According to his instagram bio, Nils Amelinckx was a “Belgian bred Lake Districtian” who’s life was about “Freewheels, f-stops, full stops and #f*ckcancer". But through his lens, laughter and love of embracing every possible moment (preferably outdoors) as warmly as possible, he has become a global example of a life wonderfully lived. The fact that his life was cut far too short by bowel cancer is a tragedy, particularly to his wife Laura, the two ‘Linckx kittens’ Lotte and Leo and his close family. But his honesty, determination and ability to still spread joy and inspiration in the face of so many layers of physical and emotional agony was a Ctrl - Alt - Del on any previous definition of resilience. One I first learned about in this film, which left a packed 'bike night' at the Kendal mountain festival momentarily silent in awe at it’s rawness before an avalanche of applause announced Nil’s arrival as someone who would become truly significant to so many of us.
