"Himalayan Dreams" completed

In some ways, editing the "Himalayan Dreams" was harder than actually doing the trek but I'm happy to report it's now done, hooray!

The problem was to find a story from the footage and to edit it into something that would make sense to an audience. Initially we thought a detailed interview with Muha would form the basis of this story, but later decided to add in a voiceover. Now, all of this has been done, and initial responses to the latest version is promising. For now I've used music from "Tibetan Incantations" on the soundtrack, but Ahmed, our musician, is composing original music to replace it.

Hopefully, we'll manage to interest an international broadcaster and also TVM, the national TV station.

Meanwhile, I have to apologise yet again for neglecting the blog. Ever since coming back from the Himalaya, I've been going through very confusing thoughts, often unable to summon the will or the desire to understand and do something about them. I think I've experienced an overload of ideas, relating to work, filmmaking, and personal relationships, than burn bright when I have them and then fizzle out into nothing afterwards because I don't or can't seem to put any of them into action. In the meantime I can't really communicate all I'm feeling to my friends because they have their own concerns.

But throughout this phase (I think I'm still going through it), I have tried to maintain a positive outlook, to keep working, to stay healthy and fit. I can't say I was always successful, but I've managed to keep going.

Muha says at the end of "Himalayan Dreams" that after the trek he's more carefree because he's seen people living harsher lives out there and still surving; in other words, he knows that he can overcome anything that he encounters if he puts his mind to it.

I agree with him, of course, but i can't help wondering how much more easy it would be to leave everything behind and walk in the desolate, windswept ridge above Dingboche (4350m), in Nepal, forever.