Hope Technology: 5am - Video

May 30, 2016
by Hope Technology  
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Without any warning you are ripped from your slumber and whatever you were dreaming of is instantly a faint speckle on a distant horizon. With your eyes still shut, you scrabble to try and claw it back - it was a good dream after all, likely about cats playing keyboards, but you quickly realise the dream is long gone and direct your efforts into kick-starting the day. Damn alarms...


Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler

5am


Before your eyes have even adjusted to the light and the sounds of the new day, you’ve already forgotten about being tired, you can sleep when you’re dead after all. The notion that the 3am getup will all be worth while has got your endorphins racing and flows of great anticipation begin infusing into your blood stream. You feel alive. More awake than ever and with a deep breath and a final swig of coffee you let the day begin.

Under a wide sky of dawn’s pastel hues and in the cold shadows of the mountains, you embark on the accent to the distant horizon. There’s a rhythm, a melody to each footstep that hits the gritty earth beneath the sole of your shoe. And the gentle hum of the wind is a welcome companion as that distant horizon rapidly becomes within a stones throw.


5am

Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler


The summit is now at your finger tips. You look around as you feed on the crisp mountain air to fuel the final few steps to the top. The sky is ablaze with purples, blues, oranges and yellows, you’re eyes in total awe as the surrounding mountains pine for its attention. And then, you see the first glimmer of what the early start was all about. The race for the summit is now on.


5am

Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler

5am


The rhythm begins again. The bike on your back now seems heavier and the wind seems to be calling louder - you take it as encouragement. Within moments, you’ve made the summit crest and at that very moment, as you relieve the weight off your shoulders, the lands around you are enveloped in gold. You’ve made it and just in time to shake hands with the rising sun. An old friend. There’s not a soul around, not as far as you can see. No one else is witnessing what you are right now - not the shadows folding around the mountain ridges, or the lowlands fading into life - you don’t take it for granted. It’s a special moment and you laugh that you even contested sleep for a 5am sunrise. These mountains were yours. And the ride down was to be one of the finest.


Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler

Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler

5am

Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler

5am

Images from Hopetech Women s film - 5am All images - Roo Fowler


All images: Roo Fowler


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32 Comments
  • 15 0
 damn, bad idea to see this at work, useless afternoon
  • 10 6
 This reminds me of the time we climbed Snowdon at 4am for the epic descent back to Llanberis. Only we didn't have a spectacular view, just thick fog and 90mph winds! Link to vid in profile...
  • 10 0
 shameless
  • 1 0
 @uphilarious: straight up hahahah
  • 2 0
 such a great video. Outstandingly well produced - the shots themselves, the timing, the transitions, the composition. Absolutely love it. The idea and the riding as well, of course. I wonder - where was it shot?
  • 4 0
 I m always wondering who bears all the camping and meal stuff?
  • 3 0
 I know that mountain, Hellvelyn right? I've never seen it looking that glorious though! Brings back memories of home.
  • 2 1
 hill
  • 1 0
 @JohnPaul11: Ha! It's not far off being a hill but makes the cut by about 100m.
  • 4 0
 EPIC!!!
  • 1 0
 I thought I spotted Miss Hobson. Hello Julia from the Cumbrians who came on "Letch week" on last years TP guided hols.
  • 2 0
 Great vid but not enough bzzzzzzzzzzzz
  • 2 0
 Stunning video and photos!
  • 2 1
 The thought of me doing anything this energetic at the BRAKE of dawn is HOPEless
  • 2 0
 so beautiful
  • 2 1
 ispy a new Ohlins shock.....
  • 1 0
 Damn Sharp video!
  • 3 5
 Why juliana, this is a nomad ...
  • 5 1
 Juliana is Santa Cruz brand for women
  • 4 3
 yeah I know but why an other name if frames are identic ^^ SC bikes can be ridden by women too Big Grin
  • 6 0
 Female specific saddle and the color scheme make them Juliana...
  • 5 0
 What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.
  • 8 0
 So Santa Cruz caters to women, too, get over it. And it would be a bronson, not a nomad, anyway.
  • 2 3
 I believe the geometry differs slightly in order to accommodate women's specific body types. That way they can ride that Juliana Roubion the same way you or I would be able to right a bronson instead of being overly stretched out or not quite fitting right. Slight differences make the bike catered to their body type. Yes, some women can ride the bronson or nomad, but take my girlfriend for example. she is 5' 2".....no way can she fit a normal sized Santa Cruz.
  • 1 6
flag CornishKiwi (May 31, 2016 at 10:09) (Below Threshold)
 @ianswilson815: tough break having a girlfriend that rides bro......
better luck next time
  • 7 0
 Nope, same frame.
  • 4 0
 @ianswilson815: the frames are the exact same. i think they might offer different component sets but the frames are the same geometries.
  • 2 0
 @sooner518: Huh, interesting. You are right and I checked, so then why is the Juliana roubion XX1 build $200 cheaper than the same exact bronson component build? I think the only difference is the saddle....
  • 1 0
 @CornishKiwi: (sarcasm insert, folks)
  • 2 0
 @ianswilson815: demand is lower for the Juliana..... not unheard of for dudes to buy Juliana frames becuase theyre cheaper. there was a a huge discount on the Juliana version of the 5010 last year (like $1000 cheaper than the 5010) and some dude(s) on MTBR bought one for his own use. kinda stupid not to. the only difference is paint and maybe a component or two
  • 2 0
 @ianswilson815: But...but...Isn't that sexist? Wink
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