Alone Across Australia

Yesterday I was daydreaming with a friend about the possibility of walking across the entire United States.  We decided we'd have to start on the west coast in about February or March and then finish in the east sometime in the fall, with plenty of time to stop along the way to pose for pictures and get drunk with locals, naturally.

Anyway!  My point is, if you think walking across the states is an odd or intriguing idea, you have to see the amazing multi-award-winning documentary 'Alone Across Australia,' in which Jon Muir, one of the world's most accomplished and versatile rock climbers and adventurers, spends 128 days crossing the 2500 kilometers from the south coast of Australia to the northern tip on foot.

I watched it last year as part of the BANFF film festival, and it was by far the best movie shown.  Intense, dramatic, inspiring, and, at times, heartbreaking, it's a story of a man taxed to his limit physically and emotionally.  "Often close to despair, he drew on his immense mental discipline, instinct for survival, deep understanding of the land and his remarkable inner strength to continue." 

Kinda makes you think anything is possible...like maybe even washing all the dishes in my sink.