A Wilderness BASE Film
We are Crest Pictures, filmmakers based in the Pacific Northwest, who just by luck witnessed local climber and jumper Tom Dancs after he did an amazing gig in the Cascades. It was short, but sweet (almost too short – after climbing a steep icy couloir and then a thin rock spire, he had to set a static line to pull his chute so it would open the moment he jumped – that's cutting it close imho) – he was in the air only seconds ... and we just by good fortune happened to look up and see this guy flying in the middle of nowhere and then disappear. Anyhow, totally intrigued by wilderness BASE after watching and talking with Tom (he showed up in our camp afterwards) ... we thought ... wow we want to make a film about this. So, we asked him if he'd be interested, and he said sure. But, he also insisted that it had to be something different from most BASE films out there ... it had to be more about the Zen of the sport ... and the logistics involved (this is one of the big draws for Tom), and the ongoing efforts towards getting BASE permitted back into the National Park system and other wilderness areas. A worthy message we felt ... and since we are basically nature filmmakers it was right up our alley. Anyhow, long story short, we set to work almost immediately, and followed him around with cameras while he climbed cliffs and such, explained what all goes into the sport, and did some awesome jumps. Originally the plan was to include most of the jumps in the beautiful PNW since that's where we're all from, but mother nature didn't cooperate ... and we had a deadline. So, most are in Moab, with some stuff in Eastern Washington and a few earlier shots from helmet cams filmed in Arizona. Originally, we used music by Joe Satriani, but the rights were limited to strictly film festival use. That being over now ... we recently set it to new tunes and have been able to post it to the Internet for more to see. Thought some of you might enjoy watching it – the title is Right Here, Right Now (it's about about 17 minutes long): http://vimeo.com/...estpictures#18336864 
Here are some more stills I took of our Moab shoot too: http://www.flickr.com/...610363059694/detail/
BTW ... as some of you may know ... Tom is an accomplished climber, backcountry skier, sky diver and BASE jumper ... he has guided professionally for American Alpine Institute and Mountain Madness. He loves cliffs and he loves being in the backcountry. He's also a great guy and now a good friend.
