Traverse
Sliding to understand
"To learn how to read this mountain, to listen to those who live there and to move forward alongside them."
In the film Traverse, Thomas Delfino presents a documentary where skiing is no longer the end goal. It is a film about passage, encounters and cultures, where we understand that, in Thomas’ eyes, the mountain is not a backdrop but a living world to be explored with respect.
An attentive and committed rider, he forges his path with open eyes, listening to the mountains and to the world he moves through. A consistent approach that extends all the way to the journey itself, made entirely by train, reinforcing this desire to move differently and to prove that it is possible.
The smallest high mountains in the world
Welcome to Slovakia. Mountain ranges modest in altitude, yet immense in what they have to tell. Here, the mountain is not measured only in meters or steep slopes. It is read through paths taken, passes crossed, and stories shared.
In Traverse, skiing becomes one means of movement among others. Crossing mountain passes, gliding beneath steep walls, stopping in simple, authentic wooden huts. An adventure Thomas chose to share with his friend Aurélien Lardy, used to narrow and committing couloirs, whose engaged approach finds here a different rhythm, slower and more attentive.
Moving slowly, taking the time to look around.
The mountain is watching you
Through different territories, Traverse highlights those who bring the mountains to life every day. Viktor, a local figure, the participants of the Sherpas Rally, women claiming their place and their rights at altitude. So many stories that remind us that the mountain is also a social, cultural and political space.
The film offers a fair perspective, without heroisation. It shows that crossing a mountain range also means accepting to question oneself, to unlearn certain reflexes, to look differently not always straight ahead, but around.
"At a time when the planet is warming, choosing listening over conquest is already carving out another path."
An attentive and committed rider, Thomas Delfino continues to move forward with open eyes, listening to the mountains and to the world he evolves in.
Answer with action
