From climbing up mountains to jumping off them
We were approached by a wealthy Saudi philanthropist who wanted a film commissioned. The aim of the short film was to progress the slow movement of gender equality in the Kingdom. What we ended up with was a 4 minute film that was slated by the international press, wasn’t filmed in Saudi and ended with the slogan “behind every Woman is a great man.” So this is the story of how we got to that end result.
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Soles from boots littered the trail. Left behind during thousands of ascents from local guides. Anderson told us he had lost count of how many times he had made this ascent, and it reminded me to donate my boots to him after this trip. We hiked on the trail to a ridge line of dense shrubs, then into the higher altitude grassland. My fatigue told me I was at altitude yet the landscape did not. Not compared to the scenes of the Mont Blanc Massif I am used to. Instead a dry eerie landscape haunted by twisted rock and draping moss.
Our trip was encumbered by last minute flights, failed visas and midnight meetings with the production team. The project was to shoot a short film for the Saudi tourist board, a new push for gender equality and tourism in the Kingdom. Ironically Ewa couldn’t get the visa to enter the country and we opted for Jordan to find a Saudi like mountain to jump off.
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Over 5 years ago my parents gifted me a guidebook for the Isle of Skye. It’s so remote I never thought I would get the opportunity to visit. I looked through the book and a tick list of places to visit grew but stayed un-ticked. Until The North Face gave me the opportunity to visit these iconic places.
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Every year we would fly to Munich and then drive to the small town of Galtür for our family ski holiday. My parents have been going to the same place for over 30 years. The year 1999 was different though. Read more