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Verdon Gorges - France

« Le Blond »

Climbing to the fingertips...

At the start of the 1980s, thanks to the release of the film « La vie au bout des doigts » (Life at the fingertips) which introduced him to the general public, Patrick Edlinger – also known as “Le Blond” – became the leading figure in modern climbing.
For more than a decade, he will then travel the cliffs of the whole world, performing incredible feats and leaving on the rock the mark of a mastery and elegance still unequalled.
Here, on the walls of the Verdon Canyon during one of the many climbs spent by his side along these years.

See MAP
See INA archive : Maurice Rebeix films Patrick Edlinger in Cimaï
Consult Patrick Edlinger page on WIKIPEDIA

« La vie au bout des doigts » a motion picture by Jean-Paul Janssen (1982)


« Opéra Vertical » a motion picture by Jean-Paul Janssen (1984)