The Mountain Within Me Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Ed Jackson is a former athlete who trained at the highest level, but in April 2017 he was involved in a serious accident where he broke his neck and a serious spinal cord injury. This left him paralyzed from the neck down and doctors told him he would never walk again. When faced with life-changing injuries, Ed Jackson harnessed his determination to create a future for himself, and his family, that most thought impossible. This documentary follows Ed, and his wife Lois, as they undertake an extraordinary journey through the past and present and honestly discuss their future and the impact of living with a disability. The Mountain Within Me is directed by the British producer / filmmaker Polly Steele.
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00:00 I would have loved to shaken the old me and just said do you know how lucky you are to be alive?
00:07 My name is Ed Jackson. I was a professional athlete I
00:17 Was at the peak of my career then everything changed
00:22 I had an accident I had to be resuscitated three times
00:28 I
00:30 Was completely paralyzed from the shoulders down I
00:33 Was in a pretty dark place
00:36 Many times I thought I don't want to be here anymore. No, sorry. I
00:40 Realized then that it wasn't about me. He was I'm gonna walk again
00:47 So it's been too soon
00:51 I said to my physios that I wanted to climb a mountain. I feel like excuse me. What?
00:58 I wanted to rewrite the rule book of what is possible in life
01:02 We're too quick to be put into pigeonholes by society and by ourselves
01:07 She remember you got walled back down
01:10 Helping others helps you massively. It's such a shortcut to making yourself feel better
01:18 Ben is an expiratory pearl on the same journey as me. He's joining me on the most dangerous climb either of us have ever done
01:27 Since my accident people been telling me I can't do stuff and I want to prove them wrong
01:32 Where's mentally draining day of my life
01:38 Hey, fine, it's terrain Ben does that answer your question
01:48 Don't things for each other doesn't cost anything those ripple effects make such a big difference
01:57 You never really know how life's gonna pan out
02:01 I'm not scared of dying. I'm scared of not really living
02:10 You
02:12 You
02:15 You
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