“Standing up in my pedals, I dug so deep to make it to the top of the hill I wasn’t positive that my butt could bear sitting back down on my bike seat when I got to the top,” Hilary Oliver remembers.…
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My Bluebird of Happiness
Tag: Adventure
Craigslist Joe
Wikipedia defines “adventure” as:
"an exciting or unusual experience. It may be bold, usually risky undertaking with an uncertain outcome"
We could not find a better definition for the film, Craigslist Joe.
In 2008, Joseph Garner was an assistant to director Todd Phillips on the movie The Hangover.…
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Hooch
“It’s never encouraging to be awoken in a tent by headlights. I wanted to play possum–roll over, and pretend to sleep until they left,” writes David Hanson. “But this was exactly why I was here, a few hundred miles into a 500-mile canoe float down Georgia’s Chattahoochee.…
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Maidentrip
Not all who wander are lost.
We certainly found that to be true when we first saw Maidentrip on film festival screens last year. Born on a boat to parents sailing the world, Laura Dekker grew up on the sea. At 13, she declared to the world that she wanted to be the youngest person to sail the world solo.…
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Mindshift 180 Panorama Pack Review
I have to say that Mindshift’s rotation 180° Panorama pack was a great addition to my long list of camera gear during a couple of my recent shoots.
Firstly, I have to say that this pack was the perfect carry-on for stuffing my camera bodies, lenses and an assortment of accessories to have them close and safe, either under the seat or up above.…
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Hooch
“It’s never encouraging to be awoken in a tent by headlights. I wanted to play possum–roll over, and pretend to sleep until they left,” writes David Hanson. “But this was exactly why I was here, a few hundred miles into a 500-mile canoe float down Georgia’s Chattahoochee.…
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Go For It!
“Encouragement. Peer Pressure. Bullying. Call it what you like,” writes Tom Ireson, “but the climbing community is full of it.”
We rely on our friends, mentors and coaches to push us past our own self-doubt–help us realize what we’re capable of.…
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How the Arctic Enchanted Me
In late May of 2014, Nasa introduced me via email to Dan Ritzman, Northwest and Alaska Regional Director for The Sierra Club. Included in this email was a proposition to do some filming and photography in The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.…
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Crunch Time: Students prepare for film screening at Vail Symposium
Join us on Tuesday, June 10th in Vail, Colorado. Emmy award winning cinematographer and Adventure Film School instructor Michael Brown will be sharing his career as an adventure filmmaker. Students who have been creating films during the 2014 GoPro Mountain Games will showcase their stories from the games.…
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Catching The Storytelling Bug With Alex Williams
All the expensive equipment in the world can’t make a compelling film without a good story. “You can have the best lighting and sound equipment, but if you don’t have true stories, you just have pretty imagery, and it’s kind of dead in the water,” says Alex Williams, owner of Videotrekker Films.…
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