LongTreks Trailer: Peru y Bolivia Trailer

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LongTreks Trailer: Peru y Bolivia Trailer

In January 2009 Adam Colton set off with Paul Kent and Aaron Enevoldsen to conquer the Andes with only longboards and backpacks. Mike Hager supplied $4000 of video equipment to document themselves skating over 1500 miles through some of the toughest terrain on the planet. This is their first release showing amazing scenery, character, native Peruvians, and downhilling with 30lb backpacks!

The three encountered major food issues, 3rd world conditions forced them to make packaged cookies a staple of their diet! The high-altitude posed the threat of altitude sickness and exhaustion. Along the way Adam's board broke and was modified into a whole new creation. Money was such a tight issue for Paul and Aaron who started the trip with no plane tickets home and $1200 USD between them! The three uploaded their location via spot tracker every single night, and photos and blogs between major towns. This trip was the beginnings of a new and spectacular form of documentary travel: Long Distance Skate Touring. Read more...

[arto]

LongTreks Trailer: Peru y Bolivia Trailer

In January 2009 Adam Colton set off with Paul Kent and Aaron Enevoldsen to conquer the Andes with only longboards and backpacks. Mike Hager supplied $4000 of video equipment to document themselves skating over 1500 miles through some of the toughest terrain on the planet. This is their first release showing amazing scenery, character, native Peruvians, and downhilling with 30lb backpacks!

The video embed on the front page is borked, here's the link for those who haven't seen it:

YouTube - LongTreks: Peru y Bolivia Trailer

[Mickey6]

Dear god, that looks so amazing and so hellish all at once. I'm scared and excited to do it myself...

Salt flat photos make me want to cry.

[BamboBomber]

Dear god, that looks so amazing and so hellish all at once. I'm scared and excited to do it myself...

Salt flat photos make me want to cry.

I wonder how F###ed up their bearings were after riding through that hahaha.... anyone know if theirs going to be a full length video of the trip? a full documentery

[frankie18]

that looks like one of those trips that you take and hate it in the moment, but look back at love it. Like the work is hellish, the scenery is breath taking, and the bonds formed/stories gained are pricelss kinda thing.