Here Slovenian climber Natalija Gros stars in a short film called Le Tango Vertical in which she goes barefoot deep water soloing.
Natalija has climbed F8c+ sport routes and has competed at the highest level. She is twenty four years old and celebrates her twenty-fifth birthday this coming Sunday. She has been competing since she was nine years old and, way back in 2002 aged seventeen, Natalija had already redpointed F8b and onsighted F8a.
Mick I haven't managed to watch all of this yet.... just like all the Vimeo things on UKC, my computer just about manages 10 seconds then stops for 30 then starts again. So I get bored and click off it. Why does this... jon - 28 Nov 2009
excellent synopsis of this short film. a profound and clearly existentialist offering. The french music certainly adds an artistic flair to the production. I think if they played Eric Pride it may lose its place in... jazzyjackson - 28 Nov 2009
That looks suspicously like the beach ball that scored an own-goal for Sunderland against Liverpool. Clearly it has been banished from the Kop, thrown into the Mersey and has now made it's lonely way to the Adriatic.... Jamie Bankhead - 28 Nov 2009
Yes, it sits well alongside the 1956 classic, Le Ballon Rouge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjnnyinwU8 And of course, the hairy-armpitted Nena's 99 Red balloons.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4 Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com - 28 Nov 2009
Nobody has commented on the deep philosophical questions raised by the appearance of a red ballon at 4m55s. This red balloon is the entire essence of the film. The lurid footage of... Blue Straggler - 28 Nov 2009
For the sake of balance, please can you post vids of scantily clad, tanned and muscled men swimming like mermen and scaling rockfaces too? PS I love the fact she blatantly had to get her bikini out of of butt before... goosebump - 27 Nov 2009