VICE Documentary: Surviving Alone in Alaska // Story of Heimo Korth //

Alaskan wilderness survival living, home to Heimo Korth for the past 30 years.

[Authors notes:] Published on 25 Apr 2012
Heimo Korth is the last man standing in 19 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. His neighbors are polar bears and caribous. Say good bye to civilization and see how they do it in the arctic circle on the last frontier in America.

In 1980, Jimmy Carter established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan Interior, cutting off 19 million acres of prime boreal wilderness from the mitts of fur trappers, oil tycoons, and would-be lodge owners alike. Only six families of white settlers were grandfathered in and allowed to keep cabins in the refuge—of them, only one still stays there year-round living off the land. His name is Heimo Korth, and he is basically the Omega Man of Americas Final Frontier.

Hosted by John Martin & Thomas Morton | Originally released in 2009 at http://vice.com

Part I: First Night (00:00)
Part II: Learning to Survive (15:46)
Part III: Life in a Cabin (19:20)
Part IV: Man vs. Beast (33:36)
Part V: Death of a Daughter (44:41)
Part VI: Going Home (49:27)

The Denali Experiment: Northface Ski Expedition

[Authors notes] Although I was injured with a few broken vertebrae in my neck during this expedition it was awesome to live vicariously through the edit process! cheers, ~reo
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“In a lot of ways, this is the antithesis of the modern ski porn flick. A lot of rock star skiers and not much skiing! Ha! Well, hopefully having a narrative helps the piece along. It was a tough piece to put together with all the different characters. I decided to focus the story on Sage and Lucas and was hoping the piece would give people a sense of who those two characters are besides being rock star skiers/snowboarders. I often feel like the whole process of skiing and who the skiers actually are gets lost in most of the films today.” ~jimmy chin
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Free-ride skier Sage Cattabriga-Alosa and big mountain snowboarder Lucas Debari step out of their elements and make an attempt to climb, ski and snowboard Denali. Sage and Lucas get a helping hand from a huge cast of seasoned and professional climbers and ski mountaineers from the North Face Athlete Team, including Hilaree O’Neill, Conrad Anker, Ingrid Backstrom, Jim Zellers, Emilio Previtali and Giulia Monego, as the two embark on the hardest expedition of their lives.
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a http://camp4collective production
Director : Jimmy Chin
Cinematographers : Jimmy Chin, Matt Irving, Adam Clark
Editor: Renan Ozturk
Motion Graphics: Barry Thompson, Eric Bucy, Marty Blumen
Additional Media: Teton Gravity Research, Absinthe Films, Colby Coombs, Renan, Sage and Lucas
Color: Anson Fogel

Shot with the 5D and TM900

music in order of appearance:

Philip Sheppard
Song: Night Vision
http://PhilipSheppard.com

Yppah
Song: Never Mess With Sunday
http://Myspace.com/Yppah

Sun Wukong Project
Song: Clear Puzzles in Mjet
http://TheSunWukong.com

Ammoncontact
Song: Like Waves Of The Sea
http://NinjaTune.net/Artist/Ammoncontact

Philip Sheppard
Song: The Valley
http://PhilipSheppard.com

The Damn Sons
Song: Who Wants More
http://DamnSons.com

CatacombKid
Song: Digital Cliffs
http://CatacombKid.com

CatacombKid
Song: Water
http://CatacombKid.com

Amon Tobin
Song: Bloodstone
http://AmonTobin.com

Ape School
My Intention (Yppah Remix Instrumental)
http://NinjaTune.net/Artist/Ape-School

Fink
Song: Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us
http://FinkWorld.co.uk