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A documentary about André Payraud's descent of the Mont Blanc torrent by swimming down it. "I've always had a thirst for adventure. At 19, I was in a diving club and I loved Jacques Martin's show, 'Incroyable mais vrai' (Incredible but True). I dreamed of participating in this hit program." After careful consideration, André Payraud had the idea of ​​the century, an idea that would attract media attention: to descend the Grands-Montets glacier on his stomach, wearing a full wetsuit (mask, snorkel, fins, and neoprene suit). A crazy idea that drew a flood of press coverage. The film, "Swimming Down the Mont Blanc Torrent," directed by Didier Lafond, was broadcast twice on France 2 and even won an award.

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Didier Lafond, originally from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, where he still lives, was a pioneer of alternative sports films in the early 1980s. He focused on sports like freestyle skiing, climbing, and skydiving, which he also practiced. He directed the very first short film about monoskiing ever broadcast on television, "Skieur rêveur" (Dreaming Skier), in 1981. He also directed numerous action sports fi…

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