In reply to UKC News: To see Patrick Edlinger free soloing, search for "la vie au bout des doigts" (French title, that would be "Life at the fingertip" in english) on youtube, It is the (short) movie that shot him to stardom in France in the early 80's.
You'll ear him talking about climbing, training, solo, and living at the margins, over images of him deep water soloing in the south of France, training (including his famous pull up on a single pinky), and then free soloing a multipitch route from the French cliff of Buoux.
In "opera vertical", which you might be able to find on the internet too, you'll see him climbing with a friend, then at the end he perform a barefoot solo of a part of the cliff (this one is in the Verdon Gorges).
These images have left a deep mark on the French (and arguably, world) climbing community.