Mariana Mendoza and Miguel Casar are Los Angeles-based climbers who take on some tough bouldering routes. They also see the power their sport has to create a community of care mobilized against war, the carceral system, and in support of justice. The two ask themselves how they can show up as whole people in both spaces, and then must reevaluate when their immigration status changes. The film shows that erecting barriers and breaking them down are both WHAT THE HANDS DO.