Going to the Mountains

Marc-André Leclerc was a solo rock climber whose adventures — often extremely dangerous and yet rarely publicized — were captured in a 2021 Netflix documentary entitled “The Alpinist.” To sum it up: It’s about a 20-something with zero fear whose hobby — no, his life — is traversing mountains on wild solo climbs.

If you’ve seen the documentary, you know the general plot (and if you haven’t, then, well, spoilers ahead): He summits countless mountains and works his way into stardom as an introverted vicenarian with humble beginnings. The documentary winds you through his younger years and how…