The mountain
Rockslides, hard climbing, and a turnaround time that does not care how far you have come. The team stopped an hour short of the summit.
An hour. After everything it took to get there, that is the kind of number that stays with you.
Turning around
Turning back was the right call. Summits are optional. Getting down is not.
What it changed
The failure is the reason for everything after it. Sandra and I moved to the European Alps and started training properly, so that the next time we stood under a mountain like that, we would have the skills to actually be there.
Most of the films on this site exist because of the one that did not work.
Why we make these films
Battling Monsters is the mental health movement Jamie Leibert founded. PTSD is the monster. A wingsuit is how he manages it. Not a recovery story. A daily fight, filmed. Every film on this site is free because the people who need it most are the ones who cannot pay for it.