Movie-time! The Human Race, documentary.

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aarya

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Anyone seen it?
To me, it epitomizes the different mindsets of different people, from different parts of the world. You have the young ultra marathon runner, who uses lots of technical doodads. Then you have the survival expert in his fifties, who relies more on the knowledge in his head, rather than alot of thingamajiggers, though he has his share. Lastly, you have an old coot in his seventies, who carries little to nothing in terms of items, but moreso in his head.

This documentary, from the beginning or middle of the 1990's, is what set me on the path of appreciation of nature. From the first time i saw it, it's been in my mind, and i've tried to track it down on the web, but so far, no luck. All i know, is that it's Australian, and that the oldest participant was an Australian Aborigine named Jack Jugarie.

Maybe you have a documentary, movie or book, that is the definite point where you became interested in nature, wilderness, skills/crafts, etc?
If so, please share here! :thumbup:
 
Seen it? I have it, although I don't know where. I was in the process of transferring my VHS to DVD, when my DVD recorder died, so until I get another one....

As I remember, they all decided to finish the race together?

Doc
 
Doc: Yes, they did!
Infact, the youngest one came first to where he could see the finish line, then he saw the elder Aborigine in the distance, and decided to wait for him. After they had talked for a while, the survivalist in his fifties caught up with them.
It's a pretty decent watch, don't you think?
 
aarya said:
Anyone seen it?
To me, it epitomizes the different mindsets of different people, from different parts of the world. You have the young ultra marathon runner, who uses lots of technical doodads. Then you have the survival expert in his fifties, who relies more on the knowledge in his head, rather than alot of thingamajiggers, though he has his share. Lastly, you have an old coot in his seventies, who carries little to nothing in terms of items, but moreso in his head.

This documentary, from the beginning or middle of the 1990's, is what set me on the path of appreciation of nature. From the first time i saw it, it's been in my mind, and i've tried to track it down on the web, but so far, no luck. All i know, is that it's Australian, and that the oldest participant was an Australian Aborigine named Jack Jugarie.

Maybe you have a documentary, movie or book, that is the definite point where you became interested in nature, wilderness, skills/crafts, etc?
If so, please share here! :thumbup:
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Sounds very interesting thanks for the heads up, I'll look for it.
As for what first got me interested in nature and survival skills..... one of my earliest memories from about when i was four years old, was asking my father to take me into the woods and teach me how to build a campfire. I can't say why I asked except that it seemed very important thing to learn in my young mind. Such skills still seem very important to me nearly forty years later, although I now know why.
 
I remmber seeing this documeary on the ABC (the Aussie public broadcast system) a few years back. The best bit was at the end when the two westerners (the american and the german) met up with the local aborigine - they were all emotional, hugging each other etc after their epic journey- he just said 'Well, here we are then' and walked home......

I'd never been in the Kimberley when I watched that film - I've since spent a lot of time up there. I'd love to see the film again.

I'll look for it locally here in Oz boys and let you all know how to order it if I find it.
 
G'day!
I just wanted to respond to your message - I am Jack Jugarie's grand daughter and I live in Australia. The Human Race Doco can be ordered on the following link:
http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/643.html
I am very proud of what my late grandfather Jack Jugarie had achieved as he was 74 when he did the walk. He used to be a bush tracker and knew the countries layout without using a GPS, maps or any gadgets, but used the stars to navigate at night. I have been privileged to learn from him as he was the last Tracker & Sharman of our tribe. You can read a bit more about him here: http://www.hallscreektourism.com/pages/jack-jugarie/
For those who are interested - my Grandfather was the first one to make it to the marsh flats in my home town Wyndham, but the producers made it so the young American was the first over the line and that they crossed together - but in actual fact, he was already there a day before the other two made it to the flats.
I just wanted to respond to your question if you haven't already found the Documentary, I hope this helps.
Cheers
 
I remember the show well. It was a great example of what not to do, and how not to rely on techno gadjets. The young American guy and the middle age German so called survival expert looked like idiots next to an elderly man who walked them into the ground by taking it easy. I though Jack was the hero of the whole thing. There's the two "experts" of which one guy was actually pulling some sort of weird cart, and old Jack just walked of with a canvas sack with a few odds and ends in it, over one shoulder and a water bag in his other hand. And he just sort of ambled along at an easy pace. One point, the other two are suffering from the heat, and Jack is asleep under a tree, napping until nightfall.
The German so called expert had to actually stop walking for a day or two because he got such bad blisters on his feet from the weird speed hiking pace he was trying to keep up. He ended up waaay in back of Jack.

It was an exellent example of how much you don 't need, and to just take it easy. Jack was so totally cool! A hero right up there with Granny Gatewood.. You all need to see this.

Carl.
 
sammybear said:
G'day!
I just wanted to respond to your message - I am Jack Jugarie's grand daughter and I live in Australia. The Human Race Doco can be ordered on the following link:
http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/643.html
I am very proud of what my late grandfather Jack Jugarie had achieved as he was 74 when he did the walk. He used to be a bush tracker and knew the countries layout without using a GPS, maps or any gadgets, but used the stars to navigate at night. I have been privileged to learn from him as he was the last Tracker & Sharman of our tribe. You can read a bit more about him here: http://www.hallscreektourism.com/pages/jack-jugarie/
For those who are interested - my Grandfather was the first one to make it to the marsh flats in my home town Wyndham, but the producers made it so the young American was the first over the line and that they crossed together - but in actual fact, he was already there a day before the other two made it to the flats.
I just wanted to respond to your question if you haven't already found the Documentary, I hope this helps.
Cheers
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Wow! Definitely worth looking-out for and thank you posting/responding :thumbup:
 
^Since my last post above, I bumping this into full circle. . .

I thought I'd respond to this original thread by the OP rather than his more recent one (THIS ONE) since Jack's grand daughter herself responded here and I finally got to watch it.

Amazing film!
 
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sammybear said:
G'day!
I just wanted to respond to your message - I am Jack Jugarie's grand daughter and I live in Australia. The Human Race Doco can be ordered on the following link:
http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/643.html
I am very proud of what my late grandfather Jack Jugarie had achieved as he was 74 when he did the walk. He used to be a bush tracker and knew the countries layout without using a GPS, maps or any gadgets, but used the stars to navigate at night. I have been privileged to learn from him as he was the last Tracker & Sharman of our tribe. You can read a bit more about him here: http://www.hallscreektourism.com/pages/jack-jugarie/
For those who are interested - my Grandfather was the first one to make it to the marsh flats in my home town Wyndham, but the producers made it so the young American was the first over the line and that they crossed together - but in actual fact, he was already there a day before the other two made it to the flats.
I just wanted to respond to your question if you haven't already found the Documentary, I hope this helps.
Cheers
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Amazing! Thank you for posting here. I loved this documentary when I first saw it over 10 years ago. Jack Jugarie and the other men are all trailblazers in their own right. I've been searching a long time to figure out the title of this film (I saw it on American public TV originally) and am glad for the info you provided.

With all the other survivalist shows/books that have become popular recently, I have to say this moving account and race is the very best and will always remain an original to me.
 
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