The other day I started looking for some movies/documentaries that involved backpacking or anything that just had some great wilderness video. So far, I have found the following not in any particular order:

1. Touching the Void - an amazing documentary about two climbers trying to climb an almost impossible peak in Peru. awesome video and pictures of the mountains.

2. Jeremiah Johnson - great older movie about a man who escapes to the mountains to become a mountain man.

3. The Edge - two men try to survive in Alaska after a plane crash.

4. Other Mountaineering: K2, The Eiger Sanction, Everest

5. Grizzly Man - documentary about Timothy Treadwell living with the bears in Alaska.

6. Deliverance - not really one about backpacking but should be watched.

7. Never Cry Wolf

8. Continental Divide - City guy(John Belushi) is sent to the Rockies to hide from the mob and falls in love with an eagle researcher.

9. Into the Wild - "After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life."

I haven't seen all of these yet, but I have to say, they really make me want to head out and go backpacking.

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