Update: Instructors and students summited the mountain on September 17, 2007. Michael Brown called in with a dispatch from the top - listen here. Outside magazine's Thayer Walker wrote a feature article about the school and expedition. One film subject was climber Bill Barkeley, 46 years old with Usher syndrome, a condition that was causing him to go legally deaf and blind. At one point in the long trek, Bill said something that relayed the transformative nature of the experience, "When the caterpillar thinks it's going to die it becomes a butterfly." Students were moved to capture such raw emotions on video, and everyone was excited to be a part of the first Adventure Film School. You can also read Mountain Vision's dispatches from the expedition.

Students

• Thayer Walker
• Emeka Ngwube
• Josh Levine

Instructors

• Michael Brown
• Ryan Ross

Guide

• Jeff Evans

Trip Dates

• Filming: September 3-20, 2007
• Trip Length: 18 days
• Editing: October 4-8, 2007 in Boulder, CO
• Activity Type: Trekking

Student Testimonial:

"As a journalist, I am increasingly being asked to produce video componenets to the stories I write. The Outside Adventure Film School has given me an excellent filmmaking foundation. I now feel confident in my ability to produce video at a professional level." --- Thayer Walker, Freelance Writer