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This Mountain Life: A Mother/Daughter 2,300 Kilometer Trek
Grant Baldwin’s “This Mountain Life” is about people and mountains—specifically those of British Columbia which consists of 75% mountainous lands. Very few people take advantage of the beauty and majesty available to them in their province. The film follows a few of the few.
“This Mountain Life” features Martina Halik and her 60 year old mother, Tania, on a 2,300 kilometer ski trek from Canada to Alaska. That treacherous trek had only been completed once before, and never by a female duo. Baldwin intersperses this harrowing journey with profiles of others who also have strong emotional relationships with the mountains.
“This Mountain Life” is gorgeous, jaw dropping, and exquisitely shot. I would happily watch another 76 minutes beyond the film’s first 76 minutes.