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Jean Claude Droyer, Unconditional Freedom
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Jean Claude Droyer, Unconditional Freedom

2004-01-01 · 23 min · ★ 10.0

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Portrait of Jean-Claude Droyer, a famous French climber and mountain guide. He is known for having participated in the rise of free climbing in France in the late 1970s. Trained at the climbing schools of Fontainebleau and Saussois, he distinguished himself in 1965 by solo climbing the Pentecôte route at Glandasse. He also made first ascents in the Verdon Gorges, winter ascents in the Prealps and the Mont Blanc massif, notably in 1971 the first solo ascent of the Directe Américaine on the west face of the Drus. The film was selected for the "Les Écrans Documentaires" festival in 2004.

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Florent Wolff
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France
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Jean-Claude DroyerJean-Claude DroyerSelf

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