Fly High

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Ueli SteckSelf

Lukas Baumgartner

Lukas BaumgartnerSelf

Thomas Bossert

Thomas BossertSelf

Nina CaprezSelf

Christian Joke Schmidheiny

Christian Joke SchmidheinySelf

Lucile Seydoux

Lucile SeydouxSelf

Ralf Weber

Ralf WeberSelf