Purpose
InTents
What do we leave behind when we chase our dreams?
The mission isn’t the summit. We go up to bring something back down — abandoned tents remade into clothes, art and a film. What’s left up there is a mirror: ambition, ego, the price of chasing a dream. Not another report nobody reads. We say it out loud, and we show it to the world.
Everest — the problem in numbers
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Tonnes of waste left on Everest (est.)
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Tents left at Camp 4 in one season
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Waste left behind per climber (est.)
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Visitors to the region each year
Widely cited estimates — but we know the issue is real, and we need to act.
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Now → end 2026
Lock it in
Concept locked, funding applications submitted, first partnerships in place, website live, and training on Norway’s highest mountain.
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Early 2027
Green light
Funding decisions expected, permits filed, and conversations with Nepal partners and sherpa teams taken forward.
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Autumn 2027
The test climb
Lobuche East, 6,119m, in the Everest region — filmed in full. This is where we find out if we're ready.
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Spring 2028
Going up to bring something down
The main expedition. Everest, tent collection, on-location filming.
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Summer 2028
A tent is not just a tent
Back in Copenhagen. OurShift turns the tents into garments and art — the scars kept visible.
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Late 2028
Out into the world
Film edit complete, festival submissions, exhibition launch, garment collection release.
Dates are indicative. They depend on funding, permits, conditions and logistics.
Training & preparation — Norway, not Everest
The people behind the project
Core partner · Project lead
Doron Bauer
Core partner · Fashion & upcycling
Milan Flíček
Core partner · Documentary & marketing
Marijus Perlavicius
Contributor · Circular economy & funding
Alejandro Trujillo
Contributor · Film & photography
Oliver K. Jørgensen
Contributor · Art direction
Julie Rondel
Contributor · Fashion assistant
Jasmin Wickert
Advisor · Nepal & local connections
Jamuna Thapa Magar
Prospective · Everest climber
In conversation
Prospective · Sherpa partner
In conversation
Core partner · Project lead
Doron Bauer
Core partner · Fashion & upcycling
Milan Flíček
Core partner · Documentary & marketing
Marijus Perlavicius
Contributor · Circular economy & funding
Alejandro Trujillo
Contributor · Film & photography
Oliver K. Jørgensen
Contributor · Art direction
Julie Rondel
Contributor · Fashion assistant
Jasmin Wickert
Advisor · Nepal & local connections
Jamuna Thapa Magar
Prospective · Everest climber
In conversation
Prospective · Sherpa partner
In conversation
Core partners, contributors and advisors — fashion, film, funding and the mountain.
In their words — the InTents vision
“Filming it is the easy part. The hard part is putting it in front of people who have never thought about Everest, and making it stay with them. Nothing on that mountain changes until someone down here decides to care. It starts with you.”
“Don’t waste tents. For the past half a decade Our Shift has been repurposing broken tents from festivals — now it’s time to take it to a higher level.”
“A tent is a material, not a problem. If we can get it down, clean it and test it, it has another life — and someone has to fund that part too.”
“The damage stays visible. We’re not hiding the tears or the sun bleaching. That’s the evidence.”
“Nothing works in Nepal without local partners. If the recovery doesn’t make sense for the people living there, it doesn’t make sense at all.”
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Our Shift
Upcycling fashion studio in Copenhagen. Turns the tents into garments — the scars kept visible.
ourshiftbrand.comCircularity Centre Denmark
Circular-economy knowledge partner. Keeps the material story honest, from tent to garment.
circularitycentre.dkSagarmatha Next
Waste-to-art centre above Namche Bazaar, 3,780m. Where mountain waste already becomes work.
sagarmathanext.comSPCC
Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee — waste control and clean-ups across the Khumbu.
spcc.org.npApparel & technical outerwear
Fabric, construction and a name on the collection that comes back down the mountain.
Open slot — this could be you →Camera & optics
Bodies, glass and power that keep working at −30°C. The film only exists if it gets shot.
Open slot — this could be you →Confirmed collaborators, plus two core partner slots still open. Funding applications are in progress — including Statens Kunstfond — and no decision is confirmed yet.