ALSHARQAWI
faisal
A KUWAITI ADVENTURER, MOUNTAINEER, AND FILMMAKER, DRIVEN BY ADRENALINE, PUSHING THE LIMITS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO THE VERY EDGE OF HUMAN CAPABILITIES, FIXATED ON A JOURNEY TO ACHIEVE A SUPER-HUMAN EXPERIENCE BY SCALING BIG MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND FLYING THEM DOWN. INTERESTED IN READING MORE? CLICK HERE.
the road to alpinism
A PROJECT THAT BEGAN AFTER MY SUMMIT ATTEMPT OF ISLAND PEAK. AS I WAS ABSEILING DOWN THE CRUX OF IMJA TSE, I CAUGHT UP TO A FRIEND WHO WAS WAITING IN BETWEEN ANCHOR POINTS, AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD DROPPED HIS FIGURE 8! HE WAS LIKE, WHAT SHOULD I DO? THAT WAS MY OH SHIT! MOMENT, I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO USE A SPARE CARABINER AS A FIGURE 8. THANKFULLY, OUR SHERPA WAS LAST TO LEAVE THE SUMMIT, AND HE SORTED IT OUT, BUT DEFINITELY MADE ME WONDER WHAT IF HE WASN’T THERE?
AFTER THE PANDEMIC, I DECIDED TO GIVE ALPINE CLIMBING A GO, AND THE ALPS SEEMED TO BE A GOOD STARTING POINT, EASE OF ACCESS TO A HUGE VARIETY OF CLASSIC ALPINE ROUTES WITHOUT THE NEED TO SPEND DAYS ON APPROACH.
from climbing, to base.
“Pursuing goals with animosity, will seperate you from your peers and put you on a different level.”
FOR MORE ABOUT MY JOURNEY IN TRANSITIONING FROM ALPINE CLIMBING TO BASE JUMPING, OR TO JUST HAVE MORE INSIGHT ABOUT MY RECENT ADVENTURES AND STAY UP TO DATE ON WHAT I’M UP TO LATELY… CHECK OUT MY BLOG
Becoming an
adventure filmmaker
IT WAS SOMETHING UNPLANNED AND UNEXPECTED IT JUST SIMPLY HAPPENED.
MY PASSION FOR CONTENT CREATION STARTED WITH GOPROS WHEN ACTION POV-STYLE FOOTAGE WAS HOT! THOSE TINY POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS BECAME ESSENTIAL IN MY SKYDIVING AND PILOTING GEAR BAGS… READ MORE.