Oldie but goodie – different film style

Nice find, Karen.  The gear and the clothing of time invoke some of my early trips.
We sure did love our plaid, huh?

Also, the styles and use of slides to create a “video” reminds me of a course I took at Berkeley’s Owner-Builder Center in the 80’s but which had lots of slides from the 70s of lots of hippie builders trying to figure things out, some of whom I knew.

Wow. I liked this video, a great record of a groundbreaking trip in many ways. I’m glad they chose to share their adventure with the world.

Seems like I owned or borrowed most of the gear in the photos, around the same time. Not surprising, far fewer backpacking gear choices back then.

Thanks for posting this. Brought back some memories!

— Rex

Looks like they had old film pictures but this video must have been made recently?  The way they twirled around pictures or split them into pieces seems like modern digital production?  Maybe the audio was done at the time on analog magnetic tape?

Anyway, nice video!

I just recently sent my pack similar to that to the Goodwill.

Karen, the film seems to be available here.

Ack, a DVD! seriously? Who still does DVDs?

Ha! For such an old movie that probably isn’t much of a seller, the chances of it being digitized are most likely slim. I digitized older DVDs I had with my computer for my own use, computer DVD/CD disc readers are pretty cheap these days.

Yeah, I saw that on YouTube sometime in the last year or so. They sure had to be resourceful without Guthooks, light gear, and all the modern jazz we have.

@granolagirlak: National Film Board of Canada (ONF NFB) is a great resource, if you don’t know about it already, for some wonderful outdoor-oriented (as well as many other genres) films that are free to watch (either on your computer or on your iPad via an app or via an app on an Apple TV or Roku or … well, you get the idea). While they don’t have Walking the Great Divide, they do have many documentaries on outdoor adventures/misadventures and such. And so much more beyond outdoor adventures. It’s a fabulous resource for watching interesting film beyond the drek of mainstream film. Including some really fun, whimsical shorts, like this one. :-)

Thanks Doug. I do know about the National Film Board of Canada, since our library has a lot of those old films, still on the shelf! Even though no one uses them. I love Path of the Paddle.