I was climbing a mountain, muscles aching, sucking in air and never getting enough. Why am I doing this, I wondered. This isn't fun. What's the point?
A few days ago I wrote a story about climbing Southeast Asia's highest volcano, and told it as a sort of essay exploring these questions. I decided I wanted to take it further so I modified that piece into a script and dug up my old footage from the trek to make this video.
I felt I really needed to say everything I say in the video, but if you think it's too long I'd really appreciate your feedback. I'm trying to go beyond just cutting beautiful scenery and drone shots to cool music, and start telling richer stories, but I'm just starting out.
Shot on GoPro 3 and 4, iPhone 5 and 6, and a few shots on a cheap DSLR. Edited in Final Cut X