For many trad climbers, three of the sport's premiere European route-setters became icons when they each set routes on some of the planet's most impressive and downright challenging walls.

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The Pou brothers spent the Summer of 2010 driving
their camper straight into the heart and soul of
climbing: passion, challenge, creation and success.

Through the Summer of 2010, Iker and Eneko Pou went on a road trip to visit with these godfathers and climb the routes in the same fashion as the creators: Manolo Zanolla who set "Solo per vecchi guerrieri" in the southern Dolomites, Alex Huber who set "Panorama" in the Dolomites' famous Tre Cime, and Beat Kammerlander who set "Zahir" in the Swiss Alps.

PHOTOS: Climbing Europe's Biggest 3 Walls

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The Pou brothers, working on Beat Kammerlander's big
wall route "Zahir" in the Swiss Alps.

In the end, the Pou brothers walked away with this great story to share about respecting your elders and progressing your passions.

"There's always more than one way to climb a mountain, what's more important is to choose your way --and to be consistent to the end."

"Hardest of the Alps," produced by STORY.teller COLLECTIVE, documents the Pou's travel through breathtaking scenery, along some of the world's most challenging climbs, and into the minds of some of climbing's most progressive big-wall creators.

Watch the series:

"Hardest of the Alps"

"Climbing Solo per Vecchi Guerrieri"

"Alex Huber"

"Climbing Panaroma"

"Zahir, Wendenstock"

"Climbing Zahir"

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