| August 2, 2006 |
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Kang Yatse: A Skiing Misadventure
This  gripping "webumentary" follows two American adventurers intent on climbing 21,000 feet to the Indian Himalaya's Kang Yatse summit and then skiing back down. What begins as a "true 21st-century travelogue" quickly becomes an "epic misadventure," but perhaps that's the nature of world travel. In the first episode, the travelers pause to mull the existential quality of jet lag before lost luggage throws their entire endeavor off kilter. Stranded first in Bangkok and then in Delhi, they endure rolling Indian blackouts, negotiation (or not) with cabbies, and the surprises in store at the "global village." Whether or not they make it to the summit (and you'll have to watch to find out), the high quality of the videos and thoughtful nature of the voiceovers articulate the bewilderment and splendor of serious globetrotting. If this is the 21st-century travelogue, we applaud its arrival. (in Travelogues) |
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