A Mountain To Climb

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A Mountain To Climb

Okay, so I have a new project; the Good Vibes Film Production Group. Consisting of well, me, writer, Courtney Ross, website designer and Melanie Neilson, Marketing Manager, part of the successful team that put on the First Chilliwack Film Festival.

To cut our teeth in this cut-throat business; a short film. A fish out of water meets bucket list. The moral is you’re never too old and never, ever, give up on your dreams, however unattainable they may seem.

We meet seventy-year-old Rose Anderson, successful career woman. Having lost her partner, Fred, she finds her life suddenly bleak and meaningless. At the monthly meeting of the Ladies Wot Lunch Club her girlfriends try to help her get her life back on track.

A chance comment from one of the ladies makes up her mind. She will climb a mountain. Rose has always wanted to, but never found the time, or the inclination, or (to be honest) any reason to get off her butt and just do it. But this is different. She will do it for herself and for Fred.

Finding zest and meaning in her life again, she visits a bookstore, an outfitters and begins her crash-course training. After several bungling and humorous attempts, we witness her increasing aptitude at surviving in the wilderness.

The great day dawns. Standing alone at the trailhead, eagles screeching in the background, she looks up. Way, way up. Rose begins to realize just how crazy an idea this is and the misgivings set in. But she thinks again of Fred. How he loved the outdoors. How he would have happily bounded up the trail if it weren’t for his rheumatism. Her fierce determination re-emerges. Now undaunted, Rose puts on her lipstick, as she feels naked without it, and, designer handbag on her arm, where it has always been (as Queen Elizabeth II never goes anywhere without) she takes her first steps up the mountain, becoming more confident with each one.

Her day is filled with misadventures, trials and tribulations. At night, alone in her tent, the sounds of something skulking outside awakes her. Terrified she clutches at her locket; Fred is with her. What would he do? Would he stay here hiding in terror or would he go down fighting?

Does Rose survive her night of terror and make it to dance in joy on the mountain top?

Well, only the bears know for sure and they aren’t talking.

Hang on, bears don’t talk. They growl a little. Okay, a lot. And smell really bad. Who writes this stuff anyway?

We would be honored if you would like our facebook page and so doing support out Storyhive webpage. The more likes and support the better the chance we win a grant from Telus for our movie. And the more we are liked the more we know we are loved. Come on people, what isn’t there to like? Positive vibes, seventy-year-old spunky lady, designer handbag, hiking, the outdoors and achieving your dreams. Gotta love it. WIN, WIN all around. Hey, I’m tearing up, where’s the Kleenex?

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The pitch for the video is below (I tried to download it, but the file is too big. View and enjoy).

https://youtu.be/u0aICJ6unGE

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Sincerely

Frank Talaber

twosoulmates@shaw.ca

Frank Talaber’s Writing Style? He usually responds with: Mix Dan Millman (Way of The Peaceful Warrior) with Charles De Lint (Moonheart) and throw in a mad scattering of Tom Robbins (Even Cowgirls Get The Blues). 
PS: He’s better looking than Stephen King (Carrie, The Stand, It, The Shining) and his romantic stuff will have you gasping quicker than Robert James Waller (Bridges Of Madison County).

Or as is often said: You don’t have to be mad to be a writer, but it sure helps.

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