Name: Part 3 | Not Just a Boys’ Club
Duration: 4 min 21 s
Description: Part 3 of Not Just a Boys'Club follows photographer Ilya Sarossy and aspiring art director and competition climber Pia Graham as they create a photoshoot that explores themes of femininity in climbing

Part 3 of Not Just a Boys'Club follows photographer Ilya Sarossy and aspiring art director and competition climber Pia Graham as they create a photoshoot that explores themes of femininity in climbing for Bad Flower Pictures. We also delve into Pia'spast as a competition climber and discover unsettling things about the competitive climbing scene.
 
For internationalwomensday, we bring to you Not Just a Boys'Club, a 4-part video series presented by The B.I.G Initiative and The North Face, in collaboration with Mate Libre, that offers nine different women who currently work in the climbing industry.
 
The purpose of the series is to highlight some of the women who currently play essential roles within the industry and present some of the challenges they've faced throughout their careers to inspire the community as a whole to reexamine how gender can affect opportunities.

Part 3 | Not Just a Boys’ Club

Emily Ford sets out with a borrowed Alaskan Husky sled dog to hike the entire 1200-mile Ice Age Trail in winter in subzero temperatures, the first woman and person of color to attempt this challenge.

Breaking Trail | Trailer

Kirstie Ennis is a combat-injured Marine amputee. Since 2017, Kirstie has committed to climbing for a cause initiative - climbing the highest peak on each of the seven continents and snowboarding, some of them for charity. In April and May of 2019, Kirstie attempted Everest to raise funds and awareness for her locally based not-for-profit organization, The Kirstie Ennis Foundation. This film is a recollection of the highs and lows of being an extreme adaptive athlete, the adrenaline-packed climb of Everest, and what it means to pay it forward by mountaineering with heart and purpose.

Standing Tall | Trailer

Two professional skiers, two new mothers, and one sponsorship. It is a quirky documentary-style film capturing the highs and lows of two women determined to succeed with side-splitting, hilarious moments.

Here, Hold My Kid

The Paradise Paradox is a long overdue look at the mental health crisis sweeping our mountain towns. The film is told through the experiences of not only the local heroes who are confronting these challenges but also renowned figures like Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin. 

The Paradise Paradox

Maureen Beck may have been born missing her lower left arm, but that hasn’t stopped her from going hard. She takes whippers on 5.12 and crushes overhanging boulders, while shot-gunning beers. But she is not here to be your inspiration. “People say, ‘Look, a one-armed climber, now I have no excuses.’ I’m like, dude, you never had any excuses in the first place.” Maureen is here to crush the gnar — with one bloody stump helping her get to the top.

Stumped | Trailer

On July 12, 2018, professional climber, Sasha DiGiulian, set out to become the first woman and second person in history to complete the Rocky Mountain Trilogy, a compilation of three of the hardest 5.14 big walls in the Canadian Rockies. The imposing climbs, on Castle Mountain, Mount Louis, and Mount Yamnuska, respectively will take Sasha 2 months of continued effort with the ultimate goal of ascending each sheer wall in a single day push, with zero falls — a combined average of over 9,000 vertical feet of climbing at a lung-busting average elevation of 7,000ft. Setbacks with climbing partners, a shoulder injury, and mounting wildfires, DiGiulian is faced with ever-increasing obstacles and forced to balance her goals with her safety. This is not only an extraordinarily unique physical journey, but a universal introspective story of overcoming fear, the importance of self-confidence, and in finding friends when and where you least expect them. Pushing through the uncomfortable moments and riding the ups and downs of life, DiGiulian drives herself through mounting fatigue and a closing weather window to strive for her historical goal.

The Trilogy | Trailer

Blood Road follows the journey of ultra-endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner, Huyen Nguyen, as they pedal 1,200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense jungles of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Their goal: to reach the site where Rebecca’s father, a U.S. Air Force pilot, was shot down in Laos more than 40 years earlier. During this poignant voyage of self discovery, the women push their bodies to the limit, while learning more about the historic ‘Blood Road’ and how the Vietnam War shaped their lives in different ways.

Blood Road | Trailer

UNDONE is a remarkable story of personal endeavour following female professional surfer, Laura Enever who leaves a comfortable place on the WSL Championship Tour to explore the unpredictable world of big-wave surfing. In a life altering change of course, Laura spends the southern winter breaking into a male dominated sport by pursuing some of the most dangerous and remote waves on the planet.

Part 3 | Not Just a Boys’ Club

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Breaking Trail

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Standing Tall

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Here, Hold My Kid

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The Paradise Paradox

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Stumped

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The Trilogy

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Blood Road

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Undone

58min