28/04/2018
Above Little Things -The Essence of Climbing, aims at capturing and depicting the mentality developed by 6 Students from IIT Bombay, India from when they first stepped on to the rock, two months ago to finishing a challenging 250 feet pinnacle.
Why is the title called “Above Little Things" ?
At the begininning of the Human Civilization our primary purpose of existence on this planet was to survive. That was the only way to live. Even though it was extremely hard we just went with it. Then we had people in heavy armors and swords going to far distances to fight others for survival and capture their lands and expand their Civilization.
But in the last 100 odd years because of technological advancements our lives have become a lot simpler and efficient. All we need to do now is simply tap on our phone and food will be delivered right at our doorsteps. This is how easy it is now. On the other hand we compain about little things in life such as getting stuck in traffic, finances, our bosses, people we don’t like, clothes which we don’t look good in etc.
This entire concept of little things was put forth by one of the experienced climbers on the team, Jayant Wakode a student of Aerospace Engineering here at IIT Bombay. Where he believed our everyday problems are nothing in front of the struggle during each climb on the rock just to survive.
But during climbing a rock this very instinct of Survival comes out of us. As every second on the rock -we are literally trying to survive because one small mistake can lead to our death.
This sport of dealing with your Mortality which is “Big” up so close and constantly, gives you a whole new perspective on your life, where you realize that in front of an inevitability as death, all our day to day problems are actually “little” .
Also, there was this constant question “Why do we Climb ?” . But it is interesting to know that we all have our reasons, but one commonality is we all believe is experiencing a higher form of living. Because until you have lived with your mortality hanging on thread, and pushed yourself to such a limit, when you have risked it all, everything tastes better, the water tastes sweeter, and the air feels glorious, you feel more accomplished, and it makes you appreciate this very present moment of your life.
Cast:
Pramod Srinivasula
Jayant Wakode
Imrong Lkr
Sangeeth Simon
Hrushikesh Loya
Er Devidas Gawali
Ajit Sunita Nana Bobhate
Franco Linhares
The complete film is COMING SOON :)
Drone Footage Credits:
Miekkalakar Films, Pune
Siddhart Maurya, IIT B
Music:
Soundstripe
Annapurna III -Unclimbed, David Lama
Created By:
Hassan Kumar Gundu
Communication Design, IIT
IDC IIT Bombay
Above Little Things -The Essence of Climbing, aims at capturing and depicting the mentality developed by 6 Students from IIT Bombay, India from when they first…
