Project Kilimanjaro
Our Scariest Project yet
Mount KilimanjaroTanzania
In June, our client Wolf told us he was going to climb Kilimanjaro. Then he asked the question we have not stopped thinking about since.
"Will my brace last?"
Manometric's 3D scanned, 3D printed, braces are built around one person's leg - for daily life. Not for eight days of volcanic rock, ice and 5,895 metres.
The Research and Development team at Manometric have until October 3rd to engineer one that survives the climb. Cameras are rolling for all of it.
The Breaking Point - trailer
This is real, unscripted engineering
A filmmaker is following the project from the first test to the moment the team lands back home, and the camera keeps running, no matter what happens. New video pieces land here as we go, with the full documentary premiering on 26 November.
The tallest freestanding mountain in the worldOn a brace made for a walk in the park
Behind the scenes
The first-time filmmaker
Never climbed a mountain. Three months to prepare, carrying a camera the whole way. How can he motivate the R&D team to go all-in?
Inside R&D
Material fatigue, test rigs, and the pressing problem of building something that cannot be fixed on a mountain.
Released October 19th
Meet Wolf
Why Kilimanjaro, what he needs from his brace, and what could happen if it lets him down halfway up.
Released November 16th
Wolf's AFO
Dynamic Ventral
Wolf walks with a custom ankle-foot orthosis. It starts with our new leg scanner, which captures his anatomy in sub-millimetre detail in a fraction of a second.
The AFO fits in Wolf's hiking boots because of the sub-millimeter precise 3D fitting and razor-thin design.
Project timeline
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