Transcendence

Documentary | 2023 | 30 minutes

After walking away from professional cycling to pursue climbing, Adrien Costa suffered a devastating accident that began his journey as an adaptive athlete. This film follows his path from recovery to the cutting edge of adaptive climbing, working his way up to an epic first ascent in Washington’s North Cascades with PNW legend Mark Allen.

AWARDS: Best Climbing Film (Ladek Mountain Film Festival), Best Cinematography (Oregon Documentary Film Festival), Best Mountaineering Film (Festival Gorniskega Filma), Special Jury Mention (Ulju Mountain Film Festival)

Director: Michelle Smith

Producer: Jim Aikman

Director of Photography: Jim Aikman

Cinematography: Chris Alstrin

Associate Producer: Luke Webster

Executive Producer: Michael Casarrubia

Featuring: Adrien Costa, Mark Allen

Distributed by Outside Watch & Waterbear

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