Songs and Flowers

Seven years after her brother’s death, a climber returns to Bolivia’s highest peaks in a record-breaking attempt to transform grief into connection and closure.

Seven years after her brother’s death, Karina Carsolio returns to their shared dream: to climb Bolivia’s highest mountains in the fastest possible way. Together with Hillary Gerardi, her new partner, she will strive to break records while facing the mountain as a mirror of grief, closure, and spiritual reunion.

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Songs and Flowers (Trailer)

Seven years after her brother’s death, a climber returns to Bolivia’s highest peaks in a record-breaking attempt to transform grief into connection and closure.
Filmmaker: Julen Elorza
Indigenous Peoples, Running, Women