The Public Face of Battling Monsters
Jamie Leibert, known as Captain Manicorn, is an adventure athlete and filmmaker most recently commissioned by National Geographic (Disney) for a wingsuit segment over the Swiss Alps. He has climbed and flown in more than 80 countries, took bronze at Norway's 2016 Extreme Games in Voss as the only non-Norwegian to place, and jumped the world's highest bridge at China's 2025 invitational. After 13 years in the system and four years in federal prison, he founded the Battling Monsters movement, using adventure as a tool to fight for mental health. The adventures are real, and so is the reason behind them. Every jump is part of the same fight we all have, against the monsters that try to pull us down. Jamie Leibert is the founder. Captain Manicorn is the one who jumps off the mountain.
The Captain Manicorn documentary series was born in Norway during Ekstremsportveko, when Jamie called Sandra from the mountains and told her he wasn't coming home. Not yet. Season 1 was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic, when their event business collapsed and they chose the mission instead.
The show premiered on Facebook Watch and YouTube in June 2020. Season 1 covered 15+ European countries, landing features in BBC World Service, Fox 32 Chicago, and international media -- part of a mission that has now generated 500M+ lifetime views worldwide. It has an active IMDB listing and a Wikitia entry.
Every episode follows a simple format: Jamie (Captain Manicorn) and Sandra (Ladycorn), accompanied by their rescue dog Journey, arrive somewhere new, face impossible logistics, and find a way to fly.
