One Man, Two Feet, Three Peaks

A WeMove Documentary
winner of the 2022 British Independent film festival’s ‘Best documentary’

“I am the oldest dude to have completed the route in record time. I am the only father of four to have completed the route in record time. I am the only dude to climb the peaks barefoot and run the roads in vivobarefoot technology in record time and I am certainly the only dude to have been born with club feet and complete the route in record time. But, on reflection though, it was never about the record. It has, and will always be about dismantling social limitations and stepping into something new.”

Woohoo……

The ‘One Man, Two Feet, Three Peaks’ documentary is now showing on Vimeo.

One Man, Two Feet, Three Peaks documents one man’s attempt to run more than two marathons a day for 9 consecutive days and complete the entire National Three Peaks Challenge on foot. 

Tony Riddle was born with clubfoot. He has subsequently dedicated his life to seeking freedom through natural movement - becoming an ultra-endurance athlete at 44 years old.

The National Three Peaks Challenge normally involves scaling the UK’s three highest peaks -- Mt Snowdon in Wales, Scafell Pike in England, Ben Nevis in Scotland -- in 24hrs, while driving the 400 plus miles between the peaks. Instead, Tony at age 45 wants to run the entire distance in nine days, attempting to break a record. In an added twist, he decides to lose the shoes and scale all three peaks barefoot.

With his wife and four children in tow, this becomes about much more than breaking a record. It becomes a pilgrimage, a journey to find what he calls Tony 2.0. A broken toe and extreme weather conditions are just some of the physical elements Tony endures along the way, but it’s his mental and emotional strength that proves the biggest test.

20% of the profits from the film will be going to Survival International, an NGO which campaigns for tribal people’s rights.

Why @survivalinternational?

For the duration of my One Man Two Feet Three Peaks event I had been raising funds for Survival International.

Indigenous people comprise less than 5% of the world’s population, yet they protect 80% of global biodiversity. I hope the challenge will highlight the crucial role indigenous people play in protecting our ecosystem.

“We’re facing an existential threat. It’s time to move beyond simply raising awareness for the environment and become the change. The industrialisation of humanity has seen global wildlife population drop by 60 percent since 1970, that’s half an adult life span, but what about natural humans or indigienous people of the world?

Our natural humanity is disappearing at an alarming rate. If we wipe out the indigenous people of the world, we lose the most important template of all; we lose what it is to live and co-exist in our natural world.

We also lose their profound wisdom of how to protect our sophisticated ecosystem. When talking about rewilding or regenerative practices and the protection of nature and our ecosystem, it is crucial that we recognise the Indigenous peoples and communities of the world”.