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Please help us tell the rest of the story
We would like to express our gratitude to Grant MacLean for bringing this story to life. He has worked for many years to trace the escape route, and during this past year has produced Part One of Touch and Go.
At this point, further funding is needed to finish the job. Much work remains to be done.
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Viewers comments
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"What an amazing job you are doing! The hardships come through in the photos, soundtrack, narration and quotes. I felt chilled watching it! And in suspense, too. Some of the shots you have captured are truly beautiful." -Nancy Natilson, Tampa, FLA
"... really loved it. Draws you right in and makes you forget it is google earth or flight sim ... totally pro. I can't wait to see part 3 ..." -Lennart Krogoll, St. Margaret's Bay, NS
"Wonderful, full of suspense. Am looking forward to Part 3 more than I looked forward to the last Harry Potter book." - Hedy Bookin-Weiner, Norfolk, VA
"Bravo, once again." -JF
Just viewed part two of Touch and Go. Marvellous, nail-biting experience. Seeing the mountains and passes up close and hearing the narrative made it seem so real and so truly amazing. To hear of our teacher's wisdom and courage and his profound protector activity over and over was truly inspiring. Thank you and please continue! -Sally Walker, Halifax
This documentary that Grant MacLean has produced is so deeply touching, particularly having read Born in Tibet 3-4 times. It always has been very difficult to truly imagine this extraordinary and forbidding terrain, to say nothing of surviving eight months in it. To have a glimpse of Trungpa Rinpoche's journey (through the marvelous technology of Google Earth) brings my guru even closer to my heart. Profound thanks to Mr. MacLean and the Chronicles and all of the donors who are helping to make this project possible. --Judith Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia
"Splendid, powerful, captivating ..." -- Sally Walker
"I had no real idea from the book what they went through ... those peaks, 18,000' high, every day! An evocative, beautifully made movie ..." - Hal Richman, Tantallon, Nova Scotia.
" ...like - totally cool journey!!" - Prof. Julia Sagebien, Puerto Rico & Nova Scotia.
"The video raises an even stronger appetite than I already had to get my boots into the deep snow and follow the tracks of my Guru" - Eric Rugani, Avignon,France.
" ... utterly awesome! ... so skillfully and artistically recreates the Vidyadhara's escape from Tibet in modern technology. I wish he was still alive to see it." -Christine Keyser, Boulder, Colorado.
" ... beautiful and moving and brings to light what Rinpoche actually accomplished. I am ashamed to say I have not yet read Born in Tibet. After your movie I am inspired to read it ... I loved Rinpoche's drawings of maps interspersed with the aerial photos from Google Earth. Rinpoche was an amazing artist on top of everything else" - Dana Marshall, Bussum, Holland.
"Wonderful... poetic script, great narration and you managed to make a video simulator not just useful but near beautiful. Good show! When's Part II? - A CTR Fan
" ... wonderful and I look forward to the next one. Good work!" - Kerstin Gilkerson, Martins River, Nova Scotia.
"Loved it. Great job!" - George Marshall, Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
"Yo! awesome! Dude ... " -Don Winchell
Touch and Go, Part One, was funded in part by a grant from the Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project. Thank you to the good people at the CTLP.
Thank you also to Lady Diana Mukpo and Shambhala Publications for their permission to use excerpts and images from Born in Tibet.
Thank you to Dan Russell for permission to use his 1968 color photograph of Trungpa Rinpoche on horseback. Visit Dan Russell's website at www.deepmind.co.uk.
Thank you to Lee Weingrad, CEO of Surmang Foundation, for his photographs of Surmang.