At the Edge
A rich portrait of life and death at the vertical limit of mammalian life on Earth — the Himalayas — including the most intimate and extensive encounters with a wild snow leopard ever captured on film.
The film is set in one high altitude valley, Rumbak in Ladakh, northern India. It tells the story of bharal reproduction and endurance, beginning with violent and spectacular mating on sheer cliffs and ending with the killing and eating of a bharal by the shadowy snow leopard. On the way, Wild Asia: At the Edge reveals an intimate, unique encounter with a breeding wild wolf family and the dramatic golden eagle harvest of a Himalayan marmot colony. The film’s climax is the most extensive encounter with a wild snow leopard ever filmed. Beautifully photographed across four savage seasons in a spectacularly bleak landscape, Wild Asia: At the Edge is a fascinating insight into the lives of the animals which dare to breathe the Himalaya’s thin air.