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Skiing in the Shadow ofGenghis Khan
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Tea for Three
South Africa, 2006, 45 min
Directed by Nic Good, Produced by Brian Valentine
Screening:
Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 6:30pm
Eccles Conference Center Room 101
A cabinet-maker, an orthopedic surgeon and a retired geologist make for interesting fireside and narrow ledge company. With a cumulative age of about 145 years, the downside of middle age is not all that these three characters share. On any given weekend, you will generally find them roped together on the immaculate sun soaked rock of South Africa. They will be trying to open a new route, styling up an old one, looking for a new project . . . or drinking tea. These are three middle-aged men who are attempting to grow old gracefully, they might not be world-class climbers, but they are world-class buddies.
This is an honest insight into their lives, their friendships, the cycles of life and the glue of rock climbing. Their failures (put down to old age), and their successes take the cameras from their backyard rock on Table Mountain in Cape Town, to Iichen covered walls of Blouberg in the Limpopo Province, with a few stops in between.
Cameo appearances by other (sometimes more youthful) inspirational boulderers, trad and sport climbers are not only welcome eye candy, they represent the various elements of life as perceived by the three main characters. With character interviews and the narrative guidance of Andrew de Klerk (probably the country’s most respected rock climber and alpinist), the lessons of climbing are woven into a metaphor of the greatest project of all . . . the journey and continuum of life itself.
Director Nic Good
Nic Good and the Fresh Air Crew have been creating, recording and producing reality adventure documentaries for a decade. Their exploits and projects have taken them to the tropics, cities, glaciers, wastelands, depths and heights of approximately 54 countries and resulted in a colorful collection of award winning productions and co-productions.
