Jean-Marc Troussier
Acting
Biography
Jean-Marc Troussier, aka Marco Troussier, born in 1956, is a French climber, mountaineer, ENSA mountain guide, and author. Marco Troussier has had a distinguished career in French climbing and mountaineering. He has distinguished himself by opening numerous routes in prestigious massifs such as Mont Blanc, the Écrins, and the Verdon Gorges. A visionary, he actively participated in the development of free climbing in France, particularly in the 1980s, and contributed to the democratization of onsight climbing and "perpetual travel" on the world's cliffs. He was also involved in organizing the first climbing competitions in France, notably at Troubat. His name is associated with several routes, such as the southeast spur of the Aiguille des Ciseaux, known as the "Troussier route." Furthermore, he participated in the exploration and opening of the first icefalls in the Alps in the early 1980s, particularly in the Briançon region, with his brother Stéphane Troussier. He has been a professor at the National School of Skiing and Mountaineering (ENSA) in Chamonix, where he has trained numerous mountain professionals. As an author, he has published educational works and stories on climbing and mountaineering, as well as fiction, receiving the Prix du Pays du Mont-Blanc in 2013 and the Prix Littéraire des Écrins René Desmaison in 2014 for his novel Le Vent des Errances. His career is recognized for his commitment to innovation, transmission, and mountain ethics.
Known For
First film in a series of three with Over-Ice and Oversand and one of the first films on free climbing shot in the cliffs of the Gorges du Verdon in several parishes. We meet a certain Patrick Edlinger, Patrick Bérhault, but also Jean-Marc Troussier, Jacques Perrier, Stéphane Troussier, Hugues Jaillet, Gilbert Thomann, Odette Schoënleb, Bernard Gorgeon, Christian Guyomar. Thanks to the program Les Carnets de l'aventure, then broadcast on Antenne 2, and its producer Pierre-François Degeorges, this film was made. The chain gave its production agreement during the day, while the climbing was very confidential, no one knew Patrick Edlinger and the project itself contained only a few lines on a sheet
Overdon
A legendary film in the history of rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges, shot in 16mm between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1979 by Henri Agresti, a high mountain guide. For the first time, acrobatic shots were taken on the walls of the Verdon. We rediscover a whole generation of pioneers on routes like Dingomaniaque, Triomphe d'Eros, Péril rouge, Luna Bong, Pichenibule or Necronomicon, routes which, like Dingomanique or Triomphe d'Eros, had just been opened. We witnessed a major turning point in the style and possibilities of rock climbing at the end of the 1970s: anchors sealed by drilling used as belaying and no longer as aids, new equipment: climbing shoes and chalk, harnesses and figure eights. Henri Agresti's unfinished and silent film, lasting around fifty minutes, was presented in the form of a nine-minute fragment at the Trento Film Festival in 1981.
The Gate of Heaven
Yosemite National Park, in California, is one of the most fascinating in the United States. In the eastern part of the park, isolated granite peaks rise 3,900 meters above the valley floor: El Capitan, Half Dome, and Sentinel. El Capitan is the largest unbroken mass of granite in the world and a legendary site for mountaineering and free climbing. Every year, the world's best climbers challenge its impressive face. The film, enhanced with interviews and spectacular footage, follows the preparations for and ascent of El Capitan by a group of elite climbers: Scott Burk, Leo Houlding, Jim Bridwell, Jean-Marc Troussier, and Valerio Fulco, with whom humor is one of the essential ingredients of this adventure.
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