Let’s face it who wouldn’t want to be Killian Jornet? He’s cool, fast and he gets to live his life in the mountains. He’s a humble guy, respectful and he’ll even sign his autograph in the middle of a race! Killian is a proper dude, and chicks love that.

I’m very envious. I’d love to be able to run the Pyrènees in nine days, or win every ultra race that I enter. I’d love to spend all winter on a pair ski’s going up and down mountains.

But unfortunately I do not have his talent, nor the freedom of being a young man anymore. So if you can’t do a Killian I guess the next best thing is to watch the Killian.

So it’s not surprising that when I heard that Killian’s new DVD, “A Fine Line” was being released I ordered it at once.

And what a great film.

It’s the first part of Killian’s “Summits of my Life” series. During which we will see our hero tackle some of the worlds most important mountains in his light and fast style, He plans to finish off on Everest in a few years time.

What’s it like then?

Well, the DVD comes in a very lightweight cardboard package which is beautifully photographed. Every last gram had been shaved off to save weight. If you want to go extremely ultra lightweight then you do have the option of downloading the film. Of course the download doesn’t come with the nice packaging – which is lovely so it’s another one of those comfort versus weight trade off’s.

But what’s the film like?

Oh it’s good. We get to follow Killian as he trains and completes two traverses of Mont Blanc (east to west and then north to south). The filming by Seb Montaz is amazing mixing some stunning helicopter shots with handheld cams. Fair play to Seb who must be a fit bloke to be able to keep up with “the K-dog.” The film doesn’t really have a narrative as such and this may put people off, it does feel a bit jumbled up. I was expecting something documentary like but it ends up more like a video album. If you’ve watched any of the Killian’s Quest episodes on Youtube you’ll have a good idea of what I mean, it’s like watching all of those episodes in one film. I think they were trying to capture the essence of the project which is not about breaking records, but simply about being in the mountains and promoting the lifestyle. Ultimately I found that the film was tinged with sadness as Stéphane Brosse lost his life on the mountain during the creation of this film.