Parenting: Disaster Style
Patagonia鈥檚 new short film series, Parenting: Disaster Style, chronicles climbers Zoe Hart and her husband, Maxime Turgeon, as they share wild nature and sport with their sons, Mathias and Mika鈥攆rom backcountry hut skiing in Italy to lessons in dirtbagging along the French coast and growing food at their home in Chamonix, France. 鈥淚f you push your kids past what they think is possible,鈥� explains Zoe, 鈥渨hether it鈥檚 being cold or tired or wet, they鈥檒l learn they have the capacity to do way more than they thought they could.鈥�
Parenting: Disaster Style – Episode 1
Episode 1 finds the family in Southern France for a skate, climbing and kitesurfing trip, and includes a lesson on stretching 40 euros.
Parenting: Disaster Style 鈥� Episode 2 (coming 6/25)
In episode 2, Zoe and Maxime bring Mathias and Mika on a venture of risk and consequence while skiing Vall茅e Blanche in the French Alps, multipitch ice and rock climbing, and paragliding.
Parenting: Disaster Style 鈥� Episode 3 (coming 7/2)
The third installment is all about type–two fun and nature’s rewards. The Hart/Turgeon family goes ski touring through a storm to spend some time at a backcountry hut in Val Ferret, Italy. Young Mika would later describe this trip as the 鈥渂est adventure in the world.鈥�