Three countries and 15 municipalities, 169 km and 9,700 metres of vertical gain to be completed in 46 hours. These are the figures for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, the queen of European ultra-marathons and one of the most important events in the world for the discipline. The 2011 edition was the most demanding since 2003, the year the event was established, with more than half of the almost 2,500 participants abandoning the competition. This extraordinary contest is the background in which the story of the Vibram team is told: 5 athletes – selected from 150 candidates from 12 countries – who best represent the spirit of the brand and the slogan “ordinary people being extraordinary”. Right from the excitement at the moment of departure in Chamonix, the athletes are filmed night and day by a production team of 10 people, who follow them along the whole route, embodying the pure spirit of outdoor life. The result is an evocative film, not just about the race, with an increasing narrative pace accompanied by the voices and thoughts of the protagonists themselves, but also about the essence of life. In this context the most varied natural elements run parallel to the contrasting feelings of man in search of his own limits, both physical and mental.