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[*] posted on 3-7-2013 at 06:52 PM
Journey to the Sea of Cortez


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXZwuWWleg&wide=1



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[*] posted on 3-7-2013 at 07:51 PM


Loved this great video. Must see for all Baja lovers. I comment the efforts of the government of Baja Sur to protect all these wonders.

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[*] posted on 3-8-2013 at 12:22 AM


I, too, liked the video in part. I wish it had just stuck to the Log itself, rather than use it as a platform to illustrate the mismanagement of the environment.

It's not that I don't agree with it. It's just that it would have been different and more enjoyable.

It's sort of like the film about Che Guevara - "Motorcycle Diaries". It's a great film because it doesn't dwell on Che as a political figure but shows him as just a young adventurer.

It's the difference between a propaganda and a movie.

Hopefully the actual movie doesn't have all this prosyletizing (sp?). I wasn't too keen on the WWII sequences, nor the Dust Bowl either. Just stick to the book. Don't "improve" it.
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[*] posted on 3-9-2013 at 09:15 AM


I too liked "Motorcycle Diaries" and agree that it was a great story that stood on its own without Che's future as a revolutionary. However, kind of disagree that a any revisit of Steinbeck's 1940 trip to the Gulf should just tell the story that he experienced. He provided a lyrical baseline of sorts that is a unique blend of science and art. That baseline is one of the few that we have that tells what existed in the past.

Another YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IGjLNOp74c puts even more of a perspective on how things have changed and why trying to figure out the health of the Sea of Cortez should include normative data about species counts etc. A documentary is just that, not a recreation of a trip in 1940. Most documentaries have a point of view, even if the film maker is trying to be neutral.

I grew up in the 50's surf culture of SoCal and always thought that Baja was a place that would not be spoiled in my lifetime. It still is a place of adventure and experiences of raw nature that are seldom found in our crowded world. My last trip to Baja Sur found my wife and I stand up paddle boarding in a bay with hundreds of dolphin surrounding us while going after a giant ball of bait.

I like the conservation ethic that the local collective has. If current authors like Bruce Berger and film makers can help make us aware of the fragile gift the Gulf provides then good for them.
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[*] posted on 3-9-2013 at 10:37 AM


Really enjoyed the video, thanks.



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