Making the wilderness accessible - one adventurer's inspiring mission.
View the award-winning documentary DREAM BOLDLY The Grand AdvenChair, followed by a Q&A with the AdvenChair visionary, Geoff Babb, and Director Marcia Volk.
About the Film:
Local Bend adventurer Geoff Babb, a survivor of two strokes, takes years to perfect an all-terrain human-powered wheelchair, culminating in a rigorous 4-day expedition down and back out of the Grand Canyon, with a ripple effect on others from its creation—access to nature previously out of reach.
Sometimes one bold dream can change the world for many.
DREAM BOLDLY The Grand AdvenChair will leave you inspired by human resilience, moved by first-hand accounts of an amazing adventure, and believing in the power of dreams to make the world a better place.
Run time: 48 minutes
Presenter Biographies:
Geoff Babb is a two-time stroke survivor with a passion to make wild places accessible to those with mobility challenges. After his first stroke in 2005 he set out to build a wheelchair to allow him access to nature, his happy place. This journey led to the creation of The Onward Project and AdvenChair (advenchair.com), an all-terrain wheelchair convertible to indoor use.
Director Marcia Volk's passion for storytelling started with a childhood love of film and writing, then on to journalism and film school in college, adding a business degree that gave her the edge to get into Hollywood commercial film production. After honing her skills with the art of telling a story in 30 seconds, she went on to manage the production of other stories, from long-format videos to online media as the business of interactive communication grew. She is now a partner and creates content for SmithRock.com, an independent online guide for 900,000+ adventurers each year to Smith Rock State Park in Oregon.
Questions? Contact beccar@dpls.lib.or.us
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Adult Program |
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