Backstory
It all started with a simple trek in Switzerland back in 2011 during my motocross racing days, and somehow the mountains overthrew my passion for racing.
They say that a person’s life is drastically changed when they experience traumatic events in life, and that was the case back in 2013 after my serious crash in a practice run at Pala Raceway, CA. I was airlifted to the hospital with a shattered clavicle and a dislocated hip, which forced me to undergo physical rehabilitation for almost a year.
During that tough chapter of my life, Somehow, My interest shifted from riding dirt bikes to experiencing human flight! That journey began in February 2014 when I enrolled in a skydiving school, Which later became my sole purpose in becoming a skydiver. I pushed myself as hard as I could to reach that 200 skydives mark, Which enabled me to start training for wingsuits.
My skydiving career gradually became peripheral to what was about to come! The time had come to begin pursuing the childhood dream that took me from jumping out of airplanes to flying them.
Amidst all of those significant changes, I developed a passion for filmmaking, and before I knew it, I was learning cinematography instead of Aeronautics.
2017 was the year that re-ignited my love for the mountains again after my trip to the Himalayas. Poonhill trek was the reason I got into trekking and my calling to share the beauty of Nepal through my lens, Which then harvested the idea of organizing group trips. With every trip, Aspirations became more prominent and harder, Yet that didn’t end my passion. In fact, it only pushed my goals further that I decided to try out technical mountaineering, Thus came my love for alpinism.
One of my main objectives is to combine visual storytelling with alpinism to show the world what it takes to become an independent climber. Adding summits to your resumé while just pulling on ascenders is not considered climbing. The term Mountaineer became somewhat abused amongst travel influencers who follow mainstream bucket lists with no actual climbing experience… What if things go South?
During one of my climbing trips in the Alps, I was traversing the Perrons when I came across a group of people near the summit. One of them was Ben Dicko, a famous base jumper, though I was unaware of who he was at the time.
A few days later, while attempting to summit the Matterhorn, a friend suggested I take a break to witness Tim Howell's flyby on a wingsuit. He had just summited the Matterhorn and flew right past us! At that moment, I knew it had to be done.
One of the reasons I got into skydiving after my motocross accident was proximity flying. I spent countless nights admiring the beauty of people manipulating that element with their bodies to achieve maximum glide and experience the sensation of actual flying.
I started looking into base, doing thorough research. Being a skydiver with at least 300 jumps is a prerequisite for base, and I actually did meet the requirements, Eventually, I started the course with the legendary Maurizio De Palma and progressed through the usual stages, starting with bridge jumps in Croatia and moving on to terminal jumps in Brento. I've put alpine climbing on hold so that I can focus entirely on base. Hopefully, by early next year, I'll move on to wingsuit base and gradually integrate it with my alpine missions.