"The High Route: Director's Cut" by The Ginger Runner captures the remarkable expedition of athletes Kaytlyn Gerbin and Jenny Abegg as they navigate a demanding 124-mile journey through the North Cascades. The route connects four traverses and involves significant off-trail navigation, including scrambling and glacier travel. This director's cut provides deeper insight into the athletes' preparation and motivations, showcasing the hybrid nature of ultrarunning and mountaineering, particularly through Abegg's coined term "ultraneer." The film emphasizes the crucial early portions of their trek, marking it as a test of skills and teamwork.
In this director's cut, we hear a little more from Abegg's perspective. She introduces herself by saying, "My friends who run say I'm a climber, and my friends who climb say I'm a runner."
Gerbin and Abegg's route is frontloaded in terms of difficulty, with the most challenging and least runnable terrain in the first half.
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