Conquerors of the useless
| April 20th, 2010I noticed this new movie 180 degrees south and I hope we can watch it in The Netherlands on the 25th of April as well. I watched the trailer and became inspired the same way I got inspired by the movie Into the Wild. A quote from the movie: “The hardest thing in the world is to make your life simple, making it complex is easy”. Yup plans and dreams of an epic journey are lingering in my mind and soul and might materialize next years… Below the synopsis of the movie. The site of the movie also contains footage of the original journey made in 1968, fantastic stuff. Smells like quitting your job indeed, hey…already did that 
Chris Malloy’s film strikes so deeply into the heart of Patagonia’s wilderness we come to feel at home there. 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless follows Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia. Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, surfs the longest wave of his life — and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. Jeff’s life turns when he meets up in a rainy hut with Chouinard and Tompkins who, once driven purely by a love of climbing and surfing, now value above all the experience of raw nature — and have come to Patagonia to spend their fortunes to protect it.