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I just watched Gordon Eastman's "High, Wild, and Free" yesterday on Netflix. Excellent film! It's one of my new favorites, and a great wilderness documentary. In it Gordon Eastman takes us on some trips through late 1960s British Columbia to fish, hunt, hike, ride horses, and canoe.
First off, the land is stunning. Words simply do it no justice. The camera really takes it all in while the narration keeps the story moving along.
In one scene some local natives construct a moose hide canoe, then Eastman takes it on a river trip with his buddy and two dogs. The canoe capsizes but everyone makes it to shore okay, including the dogs. There's no spit and polish here, and Eastman is not an infallible wilderness "expert." Bad stuff happens to him like it does to the rest of us. Yet he always seems to come out of it smiling.
Later on he takes his sons to the high country on a sheep hunt. They ride as far as they can, walk the rest. Eastman remarks on how it feels to be the older man with the younger, faster fellows always ahead of him on the trail. But you can tell he loves being out there with his boys and sharing this place with them. Not every shot is a made-for-tv perfect zero, and not every shot drops a target, but the hunt is a good one and they bring home both meat and trophy. I can't reccomend this movie highly enough. If you like hunting and fishing or just seeing some breathtaking mountains and rivers, check it out! I know I'll be watching it again very soon.
First off, the land is stunning. Words simply do it no justice. The camera really takes it all in while the narration keeps the story moving along.
In one scene some local natives construct a moose hide canoe, then Eastman takes it on a river trip with his buddy and two dogs. The canoe capsizes but everyone makes it to shore okay, including the dogs. There's no spit and polish here, and Eastman is not an infallible wilderness "expert." Bad stuff happens to him like it does to the rest of us. Yet he always seems to come out of it smiling.
Later on he takes his sons to the high country on a sheep hunt. They ride as far as they can, walk the rest. Eastman remarks on how it feels to be the older man with the younger, faster fellows always ahead of him on the trail. But you can tell he loves being out there with his boys and sharing this place with them. Not every shot is a made-for-tv perfect zero, and not every shot drops a target, but the hunt is a good one and they bring home both meat and trophy. I can't reccomend this movie highly enough. If you like hunting and fishing or just seeing some breathtaking mountains and rivers, check it out! I know I'll be watching it again very soon.
