180 South: Conquerors of the Useless |  | Authors: Chris Malloy, Yvon Chouinard Creator: Jeff Johnson Publisher: Patagonia Inc. Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Pages: 237 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4 Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 11.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0979065941 Dewey Decimal Number: 791 EAN: 9780979065941 ASIN: 0979065941
Publication Date: February 1, 2010 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
180 South takes readers behind the scenes of the film, 180 South, made by Chris Malloy, to learn more about the people who made the film, the original overland journey to Patagonia in 1968, and the repeat journey over ocean and land 40 years later. The book includes stories of events and experiences that inspired Chris Malloy, Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to choose paths committed to saving what's left of the wild world. Open it anywhere and enjoy the photographs by the worlds leading surf and climbing photographers Jeff Johnson, Jimmy Chin, Scotty Soen and Danny Modur.
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| Customer Reviews: Awesome, Inspiring Book May 2, 2010 N. Meltzer (New England) 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Makes you want to quit your job and follow their journey. Excellent photos and great stories, it feels like you're along for the ride the whole time.
enjoyable sail/surf/climb enviro documentary June 9, 2010 secret squirrel (hoy miami; manana buenos aires) 5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This documentary shows a guy retracing a great road trip climbing adventure that jacques chouinard, the founder of patagonia, and a few friends did back in the 1960's. The film is interspersed with cute and classic old footage from chouinard's adventure, and our hero enjoyably surfs and sails his way to chile's fitzroy range for a good climb. Along the way he finds a little love and hits us with some environmental messages that frolic on the cliff of the blindingly obvious, but still fit into the movie well. I found myself goofily smiling through almost the whole movie, and would recommend it to anyone who likes a good outdoor flick -- the last one i enjoyed so much was the excellent surf movie 'step into liquid'. 180 S isn't perfect and doesn't aim too high, yet by not over-reaching it rings true.
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