we're here in Guyana beneath the towering Tepui mountains
in this wildly beautiful and unexplored cloud forest in the heart of the amazon
we're here to make a show on the National Geographic channel as well as shoot a story
for National Geographic magazine the full story is still a bit of a secret until the release of
the upcoming explore episode so you'll want to stay tuned but for now we wanted to share with
you a bit about the process of shooting this expedition which in essence is a scientific
mission through the forest and up into this vertical realm with the help of a few big
wall climbers and old friends there's Mark Synott adventure writer and the brains of this mission
Federico Pisani from Venezuela who has spent his entire life climbing in these regions
and Alex Honnold the ultimate secret weapon for the team's potential first ascent of Tepui
the cameras are just pushing as hard as they can in these conditions the sony FX, the
Alpha 1 and the S III kind of killing it shooting on the Alpha 7s III is the low light monster
I could not get these shots without this camera we're also here with the akawayo
people the local indigenous communities of this region and our guides for the journey
it is day 25 of living in the jungle I've never worked in more difficult conditions
in my life the jungle environment is the most gnarly environment i have ever worked
it's totally heinous incredibly difficult hiking it's basically like a gnarled tangle of roots and
a maze of slime i have probably been the most wet of my entire life over the last couple weeks I
just want to not be wet right now I just want to be dry and eat a hamburger somewhere speak
of the devil it's raining and we're just going to sit here and wait it out I just want a hamburger
please at no point have i ever thought that this trip was going smooth
how can something this chaotic be smooth
this is not easy we're all really beat down the entire team right in the butt
it's even harder than the Everest expedition that we did
in the conditions that we're dealing with it's like walking in chocolate pudding
cold pudding the jungle is the ultimate testing ground for canvas it's not just
the moisture it's not just the rain it's not just slime it's the constant dropping in the mud
the accidental slips the falls the impact all day long it just wants to eat your camera gear alive
camera went in there were so many times I thought I destroyed a camera
on this expedition but they just kept going
and it's safe to say I've entered a deep long-term relationship with the new Alpha 1 with its raw
burst action frame rate for stills and then click over to 8k video and then click over to slow-mo
in 4k 120 at 10-bit i've just never had so much in such a lightweight package
he's like any artist it's just he's a bobble head it's like
and then boom he gets the greatest shot you've ever seen go watch the pool cue technique
this place has so much life it's like an undiscovered Galapagos
it's such a privilege to be here you just want to work as hard as you can to do it justice
Taylor has been great a super talented artist but it's been nice to have somebody
that's helping guide the process of storytelling and she's looking over
"Go Away" I'm talking about you you were saying a lot of bad thing
clod forest living up to its name
just dangling in space trying to get one final shot let me get it I think we're gonna get it
the clouds just lifted out for the first time in forever right through there rainbow rainbow
rainbow oh my god absolutely breathtaking look at this this is sick it's crazy
it's crazy these are the moments that make it all worth it i hope this adventure really makes
people care about this place when it comes down to it I feel like we've reached this
new stage in filmmaking with this current Alpha suite we're able to bring back stories
from the harshest places on earth and use these advanced tools to hopefully make a difference