I remember watching this at the Banff film festival when it was held at Sheffield university. Everybody moved to the edge of their seat when Catherine released the rope. Amazing, so glad I've found the film again.
Ce qui est admirable chez Catherine c'est qu' elle n'a jamais été une casse - cou inconsciente du danger dopée à l'adrénaline , mais qu' elle possède le vrai courage : le courage de prendre des risques conscients.
About 1990 I saw pictures of Catherine Destivelle in the rotpunkt magazine. It seemed very impressive. But movies were rare at that time, when I climed in my 20ties in the alps and the south of france. Now seeing her moves 30 years ago in free soloing makes me breathless. Catherine is absolut incredible and one of the best climbers in history.
Catherine frightens the pants off me , I fear for her every time I watch . In an age of overused and undeserved superlatives , this lady is , as they say , the real deal . She's genuinely incredible !
the price of life is death. anyone who does not know this, is wearing a mask now, believes the "wicked" corona virus is an actual threat to anything *IS A FOOL*
@@UNcommonSenseAUS Risking your life for something is fine, risking it for nothing is stupidity. Why you contaminate a video about this woman with your stupidity is beyond me.
@@vampirepilot623 go pound sand With your mask on & that "safety potato" stuffed into your lower colon to prevent the spread of your severe rheetardis-gullibilitus. Imbecile.
OMG! she should appear in Free Solo movie, when they talk about the free soloists that were before Alex Honnold, but she didn´t die and that would not be so spectacular. I didn't know her until youtube shows me this video. Now she is a new superhero to me, along Alex Honnold, Lynn Hill and Tommy Caldwell.
I remember her from TV, early 90s, bigwall solo ascents in the Alps. This was the time when she had her racing career over. She might be the most universal female climber ever.
C'est une très grande grimpeuse, après le vide s’apprivoise, on commence sur des rochers de quelques mètres de haut, puis de plus en plus, et on fini par ne plus regarder le vide de la même manière, il faut le respecter et rester conscient et concentré.
How on earth did this real life Superwoman escape the attention of the Hollywood megastar factory?? She is stunning in every aspect, I waited for decades to see her name appear in circles much larger than the elite climbing circles and the rarified air that they breathe. Yet we have clowns and wannabes taking up the slack with their ‘reality’ bullshit in all forms of media, wtf??
It's her choice. She never wanted to do anything she calls "fake", like climbing Eiffel Tower on camera and such. She carefully chooses her climbs for quality and rarity.
You are right. The answer to your question about "how" she has escaped from the medias, and Hollywood... , seems to be that it's definitly not her world. In the interviews (I'm french, I understand what she says) she seems to not bother about that stuff : ok for some money for one or two commercial, but not ok to change anything in my life. As a climber, she's a bit from another world, as a human being she's very cool.
I have just started to get back into climbing after a 20 year lay off.. I am now 55 years old, but my hands sweat and I freak out of the thought, this lady is so amazing!!!! She is a joy to watch, she has so much guts (and probably just a little of insanity), incredible!!!
Le solo intégral donc sans sécurité est l'exploit extrême... Même les sports de combats les plus sauvages sont des activités plaisantes à côté... Effrayant...
When - at the end of the last century - I stated climbing, she was on the front page of the climbing magazine. She had just repeated solo a route on the north face of the Matterhorn that went unclimbed for 35 years (since Bonatti opened it, also alone).
very nice video, thank you for posting. It shows her travelling through other buttes and mesas of the area. Shows the surrounding landscape and area, not just the tower..... very nice over all
J'avais jamais pensé à l'assurance du bas avec grigri à un spit pour grimper seul, et je l'ai jamais vu faire, il faut croire qu'en France ça ne se fait pas… Chapeau quand la corde coince et qu'elle se décorde d'une main plein gaz pour continuer en solo !
I just saw this for the first time. The moment at 21:20 was absolutely terrifying. Just the thought of voluntarily releasing my safety line makes my eyelids twitch.
Ce serait bien de mettre les anciens films artistiques français en 4k avec la version argentique originale... partager la culture avant qu'elle soit changée par l'artifice moderne.
I salute her and especially the camera man!! Wow !! Just wow now they both got to climb down would even be more thrilling than the climb. I bet she skydived off lol 😂
I think it is more a dramatic effect for the show, I am just a rookie in climbing world, I don't even dare to compare my knowledge to her... She has proved many time her ability, knowledge and control in climbing AND mountaineering. But, I don't think any climber will put their belay device on the ground for the specific reason has been shown in the video ! If it is stuck you are fu**** ! Going solo has been her idea since the beginning of the climb, the rope, only for the drama :)!
She explains at the beginning that she isn't 100% comfortable with the size of the chimney and prefers to take a rope. She hunties the rope when she feels 100% OK.
diese Frau ist der Wahnsinn Kompliment Ich selber habe sehr viel Eisklettern gemacht Ich habe selber 40 Wasserfàlle bis WI5+ Free Solo geklettert Free Solo ist halt eine ganz spezielle Sache wenn mann es nie gemacht hat mit Worten kann mann das nicht erklàren
This woman has à spécial protection from someone from thé sky. Its not possible to climb like that and many times without à security rope! God protects her every time i watch i think she Will fall. My God! This is so unreal! Its insaneee
Im surprised there was no comments about the camera guy filming her every step of the way, even on the vertical climb. Perhaps other people were there to assist just in case.
In her books she tells quite the opposite, she gives a very hard time to the filming crew, she improvises many routes they have no chance to be able to follow, she disappears for entire days leaving them waiting in awkard positions, etc.
the cinematography and motion control are so good. 9/10 for me. specially considering the era it was shot in. there where most likely multiple filmers rigged on differnt parts of the wall ascending/descending fixed lines as she progressed on the wall
Je me pose la même question est ce quelle a fait la descente en solo ou elle a tapé un rappel sur la corde du ou de la camerawomen ? Elle me laisse sans mot !
Des grimpeurs sont déjà en haut avec du matériel ;) Une descente, même avec corde, est autrement plus difficile. Kevin Jorgeson l’explique dans The Dawn Wall. Le relais 16 (Dyno/loot) où ils doivent faire un saut de 2 m pour accrocher une prise du bout des doigts. N’y arrivant pas, Son partenaire, Tommy Caldwell choisit de le contourner en descendant d’une dizaine de mètres. "Escalader vers le bas c’est si peu naturel, c’est comme courir à reculons".
She had no choice, I suppose the cameraman could have untangled the rope. I think it was all stage managed. She is obviously good enough to have not used a rope at all.
