I don't know the name of this film right off. But let's start with the fact it is based on a true story.
So, spoiler alert if anybody wants to watch a movie like this, not knowing the name, it involved hiking, a young couple, and on/off course day and night time hiking and camping. Stop here if you want to find the movie for yourself.
They started out in a canoe, and canoed across a lake, when they got their, they pulled their canoe ashore, and the guy accidentally jammed his toe big time, I think on the canoe. He was actually hurt right there, a good time to turn around before starting this venture.
But they get their gear ready, backpacks, and travel on. They had a light tent, food I guess for a couple of days, and water for about the same. Or maybe 1 day.
After they setup camp for night one, what posessed him to want to go swimming in an almost stagnant looking pond is beyond me, but that's what they did. No real drama there.
Later, he went to get some wood, and while he was gone a young guy shows up and is talking to his girlfriend, he had a load of fish he'd caught, and offers up a fish fry. The guy was a little jealous, that his girlfriend started talking to this guy not knowing him, but they eventually settle down and have a meal. There was a little tension between the two guys before the stranger pushes off, but he did leave.
That night, there were sounds around camp, maybe a bear visitor, maybe not, that wasn't clear.
So, they push off the next day hiking toward this "lake". Well, apparently, the guy violates hiking rule number 1, and takes them OFF trail, because he thinks he knows the way. He did OFF course, twice, and later admitted, the first time, he wasn't sure. After they'd become lost. It became apparent that his toe was not doing well, bleeding, he lost his toe nail. There was tension between them, because she didn't want to go to begin with, and he was oh so sure of himself, and then really screwed up. where he thought a lake was, was just an overlook of woods. they were lost. They began to try and backtrack, but weren't really sure where. He took her cell phone out of her backpack, if it could have worked, who knows. But it could have been a rescue beacon!
This story gets sadder and sadder as time goes on, and his lead hiker mistakes start to add up. Injury, not enough water, not enough food, didn't have a map, and so on. But they trek on, trying to get out of this situation they had put themselves in.
Well, finally, one night while camping, there was a disturbing loud noise, and it turned out to be a huge black bear. They already knew there was black bears in there, they'd seen a bed down location, and she fell in pooh before that. He left his ax outside the tent, they had nothing to even attempt to protect themselves with. The end result was, the bear took the man and killed him and was eating him. Finally, the woman, terrified, goes for her boyfriend's backpack, to retrieve a ring, because he had planned a proposal, they had discussed it along the way. She wanted the ring. She knew he was dead.
Well, as you might expect, it turned into a race against time and a bear that might decide to track her, and her less than formidable off trail travel skills. She hit a tree with her head, she was bleeding from arm, head, disoriented, and dehydrated. She didn't look good. She was damn near shock.
Finally, she got moving again, and made some time. Finally, she looked behind her as she heard something, and sure enough, the big bear was hot on her trail. She managed to get to the waterfall, which was one place they had looked for, she was at the head of it, and managed to drop down into some very rough straight up almost rocky terrain, right at edge of falls. She got part way down, enough to be away from bear for time being. Finally, she had to make a huge drop to try and get away. She must have broken her ankle. She wound up taking her boot off, and trying to splint it, and put the boot back on. Then she looks up and see's a huge buck, the buck was just watching her. She reached out in desperation. The buck turned and walked down the hill to what looked like a clearing. Finally, she was able to barely crawl/walk a little to go where the Buck went, and sure enough, it opened up right to the spot where the lake was, and her canoe. She managed with her every bit of strength to get the canoe turned upright, and pulled down to the water, and she got in it. She managed to pedal across the small lake to the parking lot. She got out, and fell flat, with some people at a distance. Finally, a girl looks up and see's her, and that's where it ended.
The movie made me think, being in black bear country here. Of course, I don't think I would ever just take a woman and me tent hiking, even if I was younger, not without a large caliber pistol or rifle.
If this story, gives perspective to just one person that has considered tent camping in bear/mountain lion/bore country without the experience necessary to hopefully protect you and your traveling companion. Then It was worth taking the time to tell it.
Nature can be a relentless painful and killing BITCH. Remember that. He was not lucky. She was very VERY lucky to have made it out alive. Turns out it was known active bear country. They were not prepared with research, or their supplies. He also it seems tried to make decisions out of pride, to show what an expert he was. He wasn't. He had some knowledge, but he made some very basic mistakes. Lack of preparation and research, and going off trail, and not having a map. I do fault the park for not posting better warnings for visitors and campers . Luring them right into the bear's lair with camp here signs, Come on!!! Very sad outcome.
The End-
So, spoiler alert if anybody wants to watch a movie like this, not knowing the name, it involved hiking, a young couple, and on/off course day and night time hiking and camping. Stop here if you want to find the movie for yourself.
They started out in a canoe, and canoed across a lake, when they got their, they pulled their canoe ashore, and the guy accidentally jammed his toe big time, I think on the canoe. He was actually hurt right there, a good time to turn around before starting this venture.
But they get their gear ready, backpacks, and travel on. They had a light tent, food I guess for a couple of days, and water for about the same. Or maybe 1 day.
After they setup camp for night one, what posessed him to want to go swimming in an almost stagnant looking pond is beyond me, but that's what they did. No real drama there.
Later, he went to get some wood, and while he was gone a young guy shows up and is talking to his girlfriend, he had a load of fish he'd caught, and offers up a fish fry. The guy was a little jealous, that his girlfriend started talking to this guy not knowing him, but they eventually settle down and have a meal. There was a little tension between the two guys before the stranger pushes off, but he did leave.
That night, there were sounds around camp, maybe a bear visitor, maybe not, that wasn't clear.
So, they push off the next day hiking toward this "lake". Well, apparently, the guy violates hiking rule number 1, and takes them OFF trail, because he thinks he knows the way. He did OFF course, twice, and later admitted, the first time, he wasn't sure. After they'd become lost. It became apparent that his toe was not doing well, bleeding, he lost his toe nail. There was tension between them, because she didn't want to go to begin with, and he was oh so sure of himself, and then really screwed up. where he thought a lake was, was just an overlook of woods. they were lost. They began to try and backtrack, but weren't really sure where. He took her cell phone out of her backpack, if it could have worked, who knows. But it could have been a rescue beacon!
This story gets sadder and sadder as time goes on, and his lead hiker mistakes start to add up. Injury, not enough water, not enough food, didn't have a map, and so on. But they trek on, trying to get out of this situation they had put themselves in.
Well, finally, one night while camping, there was a disturbing loud noise, and it turned out to be a huge black bear. They already knew there was black bears in there, they'd seen a bed down location, and she fell in pooh before that. He left his ax outside the tent, they had nothing to even attempt to protect themselves with. The end result was, the bear took the man and killed him and was eating him. Finally, the woman, terrified, goes for her boyfriend's backpack, to retrieve a ring, because he had planned a proposal, they had discussed it along the way. She wanted the ring. She knew he was dead.
Well, as you might expect, it turned into a race against time and a bear that might decide to track her, and her less than formidable off trail travel skills. She hit a tree with her head, she was bleeding from arm, head, disoriented, and dehydrated. She didn't look good. She was damn near shock.
Finally, she got moving again, and made some time. Finally, she looked behind her as she heard something, and sure enough, the big bear was hot on her trail. She managed to get to the waterfall, which was one place they had looked for, she was at the head of it, and managed to drop down into some very rough straight up almost rocky terrain, right at edge of falls. She got part way down, enough to be away from bear for time being. Finally, she had to make a huge drop to try and get away. She must have broken her ankle. She wound up taking her boot off, and trying to splint it, and put the boot back on. Then she looks up and see's a huge buck, the buck was just watching her. She reached out in desperation. The buck turned and walked down the hill to what looked like a clearing. Finally, she was able to barely crawl/walk a little to go where the Buck went, and sure enough, it opened up right to the spot where the lake was, and her canoe. She managed with her every bit of strength to get the canoe turned upright, and pulled down to the water, and she got in it. She managed to pedal across the small lake to the parking lot. She got out, and fell flat, with some people at a distance. Finally, a girl looks up and see's her, and that's where it ended.
The movie made me think, being in black bear country here. Of course, I don't think I would ever just take a woman and me tent hiking, even if I was younger, not without a large caliber pistol or rifle.
If this story, gives perspective to just one person that has considered tent camping in bear/mountain lion/bore country without the experience necessary to hopefully protect you and your traveling companion. Then It was worth taking the time to tell it.
Nature can be a relentless painful and killing BITCH. Remember that. He was not lucky. She was very VERY lucky to have made it out alive. Turns out it was known active bear country. They were not prepared with research, or their supplies. He also it seems tried to make decisions out of pride, to show what an expert he was. He wasn't. He had some knowledge, but he made some very basic mistakes. Lack of preparation and research, and going off trail, and not having a map. I do fault the park for not posting better warnings for visitors and campers . Luring them right into the bear's lair with camp here signs, Come on!!! Very sad outcome.
The End-
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