Why do we climb mountains? The famous mountaineer Catherine Destivelle likes to play with heights. Because when she climbs, she feels alive. She has achieved incredible feats simply for the pleasure of climbing, for the beauty of the gesture in magnificent settings. It's a state of mind. The same spirit that drives all those who love the mountains. But this state of mind does not come from the Alps. It originated elsewhere. Far from the high peaks. The spirit that underpins mountaineering was born, and still thrives, in Great Britain. Where Catherine Destivelle has decided to explore the origins of mountaineering...







