Anyone up for a bit of adventure this summer? How about retrieving a secret key and then following GPS coordinates to journey 90 miles deep into the Mojave desert where a hidden swimming pool awaits? It might sound like some silly film premise, but this chlorinated treasure is f’real – and it’s the doing of artist Alfredo Barsuglia. His motivation for putting an accessible body of water in such a.. Read More
70 foot ice-drop vs. 127 hour desert-trap
When 127 hours came out, I thought, “What if social media were around back then?” I tend to think the real Ralston would have tweeted those selfie snaps he took – or at least updated fellow Facebook canyoneers about where he was headed had networking sites been around. Somebody that egotistical (as he shames himself for) doesn’t perform random acts of badassery just to keep it to himself. You share.. Read More
127 hours for the 127millionth time
I remember the first time I saw 127 hours. And the second. And the fourteenth. It’s dumbfounding how a movie like this can be so captivatingly entertaining when it is centered on a single dude, stuck in a canyon. I mean, the only interaction the protagonist has the whole time with other human beings is when they’re doing the whole character development thing and showing what an ego driven badass.. Read More