Avid for steep slopes, Marco Siffredi (1979-2002) obeys only one rule: not to fall. This gifted kid with hair sometimes blond peroxidized, green or blue clashed in his valley: Chamonix, mecca of mountaineering. His thing was to go up and down on a snowboard. . 90 minutes September 8, 2002, altitude 8848 meters, rare oxygen, his head already brushing the sky and his snowboard running, Marco Siffredi, 23, rushes from the summit of Everest in the Horbein corridor and its slopes at 50 degrees . A year earlier, he had already made the first descent of the mountain on a snowboard. But there remains another corridor… more direct. It's not a challenge, just a reason to be... However, that day, at the top of the roof of the world, his trace is lost...
Bertrand Delapierre is a French mountaineer and documentary filmmaker. He started with sliding films before taking an interest in rock climbing. He was the climbing companion of the extreme snowboarder Marco Siffredi whom he accompanied in the Alps and the Himalayas. He later directed the documentary "Marco, L'Étoile Filante" on life and death in the Himalayas of Marco Siffredi. Prolific, he subsequently produced numerous documentaries, especially of climbing ascents. In particular, on ice climbing in 2003, with François Damilano, Guy Lacelle and five other climbers, "Ice Up". On free climbing, he directed many documentaries including "Ali Baba & Serial Climbers", with Mathieu Bouyoud who connects the route and Daniel Du Lac in insurance, "La Voie Du Milieu" always with Mathieu Bouyoud and Daniel Du Lac for Petzl. A report on Arnaud Petit who climbs Black Bean 8b on a jammer. In 2006, "Les Amants Des Drus" a film showing the history of the ascents of the west face of the Drus. In 2016 he immersed himself in the history of the mythical summit with "L'Aiguille Verte"... In 2019, he directed the documentary "Eric Escoffier - La Fureur De Vivre"...
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