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There and Back Again: A Group Challenge in the Wild
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13601 |
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LIFE
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4 / 1988 |
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Deborah Boldt
Deborah Boldt is a film and video producer, director and
writer who lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. |
(Fade in) Exterior--Smoky Mountains. Medium shot of group on top of rock cliff. Daylight.
Eight women, ages twenty-seven to seventy-two, huddle together on the windswept slope of a giant rock outcropping. Dressed in rugged outdoor clothing and brightly colored helmets, they look decidedly ill at ease.
(Cut to) Women's POV (point of view)--Surrounding vista.
The mountains stretch away on all sides, soft green waves undulating to the horizon. A precipice drops off just in front of the group. Poised at the edge grasping a coil of bright red rope, instructor Maggie Fox shouts down to coinstructor Susan Sherill, who is out of sight below.
Maggie F.: OK, Susan. Red is anchored!
Maggie lowers the rope out into space. The free end sails out of sight to the bottom of what seems to be an unfathomable abyss.
Susan: Got it!
Maggie F.: OK! Red goes!
(Cut to) Exterior wide-angle view of cliff from side.
Seen from a distance, a tiny figure perches halfway up a massive cliff of gray rock. The climber, 72-year-old Mary-Frances ("Muff") James, is searching for a secure foothold. She steps up on a
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