MAINTENANCE – The 33-year-old mountaineer, author of a solo winter ascent of one of the most difficult routes in the Alps in January 2022, is releasing a film on this crazy adventure.
For six days and five nights, the 33-year-old mountain guide climbed the Rolling Stones route solo on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, in the heart of the Mont-Blanc massif, one of the most extreme and dangerous routes Alpes. A film has been broadcast since November 14 at the Montagne en Scène festival. Charles Dubouloz returns in an interview to this unprecedented feat of modern mountaineering.
LE FIGARO. – How did you film your ascent at this altitude and in extreme winter conditions?
I hadn’t initially planned to make a film, and besides, I only watch very few mountain films. I left first to climb this route that made me dream, and we had not prepared a filming scenario at all. I felt a weather window and I left very quickly, warning Sébastien Montaz-Rosset, the director, who followed me very discreetly. He came to the foot of the face with two guide friends who helped me carry…
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