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Mountaineering.
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In the collective imagination,
this word evokes adventure,
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stories of heroic climbs on inaccessible peaks.
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It is also associated with death,
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the ultimate consequence
of the many dangers that mountaineers face.
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Through the prism of the general press,
mountaineering is seen as an elitist and dangerous activity.
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Indeed, when the media talk about mountaineering,
it is usually to report a tragedy or an exploit.
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But is this widely held image correct ?
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Are mountaineers really just adrenaline-addicted supermen,
selfishly risking their lives to climb the coveted summit?
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What if mountaineering had another face,
that of a little-known practice, more accessible than one might think ?
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What if mountaineering had also a more and more feminine face ?
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It is on the French Riviera
that we will seek the answers to these questions.
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At first glance,
the Promenade des Anglais and its palm trees,
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as well as Place Masséna,
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don't look like places
where we could meet a mountaineer.
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And yet, the department of which Nice is capital
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is called the Alpes-Maritimes.
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Taking a step back from the coast,
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we discover a diversity of landscapes
that is unique in France.
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Barely a stone's throw
from the Mediterranean sea,
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snow-capped mountains rise.
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A true natural border with Italy,
the Mercantour-Argentera mountain range
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constitutes the southern end of the Alpine arc.
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To reveal another face of mountaineering,
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we will meet novices
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Accompanied by mountain guides,
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we will follow them
throughout an initiation course
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which will bring them from learning
the basic techniques,
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all the way to their first climbs
in the Mercantour.
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My name is Olga,
i'm 30 years old
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and in my professional life
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I am an international salesperson
in the medical field.
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Before doing this mountaineering training,
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I didn't have much sport in my life.
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I must say that I come
from a very flat country, from Belarus.
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My first meeting with the mountains
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dates from 5 years ago
when i came to live in the french riviera.
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I discovered the mountains
through the hikes,
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coastal hikes first, and after
hikes in the hinterland.
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I discovered mountaineering thanks to
the one who became my husband since.
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He is passionate about mountains
and he shares this passion with everyone.
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He told me that here, in the area,
there is a mountain guides association
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which organizes training for beginners.
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I was very surprised, because for me mountaineering
was a rather elitist sport
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and besides, I did not have a clear image
of how people became mountaineers.
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I'm Mirela,
I am a software engineer.
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I used to go the mountains quite regularly,
I did mostly hiking.
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My main desire to discover mountaineering
was especially to surpass myself.
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To try to go beyond my fears.
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See, you could go in now it makes a 0,
and if you do an extra round, you have the 8.
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Do you have a nice technique for doing the 8 knot ?
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The one of the witch
The witch, look !
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What is it ? Go ahead.
Ah darn, Hahaha
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You take the witch, you strangle her,
you stick her eye in,
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and then you kill it and it becomes an 8, or a 0 ...
No, it's a 0 !
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Wait, you have to strangle the witch...
That's it.
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No but .. can you stop filming there ?
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And here we start, we will see it together.
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Belaying there is belaying in motion,
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it's only the leader holding his partner
directly by the strength of his arm.
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There is no belay point, there is nothing there, ok ?
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Our first day of training
was a beautiful sunny day.
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We went to the Baou de Saint-Jeannet,
not far from the coast.
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The first day of training
consisted of learning basic techniques.
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Handling ropes, how to tie knots,
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how to tie up, how to use the camming devices,
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how to adjust your harness, very simply,
how to adjust your helmet.
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Which may seem obvious but which
has a great importance in mountaineering,
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because these bases have to be automated
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so you don't have to think about it
and avoid wasting time during a real climb.
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We spent four or five hours learning this theory
and then we embarked on an easy route.
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Take ! take ! take !
I can't take more, it's good.
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Phew!
I did it !
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You are so beautiful in this landscape !
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It was the first time i was roped
with somebody.
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We took turns leading the rope
or being second climber.
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The main thing was to learn to move forward together.
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We arrived at the top of the Baou !
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It's our first mountaineering summit !
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Céline, engineer.
Félix, teacher.
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So, what made me want to try mountaineering,
it's clearly our friends.
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I had never climbed,
I don't know, maybe six months or a year
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before trying the experience.
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We actually just started climbing
indoors and a little outside.
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We had made a very few outings
and we have a friend who saw the training offer,
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and we were motivated, so we signed up.
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We recognize a good piton,
you will see if this one is good,
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when we hit it it makes a noise
more and more acute, we say he sings.
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It does "ton ton ton ton ton".
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That means that it is good.
If it sounds hollow, it's bad. Felix ?
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You don't want to do it ?
Yes we do, you don't have to push it all at once.
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Ah well, I put two shots and it's in !
We bet ?
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Ah yes, he sings !
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And he also sings.
Go ahead, make music !
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Impressive.
Anyway, do it seriously.
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And there normally... Here.
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Come on Arthur, do it !
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Yeaaaahhhhhhh!
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Wooooooh!
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Fine, Céline !
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And you have to force yourself to face the void.
No, it's true.
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At first, I thought I was doing well ...
Come on, it's ok !
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Since a while ago I was telling to myself
it's ok, I am doing it right ...
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Its good ? You see, she did everything
facing the void, she did it easily.
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Ah yes it was an easy ride !
Come on, well left. Far left.
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Facing the void ?
ah yes, facing the void.
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My name is Fiona
and I am a landscaper.
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It was a bit complicated at first
to belay on cams
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and to trust...
to trust yourself in fact.
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At the beginning you think a lot
about not falling.
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On the left, the mantle a little on the left.
Yes but on the left there is no foot hold.
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That's the goal of the game,
you have to put your feet flat a little.
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Ah, it's 3+ huh!
Yes, well. Said like that ...
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He is funny...
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Ah he was pretty serious, Maurice!
(Maurice's pilar is the name of the route)
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If you fall, please don't crash on the ground,
don't spoil the picnic.
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Okay...
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Because otherwise it ruins my picnic.
Yes, I understand.
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My god if we come back alive,
it will be awesome.
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Camille, 28,
corporate lawyer.
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In fact I did not measure at all
that it was necessary to know so many things.
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And measure so many parameters.
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And suddenly,
I lost it completely.
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Although it was simple things,
I completely panicked.
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So even in the evening after that day,
I couldn't stop crying, it was horrible.
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So I had to get back to
reminding myself why I wanted
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to do this mountaineering training.
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At first it was super fun,
we did the stuff, we knew how to do it
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and once on the route it was scary.
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Yes, that's it, down below everything was fine
and then when you have to do it up there...
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Come on.
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Come down well, that you are well settled.
Come on, it's ok.
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This cam is awesome.
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For the second day of training,
we met again a month later.
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It was february
and we climbed an icefall.
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Then, the experience was completely different
compared to the first day.
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I must admit that I rather suffered.
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So, imagine a beautiful winter day.
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It's pretty cold, you are in the shade,
there is an icefall,
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and you have to climb it.
The main difficulty was to master
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the crampons and the ice axes,
and understanding how to climb using both.
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So you rope up, you put on your crampons,
you take your ice axes,
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and here you are in front of a wall of ice,
and the goal is to go up there.
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In theory, it sounds easy enough.
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And you throw yourself at it with a lot of energy.
But after the first steps,
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I understood that it would not be easy at all.
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I experienced a lot of emotions,
I asked myself questions.
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Why am i here, what am i doing here,
why am i not at home in my bed ?
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But in the end, at the end of the day,
on the way home,
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I was pretty happy
because it was a first real challenge.
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I was very happy and proud of myself.
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You have to extend your arm, Mirela. Extend, yes.
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You have to hurt the ice !
I can admit
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that it was not necessarily the outing where I was brilliant,
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but i did it.
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I'm too scared, frankly.
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It's good Mirela.
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Yes, perfect.
Well done !
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Finally !
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It's over, right?
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The icefall was really great.
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We had a great weather.
Even the approach walk was really pretty.
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The icefall was crazy, it was huge.
It was very very beautiful.
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The guides first sat the ropes on all the routes,
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then we were able to top rope them.
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I found it rather hard physically,
especially I think because we are tense.
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Suddenly your muscles tighten well,
but it was great.
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It's great to be able to do ice climbing
like that top roping with mountain guides,
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because clearly I would never have
climbed an icefall on my own.
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Sometimes the little shapes break.
Yes, yes, I try.
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What I really liked during this day
was the pedagogy of the guides
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who were teaching us.
In fact they encouraged us,
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they told us what was good to do, not good,
improvements we could make.
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Come on, it's ok Camille.
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Hit harder, hurt the ice!
Go hard !
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No, right it doesn't work, you can't do it.
Put it better in the axis, your right foot.
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At first, it was hard to plant the ice axe
and to trust your feet.
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You say no, but...
The ice axe will never hold.
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And from down below someone yells at you :
it holds !
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Well then you do it and in fact it holds.
And gradually, you trust yourself more and more.
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I think it is at this point
where I had a little click.
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Telling me that i was actually going to finish it.
To finish this mountaineering training after all.
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I misunderstood, I thought I had to go down.
I was stuck then...
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What did you think ?
That we had to go.
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She thought we had to go back.
While there is still daylight...
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You took your headlamp anyway, did you ?
That's true. Here, you see.
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It was on the last one
that I gained confidence in my feet.
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Frankly, great,
I overcame my fears, it's great !
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I climbed the routes that I wanted.
They have a good psychology.
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And look how beautiful she is.
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They encourage you and everything is cool,
You're glad you did it.
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A good moment.
Yeah, really.
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The icefall,
it was wonderful.
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That's true, it was the first time
that I was climbing on ice only.
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It was very fun.
It is both beautiful in texture,
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to see a little through but not too much.
Half opaque but not too much.
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It was the first time I put on crampons
to climb on a wall of ice.
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It was quite impressive.
It was very interesting.
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For an first time, it was really good.
We could see during a day,
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what it was
and it served us well afterwards.
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So, for the accident,
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actually we were seeing pieces of ice
falling regularly.
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Especially when preparing the routes,
to break what was dangerous for us.
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Ice !
Warning !
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There are big ones there.
Be careful, it's falling on the right !
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There were already lots of pieces of ice falling,
but we were careful.
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He was in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
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Because it fell right on his head.
Without helmet,
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the noise it made was like he had a helmet, actually.
We thought it was a piece of ice
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falling on a helmet.
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And already the impact was violent.
So when we saw that he didn't wear a helmet...
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Yes Nico ?
Yes, Toto,
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A block of ice fell right on my face.
I forgot my helmet.
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So I had to call for rescue.
Rescuers... the chopper will come.
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It happened very very quickly.
Well, i think even him,
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he didn't realize that he was bleeding at first.
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He was helping someone
and then, ten seconds later,
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we were putting him aside
and he was holding his head.
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You could see that his head was bleeding,
so we had to call for help.
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It was quite interesting to see the
mountain rescue response.
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Yesterday... Saturday, it's Saturday today.
It is Saturday ? Ok, where do you live ?
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Valdeblore.
Ok and what do you do for a living ?
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I am a mountain guide and I run the gîte.
Take a piece of rope,
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we're going to attach him
and make a disengageable.
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I'm going to mobilize him a little bit,
so that he goes to the winching area.
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So it's going to take a quarter of an hour or so,
but i will do it by myself.
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Ok copy that, no worries.
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Whenever you don't have your helmet,
it's the day you take one on the head.
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For sure, you wear it every day of your life...
The day you don't have it...
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My name is Jérémy Fino,
I am 31 years old.
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I am a CRS (french police)
in the mountain rescue, the CRS Alpes.
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And I am specifically assigned
to the Nice detachment,
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for the rescue in the Mercantour mountain range.
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The mountains are an accident-prone environment,
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more than the activities.
It is an environment
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where there are objective risks,
and it has to with the frequency,
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the time we spend out there.
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Here, I don't feel like we're dealing
with a lot of carelessness or mistakes.
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I would even say that it is a minority.
It's really more ...
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These are disciplines where you can hurt yourself,
but just as you can hurt yourself
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by going mountain biking or trail running.
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Sure, there are a little more risks
to twist your ankle while going mountaineering
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than playing on your computer.
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Already, before an accident, there are times
when the situation is out of control,
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that you no longer know what you are doing.
Do not go as far as the accident
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to call for help, actually.
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Sometimes people call us a little early,
there has been no accident yet.
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They are technically stuck and they feel a bit guilty,
they are embarrassed when we arrive.
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But I prefer to go get people unharmed
because they can't go further anymore,
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rather than going to pick up two bodies
or two injured people at the foot of a cliff.
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What is important is also to know,
it sounds silly,
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but to know where you are.
That everyone in a group
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knows where he is in the mountain,
and on which route.
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Because that also happens,
There is a leader who hurts himself
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and he is no longer able to call for help.
There are people who don't know where they are !
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It's good enough, if everyone knows where he is,
it's good enough.
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The CRS Alpes (french police)
is a unit based in Grenoble,
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which groups the detachments
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of High Mountain CRS from Grenoble,
Albertville, Briançon and Nice.
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Each unit performs mountain rescue
on its department, in its mountain range,
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every other week, alternating
with the PGHM (military police).
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This is a practice that took place in Aiglun,
there were 12 staff involved.
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The theme was a rope party on a route
of the Paroi dérobée, the steepest wall in Aiglun.
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Pretty basic alert, a fall of the lead climber
who hurts himself on the impact,
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to the arm and ankle.
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Sir, can you hear me?
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Ah. We are... R9 We have 2 rope length left,
we have the topo in front of us.
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But he fell, my buddy fell,
i think he must have either sprained,
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either fractures,
his wrist hurts and the ankle too.
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But the thing is that we don't know what to do,
he can't climb anymore
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and it's too steep, we can't abseil down.
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Ah yes, and there is a roof over us there.
It's not a problem ?
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There is a big overhang, a big roof above us.
They will come with a helicopter ?
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So it was : drop of the team
and equipment at the top.
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The rope party is blocked at two rope lengths
from the exit of the route, the wall is 300m high.
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So, a rescuer goes down on contact
by attaching static rope.
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And the, from above we use a thermal winch
with a stem system,
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which allows for clearance from the wall,
to prevent the ropes and the victims
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to rub on the rock.
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Adjust it so that it's clean.
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Cécile, for info,
At the top we are ready for the ascent.
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Fab from Ludo, down here everything is ok.
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Copy that, Ludo.
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Winch running !
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Received Ludo, we wait for your instructions.
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The victim is 5m below me,
we continue the traction.
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Ok, stop pulling,
he is at my level.
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We continue the traction.
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Traction, we continue.
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Traction, on one meter.
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There, we will disengage you a little bit.
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Go further down.
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Hop, go.
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Go ahead, take a little rope, Ju.
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It's good, the chopper can winch him now.
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In fact, all the people
we drop at the hospital
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or at the parking lot, next to their car,
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after a rescue and who thank us
and smile at us.
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That, and then the letters we receive at the detachment,
people who thank us.
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Sometimes it's a rescue that we forgot,
because it was not particularly striking.
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For us it was not something exceptional,
but for them,
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we got them out of trouble
and for them it was something quite moving.
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They send us chocolates, or nothing,
but just a letter to thank us.
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It's all these little signs of affection
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and gratitude,
even if we don't do it for that,
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but it’s really pleasing,
it's cool.
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For the third outing,
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we climbed a multi-pitch route.
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At the Sainte-Victoire mountain,
not far from Aix-en-Provence (near Marseille).
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It was my first multi-pitch
and it was my first encounter with the void.
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There is a first step,
after there is the beautiful white plate up there,
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we go to the right of the big pine.
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What was complicated for me,
in this multi-pitch,
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was to accept
that there is no escape.
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You are in the middle of the way,
a lot of void below you,
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and several rope lengths left above you.
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And the only thing you have to do
is move up.
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You can go now Sandrine !
Yes...
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I have a lot of slack on the other hand...
It happens ! Woah, a lot of slack...
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You quibble ! You quibble !
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The first rope length was...
Very interesting for me.
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There were a few tears, a few crises.
There were a few moments when...
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I thought it was the end.
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Some moments when I just wanted to go down
and go home watch a movie.
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Here we go again.
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It will be fine.
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The main lesson
that I learned during this outing
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is that you have to be always on the move,
you have to be efficient, you have to move on
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to avoid waste time.
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Because time passes much faster
than you think.
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When you're in action,
you lose track of time a bit.
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We did a lot of outings with Stéphane Benoist.
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And Stéphane is not someone
who will be there to console you, to tell you
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"but no, don't worry, you will get there".
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No, it's someone who will move you.
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So for sure, an outing with Stéphane,
you will finish it.
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For me, that's it.
and that's exactly what i needed.
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He is an extraordinary person, that's it.
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Can I go ?
Ah well yes, we are waiting for you !
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It's about time
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With a smile !
We’ll have to wait a little bit for a smile,
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because I'm not there yet.
Take !
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And once we got to the top, it was magnificient
because we had a beautiful sunset.
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It was really beautiful,
it was worth it.
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For me mountaineering is
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linked very closely with the idea of beauty.
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Because every outing allows you to discover
breathtaking landscapes,
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of incredible beauty.
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And the mountain is never the same.
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You can do the same route
in winter, summer, autumn and spring,
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and it's going to be a different
outing each time.
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Really it pays for all the effort,
the view you have on the summit,
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For our fourth outing, we finally went
doing a real mountaineering route.
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We went to do the route of
the Eperon de Cessole at the Malinvern.
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The approach walk was a bit hard for me.
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I was having trouble breathing
and I found it hard to move forward
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at the pace that the rest of the group was going.
So i tried to catch up,
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but it made me stop,
take a break to catch my breath.
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While the guide explained to me
that it is better to move slowly,
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but with a permanent rhythm.
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Often we go faster by going slowly
than by going fast.
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At the bottom of the edges,
we removed the snowshoes.
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We left the sticks,
we got a little lighter.
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And we got equipped,
and here we had to start climbing.
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Good, Olga !
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Wearing multiple layers,
which somehow limits movement.
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I had to adapt to that.
And having a backpack that weighs a bit.
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So they call it the spur of Cessole,
but it's more of a ridge.
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The crampons, for the moment, no.
We'll have to see after, because
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we go up some couloirs from time to time,
so it's possible that we push
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without the crampons. Because
we will be able to belay properly.
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The Malinvern, by the spur of Cessole,
it's mixed climbing.
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That means you have to climb on cliffs
and you have to climb on snow.
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You have to adapt, change your technique
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fairly quickly depending on what you're up against.
And it's not easy.
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Meaning that you have to manage everything
with lots of layers of clothes,
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that limits flexibility.
And with big gloves,
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with which you have to go get the holds,
which is not very obvious.
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And with the big mountaineering boots,
which are much less sensitive
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than climbing shoes, of course.
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Is it up there, the end ?
Ohhhhh...
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The arrival at the summit,
somehow it was a victory.
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There it is, the snow !
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Summit !
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Yeaaaah! Summit !
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But at the same time, at the top,
you don't stay long.
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We had a little time to eat a bite,
to have a hot drink.
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But after, it's not won,
we still have to get down.
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And then I learned that the descent
is not much easier than the climb.
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We went down a fairly steep couloir
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and the weather started to get worse.
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So we were a little bit in a hurry,
we had to move fast
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but we had to move safely.
Luckily we were on time,
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we were at the parking lot
when it started to snow.
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And then a nice snowstorm came.
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Mountaineering is discovery.
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The discovery of incredible landscapes,
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the discovery of oneself, of one's limits,
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and our ability to exceed our limits.
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Because down the mountain,
you look at the top and you say no, never.
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I will never get there,
especially going through all these ridges,
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with all this equipment.
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I am a girl,
I never did mountaineering.
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But after six hours on the route,
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You realise that it is possible.
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I think for mountaineering,
you need some mental strength.
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I think anyone can do it, that's for sure.
You should know that there will be some walking,
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especially uphill.
So you have to manage your breath a little bit.
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That is from a physical point of view,
but it is mostly a mental sport for me.
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What this training taught me about me
is that frankly, actually, we can.
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Everything is in your head,
and everything is possible.
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Everything is possible
if you do it rationally.
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I am strong !
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What's the matter ?
You told me it's not vertiginous...
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Oh no, it's not vertiginous.
Ah no, it's not even high for real !
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If we look at it like this ..
That's it, look !
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No but, it always seems
more vertiginous from a distance.
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Follow in the footsteps.
We go up the couloir,
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and then do you see the hollow there ?
This is the ridge that we will climb,
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and visibly, it is not vertiginous.
Visibly !
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That's what they say,
I don't believe it much but...
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My favorite outing was the Caïre Archas,
it was really beautiful.
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There was snow,
there was an extraordinary couloir.
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We climbed up with ice axes,
it was great.
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It's true that there is a sort of
security that you have
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when you are roped up with the guide.
Maybe he will hold you a little harder,
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when you don't feel reassured.
Or he will tell you to put your hand there, or there.
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So maybe there is a little more experience
which reassures somehow.
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There was a time when
i got a little scared,
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because Stéphane had not understood
that I was a little bit behind.
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And there was a tight rope,
he was on the other side, diagonal from me,
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and between me and him
you had to walk around.
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Because in fact there was a void.
And at that time, Stéphane was pulling on the rope.
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But it's just because we didn't understand each other,
and he didn't understand that I was
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well back from him.
So there I was a little scared,
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but it remains clearly the outing
that i preferred, it was wonderful.
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Mountaineering is clearly a team sport.
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There is no "I am stronger so I'm going to go
through there, you are weaker so you go here".
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No, you have to really think like a team.
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If there is one that is stronger,
he won't challenge himself
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just because he can do it.
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Know that i am tired.
It... it doesn't matter to you.
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Let's go.
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Yes !
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Well done ! Well done !
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00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:23,487
Moreover, it's a central summit,
the Caïre Archas, it's cool.
447
00:40:23,487 --> 00:40:27,158
There is one thing,
it's that from the start I didn't think
448
00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,760
I would be able to succeed.
449
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,597
I thought I was going to
cry on all the outings,
450
00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:37,968
that I was not going to finish any,
that I would panic,
451
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,
452
00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:50,948
because I had people on whom I could count on
and who made it happen.
453
00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:55,052
For sure, they didn't hug me
and they didn't listen to me cry.
454
00:40:55,052 --> 00:41:00,991
I was pushed, but in the end I got there.
It's beautiful, it's great.
455
00:41:05,596 --> 00:41:08,632
In fact, I imagined that
when you were mountaineering,
456
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.
457
00:41:11,902 --> 00:41:15,773
There is first an approach walk,
which may seem long.
458
00:41:15,773 --> 00:41:18,042
You feel like it is hiking,
459
00:41:18,042 --> 00:41:21,345
except that after you still have
all the climbing and the summit to do.
460
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.
461
00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:29,186
It's something I learned
along the way.
462
00:41:29,186 --> 00:41:32,523
Because it's not something
I could have imagined,
463
00:41:32,523 --> 00:41:35,359
when telling to myself
I was going to go mountaineering.
464
00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:39,463
My god, we're never going to get there !
465
00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:45,569
The outing that marked me the most was
the one at the Pointe André.
466
00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:48,339
So, what I suggest is that
on the first part we can try to
467
00:41:48,372 --> 00:41:52,142
go up like this, and then we will see,
depending on the slope,
468
00:41:52,142 --> 00:41:55,746
and how you feel,
whether or not we adapt the technique.
469
00:41:55,913 --> 00:42:01,819
We were a group not on the same level,
but with a good cohesion.
470
00:42:01,819 --> 00:42:06,290
And at times we asked ourselves
the question of the famous TECAP? (decsion tool)
471
00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:09,727
So whether different parameters are green
472
00:42:09,727 --> 00:42:12,363
to be able to continue,
or to chose another route.
473
00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:16,267
And in fact we all agreed
with the choices we made.
474
00:42:17,334 --> 00:42:20,504
It is noon,
so there is still time to go to the top.
475
00:42:20,504 --> 00:42:21,472
Yes.
476
00:42:21,472 --> 00:42:24,441
Because we have to be at the top
around 3 or 4am ?
477
00:42:24,441 --> 00:42:26,844
Yes, that's good.
478
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.
479
00:42:31,649 --> 00:42:35,953
C, the conditions.
The conditions are fine, we switch on rock there.
480
00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:39,323
A is for...? Adaptation.
It was if we wanted to go down there, or...
481
00:42:39,323 --> 00:42:41,392
Yes, there would be a way to get down there.
482
00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:44,628
And then there is the pleasure,
there you feel pleasure.
483
00:42:44,628 --> 00:42:48,032
And about the beauty of the route ?
Both are the same.
484
00:42:48,032 --> 00:42:51,568
Well then we do Pointe André.
André with abseilling ?
485
00:42:51,568 --> 00:42:53,737
Yes, yes,
If you enjoy abseilling.
486
00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:56,907
Let's go, that's good,
good choice.
487
00:42:56,907 --> 00:43:00,177
We are a really good group huh ?
Yes, Yes Yes Yes. Thanks Damien.
488
00:43:00,678 --> 00:43:05,883
It allowed me, even in my job,
when i am panicking, to be calmer.
489
00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:09,653
To have more self-confidence,
to tell me that I am worth something.
490
00:43:09,653 --> 00:43:13,223
And to be proud too, because
when you tell someone
491
00:43:13,223 --> 00:43:16,160
that you are doing a mountaineering training,
they look at you saying "are you sure, you?"
492
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,396
"well yeah, me!"
And you show them the mountains, etc
493
00:43:19,396 --> 00:43:21,098
It's satisfactory.
494
00:43:21,098 --> 00:43:23,634
It allowed me to have
a lot more self-confidence.
495
00:43:23,634 --> 00:43:27,404
We clilmbed an edge, there was
void on both sides,
496
00:43:27,404 --> 00:43:32,476
It was pretty vertiginous,
It was the one that scared us the most.
497
00:43:32,476 --> 00:43:34,445
Anyway, it scared me the most.
498
00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:37,614
I think that in fact
I was still tired from the way up.
499
00:43:37,614 --> 00:43:40,417
We had been walking for a long time,
because we had different fitness levels.
500
00:43:40,417 --> 00:43:42,086
So we waited for each other.
501
00:43:42,086 --> 00:43:45,656
And actually, the more i waited,
the more my psychological worked.
502
00:43:45,656 --> 00:43:48,726
Once at the top, i thought to myself
"But... How am I going to get down ?"
503
00:43:48,726 --> 00:43:51,829
That's it, we are at the summit !
it was great...
504
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 (easy), it was worth it.
505
00:43:55,432 --> 00:43:58,502
Prepare for some crying !
Hahaha
506
00:43:58,502 --> 00:44:02,773
It was horrible,
I think it was really psychological.
507
00:44:02,773 --> 00:44:05,809
I was getting tired,
and then someone sayed
508
00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:09,046
"anyway, the majority of accidents
occur during the descent".
509
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
510
00:44:13,951 --> 00:44:19,023
that I was losing all my means.
And luckily, Fiona, my sidekick,
511
00:44:19,023 --> 00:44:24,461
reassured me, tapped me on the shoulder
saying "it’s okay, just look how i do it".
512
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
513
00:44:28,899 --> 00:44:34,405
I imagined that mountaineering
would be harder.
514
00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:39,143
That it might be less accessible,
with more complicated techniques.
515
00:44:39,143 --> 00:44:44,648
In the end, when it is explained progressively,
it's rather accessible.
516
00:44:44,648 --> 00:44:49,019
The Timing is perfect !
Yes... it's 5 p.m., we're still up there...
517
00:44:49,019 --> 00:44:53,457
How do i see mountaineering after,
i don't think i will stop.
518
00:44:53,457 --> 00:44:56,527
Because it's something that I like.
I would like to do things within my reach,
519
00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:59,229
because now i know pretty much my level.
So if someone explains to me
520
00:44:59,229 --> 00:45:02,066
here we are going to do that,
it will happen like this, etc.
521
00:45:02,066 --> 00:45:04,968
I think I would like to do it again.
522
00:45:28,659 --> 00:45:33,263
Haven't you learned the topo by heart ?
No, by his heart yes.
523
00:45:33,263 --> 00:45:37,134
So we're going to do that,
it looks far away right?
524
00:45:37,134 --> 00:45:39,636
Haha, yes.
525
00:45:39,636 --> 00:45:41,605
The Saint-Robert.
526
00:45:41,605 --> 00:45:44,975
He is pretty !
Ah yes, it's beautiful.
527
00:45:44,975 --> 00:45:48,078
Two hour approach walk.
528
00:45:48,078 --> 00:45:50,781
You have time to wake up, you see
529
00:45:50,781 --> 00:45:53,917
Oh... but I don't want to wake up,
I want to sleep.
530
00:46:07,564 --> 00:46:09,967
I think we will have time to do the Gélas too.
531
00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:12,069
Yes, huh ?
532
00:46:12,069 --> 00:46:16,106
To go to the Malédie, the Clapier...
(near 3000m summits)
533
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:21,879
And then, we can go back down.
Here, all this for 7 p.m.
534
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.
535
00:46:33,023 --> 00:46:36,426
I will tell you that this is the Saint-Robert.
536
00:46:36,426 --> 00:46:41,698
And there, from the beginning to the end,
for me, it was a fight against myself.
537
00:46:41,698 --> 00:46:47,371
Because quite often I was in the void,
just on ridges.
538
00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:49,706
There is the mountain, which is pretty,
that you see like that.
539
00:46:49,706 --> 00:46:54,311
And in fact there are ridges.
And there are ridges, and ridges.
540
00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:58,448
And it doesn't end,
that was kind of it.
541
00:46:58,448 --> 00:47:02,152
At the end of each rope length,
I wanted to stop.
542
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.
543
00:47:08,592 --> 00:47:12,896
One difficulty is that it reveals people,
544
00:47:12,896 --> 00:47:17,267
it asks them to take off their masks.
It is also one of the difficulties,
545
00:47:17,267 --> 00:47:22,472
to know if you can manage
this together with your rope partner.
546
00:47:22,472 --> 00:47:27,578
Yes, nice.
Take ! take, i don't have a foot hold.
547
00:47:27,578 --> 00:47:29,713
I don't have a foot...
548
00:47:32,115 --> 00:47:35,485
Before embarking
on the discovery of mountaineering,
549
00:47:35,485 --> 00:47:40,691
you have to understand that
it's an activity where you have to commit.
550
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:45,195
All your actions have consequences
and these consequences can be very serious.
551
00:47:45,195 --> 00:47:49,333
It is not the mountain that presents a risk,
but these are your actions.
552
00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:52,302
And it is you who creates this risk.
553
00:47:52,302 --> 00:47:56,974
I think 90% depends on you,
on how you manage these risks.
554
00:47:56,974 --> 00:47:59,610
Well done Mirela!
Well done !
555
00:47:59,610 --> 00:48:02,045
It's over ! Well, no...
It's not exactly over.
556
00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:04,314
Not really...
557
00:48:06,483 --> 00:48:09,319
Clearly, I am very happy to
have finalized this training.
558
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.
559
00:48:13,824 --> 00:48:17,527
So luckily, there were friends
who were doing it at the same time as me.
560
00:48:17,527 --> 00:48:21,431
I will continue the training
in future years.
561
00:48:21,431 --> 00:48:26,336
Because the path to autonomy
is far from over.
562
00:48:26,336 --> 00:48:29,106
It's a bit like driving school,
563
00:48:29,106 --> 00:48:32,943
you have to get hours of driving
before driving autonomously.
564
00:48:32,943 --> 00:48:36,546
It's the same, here you have to put yourself
in different situations
565
00:48:36,546 --> 00:48:39,483
being guided,
by being the second climber on the rope,
566
00:48:39,483 --> 00:48:44,254
before you can take the responsibility
of bringing someone to the mountains.
567
00:49:01,171 --> 00:49:05,108
Meeting your true self
and the one of others,
568
00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:07,678
overcoming your fears and limits,
569
00:49:07,678 --> 00:49:10,847
contemplating the beauty of the landscapes,
570
00:49:10,847 --> 00:49:13,951
reconnecting with nature,
571
00:49:13,951 --> 00:49:15,819
feeling free.
572
00:49:16,987 --> 00:49:20,324
If mountaineers,
despite the risks,
573
00:49:20,324 --> 00:49:23,427
are so many to climb the peaks,
574
00:49:23,427 --> 00:49:26,330
it is that they find,
up there,
575
00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:29,299
something missing
in their lives from below.
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