Mountains Without Barriers, sponsored by the
Verizon Foundation, is an inspiring look at NO BARRIERS/DOLOMITI 2005, the
festival held in the heart of the Italian Dolomites. This 24-minute film
features the extraordinary people, revolutionary technologies, and a
one-of-a-kind climbing adventure which comprised the festival. Mountains Without Barriers won
"Most Inspirational Film" at the Boulder Adventure Film Festival and
is currently touring numerous other festivals, including Taos Mountain Film
Festival, Banff Mountain Film Festival, and the prestigious Banff Mountain Film
Festival Traveling Show which tours hundreds of cities worldwide.
Nicky
Lynch's recent article in the Banff Film Festival Magazine entitled, “Mission
Possible in the Dolomites,” says it best.
"The jagged peaks of the Dolomites tower over three
climbers as they approach a formidable rock wall. They are about to attempt the
Cassin route on one of the three freestanding limestone towers known as the Tre
Cime di Lavaredo.
The opening scene of Mountains Without Barriers begins as a straightforward climbing story. What isn’t immediately obvious is
that the two of the three climbers, Erik Weihenmayer and Andy Holzer, are blind
and the third, Hugh Herr, is a double-leg amputee. They are participating in
the No Barriers Festival, which seeks to improve quality of life through spirit
and technology. The festival creates opportunities for people with disabilities
to learn new skills and to exchange ideas and dreams with those who create the
technologies to assist them…
‘Seeing is believing, but a greater reality is that
believing is seeing,’ says Weihenmayer. That belief is evident throughout Mountains
Without Barriers."
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