CB13 & CB14 Expedition Sep 2026

This video documents our CB 13 & 14 Expedition from September 2026. An expedition is very different from the finished version we normally see in photographs and short clips. Most of it happens between those moments. Packing and repacking equipment, moving with the team, adjusting plans, dealing with changing conditions, managing fatigue, waiting, preparing for the next stage, and simply getting through one day before thinking about the next. This video is an attempt to show that side of the journey. The CB 13 & 14 expedition brought together days of travel, preparation, movement in the mountains, changing landscapes, difficult stretches, quiet moments and time spent as a team. There were parts that went according to plan and parts where the situation itself decided what came next. The journey starts long before reaching the mountain. Equipment has to be organised, loads have to be managed and everyone has to understand what they are carrying and what they will need later. As the expedition progresses, normal routines change quickly. Days begin to revolve around weather, movement, food, equipment, rest and preparation. You focus on what is directly in front of you. Get ready. Move. Eat. Rest. Check your equipment. Prepare for the next day. And repeat. The environment also changes the way you experience time. A few hours of movement can feel long when conditions are difficult, while an entire day can disappear quickly when everyone is busy preparing. This video includes those quieter moments along with the bigger ones. One of the most important parts of any expedition is the people around you. When you spend days together in an unfamiliar environment, you see the team differently. Someone can be tired while another person is feeling strong. Someone may be focused on the route ahead while somebody else is thinking about equipment, food or the next stage. The expedition moves forward because those individual responsibilities come together. There are conversations, jokes, long stretches of silence, shared meals and plenty of ordinary moments that never appear in a final photograph. Looking back, many of those moments become as memorable as the larger milestones. The mountains also have a way of reducing everything to the basics. You cannot control every condition. You cannot force every plan. And you cannot assume that what worked yesterday will automatically work again today. You prepare as much as you can and then deal with what is actually in front of you. That reality is a major part of this film. We have tried to keep the video honest rather than make the expedition look more dramatic than it was. There are good days and difficult ones. There are moments of excitement and periods where the main objective is simply to keep moving carefully and consistently. As the days continue, tiredness starts accumulating. Even familiar tasks require more effort. Packing equipment again, getting ready to move, organising camp and preparing for another day becomes part of the rhythm. The physical side of an expedition is obvious, but the mental side becomes just as important. You need patience. You need to stay focused when progress feels slow. For us, documenting the expedition was also about capturing the environment rather than only ourselves. The changing terrain, weather, camps, movement and small details along the route are part of the story. A camera cannot fully reproduce what it feels like to actually stand there, but it can preserve pieces of the experience. There is the feeling of waking up knowing another long day is ahead. The relief of stopping after a demanding stretch. The routine of organising everything again before resting. The conversations that happen when everyone finally has time to sit down. And the quiet that comes from being surrounded by mountains, away from normal daily life. It is easy for expedition videos to become a collection of the most impressive shots. Those moments are obviously part of the story, but they are only a small percentage of the actual journey. Behind every strong photograph or short clip are hours and days that are much less glamorous. Preparation. Packing. Walking. Waiting. Starting again the next morning. As the expedition moves forward, the landscape changes, the routine changes and the team's focus changes with it. Every stage brings a different set of things to think about. You stop thinking about the entire expedition at once. Instead, the focus becomes the next practical objective. Reach the next point. Settle in. Recover. Prepare. If you are watching because you are planning your own journey into the mountains, hopefully it gives you a realistic sense of what happens beyond the photographs. And if you simply enjoy mountain films and expedition stories, we hope you enjoy coming along with us. Thanks to everyone who was part of the journey and to everyone watching.