Chasing The Sublime | A Cold Water Swimming Short Film

Alpkit are delighted to present 'Chasing the Sublime', a mesmeric glimpse at the physicality of long distance cold water swimming by award winning director Amanda Bluglass Why do we put ourselves into the path of discomfort and risk? What drives us to get too cold and too tired, to battle with fear, in the name of adventure? Loch Hourn on the Knoydart peninsula in the Western Isles of Scotland is regarded as one of the last wildernesses of Europe. Access to sea lochs is difficult. Salt water mingles with fresh water as it runs off the mountains, icy even in high summer. This mesmeric film immerses us in the physicality of cold water swimming, asking why we put ourselves in the path of discomfort and risk; why does the search for adventure take us to ever more remote and inhospitable places? Join the originators of The Outdoor Swimming Society, 'swim twins' Kate Rew and Kari Furre, as they set out to chase the sublime. CREW, CAST, SPONSORS Director: Amanda Bluglass Director of Photography: Danny Cooke Underwater Photography: Neil Hope & Danny Cooke Edited by Michael Clark Swimmers: Kate Rew and Kari Furre Sponsored by The Outdoor Swimming Society in association with Alpkit