In a profound act of historical resurrection, modern-day adventurer Elise Wortley straps on her 19th-century hobnail boots and bonnet to celebrate history’s forgotten female explorers, whose absence from history continues to have knock on effects today. Armed only with the gear available to Henriette d’Angeville in 1838, Elise attempts to recreate the first female ascent of Mont Blanc — Europe’s most iconic peak to understand the lack of female representation in the the mountains. In doing so she also explores her own relationship with the outdoors and how its impacted a long battle with debilitating anxiety. The Bride of Mont Blanc is a celebration of female empowerment in the worlds wildest spaces but also a deeply intimate story abour resilience and personal growth. At its heart, it is both an homage to the forgotten women who first carved a path into the mountains, and a reflection on how women still wrestle with equality in the outdoors today. Elise Wortley’s climb is not only a physical recreation of Henriette d’Angeville’s historic 1838 ascent but also an insight into an intimate act of healing; to wear the clothes, carry the tools, and inhabit the silence of a past explorer is to make her visible again in our present. This film was made by an entire female crew from the director, mountain guides through to all post-production.