Twelve talented young mountaineers, five geologists from the University of Lausanne and four mountain guides take an unprecedented risk in Patagonia. Trained by the great climbers Ralf Weber, Ueli Steck, Denis Burdet and David Fasel, the young people are collecting rock samples from the granite walls of the Paine Towers, which are up to 1000 meters high, on behalf of science. The challenges are enormous: Climbing a big wall at the highest level of difficulty, cloudy weather, relentless wind that tears at material and nerves - and an urgency that also pushes the group to their emotional limits. "Flying High" not only documents an extraordinary undertaking, but also shows up close what happens when something happens that can happen after every meter of altitude climbed: a fall.
Roman Droux
Screenplay
Roman Droux
Director
Jürg Frey
Original Music Composer
Roman Droux
Original Music Composer
Louis Mataré
Producer
Ueli Steck
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Lukas Baumgartner
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Thomas Bossert
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Nina Caprez
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Christian Joke Schmidheiny
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Lucile Seydoux
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Ralf Weber
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