scary video of Jimmy Chin and crew getting attacked by natives with knives in Chad, Africa
“Getting attacked at knife point deep in the Ennedi Desert of Chad, 5 days driving from the nearest road, was a bit inopportune. At least we got some footage….Please excuse the shaky camera work”. – Renan Ozturk
The knife attack is pretty scary. Imagine being in the middle of nowhere and having a knife pulled on you. What are you gonna do?
It’s scary and even more scary when the attackers aren’t very confident with what they’re doing. I actually had two guys with machetes confront me in Indonesia last year. It’s not that fun.
The knife fight is just to draw your attention. The real meat and potatoes here is their first ascents in the Ennedi desert in Chad, Africa. These guys went deep to get here and brought some of the best climbers and photographers in the world. The North Face is certainly throwing down for some amazing trips.
amazing video of Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold, James Pearson, and Mark Synnott getting first ascents in the most bizarre of places: the Ennedi desert of northern Chad, Africa
In Towers of the Ennedi, veteran climber Mark Synnott—known more for his far-flung adventures than his technical accomplishments—brings young climbing stars Alex Honnold and James Pearson to the Ennedi to explore its untouched landscapes. Together, Synnott, Honnold and Pearson endure a long, bumpy drive across the sand flats of a godforsaken country to reach an incredible destination: gardens of towers filled with graceful fingers of rock, bottle-shaped formations and lithe arches. With its stark and poetic footage of camels and rock, as well as jarring images of unpleasant travels, this film shows that sometimes you can have just as many adventures trying to reach your destination as you can have once you get there.
a CAMP 4 COLLECTIVE production
Directors: Renan Ozturk, Jimmy Chin, Tim Kemple
Executive Producer: Shannon Ethridge
Cinematographers : Renan Ozturk, Tim Kemple, Jimmy Chin
Editor: Renan Ozturk
Knife = not cool. Towers in the middle of nada = unreal.
That knife seen is way intense