In an interview with Digital Trends, JimmyChin speaks about his new series, EdgeoftheUnknown, and why he continues to showcase adventure athletes.
Jimmy Chin is on a mission to showcase the greatest adventure athletes in the world. Through his work with brands such as The North Face and Yeti to award-winning documentaries like Free Solo and The Rescue, Chin’s projects are just as spectacular as they are dangerous. The secret to Chin’s success lies in his innate ability to humanize these athletes in such a way that the rest of the population can understand why they push themselves beyond their limits.
All of the athletes in the series acknowledge the dangers in their respective sports. In some cases, it’s life or death. For a normal person, it’s hard to comprehend why someone would continue to push themselves this much. You’ve been on both sides of this. Why do these athletes continue to take these risks and push themselves to the unknown?
I find it so fascinating that these athletes know when something’s wrong and can say, “Hey, it’s just not my day. We’re not going to do it.” As a filmmaker and photographer, have you ever had to pull the plug on a project?Yeah, for sure, or you just don’t have the capacity to film, especially if you’re on an expedition and you’re part of the climbing team.
I haven’t watched it in a really, really long time. I was actually texting with Alex last night because we’re hoping to connect and go climbing pretty soon in like a couple of weeks. I don’t really spend much time thinking about it, but a lot of people definitely still come up to me pretty routinely and mention that they’ve seen Free Solo and really enjoyed it. It’s kind of mind-boggling.
But in a lot of ways, I feel like my career set me up really well for that, just being on a lot of expeditions. It felt very familiar, particularly, working with talent. It’s giving great talent the space to perform at their best, which is what I spent three years doing with Alex. Trying to remove the pressure of the film and everything around him so that he could do what he did. My job was to keep it super tight, super clear, like create a runway for him.
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