Jacques Renoux / Télérama – February 5, 1986

In front of the camera, Christophe Profit is going to carry out the ascension of the west face of Les Drus. And, as usual, this is a 100% solo climb: barehanded, without ropes or pitons. At the foot of the face, he changes his shoes… for lighter ones. And, indeed, his first moves on the rocks have the lightness of a ballet. Then, still with the same incredible lightness, he clings to the smooth, vertical face 32,000 feet high. Hero of these towering, lonely peaks, Christophe Profit occupies the screen alone. With the mountains. Without technical commentary or flights of lyricism, the film respects the climber’s silence and so offers a visual poem that exalts the moral and physical aesthetics of an exceptional feat.