On Friday 16 November 2012 Patrick Edlinger died aged 52. The Frenchman was one of the early pioneers and absolute legends of sport climbing. It seems almost impossible, but the news has been ...

NEW YORK — Patrick Edlinger — a versatile and charismatic French rock climber who helped popularize competitive sport climbing in the 1980s, ''a form of yoga,'' he called it — died Nov. 16 at his home ...

NEW YORK — Patrick Edlinger — a versatile and charismatic French rock climber who helped popularize competitive sport climbing in the 1980s, ‘‘a form of yoga,’’ he called it — died Nov. 16 at his home ...

Vertical Opera is a documentary film directed by Jean-Paul Janssen, with climbers Patrick Edlinger and Jean-Paul Lemercier in the Gorges du Verdon. The film opens with a training sequence of Patrick ...

The Lines Of Legends series featuring Andrea and Marco Zanone and directed by Yuri Palma continues, this time with Are You Ready?, the classic 8b+ at Châteauvert in France established by Patrick ...

Fifteen years have passed since the spectacular images of Jean-Paul Janssen's "Life at Your Fingertips" introduced the general public to free climbing and its embodiment: Patrick Edlinger. We ...

He might have remained a local climbing hero but for two documentary films by Jean-Paul Janssen: La vie aux bouts des doigts (Life at your fingertips) and Opéra Vertical. With his long golden hair ...

He might have remained a local climbing hero but for two documentary films by Jean-Paul Janssen: La vie aux bouts des doigts (Life at your fingertips) and Opéra Vertical. With his long golden hair ...

Patrick Edlinger (15 June 1960 – 16 November 2012) was a professional French rock climber. Edlinger is considered a pioneer and a legend of sport climbing. He was the second-ever climber in history to ...