Vid: Katie Lambert and Caroline George in the Verdon Gorge

In this transportive Cheyne Lempe video, Katie Lambert and Caroline George climb with pride in the visually stunning Verdon Gorge of southern France, where run-out, sandbagged and delicate routes recall an earlier pioneering era of airy sport climbing.

The trip involved high-grade free climbing on Surveiller et Punir and Pichenibule that Lambert had envisioned since her early training days in the American deep south and one that forced Caroline George to face her alpinist’s fear of falling on the atmospheric rock routes that made the towering cliffs famous in international climbing circles.

Put the headphones on and enjoy.