Feel It All: Film & Conversation on Mental Health in the Mountains
Feel It All chronicles professional skier Drew Petersen’s journey from the depths of suicidal depression to finding purpose, strength, and resilience by setting a goal to run the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon. Through blending the experience of skiing the highest 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado that surround the Leadville 100 course with the emotional, immersive story arc of running one of the most iconic 100-mile ultramarathons on the planet, the film shows how within the struggle of living with mental illness lies an opportunity to access an infinite, inexhaustible well of strength to achieve our limitless potential. The film aims to ultimately create powerful cultural change around mental health awareness and suicide prevention.
The night includes a keynote talk from Drew titled “My Story is The Story of Our Community: How my lessons from skiing remote peaks and running ultramarathons can shift the culture of the mental health crisis of the Mountain West.”
This event is presented by the Tahoe Forest Health System in partnership with the Tahoe Truckee Suicide Prevention Coalition, a program of The Speedy Foundation, and Truckee Chamber of Commerce. Film supported by UCHealth with additional support from Mountain Gazette and Best Day Brewing.
If ticket cost is prohibitive, please email info@thespeedyfoundation.org for scholarship tickets.
34 minutes plus keynote and Q&A
