A second strand of fieldwork: reaching Namche

Namche / Khumbu·Back to Kathmandu·2026-10-30

Englische Fassung; Übersetzung ausstehend.

While interviews continue in Kathmandu, the mountain fieldwork has reached Namche.

Our fieldwork now follows two parallel paths. In Kathmandu, the team is gathering interviews around the UIAA General Assembly. In the Khumbu, the filming journey has reached Namche: Vincent reported his arrival on 29 October.

Wooded mountain valley with a river below snow-covered peaks. — A mountain valley during the team’s Nepal field trip.

This second strand will help bring the documentary beyond the setting of an international gathering. The planned work includes filming the places through which the team travels and seeking conversations with people whose lives and work are connected to the mountains.

People and loaded pack animals crossing a suspension bridge beside fields and forest. — On the trail during the Nepal field trip.

For now, this is a first dispatch from the route. We will share the encounters and perspectives that emerge as the fieldwork develops, alongside the conversations taking place in Kathmandu.

Photograph of a screen showing an interview participant wearing glasses, a fur hat and a red quilted vest in a wood-panelled room. — An interview scene from the mountain leg of Back to Kathmandu.

Photograph of a screen showing an interview participant in a dark jacket, with another person behind in a kitchen. — Behind the scenes of the mountain interviews.