Flying Frenchies

Somewhere on the western shore of the continental Hielo, on the borders of Chilean Patagonia, an inaccessible mountain is hidden, the Riso Patron. An Italian and then French expedition ended in failure 33 years before. Lise Billon, Jérôme Sullivan, Martin Elias and Antoine Moineville, all four high mountain guides, will leave in October 2014 to try the summit, unfortunately after an accident, they will return. It is in September 2015, and with Diego Simari, Argentinean guide, that they set out again to explore this region and succeed in climbing the northwest pillar of the Riso patron, 2550 m above sea level.

A team of French/Swiss mountaineers set off on a 170km kayak journey to discover one of the largest 'bigwalls' in Greenland: the west face of the Tommelfinger. On arrival they discover a yet unclimbed 2000m high cliff face and their path is blocked by a threatening pinnacle of ice. Far from civilization they decide to follow their instinct and set off on their adventure. They open up the Metrophobia route in only seven days with very little equipment and in fantastic conditions. They then set off home aboard their kayaks and head towards the climax of their adventure …