“Keeping the balance”, Mikhail Linnikov, Russian Federation, 2020, 2’

There is a special place on Earth. When getting into it, special people perform special acts. Quietly, modestly, for themselves.

Shot in the summer 2020 in Stolby Siberian Nature Reserve. In the film, the athlete Ratmir Mukhametzyanov makes free solo climbing to the mount "Second Pillar" along the "Pushkin's Joy" multi-pitch route, difficulty category (fr.) 6c+/6b/7a+.