1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,536  [man narrating]   At some point in our lives,   we all dream of flying.  4 00:01:20,578 --> 00:01:23,790  [speaking French]  5 00:01:23,831 --> 00:01:25,166  [onlookers]   Yes! Whoo-hoo-hoo!  6 00:01:25,208 --> 00:01:27,376  [man narrating]   Why is that?  7 00:01:27,418 --> 00:01:30,338  [gasping, chattering]  8 00:01:38,221 --> 00:01:42,225  [narrator] And what is it   to be one of these ski jumpers  9 00:01:42,266 --> 00:01:43,643  and wingsuiters...  10 00:01:44,393 --> 00:01:46,354  and highliners--  11 00:01:53,027 --> 00:01:56,364  an individual   that pursues air,  12 00:01:56,405 --> 00:01:58,699  height, flight...  13 00:01:59,367 --> 00:02:01,035  and freedom?  14 00:02:03,955 --> 00:02:06,040  What is the void?  15 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:10,211  The emptiness   that keeps us afloat,  16 00:02:11,337 --> 00:02:13,381  that draws us towards death?  17 00:02:14,632 --> 00:02:17,218  Or is it   the terrifying alternative  18 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:18,803  to every decision we make?  19 00:02:21,389 --> 00:02:24,433  We're all surrounded   by this void.  20 00:02:24,475 --> 00:02:26,811  We're all at   the mercy of the universe.  21 00:02:28,521 --> 00:02:30,481  And that scares us.  22 00:02:30,523 --> 00:02:32,275  [speaking French]  23 00:02:34,110 --> 00:02:37,947  The men and women   who stand on the precipice   of their own souls,  24 00:02:37,989 --> 00:02:41,242  while most of us run away,  25 00:02:41,284 --> 00:02:45,079  I wonder if they can teach us   anything about how to live.  26 00:02:47,498 --> 00:02:52,170  This is Tancrède Melet   walking the highline   in Chamonix,  27 00:02:52,211 --> 00:02:54,755  600 meters   above the ground.  28 00:03:04,724 --> 00:03:06,726  He is soloing,  29 00:03:06,767 --> 00:03:11,022  which is to say   he is walking with no harness   and no safety line  30 00:03:11,063 --> 00:03:13,107  to prevent him   from falling.  31 00:03:14,609 --> 00:03:16,527  [man speaking French]  32 00:03:50,770 --> 00:03:53,314  There's a saying   from this sports psych book  33 00:03:53,356 --> 00:03:56,484  that I've read a few times.  34 00:03:56,525 --> 00:03:59,862  It says, a body works perfectly   and the mind gets in the way.  35 00:04:00,780 --> 00:04:02,949  And when it all works right,  36 00:04:02,990 --> 00:04:07,536  in a contest run   or even just riding another day,  37 00:04:07,578 --> 00:04:11,332  that's when it all clicks,   is when you're into that zone.  38 00:04:14,418 --> 00:04:17,338  [French]  39 00:04:25,429 --> 00:04:30,393  [Toa Fraser narrating]   As a filmmaker, I often feel   that I'm walking on a tightrope.  40 00:04:30,434 --> 00:04:34,021  The void is staring back at you   at every step.  41 00:04:35,815 --> 00:04:38,526  Why did I choose this life?  42 00:04:38,567 --> 00:04:40,569  A search for freedom?  43 00:04:40,611 --> 00:04:42,697  The freedom   from constraints?  44 00:04:44,115 --> 00:04:46,867  The freedom to live truly   in my own life?  45 00:04:56,335 --> 00:04:58,170  [man] When you jump,   the time expands.  46 00:04:59,213 --> 00:05:01,424  Your brain   is much more smarter.  47 00:05:02,508 --> 00:05:05,136  It analyzes   with a frame rate--  48 00:05:05,177 --> 00:05:08,055  I don't know.   Very, very fast.  49 00:05:08,097 --> 00:05:12,601  And you really feel   this moment  50 00:05:12,643 --> 00:05:16,731  as a-- as a--   a very powerful moment.  51 00:05:56,062 --> 00:05:59,106  [siren wailing]  52 00:06:08,991 --> 00:06:13,454  [Fraser] What do you say   to people that are pursuing   something so extreme  53 00:06:13,496 --> 00:06:16,999  that they are actively   risking their life?  54 00:06:18,834 --> 00:06:21,170  [Jossi] I don't know   what we're pursuing, man.  55 00:06:21,212 --> 00:06:24,298  It's not like the pursuit   of happiness, 'cause it's   happiness the whole time.  56 00:06:24,340 --> 00:06:26,342  It's not like happiness   is the end.  57 00:06:26,384 --> 00:06:29,136  I don't even know if there's   an end goal, to be honest.  58 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:33,391  I think the pursuit   is just to...  59 00:06:34,475 --> 00:06:36,435  feel that   as much as you can  60 00:06:36,477 --> 00:06:38,312  the whole time,   like every day.  61 00:06:39,897 --> 00:06:41,941  I think that's what it is.  62 00:06:46,654 --> 00:06:49,990  [Fraser] What is this pursuit,   and what does it mean to me?  63 00:06:52,868 --> 00:06:55,621  What drives people   like Jossi?  64 00:06:56,497 --> 00:06:58,165  [shutter clicks]  65 00:07:00,126 --> 00:07:03,254  Why do they do   what they do?  66 00:07:03,295 --> 00:07:07,675  And why are they   prepared to risk death   in order to find joy?  67 00:07:09,927 --> 00:07:13,556  [Fraser] Tell me what   goes through your mind when   you're skiing in competition.  68 00:07:16,308 --> 00:07:19,812  [Jossi]   There was a zone I would go in,   like the zone people talk about.  69 00:07:19,854 --> 00:07:23,816  You're not thinking   about anything.   Your mind goes blank.  70 00:07:23,858 --> 00:07:26,902  If it's done right,   it goes blank.  71 00:07:26,944 --> 00:07:29,488  When you go out to play   in front of people,  72 00:07:29,530 --> 00:07:32,366  you already know   the notes to play.  73 00:07:32,408 --> 00:07:34,952  And when it comes to that time   to put on a show,  74 00:07:34,994 --> 00:07:39,832  you put the heart and the soul   into it and put those emphases   on that note just so, you know,  75 00:07:39,874 --> 00:07:44,336  elevate that song   to the point of bringing   your own little touch to it.  76 00:07:44,378 --> 00:07:46,422  You watch   a crazy violinist playing,  77 00:07:46,464 --> 00:07:48,716  they've got their eyes closed   and they're wailing away.  78 00:07:48,757 --> 00:07:51,677  They're just--   They're in that zone,   that, like, switch-off zone.  79 00:07:51,719 --> 00:07:54,889  They're not thinking about it.   They're feeling it, kinda.  80 00:07:54,930 --> 00:07:57,016  Feeling their way   through that track  81 00:07:57,057 --> 00:08:00,478  and putting those emphasis notes   on where it feels good   to put them in.  82 00:08:00,519 --> 00:08:04,398  [crowd cheering, applauding]  83 00:08:05,941 --> 00:08:08,903  There's people lined   down the half-pipe  84 00:08:08,944 --> 00:08:11,447  screaming, like--   Yay! All crazy.  85 00:08:11,489 --> 00:08:14,283  But I couldn't hear any of that.   And I drop in.  86 00:08:17,244 --> 00:08:18,287  Everything was like...   [snaps fingers]  87 00:08:25,044 --> 00:08:27,796  All I could hear is, like,   my skis on the ground.  88 00:08:33,093 --> 00:08:35,763  [imitates skis landing]  89 00:08:38,265 --> 00:08:40,684  That's exactly   how I want to ski.  90 00:08:40,726 --> 00:08:43,562  I want to drop in   and just play my music  91 00:08:43,604 --> 00:08:45,856  and put the emphasis   on those notes  92 00:08:45,898 --> 00:08:48,776  to make people go,   "Whoa! Sick!"  93 00:09:05,876 --> 00:09:10,005  One of the things that   drew me into this discipline,   this sport of skiing,  94 00:09:10,047 --> 00:09:12,550  is the creativity   and freedom of it.  95 00:09:12,591 --> 00:09:14,510  There's nobody telling me   how to do it,  96 00:09:14,552 --> 00:09:17,680  telling me how to move my arm,   how to move my leg,   how to grab my ski.  97 00:09:17,721 --> 00:09:20,099  No one is telling me   how to do any of that.  98 00:09:20,140 --> 00:09:24,186  So it's basically   completely up to me and how   I want to express myself.  99 00:09:33,153 --> 00:09:35,573  It all works right   in a contest run  100 00:09:35,614 --> 00:09:38,742  or even just   riding another day.  101 00:09:38,784 --> 00:09:42,496  That's when it all clicks,   is when you're into that zone.  102 00:09:52,339 --> 00:09:54,300  [crowd cheering]   [announcer]   The final jump.  103 00:09:54,341 --> 00:09:57,928  Hard over the shoulder.   Yes! Going for the switch.   Double-14 gets it!  104 00:09:57,970 --> 00:10:01,015  Jossi Wells   just commanding it.  105 00:10:01,056 --> 00:10:05,019  From Kiwi Land.   Doing it for all of New Zealand.   And look how fired up he is.  106 00:10:09,773 --> 00:10:12,359  [Fraser]   Skiing was Jossi's first love.  107 00:10:13,902 --> 00:10:17,031  It's given him purpose,   confidence and acclaim.  108 00:10:19,158 --> 00:10:21,368  While pushing himself   to the limits of his sport,  109 00:10:21,410 --> 00:10:24,204  Jossi broke his neck   in three places,  110 00:10:24,246 --> 00:10:27,916  an injury that nearly   cost him his life.  111 00:10:27,958 --> 00:10:30,502  Yet he went on   to achieve the unthinkable--  112 00:10:31,545 --> 00:10:35,507  a gold medal   at the 2016 X Games.  113 00:10:37,509 --> 00:10:39,845  It wasn't enough.  114 00:10:39,887 --> 00:10:43,223  Was it possible for Jossi   to experience   any greater sense of joy?  115 00:10:45,225 --> 00:10:47,269  He is now heading   to the French Alps  116 00:10:47,311 --> 00:10:50,439  to experience   for the first time   the highline.  117 00:10:53,359 --> 00:10:58,656  [Jossi]   It's the satisfaction   of overcoming...  118 00:10:58,697 --> 00:11:01,283  that fear   that you've had in your brain,  119 00:11:01,325 --> 00:11:03,702  that you've kind of   had set for yourself  120 00:11:03,744 --> 00:11:05,663  that I chase.  121 00:11:12,628 --> 00:11:16,423  [Fraser]   Was highlining going to be   the next phase for Jossi,  122 00:11:16,465 --> 00:11:18,509  or was this about freedom?  123 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:21,720  If so, freedom from what?  124 00:11:21,762 --> 00:11:24,556  What were the shackles   he needed to throw off?  125 00:11:26,642 --> 00:11:28,769  [Fraser]   We talked about Chamonix  126 00:11:28,811 --> 00:11:32,272  being a place that creates   a sense of humility   and life and death.  127 00:11:33,941 --> 00:11:36,151  [Jossi]   I know Chamonix is like,  128 00:11:36,193 --> 00:11:39,029  the epicenter   of epic mountains in the world.  129 00:11:39,071 --> 00:11:41,115  It's kind of like   the holy grail  130 00:11:41,156 --> 00:11:46,078  of big mountain   extreme skiing.  131 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,038  [woman]   Are you going skiing,   Joss?  132 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,250  [Jossi]   Started skiing at 18 months.  133 00:11:52,501 --> 00:11:55,421  My dad was working   in Whistler at the time.  134 00:11:55,462 --> 00:11:58,549  One of the first words   that I learnt was "ski."  135 00:11:58,590 --> 00:12:03,053  And I would always just   be sitting by the window,   "Ski! Ski!" [laughs]  136 00:12:07,057 --> 00:12:09,685  [Fraser] Jossi is   the eldest of four brothers,  137 00:12:09,727 --> 00:12:11,979  all professional skiers.  138 00:12:13,522 --> 00:12:15,149  Yeah, I'd like to make a job.  139 00:12:15,190 --> 00:12:17,776  I'd like to be a ski racer   when I grow up.  140 00:12:17,818 --> 00:12:20,028  Gonna talk to an ollie!  141 00:12:20,070 --> 00:12:23,657  [Jossi] My whole life,   when I was a grommie, um,  142 00:12:23,699 --> 00:12:27,244  I always seemed to be   a little bit different   than everyone else.  143 00:12:27,286 --> 00:12:30,122  I had long blonde hair,   for one.  144 00:12:30,164 --> 00:12:32,624  Got mistaken for a girl   on a daily basis.  145 00:12:34,209 --> 00:12:36,795  I'd play my violin outside   the supermarket for money  146 00:12:36,837 --> 00:12:39,214  so I could buy skateboards   and skate shoes.  147 00:12:39,256 --> 00:12:42,050  I was a Christian.   I was home-schooled.  148 00:12:42,092 --> 00:12:45,596  And so a whole lot of things   that I was  149 00:12:45,637 --> 00:12:49,183  led to me feeling like   a little bit of an outsider.  150 00:12:51,852 --> 00:12:54,938  My parents got me   into ski racing.  151 00:12:54,980 --> 00:12:58,150  I ski-raced   from the age of seven   up until I was 15.  152 00:12:58,192 --> 00:13:02,112  Trying to go as fast as you can   down a hill, around gates.  153 00:13:02,154 --> 00:13:04,364  It's a really,   really cool feeling.  154 00:13:04,406 --> 00:13:08,327  And it wasn't   until I started free-skiing   and that whole vibe  155 00:13:08,368 --> 00:13:10,287  that I felt like   I really fit in,  156 00:13:10,329 --> 00:13:15,042  because everybody   was really good friends   and everyone rode together  157 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,878  and everyone was   pushing each other   to do better.  158 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:24,176  I always just thought that I   was little Jossi from Wanaka.  159 00:13:24,218 --> 00:13:26,303  Going from being   that stoked little grommie  160 00:13:26,345 --> 00:13:30,599  to actually being   one of those guys   that the grommies looked up to,  161 00:13:30,641 --> 00:13:32,893  it took me a little while   to get used to it.  162 00:13:32,935 --> 00:13:34,102  Ohh!   [laughs]  163 00:13:37,815 --> 00:13:39,983  [Fraser]   I find these mountains   kind of foreign,  164 00:13:40,025 --> 00:13:42,945  scary and inspiring.  165 00:13:45,113 --> 00:13:46,949  I'm not the only one.  166 00:13:49,076 --> 00:13:52,538  People have been   coming here for centuries   to test themselves,  167 00:13:52,579 --> 00:13:56,291  illuminate their spirits,   their weaknesses  168 00:13:56,333 --> 00:13:58,252  and their strengths.  169 00:14:01,713 --> 00:14:04,633  [chattering]  170 00:14:06,552 --> 00:14:11,139  Le Brévent   is also a revered place   for highliners and wingsuiters.  171 00:14:12,391 --> 00:14:15,310  [chattering in French]  172 00:14:15,352 --> 00:14:17,980  Highline.   The highline webbing.   That's for the highline.  173 00:14:18,021 --> 00:14:19,857  It's good.  174 00:14:19,898 --> 00:14:23,569  [Fraser]   The Flying Frenchies are not   only extreme sportspeople,  175 00:14:23,610 --> 00:14:27,406  but also artists,   acrobats and performers.  176 00:14:27,447 --> 00:14:29,199  Put Jossi on the ground.  177 00:14:29,241 --> 00:14:33,453  To me   they're poets of the mountains   and of the void.  178 00:14:36,331 --> 00:14:38,834  They have   tremendous respect for it,  179 00:14:38,876 --> 00:14:42,004  and yet approach it   with a kind of   comical lightness.  180 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,509  I mean,   the scene is sort of crazy.  181 00:14:49,845 --> 00:14:54,016  And I don't know   if it's some sort of   strange fairy tale.  182 00:14:54,057 --> 00:14:58,228  But it's an understatement to   say that Julien and the rest   of the Flying Frenchies  183 00:14:58,270 --> 00:15:01,440  understand height and fear.  184 00:15:01,481 --> 00:15:04,818  And then we'll do a highline   from, uh-- from the top of it  185 00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:07,195  to the tree just there.  186 00:15:07,237 --> 00:15:09,823  It's not very high,   but it's high enough.  187 00:15:09,865 --> 00:15:13,702  And so, uh, as the fear   is related to height--  188 00:15:13,744 --> 00:15:15,287  Mm-hmm.  189 00:15:15,329 --> 00:15:17,164  You won't have   much fear here.   True.  190 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:20,792  [speaking French]  191 00:15:20,834 --> 00:15:24,922  [Fraser] Here are Julien   and Tancrède as they recce   the fjords of Norway  192 00:15:24,963 --> 00:15:27,674  for ideal highlining   and flying spots.  193 00:15:28,884 --> 00:15:31,219  [Fraser]   How did you meet Tancrède?  194 00:15:31,261 --> 00:15:35,557  [Julien] I met Tancrède   in, uh, the Verdon Gorge.  195 00:15:35,599 --> 00:15:37,935  Uh, the Verdon Gorge is--  196 00:15:37,976 --> 00:15:41,229  is the mecca   for climbing of France.  197 00:15:41,271 --> 00:15:46,401  I was with, uh,   some friends at a campsite,   and then Tancrède showed up.  198 00:15:46,443 --> 00:15:51,782  He was alone and asked,   uh, if somebody was keen   to climb with him  199 00:15:51,823 --> 00:15:53,742  within the next days,  200 00:15:53,784 --> 00:15:56,912  because he was alone   and you would need to be two,   at least, for climbing.  201 00:15:56,954 --> 00:15:59,498  And we were having just fun   with friends.  202 00:15:59,539 --> 00:16:03,168  I was making my first steps   on a slackline  203 00:16:03,210 --> 00:16:05,629  between two trees   in the campsite.  204 00:16:05,671 --> 00:16:09,299  And I remember Tancrède saying,   "Okay, we can do a highline.  205 00:16:09,341 --> 00:16:12,260  We can go and do a highline."  206 00:16:12,302 --> 00:16:16,348  And so we all went up   in the Verdon Gorge  207 00:16:16,390 --> 00:16:19,184  and set up   a ridiculous highline,  208 00:16:19,226 --> 00:16:23,605  and we just discovered   what was the thrill   of highlining all together.  209 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,566  So I met Tancrède,  210 00:16:26,608 --> 00:16:29,111  I do my first steps   on the slackline,  211 00:16:29,152 --> 00:16:32,280  and two hours after   I do my first steps   on the highline.  212 00:16:33,615 --> 00:16:36,785  Actually, it was   a Saturday or Sunday,  213 00:16:36,827 --> 00:16:41,707  and the next Monday I was   putting my resignation letter   for quitting my job.  214 00:16:41,748 --> 00:16:45,085  So at the same time   Tancrède, also,  215 00:16:45,127 --> 00:16:49,297  was not really, uh, happy   with, uh, his job.  216 00:16:52,509 --> 00:16:54,678  I didn't talk about it.  217 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,805  I would just say,   "Okay, next Monday   I'm resigning."  218 00:16:56,847 --> 00:16:59,558  And then he said,   "I will do the same   soon actually."  219 00:16:59,599 --> 00:17:03,353  And, uh, when he saw that   I was ready to do it,   and doing it,  220 00:17:03,395 --> 00:17:05,564  and that we--  221 00:17:05,605 --> 00:17:07,899  We were doing   something together.  222 00:17:07,941 --> 00:17:11,528  We didn't know what,   but we were,   like, just, okay.  223 00:17:11,570 --> 00:17:14,406  We... We are free  224 00:17:14,448 --> 00:17:17,701  to do what we want   for one year, two year.  225 00:17:17,743 --> 00:17:20,287  We were really partners   in this moment.  226 00:17:20,328 --> 00:17:23,915  [shouting]  227 00:17:27,627 --> 00:17:30,255  [laughing]  228 00:17:30,297 --> 00:17:33,842  [French]   [Julien laughs]  229 00:17:35,844 --> 00:17:37,971  All right, once again.   Try it again.  230 00:17:38,013 --> 00:17:40,474  So it stretches.   You can pull a bit back.  231 00:17:40,515 --> 00:17:43,018  All right,   that's a good start.  232 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:44,770  -Yeah.   -Yeah.  233 00:17:44,811 --> 00:17:47,189  -One, two, three.   -[grunting]  234 00:17:47,230 --> 00:17:49,775  One, two, three.  235 00:17:49,816 --> 00:17:51,860  [all counting together]   One, two, three.  236 00:17:56,865 --> 00:18:00,160  [Fraser]   Slacklining, highlining.  237 00:18:00,202 --> 00:18:03,371  They seem to be very different   from competitive skiing.  238 00:18:03,413 --> 00:18:05,707  [laughs]  239 00:18:07,793 --> 00:18:09,836  [Fraser]   From out of the constraints  240 00:18:09,878 --> 00:18:13,465  and the very specific   concentration and determination,  241 00:18:13,507 --> 00:18:17,052  I wondered about the possibility   of a kind of limitless freedom.  242 00:18:18,637 --> 00:18:22,140  [chattering]  243 00:18:22,182 --> 00:18:25,102  You have good legs.   Good, strong legs.  244 00:18:26,186 --> 00:18:27,854  Yeah?   Mmm.  245 00:18:29,189 --> 00:18:31,566  All right. Come on.  246 00:18:31,608 --> 00:18:33,610  All right?  247 00:18:33,652 --> 00:18:35,487  All right.   Okay.  248 00:18:35,529 --> 00:18:38,657  Okay, did you feel,   when you put the second step,   it stops shaking?  249 00:18:38,698 --> 00:18:41,910  -Yeah.   -But as soon as you touch   the line with the second step,  250 00:18:41,952 --> 00:18:43,578  then it will stop again.  251 00:18:43,620 --> 00:18:46,623  Okay.   So the more you have   your two steps together,  252 00:18:46,665 --> 00:18:50,210  the easier it will be for,   uh, keeping your balance.   Mm-hmm.  253 00:18:50,252 --> 00:18:52,045  Okay.  254 00:18:52,087 --> 00:18:54,881  So you can   push on the leg...  255 00:18:56,341 --> 00:18:58,510  rather than try to--   to jump on the line.  256 00:18:58,552 --> 00:19:00,679  Just push on the leg.   Cool.  257 00:19:04,307 --> 00:19:06,143  Yeah. That's it.  258 00:19:06,184 --> 00:19:09,229  [exhales]   She's shaky, mate.   Yeah.  259 00:19:09,271 --> 00:19:11,273  I can take your hand.   Yeah.  260 00:19:11,314 --> 00:19:13,275  Another feeling   will-- will help.  261 00:19:14,484 --> 00:19:16,319  Okay, and now try to--  262 00:19:16,361 --> 00:19:18,738  Just to feel--   to relax, okay.  263 00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:20,991  So for me your--   your foot are good.  264 00:19:21,032 --> 00:19:25,162  Maybe this one   could be a little bit   more like that, okay?  265 00:19:25,203 --> 00:19:28,415  You can try after to go   on the front, on the back,  266 00:19:28,456 --> 00:19:30,750  to transfer your weight.  267 00:19:30,792 --> 00:19:32,502  Like that, okay?  268 00:19:32,544 --> 00:19:35,922  And after you go in the front,   you can try to do   one step. Okay?  269 00:19:35,964 --> 00:19:39,634  [Jossi] I'm always a guy   that wants to finish something   and accomplish it,  270 00:19:39,676 --> 00:19:42,637  and so I want to   get across it all the way.  271 00:19:42,679 --> 00:19:44,806  That's the whole goal,   you know.  272 00:19:44,848 --> 00:19:49,269  And so I'm getting frustrated   because I can see that   I have a very long road to go.  273 00:19:51,062 --> 00:19:53,523  [Fraser]   So you had a van?   [Julien] Yeah.  274 00:19:53,565 --> 00:19:56,401  [Fraser]   And it was the two of you   in the van. In France?  275 00:19:56,443 --> 00:19:58,695  [Julien]   Yeah. With not much money.  276 00:19:58,737 --> 00:20:04,159  The goal was to   travel to one place,   stay for one or two weeks.  277 00:20:04,201 --> 00:20:07,162  W-We had to live it   a hundred percent.  278 00:20:07,204 --> 00:20:12,500  We are not able   to, uh, go to work   from Monday to Friday  279 00:20:12,542 --> 00:20:14,628  and then just   spend the time--  280 00:20:14,669 --> 00:20:17,589  the weekend time   doing what we wanted to do.  281 00:20:17,631 --> 00:20:21,843  We wanted   to embrace it at its--   at full speed. [laughs]  282 00:20:23,178 --> 00:20:25,013  [Julien]   When we went to Norway,  283 00:20:25,055 --> 00:20:28,558  this was, uh,   one of the biggest trips   we did together.  284 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,562  It was only three weeks,   but, uh, we were just   the two of us,  285 00:20:32,604 --> 00:20:35,482  and, uh, uh,  286 00:20:35,523 --> 00:20:39,027  we were discovering   a new place together.  287 00:20:42,989 --> 00:20:47,827  [speaking French]  288 00:20:57,295 --> 00:20:59,839  [Julien] This trip was   a very important trip for us,  289 00:20:59,881 --> 00:21:03,635  because it's   the last piece of training  290 00:21:03,677 --> 00:21:07,472  before being able   to BASE jump or highline.  291 00:21:24,155 --> 00:21:28,285  [singing "Happy Birthday to You"   in French]  292 00:21:40,338 --> 00:21:42,841  [song ends]  293 00:21:44,467 --> 00:21:46,720  [speaking French]  294 00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:07,240  [laughing]  295 00:22:14,914 --> 00:22:17,167  [man] Purpose.   And relax your hand.  296 00:22:17,208 --> 00:22:18,543  Relax your--  297 00:22:18,585 --> 00:22:20,295  And when you do   all your move--  298 00:22:20,337 --> 00:22:22,797  "Flook, flook, flook"   with your hands.   Okay.  299 00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:30,430  [chattering in French]  300 00:22:31,806 --> 00:22:33,600  [clears throat]  301 00:22:37,896 --> 00:22:40,148  I need to strap my ankle up,   I think, guys.  302 00:22:42,192 --> 00:22:45,945  [Jossi] I broke my ankle   three or four years ago   skateboarding pretty bad.  303 00:22:45,987 --> 00:22:48,281  Had surgery on it.  304 00:22:48,323 --> 00:22:50,658  Had about   ten months off skis.  305 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,703  And then for the next year   after that while I was skiing   it was super-bad,  306 00:22:53,745 --> 00:22:56,831  so I had to tape it up   every day before I went skiing.  307 00:23:00,418 --> 00:23:02,587  [exhales]   Okay.  308 00:23:02,629 --> 00:23:05,090  Relax. Yeah.  309 00:23:05,131 --> 00:23:07,675  I flipped it over.   Yeah, you flipped the...  310 00:23:09,844 --> 00:23:13,848  I had stem cell surgery   on them a while ago.  311 00:23:13,890 --> 00:23:16,851  They've been bad   since I was about 15.  312 00:23:16,893 --> 00:23:19,979  My knees   hurt me too.   Yeah.  313 00:23:20,021 --> 00:23:22,107  [Fraser]   As the training went on,  314 00:23:22,148 --> 00:23:26,027  it was becoming clearer   just what Jossi's   shackles were--  315 00:23:28,696 --> 00:23:30,281  his body.  316 00:23:39,582 --> 00:23:43,711  At just 26, Jossi's body   has been beaten up so bad  317 00:23:43,753 --> 00:23:48,049  he has willfully chosen   constant pain in order   to do what he does.  318 00:23:54,639 --> 00:23:57,517  [Jossi] At my first X Games   I was 16 years old.  319 00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:01,479  In the qualifiers   I popped a little too hard   on one of my tricks  320 00:24:01,521 --> 00:24:05,191  and landed really low   and just drove my shoulder   right into the flat bottom,  321 00:24:05,233 --> 00:24:07,944  and I shattered my collarbone   into six pieces.  322 00:24:07,986 --> 00:24:10,655  Had surgery the next day   and got a metal plate put in,  323 00:24:10,697 --> 00:24:13,658  which is still in there   holding me together right now.  324 00:24:15,493 --> 00:24:18,204  I've broken my ankle twice,  325 00:24:18,246 --> 00:24:21,166  three of my ribs   off my spine,  326 00:24:21,207 --> 00:24:24,836  my wrist three times.  327 00:24:24,878 --> 00:24:27,422  I've dislocated   and fractured my elbow.  328 00:24:33,261 --> 00:24:37,807  I haven't skied a day   in the last six years  329 00:24:37,849 --> 00:24:40,393  without pain.  330 00:24:40,435 --> 00:24:44,898  Whether it's minor or major,   I still don't have   a hundred-percent perfect body.  331 00:24:44,939 --> 00:24:48,109  I have my knee problem   that hurts every day I ski.  332 00:24:57,785 --> 00:25:01,414  [Fraser] We weren't designed   to be suspended in the air.  333 00:25:06,044 --> 00:25:10,381  Yet the Flying Frenchies   describe a sense of peace   when highlining,  334 00:25:14,677 --> 00:25:19,265  a peace I glimpsed   when I saw Jossi   training at Le Brévent.  335 00:25:21,142 --> 00:25:24,103  There was also an irony   to Jossi's story.  336 00:25:29,692 --> 00:25:33,029  After breaking his body   through an extreme sport,  337 00:25:33,071 --> 00:25:37,116  he was now seeking   to transcend his body   through an extreme sport.  338 00:25:52,298 --> 00:25:54,259  [Julien]   When you are slacklining   on the ground  339 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:56,844  and you are just imagining   that you are highlining,  340 00:25:56,886 --> 00:25:59,639  because you don't   want to fall obviously, and--  341 00:25:59,681 --> 00:26:02,850  and a fall   is directly related  342 00:26:02,892 --> 00:26:06,479  to your fear   of falling into the void.  343 00:26:06,521 --> 00:26:11,901  [speaking French]  344 00:26:11,943 --> 00:26:15,196  [Julien]   So when you are highlining,  345 00:26:15,238 --> 00:26:18,366  you can't avoid the void.  346 00:26:18,408 --> 00:26:20,702  You must embrace it.  347 00:26:20,743 --> 00:26:25,957  You must, uh, accept   that it's all around you,  348 00:26:25,999 --> 00:26:28,126  and it's very hard because...  349 00:26:29,502 --> 00:26:33,298  you let your fear   go inside of your brain,  350 00:26:33,339 --> 00:26:36,384  and I-I-I really   like this feeling  351 00:26:36,426 --> 00:26:41,848  when you are   just overwhelmed   with fear of falling,  352 00:26:41,889 --> 00:26:44,517  but at the same time   fighting against  353 00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:48,187  and being able to stay   on this little line.  354 00:26:54,068 --> 00:26:57,280  [French]  355 00:27:07,832 --> 00:27:11,127  'Cause I'm used to,   like, switching off.   Yeah.  356 00:27:11,169 --> 00:27:14,047  'Cause I don't think about   what I'm doing when I do it.   Yeah.  357 00:27:14,088 --> 00:27:16,633  And with this it's like...   concentration the whole time.  358 00:27:16,674 --> 00:27:18,593  It's longer.   It's very different.  359 00:27:18,635 --> 00:27:20,928  I think what you do,   jumping,  360 00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:23,931  is the-- the same we do   as, uh, BASE jumping.  361 00:27:23,973 --> 00:27:27,268  Like we need, uh,   short concentration.   Mm-hmm.  362 00:27:27,310 --> 00:27:30,355  And then   when you jump after   you just, uh--  363 00:27:30,396 --> 00:27:33,399  -[makes whooshing sound]   And do what you have to do.   -Yeah. Mm-hmm.  364 00:27:33,441 --> 00:27:35,568  And your body knows   how to do it.   Yeah.  365 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:38,029  Just switch off and go.   Mmm.  366 00:27:38,071 --> 00:27:40,615  [Julien] And you fight,   fight, fight.   Aah!  367 00:27:40,657 --> 00:27:43,493  [Anicet] Sometimes you--   you really think you're--   you're falling,  368 00:27:43,534 --> 00:27:46,454  and if you fight,   oh, you get up again.  369 00:27:46,496 --> 00:27:49,999  And two meters after   you get calm.   Mm-hmm.  370 00:27:50,041 --> 00:27:51,959  And then you have   the technique,  371 00:27:52,001 --> 00:27:53,753  and more you have   this relation   with the void--  372 00:27:53,795 --> 00:27:55,546  Mm-hmm.  373 00:27:55,588 --> 00:27:58,633  Uh, the less   it takes your energy.  374 00:27:58,675 --> 00:28:01,427  But at the beginning   it's so much energy.   Oh, yeah.  375 00:28:14,691 --> 00:28:16,275  Nice.  376 00:28:17,860 --> 00:28:21,823  [Julien] Imagine that you are   not on the ground anymore.  377 00:28:24,951 --> 00:28:28,955  You are high,   and you don't really   have the right to fall.  378 00:28:31,624 --> 00:28:33,835  [exhales]  379 00:28:35,753 --> 00:28:37,672  Yeah.   Just got it, man.  380 00:28:37,714 --> 00:28:39,549  That's perfect.  381 00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:41,050  Man!  382 00:28:41,092 --> 00:28:42,802  There we go.   It's coming along.  383 00:28:42,844 --> 00:28:45,638  You need, uh--   You need a longer line now.  384 00:28:47,557 --> 00:28:51,310  So Anicet here   is walking, but, uh--  385 00:28:51,352 --> 00:28:53,354  Anicet,   can you fall please?  386 00:28:53,396 --> 00:28:55,940  You fight, you fight,   and you're already falling.  387 00:28:58,025 --> 00:29:00,737  He's all right.   It's intense.  388 00:29:00,778 --> 00:29:02,864  That's the fun flip,   yeah.   Cool.  389 00:29:02,905 --> 00:29:06,075  So you just have to--   Yeah, you go side,   and you put your--  390 00:29:06,117 --> 00:29:08,119  Mm-hmm.   your hands on the rope.  391 00:29:08,161 --> 00:29:11,205  And then you are lying   in the harness.   Mm-hmm.  392 00:29:11,247 --> 00:29:14,709  So, you will   have another   difficult move to do  393 00:29:14,751 --> 00:29:17,003  with your knees,   unfortunately.  394 00:29:17,044 --> 00:29:20,339  [English]  395 00:29:25,344 --> 00:29:26,763  Yeah.  396 00:29:29,474 --> 00:29:32,226  While realistically   being completely...  397 00:29:33,603 --> 00:29:35,188  exhausted.  398 00:29:48,159 --> 00:29:50,495  Okay?   Oh, I should put   the gloves on.  399 00:29:50,536 --> 00:29:53,331  It must be pretty insane   being way, way, way up.  400 00:29:53,372 --> 00:29:55,458  Okay.   Sausage time.  401 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:57,043  Perfect.  402 00:29:58,878 --> 00:30:00,671  Yeah. Yeah.   [exhales]  403 00:30:00,713 --> 00:30:02,256  Okay, guy!  404 00:30:02,298 --> 00:30:04,091  Good job.  405 00:30:06,969 --> 00:30:08,554  And then...  406 00:30:13,142 --> 00:30:15,853  Nice.   All right.  407 00:30:15,895 --> 00:30:19,732  [Julien] Put two legs--   Yeah, the legs on each side.   And you have it.  408 00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:30,952  [Julien]   Okay, now take your time, huh?   All the time you can.  409 00:30:38,084 --> 00:30:40,545  Okay, relax.   Relax.  410 00:30:40,586 --> 00:30:42,797  And try to walk.  411 00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:44,674  Fall, fall, fall!  412 00:30:44,715 --> 00:30:47,051  [all cheering, applauding]  413 00:30:47,093 --> 00:30:49,387  [Julien]   That was clean!  414 00:30:49,428 --> 00:30:50,847  Are you all right?   Yeah!  415 00:30:50,888 --> 00:30:52,640  Yeah.  416 00:31:14,328 --> 00:31:16,497  Aah! Damn it.  417 00:31:17,790 --> 00:31:19,417  [groans]  418 00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:21,878  That's brutal   on the kidneys, eh?  419 00:31:23,462 --> 00:31:24,964  Oh, man.  420 00:31:28,593 --> 00:31:31,429  [Anicet] Put your foot   on the other side.   Not like that. Like that.  421 00:31:31,470 --> 00:31:32,847  Oh, okay.  422 00:31:38,603 --> 00:31:39,979  Nice.  423 00:31:42,231 --> 00:31:45,109  Yeah. Yeah!   Okay, guy.  424 00:32:04,712 --> 00:32:07,548  [Fraser] Bet you hate   being out of control, eh?  425 00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:10,509  [Jossi]   Feeling very unconfident   at something,  426 00:32:10,551 --> 00:32:12,595  it's like the worst feeling   you can have.  427 00:32:16,057 --> 00:32:18,267  [Julien]   Hey, you are a rock climber.  428 00:32:18,309 --> 00:32:21,354  [Jossi] When I was 16,   I could land on a knuckle  429 00:32:21,395 --> 00:32:24,148  and balance, and get back up,   and go do the next run,   and it was fine.  430 00:32:24,190 --> 00:32:29,111  But now falling   does take a bit more   of a toll on the body.  431 00:32:29,153 --> 00:32:31,572  It's also kind of mental too.  432 00:32:31,614 --> 00:32:34,408  I don't like feeling   out of my comfort zone.  433 00:32:43,501 --> 00:32:46,963  Winter Olympian Jossi Wells   has suffered a potentially   career-ending injury  434 00:32:47,004 --> 00:32:50,174  in a free-ski crash   in Australia.  435 00:32:50,216 --> 00:32:54,053  Wells broke his neck   during a big air event   at the resort of Thredbo.  436 00:32:56,389 --> 00:32:58,724  [Jossi] Unfortunately came up   about a meter short on the jump.  437 00:32:58,766 --> 00:33:01,769  So I hit the flat part   right before the landing  438 00:33:01,811 --> 00:33:06,107  and ended up landing   on my back and neck   kind of simultaneously.  439 00:33:06,148 --> 00:33:08,985  And I felt pins and needles   through my legs and feet.  440 00:33:11,737 --> 00:33:14,740  Started to kind of freak out   a little bit as I was   sliding down the landing.  441 00:33:14,782 --> 00:33:19,120  Still I was wriggling my toes   like crazy, making sure that   I still had feeling in them.  442 00:33:20,246 --> 00:33:22,373  I sustained a fracture  443 00:33:22,415 --> 00:33:26,085  in the C7 vertebrae,   uh, in my lower neck,  444 00:33:26,127 --> 00:33:27,878  and I've got some other--  445 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,589  a little bit of a step   in C5 and 6.  446 00:33:32,174 --> 00:33:34,093  So yeah, it's not great.  447 00:33:37,304 --> 00:33:39,515  There is   a point of no return  448 00:33:39,557 --> 00:33:43,769  once you hit the transition   where it's too late to stop   and change your flight path.  449 00:33:44,895 --> 00:33:46,897  You have a millisecond  450 00:33:46,939 --> 00:33:51,110  to decide what position   am I gonna put my body in   when I land on this knuckle  451 00:33:51,152 --> 00:33:53,904  to come out of this   the best I can.  452 00:33:57,241 --> 00:33:59,785  I've learned   from my experiences  453 00:33:59,827 --> 00:34:02,246  slapping back and   taking the pressure   off my knees  454 00:34:02,288 --> 00:34:04,498  is the best option   for me.  455 00:34:04,540 --> 00:34:06,709  So that's what I did.  456 00:34:06,751 --> 00:34:09,837  But I had too much speed   and bounced off the knuckle,   and it all turned to custard.  457 00:34:12,590 --> 00:34:15,801  I've never   felt so uncomfortable   in my body,  458 00:34:15,843 --> 00:34:19,388  so uncomfortable   in the air.  459 00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:23,267  It was literally   all out of my control,   and I was just floating back.  460 00:34:23,309 --> 00:34:25,269  I couldn't change anything.  461 00:34:25,311 --> 00:34:28,981  I didn't have any choice   on how I was going to land   at that point,  462 00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:33,652  because I had already   done that and used it up,   kinda, you know.  463 00:34:33,694 --> 00:34:37,615  When you're upright in the air,   you can still move your body   in a certain way.  464 00:34:37,656 --> 00:34:40,785  When I was just bouncing back,   it was completely   out of control.  465 00:34:40,826 --> 00:34:43,120  That was the scariest thing.  466 00:34:43,162 --> 00:34:46,082  I've n-- I'd never felt   that out of control.  467 00:34:55,091 --> 00:34:58,719  [woman] Worst part was   the drive to the hospital.  468 00:34:58,761 --> 00:35:01,430  Three hours   in that ambulance.   That was pretty scary, eh?  469 00:35:01,472 --> 00:35:02,848  Yeah.   I was so miserable.  470 00:35:02,890 --> 00:35:04,892  And not knowing, like,   because we had--  471 00:35:04,934 --> 00:35:09,563  Actually,   we got those X-rays   down in the medic's.  472 00:35:09,605 --> 00:35:13,734  But they didn't know, like,   the extent of the injury.  473 00:35:13,776 --> 00:35:15,861  Yeah, they saw   that it-- they saw   that it was fractured.  474 00:35:15,903 --> 00:35:19,573  So we were, just like,   three hours of, like,   sitting there, like, okay.  475 00:35:19,615 --> 00:35:24,537  That was the scariest part--   a mil away from being paralyzed.   It was pretty gnarly.  476 00:35:24,578 --> 00:35:26,622  [Hannah]   Yeah, it kind of   freaked him out  477 00:35:26,664 --> 00:35:30,209  that something that--   that, uh, just, like,  478 00:35:30,251 --> 00:35:34,213  a tiny bit of speed   could almost change   your whole entire life,  479 00:35:35,297 --> 00:35:38,384  and one millimeter...  480 00:35:39,718 --> 00:35:42,471  could be the difference   between...  481 00:35:43,973 --> 00:35:47,726  your entire future,   like, the way it pans out.  482 00:35:51,438 --> 00:35:55,317  [Hannah] The doctor was, like,   "That's why you felt tingling."   'Cause it actually touched it.  483 00:35:55,359 --> 00:35:58,028  And there was a teeny bit   of fluid in between--  484 00:35:58,070 --> 00:36:02,283  holding that bone   from... paralyzing you.  485 00:36:02,324 --> 00:36:03,993  Literally a millimeter.  486 00:36:04,034 --> 00:36:06,495  Like, that's not a lot.  487 00:36:08,747 --> 00:36:12,918  [Fraser] What do you say   to people who are pursuing   something so extreme  488 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,963  that they're actively   risking their life?  489 00:36:16,005 --> 00:36:17,464  [chuckles]  490 00:36:17,506 --> 00:36:21,051  I think it goes back to,   um, what I said  491 00:36:21,093 --> 00:36:23,304  about   not living in fear.  492 00:36:23,345 --> 00:36:26,640  [sizzling]  493 00:36:26,682 --> 00:36:29,101  We're about to   set this kitchen on fire.  494 00:36:32,646 --> 00:36:35,232  [Hannah]   Skiing is important.  495 00:36:35,274 --> 00:36:39,028  That's who he is.   That's what he loves.  496 00:36:39,069 --> 00:36:43,782  So to take that away would have   been the same if he got   paralyzed. You know?  497 00:36:43,824 --> 00:36:48,329  I mean, there would   have been nothing   really different to him.  498 00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:55,127  [Fraser] Is that why   you do what you?  499 00:36:55,169 --> 00:36:57,838  'Cause you don't want   to live life scared?  500 00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,673  Yeah. Like, I'm--  501 00:36:59,715 --> 00:37:01,800  I don't want to be   afraid of...  502 00:37:04,678 --> 00:37:06,972  doing something   because of   the consequences of it.  503 00:37:07,014 --> 00:37:09,350  Like, I'm really aware   of the consequences,   of course.  504 00:37:10,142 --> 00:37:11,644  But...  505 00:37:12,645 --> 00:37:14,939  I don't want to, like,  506 00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:17,483  live life terrified   of what could happen.  507 00:37:29,536 --> 00:37:31,330  [Julien]   The basics of BASE jumping  508 00:37:31,372 --> 00:37:34,959  is just falling,   like, with normal gear,   normal clothes.  509 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,919  So it's very short.  510 00:37:36,961 --> 00:37:40,923  So you spend maybe 30 minutes   packing your parachute,  511 00:37:40,965 --> 00:37:43,092  then you walk   for two hours,  512 00:37:43,133 --> 00:37:46,262  and you have,   like, five seconds   of-- of-- of fall.  513 00:37:46,303 --> 00:37:48,430  So that's   a very intense jump.  514 00:37:48,472 --> 00:37:50,182  But, uh, you--  515 00:37:50,224 --> 00:37:54,478  you may, uh, want more,   uh, free-fall time.  516 00:38:00,985 --> 00:38:02,987  The problem   with BASE jumping,  517 00:38:03,028 --> 00:38:05,155  it's very simple   when everything goes well.  518 00:38:05,197 --> 00:38:08,575  But, uh, it's only when you   have, like, unexpected things  519 00:38:08,617 --> 00:38:11,537  that you realize that actually   it's a bit difficult.  520 00:38:11,578 --> 00:38:15,207  [speaking French]  521 00:38:24,591 --> 00:38:29,096  [Jossi] The idea that   there's something that has--  522 00:38:29,138 --> 00:38:32,308  that has the potential   to be very destructive--  523 00:38:32,349 --> 00:38:35,060  But the flip side   that you live with  524 00:38:35,102 --> 00:38:37,771  is something   that is very creative.  525 00:38:39,523 --> 00:38:42,735  [Julien] I know some people   that start BASE jumping  526 00:38:42,776 --> 00:38:46,530  and after 30 jumps they say,   "Okay, it's not for me.  527 00:38:48,907 --> 00:38:52,828  I love you guys.   I love the family   involved in this sport.  528 00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:58,334  But seeing 25 people   I nearly know dying every year   is not for me."  529 00:38:58,375 --> 00:39:00,586  And I completely   understand that.  530 00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:05,883  Okay.   [counts to three in French]  531 00:39:05,924 --> 00:39:10,679  [Julien] And unfortunately,   uh, being a bit, uh, cold  532 00:39:10,721 --> 00:39:13,766  when you see death   at your door.  533 00:39:15,601 --> 00:39:18,020  You have to, uh,   make a wall.  534 00:39:18,062 --> 00:39:20,439  Otherwise you--   you will stop.  535 00:39:20,481 --> 00:39:23,567  You are getting stronger,   but at the same time   I say to myself--  536 00:39:23,609 --> 00:39:27,571  For example,   I-I'm-- I'm not having   a lot of sad feelings.  537 00:39:27,613 --> 00:39:29,698  So am I a monster now?  538 00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:32,242  Am I just,   like, a shield  539 00:39:32,284 --> 00:39:34,286  and there's   nothing inside?  540 00:39:34,328 --> 00:39:35,871  So you--  541 00:39:35,913 --> 00:39:39,583  That's the problem   when you seem strong   to-- to people,  542 00:39:39,625 --> 00:39:44,463  and to some--   and when you make   a-a strong, uh, mind.  543 00:39:48,842 --> 00:39:52,012  [Julien]   Soloing is one step beyond.  544 00:39:59,269 --> 00:40:01,647  The first stage of soloing  545 00:40:01,688 --> 00:40:05,025  is to just do a highline   attached to a rope.  546 00:40:05,067 --> 00:40:08,821  And then you have the second   stage of soloing stuff is,   like, you remove the safety.  547 00:40:12,199 --> 00:40:16,453  [Fraser] There's no question   that if you're walking across   a highline without safety,  548 00:40:16,495 --> 00:40:20,666  if something goes wrong   then you're--   you're gonna end up dead.  549 00:40:22,126 --> 00:40:24,211  [Julien]   I remember my first solo.   I was like...  550 00:40:26,088 --> 00:40:31,176  feeling that my heart   would just stop,  551 00:40:31,218 --> 00:40:32,928  because it's--  552 00:40:32,970 --> 00:40:34,930  it's so intense.  553 00:40:34,972 --> 00:40:37,224  You have-- I don't know   if it's adrenaline.  554 00:40:37,266 --> 00:40:40,436  I don't know what's--   what's, uh,  555 00:40:40,477 --> 00:40:43,313  uh, in your veins   at this time,  556 00:40:43,355 --> 00:40:45,816  but you feel--  557 00:40:45,858 --> 00:40:49,486  you feel cold, you feel--   [imitates whooshing sound]   and warm at the same time.  558 00:40:49,528 --> 00:40:51,280  It's just so powerful.  559 00:40:51,321 --> 00:40:55,868  You say, like, my body   won't bear this--   this feeling.  560 00:40:55,909 --> 00:41:00,914  And then this feeling   fades away slowly,  561 00:41:00,956 --> 00:41:05,252  and then you   get your skills back   and you build yourself,  562 00:41:05,294 --> 00:41:07,838  and you're--   you're like, okay.  563 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,048  I'm still alive,   I'm still in solo,  564 00:41:10,090 --> 00:41:12,926  and now I'm enjoying   this moment.  565 00:41:15,846 --> 00:41:19,600  Tancrède loved this,   uh, uh, aspect  566 00:41:19,641 --> 00:41:23,770  of just being with   the hand on the balance,  567 00:41:23,812 --> 00:41:25,772  [laughing]   alone with no help.  568 00:41:25,814 --> 00:41:27,399  Whoo!  569 00:41:31,028 --> 00:41:34,615  And, uh, he loved the fear   involved with that,  570 00:41:34,656 --> 00:41:36,617  and controlling this fear,  571 00:41:40,621 --> 00:41:43,248  which is   way, way, way greater  572 00:41:43,290 --> 00:41:46,710  than just   being on the highline,   attached with a leash.  573 00:41:51,381 --> 00:41:55,302  [Tancrède speaking French]  574 00:42:15,781 --> 00:42:17,950  [wind howling]  575 00:42:25,958 --> 00:42:27,626  [man] What do we got?  576 00:42:49,940 --> 00:42:53,735  There's no visibility   at all, so...  577 00:42:53,777 --> 00:42:57,072  With the snow   that's also white, obviously   you can't see anything.  578 00:42:57,114 --> 00:43:00,033  Sometimes if you're not careful,   you can get kind of disoriented,   okay?  579 00:43:00,075 --> 00:43:02,327  So just take your time   when you're walking   on the snow.  580 00:43:11,795 --> 00:43:14,006  [Antoine speaking English]  581 00:43:39,573 --> 00:43:41,033  Hold on.  582 00:44:18,070 --> 00:44:20,447  [speaking French]  583 00:44:20,489 --> 00:44:22,532  [grunting]  584 00:45:14,710 --> 00:45:17,629  There it is.  585 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,717  Nobody wants to go out.   [laughing]  586 00:45:21,758 --> 00:45:24,219  -Yes.   -Ooh!  587 00:45:24,261 --> 00:45:26,805  [laughing continues]  588 00:45:26,847 --> 00:45:29,141  [man]   So the plan for today, guys,  589 00:45:29,182 --> 00:45:31,435  I went to check things   this morning.  590 00:45:31,476 --> 00:45:33,687  Um-- [clicks tongue]  591 00:45:33,729 --> 00:45:36,231  There's a little bit more wind   than yesterday.  592 00:45:36,273 --> 00:45:40,569  And also the wind has turned.   Now it's more... west coming.  593 00:45:40,610 --> 00:45:45,115  So it hits the-- it hits   the line a little bit more,   so I think...  594 00:45:45,157 --> 00:45:47,701  [Julien]   'Cause the wind won't stop   and will increase, huh?  595 00:45:47,743 --> 00:45:50,746  [man] The wind will probably   increase at noon,  596 00:45:50,787 --> 00:45:52,831  and then it will   start snowing also.  597 00:45:52,873 --> 00:45:55,792  Oh!   So it's gonna   be storm-- stormy.  598 00:45:55,834 --> 00:45:57,169  Okay.   Stormy weather.  599 00:45:57,210 --> 00:46:00,172  [laughing]  600 00:46:04,050 --> 00:46:06,553  [Fraser] From what I understand,   the control thing  601 00:46:06,595 --> 00:46:10,432  and executing   something perfectly   in the way that you describe,  602 00:46:10,474 --> 00:46:15,937  is more to do with dopamine   than it is to do   with adrenaline.  603 00:46:15,979 --> 00:46:18,356  [Jossi] Adrenaline   is not really a nice feeling.  604 00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:24,404  Adrenaline is like a...  605 00:46:26,198 --> 00:46:28,533  uncontrollable feeling.  606 00:46:31,369 --> 00:46:35,415  [Jossi]   I like to be in control.  607 00:46:35,457 --> 00:46:38,251  Welcome in hell.   Whoo!  608 00:46:38,293 --> 00:46:40,378  Storm has picked up, eh?   Look at that.  609 00:46:44,007 --> 00:46:46,134  [Julien] Easy.  610 00:46:46,176 --> 00:46:48,094  [laughing]   [Jossi] Wow.  611 00:46:48,136 --> 00:46:49,596  The line is pretty tight.  612 00:46:49,638 --> 00:46:51,264  If the weather improve,  613 00:46:51,306 --> 00:46:53,350  I guess you will have   some chance to stand up,  614 00:46:53,391 --> 00:46:55,352  maybe make one step or two.  615 00:47:08,156 --> 00:47:10,242  Okay?   Good. Yeah.  616 00:47:10,283 --> 00:47:13,370  Then this one here.   This one here.  617 00:47:13,411 --> 00:47:16,289  Crazy.    We're the sworn    kings of jesters   618 00:47:16,331 --> 00:47:18,834   But we never worn a crown   619 00:47:18,875 --> 00:47:21,503   Getting gold from the nobles   620 00:47:21,545 --> 00:47:24,172   And mocking from yea all   621 00:47:24,214 --> 00:47:26,633   But we drink    with the greatest warrior   622 00:47:26,675 --> 00:47:29,386   And we dance in every hall   623 00:47:29,427 --> 00:47:32,222   We never had a family   624 00:47:32,264 --> 00:47:34,683   Nor have I had a wife   625 00:47:34,724 --> 00:47:37,435   It's the hard price    of living   626 00:47:37,477 --> 00:47:39,980   It's the price    I pay for life   627 00:47:40,021 --> 00:47:42,649   Getting gold    from the nobles   628 00:47:42,691 --> 00:47:45,360   And mocking    from yea all   629 00:47:45,402 --> 00:47:47,988   But we drink with    the greatest warrior   630 00:47:48,029 --> 00:47:50,615   And we dance    in every hall   631 00:48:04,796 --> 00:48:07,382  [Julien]   Highlining is pretty extreme   for your mind.  632 00:48:07,424 --> 00:48:10,927  But you have to feel   some signals in your head  633 00:48:10,969 --> 00:48:14,806  that just--   that are telling you   that what you do is special,  634 00:48:14,848 --> 00:48:17,017  what you do is unique  635 00:48:17,058 --> 00:48:19,311  and what you do is, uh...  636 00:48:21,813 --> 00:48:24,524  the most important moment   of your life,  637 00:48:24,566 --> 00:48:27,027  because it's the present,   it's the last minute.  638 00:48:27,068 --> 00:48:29,863  The next minute   is the most important moment   of your life  639 00:48:29,905 --> 00:48:33,325  Because if you don't   do this properly,  640 00:48:33,366 --> 00:48:35,660  it's the last minute   of your life, so...  641 00:48:35,702 --> 00:48:37,996  [chattering]   [vocalizing]  642 00:48:38,038 --> 00:48:40,582  [Jossi] Whoa, that's scary   looking down.  643 00:48:42,667 --> 00:48:47,088   To die without a nickel    is a scare for anyone   644 00:48:47,130 --> 00:48:49,257  Whee! Hee-hah!  645 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,761  [Julien] Wow!  646 00:48:52,802 --> 00:48:55,805  That is the craziest part--   flipping over   and looking down there.  647 00:48:55,847 --> 00:48:57,265  Whoo!  648 00:49:13,323 --> 00:49:15,867  Okay, guys. Okay, relax.  649 00:49:15,909 --> 00:49:18,620  Slowly, slowly, slowly.  650 00:49:21,623 --> 00:49:23,208  Oh!   Fuck!  651 00:49:24,918 --> 00:49:27,587  [grunts]   Oh, you just leaned forward.  652 00:49:27,629 --> 00:49:29,714  That's hard, man.  653 00:49:29,756 --> 00:49:32,676  That is very difficult.  654 00:49:32,717 --> 00:49:34,594  This bounce is sick though.  655 00:49:40,016 --> 00:49:42,894  Oh!   [cheering, whooping]  656 00:49:44,437 --> 00:49:46,272  [Julien]   You fell into the void.  657 00:49:47,357 --> 00:49:48,900  Yeah, man.   Whoo!  658 00:49:52,612 --> 00:49:54,531  Come on. [grunts]  659 00:50:08,044 --> 00:50:10,255  Ba-da-boom!   Whoo!  660 00:50:10,296 --> 00:50:12,257  [laughs]   Oh, yeah.  661 00:50:24,352 --> 00:50:28,356  [Julien chattering]   [grunting]  662 00:50:32,402 --> 00:50:34,821  [speaking French]  663 00:50:37,490 --> 00:50:40,035  So exhaus--   I can't even move my arms.   [exhales]  664 00:50:40,076 --> 00:50:41,661  Oh, wow.  665 00:50:43,038 --> 00:50:45,623  That's exhausting, man.  666 00:50:47,083 --> 00:50:49,252  [Julien]   This is hard-core.  667 00:50:49,294 --> 00:50:53,006  [Fraser] When you're out   of your comfort zone   and out of control,  668 00:50:53,048 --> 00:50:56,885  you said, "If I don't walk   across that line from one side   of the cliff to the other,  669 00:50:56,926 --> 00:50:59,846  then it's not worth doing."  670 00:50:59,888 --> 00:51:01,806  [Jossi]   Yeah. I had a rope on me.  671 00:51:01,848 --> 00:51:04,225  If I was gonna fall,   I was gonna get caught.  672 00:51:04,267 --> 00:51:07,228  I wasn't scared of falling,   plunging to my death.  673 00:51:07,270 --> 00:51:10,315  I couldn't   even stand up on it.   That was a huge failure.  674 00:51:10,356 --> 00:51:13,318  But I think   I was scared of being...  675 00:51:16,362 --> 00:51:20,200  so outside of   my comfort zone for myself.  676 00:51:21,576 --> 00:51:23,119  My man.  677 00:51:23,161 --> 00:51:24,412  Thanks, boys.  678 00:51:24,454 --> 00:51:26,873  [Julien]   You're a warrior, guy.  679 00:51:26,915 --> 00:51:29,417  You're a warrior.   Thank you so much.  680 00:51:29,459 --> 00:51:30,960  [grunts]  681 00:51:32,796 --> 00:51:35,173  Thank you   for that experience.  682 00:51:35,215 --> 00:51:37,383  Thank you for you--   You give a lot.  683 00:51:37,425 --> 00:51:38,927  That's too real, man.  684 00:51:38,968 --> 00:51:41,221  You gave a lot.   Whoo!  685 00:51:50,105 --> 00:51:52,857  [laughing]  686 00:51:54,734 --> 00:51:56,528  Ew!  687 00:51:56,569 --> 00:51:59,656  -Oh! He lost it.   -Oh!  688 00:51:59,697 --> 00:52:03,201  [Julien] It was really important   to enjoy this moment  689 00:52:03,243 --> 00:52:05,870  because the friendship   was the key moment.  690 00:52:05,912 --> 00:52:07,789  It's not about highlining.  691 00:52:07,831 --> 00:52:12,544  It was just about   doing crazy highlining   in crazy conditions.  692 00:52:12,585 --> 00:52:15,088  Before, I was result-driven.  693 00:52:17,382 --> 00:52:21,970  And now, I'm more into   sharing the moment with people.  694 00:52:22,011 --> 00:52:26,558  It's sometimes stronger   than just crossing for yourself.  695 00:52:39,070 --> 00:52:41,072  When we jump, we are alone.   When we--  696 00:52:41,114 --> 00:52:44,242  When we are highlining,   we are alone on the line.  697 00:52:45,743 --> 00:52:48,621  You have this freedom,   you have this graceful moment.  698 00:52:48,663 --> 00:52:50,623  And you...  699 00:52:50,665 --> 00:52:54,419  you just say, "Okay, I...   It's worth it for me.  700 00:52:54,460 --> 00:52:56,421  I need this."  701 00:52:59,048 --> 00:53:02,051  [Fraser]   Is that why you do it?   For that moment?  702 00:53:02,093 --> 00:53:06,681  [Julien]   I... At the moment,   I can't live without it.  703 00:53:06,723 --> 00:53:09,517  I need to do it.   It's, uh-- It's part of me.  704 00:53:11,269 --> 00:53:14,772  The other answer I know   is that it will not last.  705 00:53:25,325 --> 00:53:27,118  [laughing]  706 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:28,661  Whoo!  707 00:53:28,703 --> 00:53:30,914  [Fraser] It feels like one   of the most important aspects  708 00:53:30,955 --> 00:53:32,665  is that camaraderie?  709 00:53:32,707 --> 00:53:34,709  [laughing]  710 00:53:34,751 --> 00:53:37,795  The clown can leave the circus,   but the circus cannot   leave the clown.  711 00:53:41,299 --> 00:53:44,802  This is how you build   the best friendship ever,   I would say.  712 00:53:46,471 --> 00:53:49,515  You know, we are very privileged   as--  713 00:53:49,557 --> 00:53:52,101  We can, you know,  714 00:53:52,143 --> 00:53:54,520  consume a lot of goods  715 00:53:54,562 --> 00:53:56,189  to go and fly off a mountain,  716 00:53:56,231 --> 00:53:58,608  and, you know,   Tancrède remembered  717 00:53:58,650 --> 00:54:02,111  that, um, okay,   he was being very free,  718 00:54:02,153 --> 00:54:06,032  but he was also using   a lot of consumer goods,   a lot of toys--  719 00:54:06,074 --> 00:54:08,451  [laughs]   as we like to call them.  720 00:54:20,505 --> 00:54:22,048  Whoa.  721 00:54:24,926 --> 00:54:29,180  [drumming]  722 00:54:40,900 --> 00:54:42,944  [Eudeline]   He gave the impression, maybe,  723 00:54:42,986 --> 00:54:45,655  that he was just about,   uh, adrenaline  724 00:54:45,697 --> 00:54:48,491  and feeling   and living a hundred percent,  725 00:54:48,533 --> 00:54:50,576  but he had also this side of him  726 00:54:50,618 --> 00:54:55,248  where there was a lot   of deep reflection about life   and the way you live it.  727 00:54:57,625 --> 00:55:00,378  [Tiphaine]   Sometimes he was, like,   "What are we doing?"  728 00:55:00,420 --> 00:55:02,755  You know, wasting this,   wasting this good--  729 00:55:02,797 --> 00:55:04,841  That was his big project--  730 00:55:04,882 --> 00:55:09,012  making people think differently,   you know, about healthy living,   about food  731 00:55:09,053 --> 00:55:12,974  and... no waste of good food.   [laughs]  732 00:55:13,016 --> 00:55:15,560  [man]  And to the end   733 00:55:19,814 --> 00:55:21,899  [Tiphaine speaking French]  734 00:55:48,259 --> 00:55:51,387  [Eudeline] I think that's also   why he was no longer  735 00:55:51,429 --> 00:55:53,973  fully satisfied   with BASE jumping  736 00:55:54,015 --> 00:55:56,434  and he was willing   to move to something else.  737 00:55:56,476 --> 00:55:58,895  [jazz]  738 00:56:07,820 --> 00:56:09,947  [man] Yeah!  739 00:56:12,283 --> 00:56:15,119  [Fraser] Tancrède's art   was constantly evolving.  740 00:56:19,624 --> 00:56:21,793  He was diving deeper   into his psyche.  741 00:56:21,834 --> 00:56:24,128  Whee-hoo!  742 00:56:33,221 --> 00:56:35,640  [speaking French]  743 00:56:42,647 --> 00:56:45,191  Whoo!  744 00:56:46,192 --> 00:56:49,362  Whoo! Whoa!  745 00:56:50,696 --> 00:56:52,740  [Fraser] When I think   of extreme sports,  746 00:56:52,782 --> 00:56:56,911  I don't think of guys   in wigs, makeup and red noses.  747 00:56:56,953 --> 00:57:01,040  [shouting]   But like I said, these are   the poets of the void.  748 00:57:05,962 --> 00:57:08,089  Whoo-hoo-hoo!  749 00:57:11,217 --> 00:57:13,886  [Tancrède speaking French]  750 00:57:46,294 --> 00:57:48,254  I was partner with Tancrède.   We were close.  751 00:57:48,296 --> 00:57:52,467  And then Anicet came,   and he was also developing   a different, uh--  752 00:57:52,508 --> 00:57:54,469  a different relationship   with him,  753 00:57:54,510 --> 00:57:56,304  which was also really strong.  754 00:57:56,345 --> 00:57:58,848  And they found themselves, uh,  755 00:57:58,890 --> 00:58:02,435  on the craziness   of some stunts  756 00:58:02,477 --> 00:58:05,229  that Tancrède was not able   to find with me.  757 00:58:13,070 --> 00:58:14,071  Whoo-hoo!  758 00:58:17,950 --> 00:58:20,912  [Anicet speaking English]  759 00:58:32,673 --> 00:58:37,303  [Eudeline] Clown acting   really released something.  760 00:58:37,345 --> 00:58:38,971  [speaking French]  761 00:59:02,036 --> 00:59:04,539  [whooping]  762 00:59:10,962 --> 00:59:13,422  [whooping continues]  763 00:59:13,464 --> 00:59:15,466  [Tancrède speaking French]  764 00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:20,137  [Eudeline]   You are free, you know.   You just...  765 00:59:20,179 --> 00:59:23,516  I think that's   what he liked also   in clown acting is you--  766 00:59:23,558 --> 00:59:26,519  There are no social limits.   A clown can do anything.  767 00:59:26,561 --> 00:59:28,938  You are free.   You really can...   Mm-hmm.  768 00:59:28,980 --> 00:59:30,439  Anything is open.  769 00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:34,694  [laughing]  770 00:59:41,742 --> 00:59:43,494  [speaking English]  771 01:00:10,813 --> 01:00:13,774  Whoa!   Whoa-ho-ho-ho!  772 01:00:13,816 --> 01:00:16,444  [Fraser]   It's a natural human instinct   to want to progress.  773 01:00:16,485 --> 01:00:20,698  So you start on   the two-meter-high slackline,  774 01:00:20,740 --> 01:00:23,868  and then you end up jumping   off Le Brévent or whatever.  775 01:00:23,909 --> 01:00:27,997  Why do we have that need?   Why can't we stay on   the two-meter line?  776 01:00:28,039 --> 01:00:31,000  [Julien]   In my very, uh, heart,   I want to do it.  777 01:00:31,042 --> 01:00:34,462  I want to do crazy stuff,   new stuff.  778 01:00:34,503 --> 01:00:37,757  And I like it actually.   I like the danger of it.  779 01:00:37,798 --> 01:00:40,092  [gasping]  780 01:00:40,134 --> 01:00:42,970  [Julien] This-- This is life.   Life is-- Life wants to spread.  781 01:00:43,012 --> 01:00:46,223  So we are--   We are all searching  782 01:00:46,265 --> 01:00:48,517  for... for something,  783 01:00:48,559 --> 01:00:51,979  and trying to understand   what's next.  784 01:00:55,816 --> 01:00:58,527  [speaking French]  785 01:00:58,569 --> 01:01:01,405  [Anicet speaking French]  786 01:01:22,385 --> 01:01:24,178  There's a lot of happiness,  787 01:01:24,220 --> 01:01:26,972  a lot of undercurrent   of good sensation,  788 01:01:27,014 --> 01:01:30,059  and then the ambivalences   that there's this,  789 01:01:30,101 --> 01:01:33,479  while we are doing stuff   that's life-threatening,  790 01:01:33,521 --> 01:01:35,648  if you think about it.  791 01:01:35,690 --> 01:01:37,566  I think that's   when you say ambivalence,  792 01:01:37,608 --> 01:01:39,318  that's what   I'm thinking about.  793 01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:42,780  I think sometimes   in the-- in the projects,  794 01:01:42,822 --> 01:01:45,199  you don't--  795 01:01:45,241 --> 01:01:49,078  you don't feel this ambivalence,   not until there's, um, a moment  796 01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:50,955  where you can release   the tension.  797 01:01:52,498 --> 01:01:54,917  We really experienced   this moment as a group, I think,  798 01:01:54,959 --> 01:01:56,711  in Norway  799 01:01:56,752 --> 01:01:59,714  when we had built   the human sling.  800 01:02:02,383 --> 01:02:03,634  [Tancrède speaks French]  801 01:02:07,304 --> 01:02:09,098  [hysterical laughing]  802 01:02:09,140 --> 01:02:11,267  [Tancrède speaks French]  803 01:02:14,103 --> 01:02:15,396  Yo!  804 01:02:15,438 --> 01:02:18,482  [French]  805 01:02:19,775 --> 01:02:22,820  [shouting]  806 01:02:25,656 --> 01:02:27,992  [Eudeline] He was in the air,   and everybody was screaming.  807 01:02:28,033 --> 01:02:30,911  And then I really felt,   oh, my God,  808 01:02:30,953 --> 01:02:34,790  there was all   this built-up tension,   all this...  809 01:02:34,832 --> 01:02:38,377  We were all screaming   because we had really   been scared, you know.  810 01:02:38,419 --> 01:02:40,880  But we hadn't felt it   until we could release it,  811 01:02:40,921 --> 01:02:43,090  and then we were all hugging   and, you know--  812 01:02:43,132 --> 01:02:47,011  And then it was all friends,   you know, sharing a good moment.  813 01:02:47,052 --> 01:02:50,222  And that was the ambivalence,   I think, yeah.  814 01:02:50,264 --> 01:02:51,766  [all whooping, cheering]  815 01:02:51,807 --> 01:02:53,768  [Tancrède]  816 01:03:09,033 --> 01:03:11,452  Whoo-hoo!  817 01:03:18,667 --> 01:03:23,130  [man speaking French]   Whoo!  818 01:03:25,132 --> 01:03:27,218  [Fraser] Ambivalence.  819 01:03:27,259 --> 01:03:29,512  Uncertainty.  820 01:03:29,553 --> 01:03:31,138  Doubt.  821 01:03:33,015 --> 01:03:34,767  We want answers.  822 01:03:36,352 --> 01:03:39,230  But there's beauty to be found   in the mystery of life.  823 01:03:41,398 --> 01:03:43,067  Why can't we   just face the void...  824 01:03:44,777 --> 01:03:46,278  face uncertainty...  825 01:03:48,280 --> 01:03:50,032  feel the fear...  826 01:03:51,408 --> 01:03:53,744  step out  827 01:03:53,786 --> 01:03:55,746  and be free?  828 01:04:00,459 --> 01:04:02,711  I don't think   life is random.  829 01:04:04,255 --> 01:04:05,798  I believe that...  830 01:04:07,216 --> 01:04:10,302  everything kind of   has a purpose,  831 01:04:10,344 --> 01:04:12,930  everything happens   for a reason.  832 01:04:14,723 --> 01:04:16,767  [Julien speaking French]  833 01:04:19,854 --> 01:04:22,189  [speaking French]  834 01:04:37,079 --> 01:04:39,039  [Julien] I was in Tahiti.  835 01:04:39,081 --> 01:04:44,044  I was doing, uh, an unclimbed   summit in Bora-Bora.  836 01:04:44,086 --> 01:04:46,297  We did the summit.  837 01:04:46,338 --> 01:04:49,508  We jumped twice in wingsuits   from the summit.  838 01:04:49,550 --> 01:04:52,219  And we were just resting   the days after,  839 01:04:52,261 --> 01:04:55,306  and we were... in paradise.  840 01:04:55,347 --> 01:04:57,349  And then you got   this phone call.  841 01:04:58,893 --> 01:05:00,811  [speaking English]  842 01:06:19,014 --> 01:06:21,725  [Julien]   Anicet and other friends   just let go,  843 01:06:21,767 --> 01:06:25,437  and Tancrède didn't let go,   and he went so high.  844 01:06:25,479 --> 01:06:28,691  He was maybe thinking   that he could just fall  845 01:06:28,732 --> 01:06:32,111  and roll   like a circus trick.  846 01:06:32,152 --> 01:06:33,988  And then, "Ta-da!"  847 01:06:34,029 --> 01:06:35,864  But it don't work this way.  848 01:06:35,906 --> 01:06:37,783  It didn't work this way.  849 01:06:50,212 --> 01:06:52,339  [Anicet speaking English]  850 01:07:19,158 --> 01:07:23,454  [Julien] And you arrive,   and you don't know exactly   what's happening  851 01:07:23,495 --> 01:07:26,498  because you were so far   when it happens, and...  852 01:07:28,500 --> 01:07:30,377  Your world has changed.  853 01:07:32,254 --> 01:07:35,424  And... you understand   that rest in peace  854 01:07:35,466 --> 01:07:39,511  is, uh-- is a real--   has a real meaning actually.  855 01:07:43,932 --> 01:07:45,726  Yeah, you have to, um...  856 01:07:47,811 --> 01:07:49,646  When, uh--   When your friend is, uh--  857 01:07:49,688 --> 01:07:51,857  when your friend   is in the coffin like this,  858 01:07:51,899 --> 01:07:53,776  you're... [inhales]  859 01:07:53,817 --> 01:07:56,028  He has not-- He has--  860 01:07:56,070 --> 01:07:58,822  He has nothing to do actually.   He's dead, so...  861 01:07:58,864 --> 01:08:03,077  But you have to do the work   for... for yourself.  862 01:08:04,995 --> 01:08:08,499  And, uh, yeah.   You see this void actually   in your-- in your mind.  863 01:08:11,085 --> 01:08:12,544  [exhales]  864 01:08:21,553 --> 01:08:23,764  [Anicet speaking English]  865 01:08:47,746 --> 01:08:49,206  [sniffles]  866 01:09:08,559 --> 01:09:11,895  [Jossi] I've had a few friends   that have passed away   in the mountains,  867 01:09:11,937 --> 01:09:15,732  whether it's avalanches   or BASE jumping accidents  868 01:09:15,774 --> 01:09:19,361  or... falling in the half-pipe   and hitting your head.  869 01:09:19,403 --> 01:09:21,446  It's pretty hard to, like...  870 01:09:23,907 --> 01:09:25,868  I don't know,   deal with that when  871 01:09:25,909 --> 01:09:28,579  you're kind of doing   the exact same thing  872 01:09:28,620 --> 01:09:30,706  as something   that your friend died doing.  873 01:09:36,795 --> 01:09:39,965  You say that sometimes   you're doing something   really weird,  874 01:09:40,007 --> 01:09:42,926  and you just ask yourself,   why?  875 01:09:42,968 --> 01:09:46,805  And by the moment you jump,   you have this freedom,   you have this--  876 01:09:46,847 --> 01:09:52,352  this, uh, uh,   graceful moment, and you--  877 01:09:52,394 --> 01:09:54,897  you just say, "Okay, I...  878 01:09:54,938 --> 01:09:57,649  It's worth it for me.   I need this. I need this."  879 01:09:59,359 --> 01:10:02,696  [Jossi] I think that's why   I'm not afraid  880 01:10:02,738 --> 01:10:05,240  to keep doing this stuff  881 01:10:05,282 --> 01:10:07,201  and why I'm not...  882 01:10:09,369 --> 01:10:11,330  gonna quit   because I broke my neck.  883 01:10:11,371 --> 01:10:16,084  Because I see this as, you know,   part of my purpose.  884 01:10:16,126 --> 01:10:18,629  I see this as something   I should be doing,  885 01:10:18,670 --> 01:10:22,591  and I'm not afraid   of crazy things happening  886 01:10:22,633 --> 01:10:26,303  because if they did happen,   then that's just   the next chapter.  887 01:10:29,139 --> 01:10:32,267  [Fraser]   Do you believe Jossi's   being looked after?  888 01:10:32,309 --> 01:10:33,894  Yeah.  889 01:10:33,936 --> 01:10:35,896  100 percent.  890 01:10:36,730 --> 01:10:39,066  There's...  891 01:10:39,107 --> 01:10:40,984  There's times where I've...  892 01:10:43,111 --> 01:10:45,155  mmm, kind of like...  893 01:10:46,531 --> 01:10:51,328  doubted of what we really   can be protected from.  894 01:10:53,830 --> 01:10:57,501  Because Jossi broke his neck,   and then my brother died.  895 01:10:57,542 --> 01:11:00,379  And I was kind of, like,  896 01:11:00,420 --> 01:11:03,924  are we, like, being protected   and taken care of?  897 01:11:06,301 --> 01:11:08,011  But then I always   have to remember  898 01:11:08,053 --> 01:11:11,348  that we still live in a world   where you drop a ball,  899 01:11:11,390 --> 01:11:13,642  and it still falls   to the ground,  900 01:11:13,684 --> 01:11:17,145  even if you prayed so hard   for it to stay in the air,   you know.  901 01:11:19,064 --> 01:11:22,651  We still live in a world   where things happen,  902 01:11:22,693 --> 01:11:26,071  but we might not understand it   all the time.  903 01:11:28,115 --> 01:11:30,367  [Fraser]   You see it through the roof?  904 01:11:30,409 --> 01:11:33,161  [Fraser] In my work,   I often stand at the precipice.  905 01:11:34,788 --> 01:11:37,124  [Jossi] Wow.  906 01:11:37,165 --> 01:11:40,961  [Fraser] As a director,   I encourage others   to take risks,  907 01:11:41,003 --> 01:11:43,588  to leap into the void.  908 01:11:46,466 --> 01:11:48,343  Hey.  909 01:11:48,385 --> 01:11:51,430  How are you?   Great.  910 01:11:52,764 --> 01:11:54,725  What's up?   How are you?   Good to see you.  911 01:11:54,766 --> 01:11:56,268  Good, man.   Nice and rested.  912 01:11:56,310 --> 01:11:58,186  How's it looking?  913 01:11:58,228 --> 01:12:02,024  [Jossi] I think   you'd be kind of insane if you   didn't have a little fear.  914 01:12:02,065 --> 01:12:03,150  [Julien] Yeah.  915 01:12:03,191 --> 01:12:05,193  [Anicet speaking English]  916 01:12:11,533 --> 01:12:12,534  [exhales]   Yeah.  917 01:12:15,746 --> 01:12:17,331  Fully.  918 01:12:20,292 --> 01:12:21,585  Yeah.  919 01:12:33,263 --> 01:12:35,682  [Julien] Yeah.  920 01:12:35,724 --> 01:12:38,310  Here's the jumping place,   where there's still   some stuff to do.  921 01:12:38,352 --> 01:12:40,354  But basically,   you see here,  922 01:12:40,395 --> 01:12:42,356  this is the stairway   to heaven.  923 01:12:42,397 --> 01:12:44,024  [laughs]  924 01:12:44,066 --> 01:12:46,902  Yeah, here you see   the platform.  925 01:12:47,903 --> 01:12:49,571  This muddy place--   Yeah.  926 01:12:49,613 --> 01:12:51,573  is where you will   start the jump.  927 01:12:54,451 --> 01:12:58,455  [Fraser] I thought this rope   jump was just a low-fi kind   of bungee jump,  928 01:12:58,497 --> 01:13:01,291  something designed   for a thrill.  929 01:13:01,333 --> 01:13:05,587  But Anicet told me they use it   as training for BASE jumping   and for wingsuiting,  930 01:13:05,629 --> 01:13:08,298  as a way of learning how to fly,  931 01:13:08,340 --> 01:13:11,385  how to move your body   and be stable in the air.  932 01:13:16,848 --> 01:13:19,017  And it makes me realize  933 01:13:19,059 --> 01:13:23,563  they aren't crazy,   suicidal risk-takers.  934 01:13:23,605 --> 01:13:27,651  What these people do   is about minimizing risk,  935 01:13:27,692 --> 01:13:30,404  training   and preparing fastidiously  936 01:13:30,445 --> 01:13:32,656  to face incredible challenges.  937 01:13:34,699 --> 01:13:36,743  [grunts]  938 01:13:36,785 --> 01:13:38,286  It's heavy.  939 01:13:39,663 --> 01:13:41,164  [Freddy] All right. You good?  940 01:13:42,332 --> 01:13:47,295  All right. Three, two, one.  941 01:13:47,337 --> 01:13:49,506  See you, mini Jossi.   [Julien] Bye!  942 01:13:50,298 --> 01:13:52,551  Whoo!   [laughing]  943 01:13:52,592 --> 01:13:55,971  What?  944 01:13:56,012 --> 01:14:00,183  [Fraser]   Is it with fear as our soul mate   that we find freedom?  945 01:14:04,187 --> 01:14:05,730  [Julien speaking French]  946 01:14:15,240 --> 01:14:16,700  [French]  947 01:14:19,369 --> 01:14:21,788  [Tancrède speaking French]  948 01:14:32,799 --> 01:14:35,469  [trilling]  949 01:14:35,510 --> 01:14:39,473  [Fraser] One of the things   that I didn't really realize   when we began the journey  950 01:14:39,514 --> 01:14:43,435  was how important   height and air  951 01:14:43,477 --> 01:14:45,854  and, kind of, flying is  952 01:14:45,896 --> 01:14:51,276  to the pursuit of freedom,   not just to you,   but to the Frenchies.  953 01:14:51,318 --> 01:14:53,904  We're not made to fly.  954 01:14:53,945 --> 01:14:56,031  It's not, like, in our DNA.  955 01:14:56,072 --> 01:14:59,159  We don't have wings.   We can't fly.  956 01:14:59,201 --> 01:15:04,289  I don't know   if it's the way you grow up   or if you're born with it,  957 01:15:04,331 --> 01:15:07,542  because there's only   a small percentage  958 01:15:07,584 --> 01:15:11,171  that are gonna want to go   and jump off a massive cliff   with a parachute.  959 01:15:11,213 --> 01:15:14,508  Only a small percentage   that are gonna want to go   and hit a hundred-foot jump  960 01:15:14,549 --> 01:15:16,760  on skis or a snowboard.  961 01:15:16,801 --> 01:15:21,139  All the guys that kind of   live on the edge.  962 01:15:21,181 --> 01:15:24,768  You're aware of where the edge   is 'cause you have to be,   or you're gonna fall off.  963 01:15:27,437 --> 01:15:31,399  Yeah. Here. And back.   Yeah. Exactly.  964 01:15:31,441 --> 01:15:37,113  [Fraser] You risk serious injury   every time you go out there.  965 01:15:37,155 --> 01:15:39,991  Is it worth it?  966 01:15:40,033 --> 01:15:44,454  Is it freedom   if you're putting your life   at risk like this?  967 01:15:44,496 --> 01:15:46,289  Hmm.  968 01:15:46,331 --> 01:15:48,208  How do you live with that?  969 01:15:50,710 --> 01:15:53,213  It's the only way to live.  970 01:15:53,255 --> 01:15:56,174  Not just feeling alive,   but feeling like you're...  971 01:15:57,300 --> 01:16:00,512  constantly progressing yourself,  972 01:16:00,554 --> 01:16:04,307  constantly doing something   you haven't done yet.  973 01:16:05,642 --> 01:16:07,811  It's just too good   to not do it.  974 01:16:09,563 --> 01:16:14,276  I'd rather give every single day   of my life a hundred percent  975 01:16:14,317 --> 01:16:16,152  and do exactly   what I want to do...  976 01:16:16,987 --> 01:16:19,447  in those days  977 01:16:19,489 --> 01:16:21,616  than to live   a whole life of regret  978 01:16:21,658 --> 01:16:27,122  and... be sitting there   in a rocking chair at 80,  979 01:16:27,163 --> 01:16:29,874  saying, "Man,   I wish I never stopped.  980 01:16:29,916 --> 01:16:31,876  I wish I'd kept doing it."  981 01:16:31,918 --> 01:16:35,255  It's not going to last forever.   Pain is temporary.  982 01:16:35,297 --> 01:16:38,133  [Fraser] I love that you   use the word "temporary,"  983 01:16:38,174 --> 01:16:41,219  but, I mean, you were just   talking about the experience.  984 01:16:41,261 --> 01:16:46,182  But when you first used it,   I assumed you were talking   about life being temporary.  985 01:16:50,186 --> 01:16:54,065  It's so temporary   that if-- I think   if you look back--  986 01:16:54,107 --> 01:16:57,027  I want to look back   and know that  987 01:16:57,068 --> 01:16:59,529  all those temporary moments,   I gave it a hundred percent  988 01:16:59,571 --> 01:17:01,406  and I did it   to the fullest.  989 01:17:04,159 --> 01:17:05,577  Okay, Jossi.  990 01:17:19,674 --> 01:17:22,552  Look up.   Yeah.  991 01:17:22,594 --> 01:17:24,346  All right.   [breathing heavily]  992 01:17:24,387 --> 01:17:27,015  Yeah, man. I'm good.  993 01:17:27,057 --> 01:17:29,351  So... tell me   when you are ready.  994 01:17:29,392 --> 01:17:31,227  Hey, brother.   [Seb] Enjoy your jump, bro.  995 01:17:31,269 --> 01:17:33,313  Are you feeling good?  996 01:17:33,355 --> 01:17:35,440  Yeah, dog.   Can I see your smile?  997 01:17:35,482 --> 01:17:37,108  -[laughing]   -Yes.  998 01:17:37,150 --> 01:17:38,652  I'm good.   You're good?  999 01:17:38,693 --> 01:17:41,112  Jossi is ready to jump.  1000 01:17:41,154 --> 01:17:42,822  [Jossi exhales]  1001 01:17:42,864 --> 01:17:48,787  [Julien] Five, four,   three, two, one, and go!  1002 01:17:49,871 --> 01:17:51,915  Perfect!   Whoo!  1003 01:17:57,045 --> 01:18:02,133  [whooping]  1004 01:18:02,175 --> 01:18:06,262  Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah!  1005 01:18:07,305 --> 01:18:09,224  Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!  1006 01:18:16,106 --> 01:18:19,150  [Julien speaking French]  1007 01:18:27,492 --> 01:18:30,036  [Tancrède speaking French]  1008 01:18:42,716 --> 01:18:47,345  [laughing] Yeah!  1009 01:18:47,387 --> 01:18:49,806  Whoo-hoo!  1010 01:19:00,483 --> 01:19:02,527  [Fraser]   What does freedom mean?  1011 01:19:04,404 --> 01:19:06,781  What is its cost?  1012 01:19:06,823 --> 01:19:11,077  It seems to be a life spent   in the constant pursuit   of an ideal.  1013 01:19:12,787 --> 01:19:15,039  We are all freedom's slave.  1014 01:19:16,166 --> 01:19:18,042  That's the terror of it.  1015 01:19:22,380 --> 01:19:24,841  I wonder if Jossi   dreams of flying.  1016 01:19:27,552 --> 01:19:30,513  In all our time together,   I never asked him.  1017 01:19:32,474 --> 01:19:34,392  Julien told me he doesn't.  1018 01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:38,104  But I know I do.  1019 01:19:41,941 --> 01:19:44,903  And in those dreams,   fear and joy collide  1020 01:19:44,944 --> 01:19:47,697  because freedom   isn't the absence of fear.  1021 01:19:49,491 --> 01:19:51,868  Freedom is fear.  1022 01:19:51,910 --> 01:19:54,746  Freedom isn't defying the void.  1023 01:19:54,788 --> 01:19:57,540  It's understanding that there   is nothing else but the void.  1024 01:20:02,253 --> 01:20:04,130  [Tancrède speaking French]  1025 01:20:43,002 --> 01:20:44,254  [Julien speaking French]  1026 01:20:45,463 --> 01:20:47,590  [sighs]  1027 01:22:13,009 --> 01:22:15,929   We're only young    and naive still   1028 01:22:17,889 --> 01:22:20,558   We require certain skills   1029 01:22:22,226 --> 01:22:24,896   The mood, it changes    like the wind   1030 01:22:26,731 --> 01:22:29,859   Hard to control    when it begins   1031 01:22:31,402 --> 01:22:34,030   The bittersweet    between my teeth   1032 01:22:35,949 --> 01:22:38,701   Trying to find    the in-betweens   1033 01:22:40,495 --> 01:22:43,206   Fall back in love eventually   1034 01:22:45,041 --> 01:22:47,961   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   1035 01:22:49,754 --> 01:22:52,757   Can't help myself    but count the flaws   1036 01:22:54,509 --> 01:22:57,220   Claw my way out    through these walls   1037 01:22:59,013 --> 01:23:01,975   One temporary escape   1038 01:23:03,643 --> 01:23:06,521   Feel it start to permeate   1039 01:23:08,064 --> 01:23:11,067   We lie beneath the stars    at night   1040 01:23:12,610 --> 01:23:15,571   Our hands gripping    each other tight   1041 01:23:17,115 --> 01:23:20,243   You keep my secrets    Hope to die   1042 01:23:21,703 --> 01:23:24,622   Promises,    swear them to the sky   1043 01:23:26,249 --> 01:23:29,085   The bittersweet    between my teeth   1044 01:23:30,837 --> 01:23:33,673   Trying to find    the in-betweens   1045 01:23:35,341 --> 01:23:38,261   Fall back in love eventually   1046 01:23:39,971 --> 01:23:42,682   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   1047 01:23:42,724 --> 01:23:44,892  [man vocalizing]  1048 01:23:44,934 --> 01:23:47,228   The bittersweet    between my teeth   1049 01:23:49,063 --> 01:23:51,816   Trying to find    the in-betweens   1050 01:23:53,568 --> 01:23:56,195   Fall back in love eventually   1051 01:23:56,237 --> 01:23:58,114   Can you whisper?   1052 01:23:58,156 --> 01:24:01,492   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah