The Second Step- Warren Macdonald’s Epic Journey to Federation Peak

Award winning (8 international awards) inspirational documentary film on double leg amputee Warren Macdonald s epic 28-day journey to Federation Peak, Australia s most challenging mountain. DVD includes Will Gadd’s film “Part Animal, Part Machine” which captures Warren’s ascent of the 600ft frozen waterfall, Weeping Wall; PLUS Timmy O’Neill’s Kroykees! featuring Warren s 3 day climb of Yosemite’s 2,800ft big wall, El Capitan. Winner of 8 International Awards: Banff Mountain Film Festival- Grand Prize (2002) Kendal Mountain Film Festival- Best Mountaineering Film (2002) Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival- Jury Award (2003) Telluride Mountainfilm- Human Spirit awards (2002) Moscow International Festival of Mountaineering and Adventure Films- Special Prize (2003) Spanish Sports Film Fest- Sports Award, Santendar (2003) Woodford Folk Festival Film Fest- Woodford Rocket (2003) Special Jury Award, Explorers Club Documentary Film Festival (2006) All of have the ability to pull off some pretty incredible things, the difference is, some people are afraid of taking that first step. In the heart of South West Tasmania’s magnificent World Heritage wilderness stands Federation Peak, one of Australia’s most challenging mountains. Against all the odds, Warren Macdonald spends 28 days hiking to and climbing the peak, becoming the first double above-knee amputee ever to do so. Walking away from the social constraints so readily applied to the “disabled”, and journeying into wild nature, Warren casts off the shackles and goes in search of the personal freedom he enjoyed before his horrific accident two years before. The Second Step is the profound story of one mans extraordinary courage and determination to take back control of his life.