Georges Livanos, nicknamed the Greek but pure child of Marseille, amateur mountaineer, opened more than 500 routes in the Calanques, 40 in the Dolomites, and repeated many of the greatest routes in the Alps in the company of the best climbers of his time, d friends, and especially his wife Sonia. He is also the author of the classic "Beyond the vertical". This report follows for a day the legend, still 71 years old, of his apartment in the Marseille city in the Calanques. As a true Provençal, he speaks without filter of the exploits that made him famous, gives his opinion on modern climbing and on life in general: the portrait of a great climber and above all of a fascinating character with a sense of humor sharp.

Le Grec - Georges Livanos

French mountaineering after the war experienced a formidable revival. Faced with aristocratic mountaineering and professional mountaineering, of which the guides are the emblematic figure, a new form of amateur mountaineering stemming from working-class Parisian circles is developing: "rogue mountaineering". The Robert Paragot-Lucien rope Bérardini is the most striking illustration of this.Insolent, iconoclastic, non-conformist, they symbolize the post-war climbers of modest origins who, making fun of conventions and rules, overthrew the stereotypes of the "perfect mountaineer". , driven by a tremendous desire to be and to surpass themselves, Lucien Bérardini and Robert Paragot have found in climbing the way to release their overflowing energy.