Soundscape
Timmy O'Neill (Director)
Run Time: 00:14
Filmmakers: Timmy O’Neill (Director), Erik Weihenmayer (Subject)
Envoys: Timmy O’Neill (Director), Erik Weihenmayer (Subject)
Synopsis: Soundscape features Erik Weihenmayer, a global adventure athlete and author who is fully blind, as he ascends a massive alpine rock face deep in the Sierra Nevada. Using expert camera work and emotive, novel animation to bring to life a concept by adaptive climbing pioneer Timmy O’Neill, the film is a surprising and soulful adventure in echolocation, touch and imagination.
About the Envoys:
Timmy O’Neill is a professional rock climber dedicated to social impact through outdoor adventure. He has climbed Yosemite’s 3,000 foot tall El Capitan in just over two hours, and also spent nine days climbing and living on the same wall with his brother Sean, a t-12 paraplegic. He is co-founder of Paradox Sports, a U.S. nationwide, adaptive-climbing nonprofit. “Soundscape” is his directorial debut. He is a brand ambassador with Patagonia, Osprey and Clif Bar.
Erik Weihenmayer is one of the most celebrated and accomplished athletes in the world. He is the first blind person in history to climb Mount Everest and when he stood on the top of Carstensz Pyramid in Iryian Jaya, he completed his quest to climb the “Seven Summits” -the tallest peak on each of the seven continents. Erik has achieved countless mountain summits, often first ascents around the globe and he continually seeks out new adventures. Erik and blinded Navy veteran, Lonnie Bedwell, kayaked the entire 277-miles of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River, considered one of the most formidable whitewater venues in the world.
