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Katia...

Do you have the fourth version of the file?

Can I take it for a moment? Thanks.

Jean-Fran�ois, do you have the same version, page 9?

- Page 9...

Wait.

Yeah.

And there you have it.

Okay...

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, I can't resist.

- See you Tuesday, then. - See you Tuesday.

- Don't break anything. - Yeah.

Ciao!

Jean-Fran�ois, it's Pierre.

Listen, I'm really sick.

Some kind of flu or virus.

I just got off the doctor.

He gave me some painkillers for the fever,

and he said, "Rest."

Like staying at my place and stuff, so...

I don't really know when I'm going to come back.

Yeah.

Like Thursday or Friday.

No, not before.

I know, it's a pain.

I'm home, yeah.

Excuse me to the team.

Yeah.

No, it's adorable.

I'll get it delivered, I'll order.

Don't bother.

No, it's adorable.

Yeah.

Uh... yeah, okay.

Okay, bye.

See you soon, I'll keep you posted.

Ciao, bye!

- There have been heat waves, repeatedly.

There are some almost every year.

Today, it's very hot.

And what we see there, where there is the cave,

in two years, it'll be over.

- Hello. - Hello.

- Remember the lack of oxygen.

We're at over 3,800.

So hydrate well.

So use your left arm

to hold the rope.

- Shall we go? - Here we go.

- Have a nice day!

- Have a nice day. - Have a nice day!

- We can clearly see the route. Above the sling belay,

this is the steep length, just before the flat area.

We can see it taking shape. And above...

- After the big block...

- Yes, the one that comes out.

Above, it's the normal route, in an S to the summit.

Or, from this spoiler, you rappel down.

- Okay. And what did you do?

- The rappel. We took longer than expected.

- The gullies are narrow. Without ice, you're on the rock.

- I took pictures,

if you want to see.

That was the first pitch. There was quite a bit of snow.

And the higher we went, the drier it was in that couloir.

- It's narrow! - Narrow and quite steep.

- It's great.

It's a chute, right? - Yes.

- I climb indoors, but nothing like that.

- Sure.

- Hi! - Hello!

- Pierre? - Yeah, nice to meet you.

- Hi, how are you? - Yeah, and you?

- It's original to be here.

Near the glacier. It doesn't happen to me often.

So, what I told you yesterday,

our goal is to go towards Pointe Lachenal.

We cross the glacier, it's not very long,

30 to 45 minutes of crossing.

Then, we climb to the small pass between the two peaks on the right.

And we'll come back to the glacier on the right.

Here you go.

You already have your... - My harness.

- Your harness, no problem.

You have some gear, a little bit.

- I have a crevasse kit. - Yeah, I saw.

And a brooch. It's better to put it the other way.

That way, it stings a little. We put it this way.

To avoid making holes in the pants.

I have all the technical equipment.

So just take the crampons,

the ice axe and the helmet. - Okay.

Here's my house. - Great!

Spacious, but for one person.

- As for crampons, I have these.

They're brand new, they've been downhill.

- Great. - I wore them, they're adjusted.

- Wait, tap a little.

Here you go.

One last safety tip.

We're on the glacier, so we're not going to...

Like on the ridge, we saw people close to each other.

Now, we're going to take some distance.

There are crevasses, we don't know where, so we have...

12, 15 meters between the two of us.

Is that okay? As soon as it's tense, you follow me.

If I'm going too fast, you tell me. - Yes.

- Are you okay? - Yes. Should I follow in your footsteps?

- Yeah.

It's a little steeper.

Take your ice axe as support.

Stones!

Are you okay? Stone?

- Are you okay.

- Any injuries?

- No.

- It was close.

Look carefully, for your feet...

The rock worn by the passage of crampons is a little whitened.

OK.

Well done!

The summit handshake. Well done.

- Thanks.

- You did well.

So, it's the Grandes Jorasses group,

with the Giant's Tooth on the right.

- The Giant's Tooth, is that the tooth? - Yeah.

The beautiful canine on the right. It's one of the 4,000.

It must have been beautiful conditions,

with the softness, on the Giant's Tooth.

And then we see

your bivouac, over there. - Yeah.

- Look with the binoculars

if the jackdaws are eating your snack.

Is that the second tent? - Yes.

Next to the bear, there,

who is opening.

Mom,

I hope you're doing well.

Sorry for not answering the phone much,

and for not giving you any news.

I can't explain to you why I'm staying here,

I don't know myself.

But I can tell you that I feel good.

Much better than I have been in recent years.

I will write to the brothers when I feel like it.

In the meantime, tell them I kiss them.

I kiss you hard.

Your Pierrot.

Excuse me, could you post this card to Chamonix?

I'll pay for the postage, of course.

- We're not from here.

- We don't have much time.

Sorry. - It's okay.

Here.

- Thanks.

- Excuse me.

Hello. Could I ask you a favor?

- Yes. Well, it depends...

- To post this card at the bottom and buy a stamp.

I have what it takes to pay.

- Okay.

Are you a mountaineer?

- Yes...

- You're not sure? - Yes, yes.

Do you work here?

- Yeah, right here.

- I hear it's really good.

- That's what I heard.

- Are you the boss?

- I have to go back.

- Pierre.

- The map.

- Here.

And the change.

Thank you very much.

- Goodbye.

- Mom.

Are you okay?

Hi, big guy.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

Hi, Marc. - Hi.

- Did you have a good trip? - Very.

- I slept. - We were looking forward to seeing you.

- It's pretty blocked, huh.

- Yeah.

It changes very quickly.

- Did something happen?

In your life... that would have disturbed you.

- Like what?

- Well I don't know, it's up to you to tell us.

- No, nothing special.

- You don't need anything? - It's perfect, thank you.

- Ladies? - It's great, thank you.

- Do you know her?

- Barely.

- Do you know that...

are you going to be fired?

- Yes.

How do you know that?

- They didn't know how to reach you.

They contacted us. - I didn't know.

Sorry.

- What are you going to do?

- For?

- To live!

- Marc...

Finally...

- Well...

I have some money set aside.

- Okay, Pierre,

we'd like you to come home with us.

We got you a ticket.

- OK.

That's nice.

No, thanks.

- We all came to pick you up and...

I think we were right.

You really lost it.

It's obvious.

You can make jokes, force yourself to smile,

to say that everything is cool,

but you're not fooling anyone.

You tell him he's kidding. Mom!

- Marc, please...

- It's true that we were surprised. I understand that Marc is worried.

That's normal.

But I have the impression that you're enjoying it.

- Are you completely crazy?

Encourage him, while you're at it!

- Marc...

- Excuse me for trying to stop him from ruining his life.

Come on, let's stop all this bullshit.

You're coming back with us. - No, no.

You're not going to force me back down.

Sit down.

- You sicko!

- Marc!

- You know your brother. When he decides something...

- I'll go talk to him. - OK.

- Are you here?

- Yes.

- For me, that's the main thing.

- Hello. Is the boss here?

- Yes.

- What are you laughing at? - Nothing, boss.

- Go ahead, I feel like laughing too.

- Sorry. - Sorry, boss.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Am I disturbing you? - No, not at all.

Would you like a coffee?

- I'll do it, thank you.

- Have a seat. - Thank you.

- So?

- Yes...

I'm warning you, it's a bit weird.

- If it's a favor, it's the second time.

- I know.

But I'll give it a try anyway.

Do you think I could buy you some rice,

some pasta, some canned goods?

- Sorry, that won't be possible.

We order what we need.

And I'm not the one who manages the payments.

I can help you out, keep some leftovers for you,

but it won't be much.

- I'd like to, yeah.

- Otherwise, I can send you some groceries.

If you want.

- That's very kind.

But it'll take you some time.

I'll manage. - I don't mind.

Here.

Write me your list.

- Are you sure? - Mmm.

- OK.

So...

And there you have it.

Here, I wrote down my credit card code for you.

- Absolutely? Okay.

Okay, fine.

I have to get back to work. I'll let you finish your coffee.

- Okay.

Thanks.

Freeze-dried soups are great.

- Ah, I have your card.

- Thanks.

And gas is great.

Top.

- Does this happen to you often?

- Sometimes, yes.

- I can show you a great knot.

It doesn't come undone on its own and it's easy to remove.

Should I show you? - Yeah.

- Do like me.

You start like a normal knot,

you make your first loop.

Except that your second loop, you double it.

You go around the first one on the right,

you go under it...

- I missed it there.

- I'll go slower.

You make your first loop,

the second, you double it.

You make a first turn,

but the 2nd loop, you pass it a second time under the first.

That's it, perfect.

- Thanks.

- That changes everything. - Yeah.

I'm sure.

- Are you from Paris?

- Yes.

Is it that obvious?

- Yes.

- Are you from here? - Yes.

But I've moved around a lot.

- Where?

- London, Lisbon, Vienna.

And I came back, finally.

- Have you ever walked on the glacier?

- Yes.

- I wanted to suggest a walk.

To thank you for the shopping. I would be happy.

- That's nice, but I don't think I'm ready for the ride.

- I won't insist, then.

- That's nice of you.

- Good.

Thanks again. - You're welcome.

- Have a nice day. - Enjoy your trip!

- We did the whole crossing again and we went back up.

- Yeah, it takes a lot of preparation.

- Oh shit...

- That's not a small one.

- Do you know where it is?

- Towards the Brenva glacier, I'd say.

- What's gone is huge.

- Don't hang around in the area, sir.

It could fall again at any moment.

No, don't move.

- It's okay, it's beautiful.

Were you in the collapse?

- Not really, but I wasn't far away.

- Do you know why it's falling?

- Not exactly.

- The mountain is not a block.

It's a kind of millefeuille,

with layers of rocks one on top of the other,

that are held together by the ice.

A bit like glue or cement.

The problem is the heat.

When the ice melts, the rocks fall

and the mountain collapses.

There you go.

- You know the mountain well.

- Yes.

- And...

- Yes? What's wrong?

- No, nothing.

- I'll take your temperature.

35.8 degrees Celsius. That's still a little low.

I'll get you some blankets.

That'll help.

- I'm okay, I'm not cold. - Yes, it's better.

- Do you know when I can go out?

- Given your hypothermia, the intern will probably keep you tonight.

Is that okay? I'll be right back.

- Ah.

Are you okay? - Yeah, and you?

- It's okay.

- L�a, I'm going. - OK.

Did you come back down, finally?

- Yeah.

I didn't have much choice.

- Ah, why?

- I hurt myself a little.

- Nothing serious?

- No.

A slight hypothermia and...

two little stitches, but it's okay.

- And you're already going back up?

- Yes.

- Shall we go?

- Two minutes, my cat.

- Is that your son? - Yes.

Martin.

- Hi, Martin.

I'm Pierre. How are you?

What are you listening to? - Birds.

I'm learning to recognize their song.

- Do you want...

Do you want to have lunch at a restaurant?

- Actually, I'm going quite far.

And I have a lot of equipment.

- Yes, I see that.

Where are you going?

- Towards the Brenva glacier.

- Next to the collapse?

- Not far.

But I'm careful.

- Until next time, then. - Until next time.

- Are you saying goodbye, Martin? - Bye.

- There you go.

A little more there.

Okay, go ahead.

Come on, faster.

Faster, faster!

We'll come back next time. - Yeah.

- Race? - Go!

- Come on, come on!

Hi, Pierre. It's L�a.

I wanted to hear from you. Call me back.

I kiss you.

Pierre!

Pierre!

Pierre!

Pierre!

Pierre.

Are you okay?

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Hi. - Hi.

- Do you want a coffee?

- Yes, thank you.

Thanks.

I'll go before everyone gets here, right?

- It's better, yes.

- See you soon?

- Yes.

Yes, see you soon.