Meanwhile, On The Rest of The Web...

Here's a couple of the best bits from the various blogs that I keep an eye on from the last month...

The first is a jaw dropping video sequence that I found on The Adventure Blog which was made for the Hayden Planetarium in New York City that puts into scale just how large the Universe is. The video begins in the Himalaya and slowly begins to pan out, past the moon, the solar system, and so on. It does a fantastic job of making you feel very, very small.



Also recieved a great post from Made In England about the latest movie from the very cool Woodshed Productions; 180° South. It's a film about surfing, sailing and climbing, but generally it’s a remake of a legendary trip and film from 1968. There's an interesting slide show of the trip here too, simple but well put together.

Apart from all the slick modern production stuff, the really exciting thing was the original trip; Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia & Black Diamond) and Doug Tompkins (founder of The North Face), plus three other chums set off in an old camper van to surf, ski and climb their way through South America, on their way to be the 3rd team to climb Mt. Fritzroy (Cerro Fitz Roy) in Patagonia (it’s that iconic granite slab used on the Patagonia logo).

Unfortunately the only evidence of the original film (Mountain of Storms) online is this short clip (voice over is hilarious). Feeling like I'm so close to all that Patagonia has to offer, the temptation to jump into a van and scoot down south is overwhelming...but I suppose I'll have plenty of time to do it.

Cusco, Peru
21st December 2009