This story first appeared in print in the Winter 2020 issue of Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine. Read the e-edition here:
The original idea was to make a fun montage, showing the chaotic craziness of getting your kids out the door to go skiing. However, life doesn’t always go to plan.
After a tragic skiing accident last year, ‘The free-range family’ lost their dad and husband, Dave Treadway.
Having her life turned upside down in the most terrible of ways Dave’s wife, professional skier Tessa Treadway could no longer make a movie just about the fun of skiing with your kids.
Together with her friend pro skier Izzy Lynch, the badass single mothers take us behind the scenes and show us how to keep chasing life no matter what.
In a busy everyday life, balancing a career with motherhood, getting up on the hill can seem like an expedition in itself. Between diapers, missing gloves, and a ski bag so heavy you can barely stand up, it’s easy to just stay in.
Motherload tells us that even though the sorrow doesn’t get any weaker, your back will grow stronger, making that load feel just a little bit easier to carry.
The film is a celebration of the families’ connection to the mountains. The mountains take, but the mountains can also heal.
Izzy’s sister, the award-winning photographer and filmmaker Zoya Lynch, beautifully captures the families in Kicking Horse and Revelstoke Mountain Resort, showing us that there’s still laughter and the love for skiing, in between soul-rocking hard momentsMotherload premiered at the Banff Mountain Film Festival this year. You can watch the full movie from Dec. 17 as a part of Arc’teryx’s holiday film festival.
Motherload Teaser from LYNCH SISTERS FILM on Vimeo.
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