![]() It goes without saying that I’ve fallen in love with Nepal, her beautiful people and her majestic mountains. In the end, we made it to the summit in person and virtually – Sean’s spirit with us. We created a real-time web series and essentially shot, cut, connected with students in their classrooms via Skype daily from as high as 26, 000ft at camp 4. Perhaps the most meaningful experience of them all was sharing my first summit journey with 20, 000 Canadian students who followed the journey virtually, every step of the way, from the safety of their classrooms. I’ve been on 7 Everest expeditions, I’ve failed twice just 500ft from the top, survived two avalanches and an earthquake and stood on top of the world twice, in 20. ![]() Since then, I’ve returned to Nepal 13 times. In 2010, after two attempts on the summit, I finally made it to the top of the world. In an attempt to honour his life I decided, never having climbed a mountain before, that I was going to climb Everest in his honour, carry his ashes to the summit and complete the documentary. ![]() Sean Egan, who was aspiring to become the oldest Canadian to climb to the highest point on Earth, who also happened to be the subject of the documentary I was shooting, tragically died of heart failure and never made it to the summit of Everest. That first journey to Nepal changed everything. I’d never really traveled, I’d never visited a 3rd world country and I had never even slept in a tent. Everest basecamp as young aspiring adventure filmmaker. Everest and the people of Nepal have given so much to me and this is a very small way of giving something back. ![]() ![]() As always, my goal is to bring to life the majestic beauty of the Himalayas and to inspire others to dream big, discover their passions and explore this beautiful planet we inhabit. I’m once again truly humbled to see that my new short: Everest A Time Lapse Film – II is captivating audiences around the world. ![]()
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