Brette Harrington

An exploration into grief and its expression through the stories of individuals who have experienced loss or trauma due to climbing or alpinism. Made in collaboration with the Climbing Grief Fund, this artful compilation of interviews highlights how there is no singular or correct way to grieve. Climbers discuss how they are learning to integrate grief into their daily lives and in effect, change the community’s collective narrative surrounding this topic. The film investigates the paradoxes of grief and the grieving process while mirroring this complexity back to viewers as a starting point to destigmatize and normalize the conversation surrounding grief for climbers and non-climbers alike.

Follow rising talent Brette Harrington on a global journey from her hometown granite in Squamish to the big wall proving ground of osemite’s El Capitan and onto a landmark free solo in Patagonia. The foruth of the five Reel Rock 11 films.