180° South

Dude, let's make a movie about mountain climbing and surfing. Oh wait some other dudes did the same thing forty years ago. Bummer. Oh well, let's do it WITH them. It can be sort of a new-school-old-school sort of thing. Right?

Right. And in this case, it pretty much works. Forty years ago two guys from Ventura, California drove and surfed their way south to Chile. They never came back home. They now run a huge conservation program down in Patagonia. This movie is as much about their efforts as anything.

The rest of this very interesting documentary is about Jeff Johnson's journey to climb Cerro Corcovado in Patagonia. He sails south and gets "shipwrecked" on Easter Island. He meets up with great friends and interesting people along the way.

If you enjoy documentaries which support a cause, you will most likely enjoy this one. Quirky music and amazing photography help the time pass as Johnson himself narrates his quest.

Watch this with someone who has no idea where Patagonia is located.