Takes Home Top Honors at Twenty One International Film Festivals and is nominated for Two Emmy Awards

Men's Journal Ranks Farther Than the Eye Can See as One of the Top Twenty Adventure DVDs of All Time.

Shot in the same stunning quality HDTV format as the 'Star Wars' prequels and directed by award winning film maker Michael Brown of Serac Adventure Films, Farther Than the Eye Can See is an intimate look inside one of the most successful Mount Everest expeditions ever. The 75-minute film beautifully captures the emotion, humor and drama of blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's historic ascent as well as four other remarkable 'firsts' on Mount Everest. "Though there were questions about the wisdom of the attempt before the team even left home, the clear and definitive success of the expedition proves what people working together, with a common vision, can accomplish," says Brown.

By rallying behind Weihenmayer, nineteen of twenty-one team members stood on the top, the most from one team to reach the summit of Everest in a single day; the oldest climber ever reached the summit along with his son, an American first. And finally, the first HDTV camera on Everest captured the historic moments with Erik and his team.

The July 18th, 2001 Time cover story referred to the team as "...one of the greatest ever to climb on Everest," and named it one of Sports: Best of 2001. It earned Erik an ESPY, and his second ARETE Award for the superlative athletic achievement of the year.

The film opened in 2003 to standing ovations and rave reviews and has now screened in over fifty theaters across the country and throughout the world, including New York City's Lincoln Center, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe's Lensic Theater, Beverly Hill's Writer's Guild Theater, Phoenix's Celebrity Theater, and Washington DC's National Geographic Theater. Farther Than the Eye Can See aired on the Outdoor Life Network, during its celebration of the 50th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's first ascent of Mt. Everest.

Farther Than the Eye Can See is currently being screened by film festivals, schools, colleges, corporations and special fund-raising events involving disability, environmental, and youth oriented nonprofit organizations. To date, the film has raised over $600,000 for charitable organizations.

A juror at the Taos Film Festival wrote, "Michael Brown's mastery of story and cinematic technique make Farther Than the Eye Can See the finest Everest film I've ever seen."

After a San Francisco screening, an audience member wrote, "The film was superb; it far exceeded my expectations. Every aspect was done with great intelligence and artistry. -- From the magnificent (and magnificently edited) camera shots of the awesome beauty of Everest and Nepal, to the vivid depiction of the committed struggle and camaraderie of Erik and the other climbers, to the very supportive sound track music. We were entranced and on the edge of our seats."

And from The Boston Phoenix: "For most of us, eyeing the Stairmaster at the gym is challenging enough. Erik Weihenmayer, an avid hiker since boyhood, decided to climb Mount Everest. Erik has also been blind since boyhood. His friends, experienced "summitters" (climber-speak for those who have reached the Himalayan peak), offered to be his eyes.

Filmed on high-definition video (a first for Everest), the expedition makes for a taut, absorbing documentary. At first, hearing forty-something men call one another "dude" is annoying (it's as if they were those mutant cartoon turtles), but then you realize that these guys really are superheroes. Months of grueling training can't prepare Erik for the ordeal: his first attempt to cross a deep ice crevasse is excruciating to watch. He's worried that his slowness will endanger the team, but soon he picks up speed. Despite the added challenge of coaching him (talking uses precious oxygen), his friends are eager to help him fulfill his dream. Several climbers on other teams die on the mountain during filming, and that prompts the question, why do people do this? Why would a blind man do this? Don't ask - just be glad someone thought to document it so well."
- Peg Aloi

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Farther Than the Eye Can See Outside Television in association with the Outdoor Life Network and Aperture Films, Ltd., directed by Michael Brown, written by Michael Brown and Joshua Colover, produced by Joshua Colover and Chris Blum, with Les Guthman, executive producer.

The Everest expedition and filming were sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind.