Outdoor Media, Film & TV Safety

Mountainz can provide a comprehensive range of professional safety services for filming in mountain and challenging outdoor locations
  • Advice & consultancy during planning
  • Risk & safety management in mountainous, polar & challenging outdoor environments
  • Written Standard Operating Procedures
  • Dynamic & written risk assessments including Emergency Action Plans
  • Location scouting - With over 20 years experience of the UK's wild places and the worlds mountains, across all 7 continents, we have an extensive collection of photographs and reference material
  • Recces for planning and camera locations
  • Mobile, extreme enviroment & climbing cameramen (Canon XF105 & XF205, GoPro)
  • Mobile, extreme enviroment & climbing stills photography
  • Full safety cover in the outdoor environment including rescue & medical
  • Selection, training & provision of Safety Team
  • Mountain Cameramen
  • Jib operation & sound recordist
  • Drone pilots
  • On camera guiding in rock climbing, mountaineering & ice climbing
  • Logistical support
  • Experienced in working with helicopters and aircraft in support of projects
  • Provision of technical rope & safety equipment
  • Technical rope rigging for working at height on natural rock or man-made structures facilitating safe access for talent & film crew
  • Provision of radio communications
  • Transport & safety support using landrovers , quads, skidoos & powerboats
  • Relevant training for film personnel for safety, continuity and reality
  • Climbing doubles
  • Managing rope access for actors & film crews
  • Personal safety provision for talent
  • Porterage of equipment
  • Advanced first aid medical cover
  • Swift water rescue provision
  • Safety boats / kayakers
  • Canyon & ghyll access and safety
Locations
In the UK we are active across Scotland, the Lake District, North Wales, the Peak District & Yorkshire.
Worldwide we have operated in Nepal, India, Kyrgystan, China, Indonesia, Tanzania, Norway, Spain, Iceland, Greenland, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica,

Qualifications
All MountainZ personnel have appropriate professional mountain, rope access, caving, mountain rescue or water/swift water rescue based qualifications, full insurance and a relevant advanced first aid award.
Previous clients have included:
Adventure Peaks, Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, BBC, BBC NHU, Discovery Channel, DM2, Ember Films, Fieldcraft Studios,  ITV,  Lowe Alpine, Rab Equipment, Secret Compass, Shiver Productions, Sport Relief, The North Face, Threshold, Tangent Expeditions, True North Productions, World Extreme Medicine
Please contact us to discuss your requirements or have a look at our previous credits