I (Lim Il-Jin) am a cameraman specialized in shooting in high altitude and extreme condition. I participate in four sponsored expeditions to the Himalayas from 2009 to 2013 to shoot TV documentaries. Having observed success, failure and death of aspiring alpinist in the series of life risking challenges, I decide to make a film about the other side of the alpinist that has not been seen on TV.

I have participated in several expeditions to the Himalayas as a cameraman for the last few years. I once dreamt a life as an alpinist but failed to be one. As I am neither an alpinist nor a cameraman but a man wondering somewhere in between, the deaths of the alpinists were not easily explainable as people depict them. There were as much intensity and dignity in their deaths as in their lives. “Alpinist” is my observation of their lives and my memories of their deaths. by Lim Il-Jin

2016 제01회 울주세계산악영화제