Martin Elias

Beyond the Arctic Circle, time and erosion have sculpted veritable granite cathedrals overlooking immense glacial valleys. A magnificent natural spectacle, but also a major challenge for any climber. This is the adventure that Christophe Dumarest and Antoine Rolle lived on a big wall in Greenland. The Fox Jaws massif dominates a beautiful and isolated fjord there, on the east coast of the island. Verticale Boréale embarks on an unusual journey between sporting adventure, history of friends, and discovery of a once-secret territory, but fully open to exploration tourism.

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.

Eastern Tibet is one of the last frontiers of mountaineering. Following the footsteps of famous Japanese explorer Tamotsu Nakamura, the three Austrian adventurers Judith Boess, Gerald Boess and Paul Niel find themselves in China to explore the Gangga mountain range in October 2015. All three of them have had successful careers but for too long they have ignored their passion for adventure. Venturing into Tibet is not just about climbing and exploring mountains. Along the way they get captivated by the foreign culture, the friendly people and start a new, very personal journey towards their own dreams.