My name is Frank, and I’m a cocker spaniel from Manchester.

 

My story began when I moved in with Maleek, my human. He wasn’t in a great place, having just finished a four-year sentence, he found himself transitioning from one prison to another: the COVID lockdown and a debilitating depression.

 

I gave him no choice; he had to start walking me. One walk led to another, and soon we were running. Before he knew it, we were on our way up Pen Y Ghent, his first mountain.

 

The mountains are his spiritual home, he needs them just as much as I do. His ambition is to run in the Alps. To push his boundaries and tackle a route higher and further than he has ever been before.

 

So that’s our plan. Together we are going to go to the Alps, we’re going to see the peaks, the ridges, the summits, and we’re going to heal together.

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This film was made possible thanks to the Run the Alps film grant.