[at-l] Nat Geo show

[Mark Hudson]

Yes, too true... on the other hand that IS a really good video. I might even
have asked Dave about it at one point... will try again ;-)

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Jim Bullard <jim.bullard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, how about that? I was asking to get a copy of that if someone was to
> convert their VHS to DVD 5 years ago. Never heard another thing about it and
> I've never seen it. The quotes about seeing it at the Gathering were from
> other posters.
>
> But that, I gather from the title and length, isn't really what I was
> asking Ken Burns to do. According to <
> http://www.nynjtc.org/library/vid.html> that video was only 20 minutes
> long and focused on thru-hiking. What I was asking Burns to do was more in
> line with the National Parks series, a combination history and portrait of
> the trail with the portrait part including both the physical trail and the
> community it inspires. It would have to be multi-part and several hours*
> long. That, as far as I know, has yet to be made.
>
> Jim Bullard
> http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
> http://members.photoportfolios.net/Jim_Bullard
>
> *2175 hours long maybe. An hour for each mile. Just kidding but I think it
> would take at least 5-6 hours. :-)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jim, I don't know where you could find a copy (eBay?) since it's long out
>> of issue, but Blacksheep (AT'91) worked for Ken Burns and created a video of
>> her hike using his
>> techniques and equipment. Ah, managed to Google the title, off of this
>> list ironically... Sticking to It: The *Appalachian Trail* Odyssey...
>> Even more ironically it's Jim's own note -
>> http://www.backcountry.net/arch/at/0410/msg00330.html
>> Did you ever find a copy? If not I can contact Dave Fleischman and see if
>> I can borrow or get copies made of his...
>>
>> I think I saw the video at Elmer's during my hike... pretty much assured
>> that I wouldn't quit, because then you would miss what was around the next
>> bend ;-)
>>
>> skeeter
>>
>> I wrote Ken Burns a few years back suggesting that he do a series on the AT.
>>
>>
>> Got a nice reply saying it was a good idea but he was tied up in another
>> project at that time which turned out to be the National Parks. Now that
>> he's done with that maybe we should prod him again.
>>
>>
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