Battling Monsters
In a Patagonian valley where no rescue exists, a wingsuit BASE jump becomes the doorway into the place Jamie and Sandra fear most: the Valley of the Beast. Beneath El Monstruo - South America’s towering 1,635 m granite giant, they must climb out the same way they rebuilt their lives: pitch by pitch, truth by truth. Battling Monsters is not about adrenaline. It’s about the courage to confront the thing inside you that keeps pulling you back down
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A Glimpse Into What’s Coming...
Our raw-select reel offers an intimate preview into the adventure, impact, and possibility that the full Battling Monsters documentary will deliver.
Inside the Story of Battling Monsters
Battling Monsters is not a story about a jump or a climb. It is the story of a spark - a quiet, unexpected spark lit in Patagonia last year - that grew into an obsession, a calling, and ultimately a reckoning neither Jamie nor Sandra could ignore....(Read More)
The moment Jamie first learned of El Monstro, something inside him shifted. The idea of being the first to wingsuit and climb this 1,635 m Patagonian granite giant rising from the Valley of the Beast infected his mind - not because of its scale, but because of what it represented: a mirror for every monster he had carried since prison, addiction, violence, trauma, and years of running from himself.
When Jamie shattered his shoulder helping another climber reach his dream - as part of a pact that they would attempt Monstruo together afterward - the spark didn’t die. It grew. It consumed him. The injury happened just two weeks before his own planned attempt, and losing the chance to touch his dream because he kept his word became the wound that made one truth impossible to escape: until he returned to Monstruo, he could not move forward in his life, his purpose, or his identity.
That truth placed Sandra at a crossroads. She saw the weight this unfinished story held over Jamie - the PTSD, the spirals, the identity fracture, the emotional fallout of a dream undone. And she made the ultimate sacrifice possible in a marriage: she chose to confront her own deepest fears so he could confront his.Sandra’s journey - battling addiction, anxiety, institutional trauma, and a fractured relationship with flight - becomes the emotional backbone of this film. Learning to climb, learning to BASE jump, learning to stand in the arena beside Jamie wasn’t adrenaline. It was love. It was purpose. It was transformation.
The wingsuit BASE jump and the climb are not the story - they are the crucible where the story unfolds.
Their return to Patagonia is not about proving anything to the world. It is about:
•confronting PTSD that never healed
•facing the addictions and identities that once defined them
•breaking survival patterns forged in prison and institutions
•letting go of the versions of themselves they can no longer carry
•and choosing, together, to climb toward the future instead of repeating the past
The valley and the wall are metaphors - but they are also real, unforgiving, and remote. A wingsuit BASE jump places Jamie and Sandra inside the Valley of the Beast, and the climb out becomes the path forward. But the physical stakes are only the backdrop. The emotional stakes are the film.
The monster on the wall is the least dangerous one they face.
The monster inside is the one they can no longer outrun.
Integral to the story is Jamie’s return to the prison where those monsters first took shape. Inmates ask the questions. The contrast becomes unavoidable: the wall he climbs now and the wall he once lived behind are the same - only one is made of granite.
This is not a climbing film.This is not a BASE jump film.
This is a film about confronting the monsters we all carry inside - the ones that pull us down, hold us back, and whisper old stories - and choosing, again and again, to climb out of them.
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Why This Documentary Matters
Battling Monsters exists because there are people still living where Jamie once lived - in prison, in addiction, in trauma, in the dark.
This film is not entertainment. It is a blueprint for confronting the parts of ourselves we avoid.
Jamie and Sandra will return to the prison where his internal monster was first born. They will speak directly to inmates - not with polished speeches, but with truth.
The film becomes a bridge:
• between who we were and who we can become
• between incarceration and transformation
• between survival and purpose
The climb out of the Valley of the Beast mirrors the climb out of addiction, violence, and identity wounds. The mountain isn’t the triumph - the decision to confront what’s inside is.
People in the dark don’t need inspiration - they need proof.
This film gives them that.
"One day in a my prison cell, I decided I didn’t want this life anymore. That lightbulb moment saved my life, and now I want this film to spark that for others."
-Jamie
Your Support Brings the Film to Life
Battling Monsters Filming is underway, but with your support we can take it to the next level — funding equipment, editing, and a film festival tour to attract major networks like Netflix and Hulu. Every contribution helps bring this vision to life.
Phase 1 (Current Phase)
Complete filming of Battling Monsters with professional equipment, travel support, and production crew.
phase 2
Fund professional editing, sound design, color grading, and scoring to ensure the documentary reflects top-tier production quality.
phase 3
Submit Battling Monsters to leading film festivals worldwide to build momentum, credibility, and visibility with distributors.
Phase 4
Pursue distribution through networks and platforms (Netflix, Hulu, etc.) while funding promotional campaigns to reach global audiences.
Phase 5
Bring the documentary directly into prisons, rehabs, and group homes with live speaking engagements and screenings that spark transformation where it’s needed most.
Battling Monsters is currently in development.
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