:56,752 --> 01:01:59,714
when we had built
the human sling.
800
01:02:02,383 --> 01:02:03,634
[Tancrède speaks French]
801
01:02:07,304 --> 01:02:09,098
[hysterical laughing]
802
01:02:09,140 --> 01:02:11,267
[Tancrède speaks French]
803
01:02:14,103 --> 01:02:15,396
Yo!
804
01:02:15,438 --> 01:02:18,482
[French]
805
01:02:19,775 --> 01:02:22,820
[shouting]
806
01:02:25,656 --> 01:02:27,992
[Eudeline] He was in the air,
and everybody was screaming.
807
01:02:28,033 --> 01:02:30,911
And then I really felt,
oh, my God,
808
01:02:30,953 --> 01:02:34,790
there was all
this built-up tension,
all this...
809
01:02:34,832 --> 01:02:38,377
We were all screaming
because we had really
been scared, you know.
810
01:02:38,419 --> 01:02:40,880
But we hadn't felt it
until we could release it,
811
01:02:40,921 --> 01:02:43,090
and then we were all hugging
and, you know--
812
01:02:43,132 --> 01:02:47,011
And then it was all friends,
you know, sharing a good moment.
813
01:02:47,052 --> 01:02:50,222
And that was the ambivalence,
I think, yeah.
814
01:02:50,264 --> 01:02:51,766
[all whooping, cheering]
815
01:02:51,807 --> 01:02:53,768
[Tancrède]
816
01:03:09,033 --> 01:03:11,452
Whoo-hoo!
817
01:03:18,667 --> 01:03:23,130
[man speaking French]
Whoo!
818
01:03:25,132 --> 01:03:27,218
[Fraser] Ambivalence.
819
01:03:27,259 --> 01:03:29,512
Uncertainty.
820
01:03:29,553 --> 01:03:31,138
Doubt.
821
01:03:33,015 --> 01:03:34,767
We want answers.
822
01:03:36,352 --> 01:03:39,230
But there's beauty to be found
in the mystery of life.
823
01:03:41,398 --> 01:03:43,067
Why can't we
just face the void...
824
01:03:44,777 --> 01:03:46,278
face uncertainty...
825
01:03:48,280 --> 01:03:50,032
feel the fear...
826
01:03:51,408 --> 01:03:53,744
step out
827
01:03:53,786 --> 01:03:55,746
and be free?
828
01:04:00,459 --> 01:04:02,711
I don't think
life is random.
829
01:04:04,255 --> 01:04:05,798
I believe that...
830
01:04:07,216 --> 01:04:10,302
everything kind of
has a purpose,
831
01:04:10,344 --> 01:04:12,930
everything happens
for a reason.
832
01:04:14,723 --> 01:04:16,767
[Julien speaking French]
833
01:04:19,854 --> 01:04:22,189
[speaking French]
834
01:04:37,079 --> 01:04:39,039
[Julien] I was in Tahiti.
835
01:04:39,081 --> 01:04:44,044
I was doing, uh, an unclimbed
summit in Bora-Bora.
836
01:04:44,086 --> 01:04:46,297
We did the summit.
837
01:04:46,338 --> 01:04:49,508
We jumped twice in wingsuits
from the summit.
838
01:04:49,550 --> 01:04:52,219
And we were just resting
the days after,
839
01:04:52,261 --> 01:04:55,306
and we were... in paradise.
840
01:04:55,347 --> 01:04:57,349
And then you got
this phone call.
841
01:04:58,893 --> 01:05:00,811
[speaking English]
842
01:06:19,014 --> 01:06:21,725
[Julien]
Anicet and other friends
just let go,
843
01:06:21,767 --> 01:06:25,437
and Tancrède didn't let go,
and he went so high.
844
01:06:25,479 --> 01:06:28,691
He was maybe thinking
that he could just fall
845
01:06:28,732 --> 01:06:32,111
and roll
like a circus trick.
846
01:06:32,152 --> 01:06:33,988
And then, "Ta-da!"
847
01:06:34,029 --> 01:06:35,864
But it don't work this way.
848
01:06:35,906 --> 01:06:37,783
It didn't work this way.
849
01:06:50,212 --> 01:06:52,339
[Anicet speaking English]
850
01:07:19,158 --> 01:07:23,454
[Julien] And you arrive,
and you don't know exactly
what's happening
851
01:07:23,495 --> 01:07:26,498
because you were so far
when it happens, and...
852
01:07:28,500 --> 01:07:30,377
Your world has changed.
853
01:07:32,254 --> 01:07:35,424
And... you understand
that rest in peace
854
01:07:35,466 --> 01:07:39,511
is, uh-- is a real--
has a real meaning actually.
855
01:07:43,932 --> 01:07:45,726
Yeah, you have to, um...
856
01:07:47,811 --> 01:07:49,646
When, uh--
When your friend is, uh--
857
01:07:49,688 --> 01:07:51,857
when your friend
is in the coffin like this,
858
01:07:51,899 --> 01:07:53,776
you're... [inhales]
859
01:07:53,817 --> 01:07:56,028
He has not-- He has--
860
01:07:56,070 --> 01:07:58,822
He has nothing to do actually.
He's dead, so...
861
01:07:58,864 --> 01:08:03,077
But you have to do the work
for... for yourself.
862
01:08:04,995 --> 01:08:08,499
And, uh, yeah.
You see this void actually
in your-- in your mind.
863
01:08:11,085 --> 01:08:12,544
[exhales]
864
01:08:21,553 --> 01:08:23,764
[Anicet speaking English]
865
01:08:47,746 --> 01:08:49,206
[sniffles]
866
01:09:08,559 --> 01:09:11,895
[Jossi] I've had a few friends
that have passed away
in the mountains,
867
01:09:11,937 --> 01:09:15,732
whether it's avalanches
or BASE jumping accidents
868
01:09:15,774 --> 01:09:19,361
or... falling in the half-pipe
and hitting your head.
869
01:09:19,403 --> 01:09:21,446
It's pretty hard to, like...
870
01:09:23,907 --> 01:09:25,868
I don't know,
deal with that when
871
01:09:25,909 --> 01:09:28,579
you're kind of doing
the exact same thing
872
01:09:28,620 --> 01:09:30,706
as something
that your friend died doing.
873
01:09:36,795 --> 01:09:39,965
You say that sometimes
you're doing something
really weird,
874
01:09:40,007 --> 01:09:42,926
and you just ask yourself,
why?
875
01:09:42,968 --> 01:09:46,805
And by the moment you jump,
you have this freedom,
you have this--
876
01:09:46,847 --> 01:09:52,352
this, uh, uh,
graceful moment, and you--
877
01:09:52,394 --> 01:09:54,897
you just say, "Okay, I...
878
01:09:54,938 --> 01:09:57,649
It's worth it for me.
I need this. I need this."
879
01:09:59,359 --> 01:10:02,696
[Jossi] I think that's why
I'm not afraid
880
01:10:02,738 --> 01:10:05,240
to keep doing this stuff
881
01:10:05,282 --> 01:10:07,201
and why I'm not...
882
01:10:09,369 --> 01:10:11,330
gonna quit
because I broke my neck.
883
01:10:11,371 --> 01:10:16,084
Because I see this as, you know,
part of my purpose.
884
01:10:16,126 --> 01:10:18,629
I see this as something
I should be doing,
885
01:10:18,670 --> 01:10:22,591
and I'm not afraid
of crazy things happening
886
01:10:22,633 --> 01:10:26,303
because if they did happen,
then that's just
the next chapter.
887
01:10:29,139 --> 01:10:32,267
[Fraser]
Do you believe Jossi's
being looked after?
888
01:10:32,309 --> 01:10:33,894
Yeah.
889
01:10:33,936 --> 01:10:35,896
100 percent.
890
01:10:36,730 --> 01:10:39,066
There's...
891
01:10:39,107 --> 01:10:40,984
There's times where I've...
892
01:10:43,111 --> 01:10:45,155
mmm, kind of like...
893
01:10:46,531 --> 01:10:51,328
doubted of what we really
can be protected from.
894
01:10:53,830 --> 01:10:57,501
Because Jossi broke his neck,
and then my brother died.
895
01:10:57,542 --> 01:11:00,379
And I was kind of, like,
896
01:11:00,420 --> 01:11:03,924
are we, like, being protected
and taken care of?
897
01:11:06,301 --> 01:11:08,011
But then I always
have to remember
898
01:11:08,053 --> 01:11:11,348
that we still live in a world
where you drop a ball,
899
01:11:11,390 --> 01:11:13,642
and it still falls
to the ground,
900
01:11:13,684 --> 01:11:17,145
even if you prayed so hard
for it to stay in the air,
you know.
901
01:11:19,064 --> 01:11:22,651
We still live in a world
where things happen,
902
01:11:22,693 --> 01:11:26,071
but we might not understand it
all the time.
903
01:11:28,115 --> 01:11:30,367
[Fraser]
You see it through the roof?
904
01:11:30,409 --> 01:11:33,161
[Fraser] In my work,
I often stand at the precipice.
905
01:11:34,788 --> 01:11:37,124
[Jossi] Wow.
906
01:11:37,165 --> 01:11:40,961
[Fraser] As a director,
I encourage others
to take risks,
907
01:11:41,003 --> 01:11:43,588
to leap into the void.
908
01:11:46,466 --> 01:11:48,343
Hey.
909
01:11:48,385 --> 01:11:51,430
How are you?
Great.
910
01:11:52,764 --> 01:11:54,725
What's up?
How are you?
Good to see you.
911
01:11:54,766 --> 01:11:56,268
Good, man.
Nice and rested.
912
01:11:56,310 --> 01:11:58,186
How's it looking?
913
01:11:58,228 --> 01:12:02,024
[Jossi] I think
you'd be kind of insane if you
didn't have a little fear.
914
01:12:02,065 --> 01:12:03,150
[Julien] Yeah.
915
01:12:03,191 --> 01:12:05,193
[Anicet speaking English]
916
01:12:11,533 --> 01:12:12,534
[exhales]
Yeah.
917
01:12:15,746 --> 01:12:17,331
Fully.
918
01:12:20,292 --> 01:12:21,585
Yeah.
919
01:12:33,263 --> 01:12:35,682
[Julien] Yeah.
920
01:12:35,724 --> 01:12:38,310
Here's the jumping place,
where there's still
some stuff to do.
921
01:12:38,352 --> 01:12:40,354
But basically,
you see here,
922
01:12:40,395 --> 01:12:42,356
this is the stairway
to heaven.
923
01:12:42,397 --> 01:12:44,024
[laughs]
924
01:12:44,066 --> 01:12:46,902
Yeah, here you see
the platform.
925
01:12:47,903 --> 01:12:49,571
This muddy place--
Yeah.
926
01:12:49,613 --> 01:12:51,573
is where you will
start the jump.
927
01:12:54,451 --> 01:12:58,455
[Fraser] I thought this rope
jump was just a low-fi kind
of bungee jump,
928
01:12:58,497 --> 01:13:01,291
something designed
for a thrill.
929
01:13:01,333 --> 01:13:05,587
But Anicet told me they use it
as training for BASE jumping
and for wingsuiting,
930
01:13:05,629 --> 01:13:08,298
as a way of learning how to fly,
931
01:13:08,340 --> 01:13:11,385
how to move your body
and be stable in the air.
932
01:13:16,848 --> 01:13:19,017
And it makes me realize
933
01:13:19,059 --> 01:13:23,563
they aren't crazy,
suicidal risk-takers.
934
01:13:23,605 --> 01:13:27,651
What these people do
is about minimizing risk,
935
01:13:27,692 --> 01:13:30,404
training
and preparing fastidiously
936
01:13:30,445 --> 01:13:32,656
to face incredible challenges.
937
01:13:34,699 --> 01:13:36,743
[grunts]
938
01:13:36,785 --> 01:13:38,286
It's heavy.
939
01:13:39,663 --> 01:13:41,164
[Freddy] All right. You good?
940
01:13:42,332 --> 01:13:47,295
All right. Three, two, one.
941
01:13:47,337 --> 01:13:49,506
See you, mini Jossi.
[Julien] Bye!
942
01:13:50,298 --> 01:13:52,551
Whoo!
[laughing]
943
01:13:52,592 --> 01:13:55,971
What?
944
01:13:56,012 --> 01:14:00,183
[Fraser]
Is it with fear as our soul mate
that we find freedom?
945
01:14:04,187 --> 01:14:05,730
[Julien speaking French]
946
01:14:15,240 --> 01:14:16,700
[French]
947
01:14:19,369 --> 01:14:21,788
[Tancrède speaking French]
948
01:14:32,799 --> 01:14:35,469
[trilling]
949
01:14:35,510 --> 01:14:39,473
[Fraser] One of the things
that I didn't really realize
when we began the journey
950
01:14:39,514 --> 01:14:43,435
was how important
height and air
951
01:14:43,477 --> 01:14:45,854
and, kind of, flying is
952
01:14:45,896 --> 01:14:51,276
to the pursuit of freedom,
not just to you,
but to the Frenchies.
953
01:14:51,318 --> 01:14:53,904
We're not made to fly.
954
01:14:53,945 --> 01:14:56,031
It's not, like, in our DNA.
955
01:14:56,072 --> 01:14:59,159
We don't have wings.
We can't fly.
956
01:14:59,201 --> 01:15:04,289
I don't know
if it's the way you grow up
or if you're born with it,
957
01:15:04,331 --> 01:15:07,542
because there's only
a small percentage
958
01:15:07,584 --> 01:15:11,171
that are gonna want to go
and jump off a massive cliff
with a parachute.
959
01:15:11,213 --> 01:15:14,508
Only a small percentage
that are gonna want to go
and hit a hundred-foot jump
960
01:15:14,549 --> 01:15:16,760
on skis or a snowboard.
961
01:15:16,801 --> 01:15:21,139
All the guys that kind of
live on the edge.
962
01:15:21,181 --> 01:15:24,768
You're aware of where the edge
is 'cause you have to be,
or you're gonna fall off.
963
01:15:27,437 --> 01:15:31,399
Yeah. Here. And back.
Yeah. Exactly.
964
01:15:31,441 --> 01:15:37,113
[Fraser] You risk serious injury
every time you go out there.
965
01:15:37,155 --> 01:15:39,991
Is it worth it?
966
01:15:40,033 --> 01:15:44,454
Is it freedom
if you're putting your life
at risk like this?
967
01:15:44,496 --> 01:15:46,289
Hmm.
968
01:15:46,331 --> 01:15:48,208
How do you live with that?
969
01:15:50,710 --> 01:15:53,213
It's the only way to live.
970
01:15:53,255 --> 01:15:56,174
Not just feeling alive,
but feeling like you're...
971
01:15:57,300 --> 01:16:00,512
constantly progressing yourself,
972
01:16:00,554 --> 01:16:04,307
constantly doing something
you haven't done yet.
973
01:16:05,642 --> 01:16:07,811
It's just too good
to not do it.
974
01:16:09,563 --> 01:16:14,276
I'd rather give every single day
of my life a hundred percent
975
01:16:14,317 --> 01:16:16,152
and do exactly
what I want to do...
976
01:16:16,987 --> 01:16:19,447
in those days
977
01:16:19,489 --> 01:16:21,616
than to live
a whole life of regret
978
01:16:21,658 --> 01:16:27,122
and... be sitting there
in a rocking chair at 80,
979
01:16:27,163 --> 01:16:29,874
saying, "Man,
I wish I never stopped.
980
01:16:29,916 --> 01:16:31,876
I wish I'd kept doing it."
981
01:16:31,918 --> 01:16:35,255
It's not going to last forever.
Pain is temporary.
982
01:16:35,297 --> 01:16:38,133
[Fraser] I love that you
use the word "temporary,"
983
01:16:38,174 --> 01:16:41,219
but, I mean, you were just
talking about the experience.
984
01:16:41,261 --> 01:16:46,182
But when you first used it,
I assumed you were talking
about life being temporary.
985
01:16:50,186 --> 01:16:54,065
It's so temporary
that if-- I think
if you look back--
986
01:16:54,107 --> 01:16:57,027
I want to look back
and know that
987
01:16:57,068 --> 01:16:59,529
all those temporary moments,
I gave it a hundred percent
988
01:16:59,571 --> 01:17:01,406
and I did it
to the fullest.
989
01:17:04,159 --> 01:17:05,577
Okay, Jossi.
990
01:17:19,674 --> 01:17:22,552
Look up.
Yeah.
991
01:17:22,594 --> 01:17:24,346
All right.
[breathing heavily]
992
01:17:24,387 --> 01:17:27,015
Yeah, man. I'm good.
993
01:17:27,057 --> 01:17:29,351
So... tell me
when you are ready.
994
01:17:29,392 --> 01:17:31,227
Hey, brother.
[Seb] Enjoy your jump, bro.
995
01:17:31,269 --> 01:17:33,313
Are you feeling good?
996
01:17:33,355 --> 01:17:35,440
Yeah, dog.
Can I see your smile?
997
01:17:35,482 --> 01:17:37,108
-[laughing]
-Yes.
998
01:17:37,150 --> 01:17:38,652
I'm good.
You're good?
999
01:17:38,693 --> 01:17:41,112
Jossi is ready to jump.
1000
01:17:41,154 --> 01:17:42,822
[Jossi exhales]
1001
01:17:42,864 --> 01:17:48,787
[Julien] Five, four,
three, two, one, and go!
1002
01:17:49,871 --> 01:17:51,915
Perfect!
Whoo!
1003
01:17:57,045 --> 01:18:02,133
[whooping]
1004
01:18:02,175 --> 01:18:06,262
Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah!
1005
01:18:07,305 --> 01:18:09,224
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
1006
01:18:16,106 --> 01:18:19,150
[Julien speaking French]
1007
01:18:27,492 --> 01:18:30,036
[Tancrède speaking French]
1008
01:18:42,716 --> 01:18:47,345
[laughing] Yeah!
1009
01:18:47,387 --> 01:18:49,806
Whoo-hoo!
1010
01:19:00,483 --> 01:19:02,527
[Fraser]
What does freedom mean?
1011
01:19:04,404 --> 01:19:06,781
What is its cost?
1012
01:19:06,823 --> 01:19:11,077
It seems to be a life spent
in the constant pursuit
of an ideal.
1013
01:19:12,787 --> 01:19:15,039
We are all freedom's slave.
1014
01:19:16,166 --> 01:19:18,042
That's the terror of it.
1015
01:19:22,380 --> 01:19:24,841
I wonder if Jossi
dreams of flying.
1016
01:19:27,552 --> 01:19:30,513
In all our time together,
I never asked him.
1017
01:19:32,474 --> 01:19:34,392
Julien told me he doesn't.
1018
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:38,104
But I know I do.
1019
01:19:41,941 --> 01:19:44,903
And in those dreams,
fear and joy collide
1020
01:19:44,944 --> 01:19:47,697
because freedom
isn't the absence of fear.
1021
01:19:49,491 --> 01:19:51,868
Freedom is fear.
1022
01:19:51,910 --> 01:19:54,746
Freedom isn't defying the void.
1023
01:19:54,788 --> 01:19:57,540
It's understanding that there
is nothing else but the void.
1024
01:20:02,253 --> 01:20:04,130
[Tancrède speaking French]
1025
01:20:43,002 --> 01:20:44,254
[Julien speaking French]
1026
01:20:45,463 --> 01:20:47,590
[sighs]
1027
01:22:13,009 --> 01:22:15,929
We're only young
and naive still
1028
01:22:17,889 --> 01:22:20,558
We require certain skills
1029
01:22:22,226 --> 01:22:24,896
The mood, it changes
like the wind
1030
01:22:26,731 --> 01:22:29,859
Hard to control
when it begins
1031
01:22:31,402 --> 01:22:34,030
The bittersweet
between my teeth
1032
01:22:35,949 --> 01:22:38,701
Trying to find
the in-betweens
1033
01:22:40,495 --> 01:22:43,206
Fall back in love eventually
1034
01:22:45,041 --> 01:22:47,961
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
1035
01:22:49,754 --> 01:22:52,757
Can't help myself
but count the flaws
1036
01:22:54,509 --> 01:22:57,220
Claw my way out
through these walls
1037
01:22:59,013 --> 01:23:01,975
One temporary escape
1038
01:23:03,643 --> 01:23:06,521
Feel it start to permeate
1039
01:23:08,064 --> 01:23:11,067
We lie beneath the stars
at night
1040
01:23:12,610 --> 01:23:15,571
Our hands gripping
each other tight
1041
01:23:17,115 --> 01:23:20,243
You keep my secrets
Hope to die
1042
01:23:21,703 --> 01:23:24,622
Promises,
swear them to the sky
1043
01:23:26,249 --> 01:23:29,085
The bittersweet
between my teeth
1044
01:23:30,837 --> 01:23:33,673
Trying to find
the in-betweens
1045
01:23:35,341 --> 01:23:38,261
Fall back in love eventually
1046
01:23:39,971 --> 01:23:42,682
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
1047
01:23:42,724 --> 01:23:44,892
[man vocalizing]
1048
01:23:44,934 --> 01:23:47,228
The bittersweet
between my teeth
1049
01:23:49,063 --> 01:23:51,816
Trying to find
the in-betweens
1050
01:23:53,568 --> 01:23:56,195
Fall back in love eventually
1051
01:23:56,237 --> 01:23:58,114
Can you whisper?
1052
01:23:58,156 --> 01:24:01,492
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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