Documentary & Expedition Filmmaker
Humane World For Animals UK
To Know a Mountain
What does it take to know a mountain?
Tired of all the stories focused on racing to the summit, Hannah Westhenry fell into the pages of her beloved book The Living Mountain, by Scottish writer & explorer Nan Shepherd. Inspired by Nan’s work, Hannah brings together a diverse group of women to follow in Nan's footsteps, adventuring into the UK's largest and wildest mountain range to tell a different story.
‘To Know A Mountain’ interweaves visuals of the Cairngorms – from its grand landscapes to its smallest details – into an anti-summit story, promoting inclusion in the outdoors, and representing a diversity of ways of being in the mountains not often told in adventure films.
Year 2024
Director, Camera and Editor
Emily Baker & Michelle Sanders
Recognition
The film premiered at Kendal Mountain Festival 2024
During 2025 it has been part of an Alpkit tour being screened in stores across the United Kingdom.
The film alongside a written account of the expedition was published in Sidetrack Volume 33 magazine and online field journal.



