When climbing feels like flying | Katherine Choong: L’envol - Short version

’Fly’. 20 pitches. 550 meters. 8c. Katherine Choong, the first Swiss woman to climb a 9a route, is looking for a new challenge. This challenge is called «Fly», is 550 meters long, consists of 20 pitches – the top three of which are graded 8b, 8c, and 8b – and is located in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland. Katherine’s film «L’envol» shows the athlete climbing at her mental and physical limit, and the challenges and moments of happiness that a rope team brings with its own partner.