The Alpinist

Marc-André Leclerc doesn't own a phone or car. The 23-year-old Canadian hitchhikes between mountains making the boldest solo alpine ascents in history. No ropes. No cameras. No publicity.

Filmmaker Peter Mortimer struggles to document his publicity-shy subject who keeps vanishing for months. When Leclerc finally allows filming, we witness breathtaking but gut-wrenching ascents—Stanley Headwall's notorious ice routes, first winter solos in Patagonia and the Canadian Rockies. The footage is stunning and often hard to watch. But this isn't really about the climbing.

It's about Marc-André Leclerc. His legacy. What drove someone to find complete freedom in places where half of all elite climbers die. What happens stays with you.