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{\an8}[narrator] Once… a person
was severely injured.
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So severely in fact…
that the person suffered motor paralysis
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and the loss of many body functions
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normally taken for granted.
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Furthermore… the injured person
faced a lifetime in a wheelchair
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experienced catastrophic disruption
of personality
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was extremely fearful
of future relationships
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with family and friends
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and had no means of support.
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One dilemma was obvious.
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To cope… or not to cope
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To cope meant to work and play
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and live and love
as if nothing had happened.
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But something had happened.
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We are the spinal cord injured.
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We're all badly hurt
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and many of us don't know what to do
about living this way.
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It's a very good thing therefore
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that the world is full of people
with injuries like ours
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who have coped… who
are glad they are coping
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{\an8}and who give to the human race
in full measure… for what they take.
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[wheelchair squeaks]
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[wheelchair brakes click]
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{\an8}[tram running]
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{\an8}[Anchor] Welcome everyone
to the top of Corbet's
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{\an8}absolutely stunning up here.
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For anyone that has skied Jackson
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you look around at the Valley,
you look at the mountains
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you're like okay I've arrived.
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You walk out of that tram,
and I have to tell you
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this place is absolutely breathtaking
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and just to be part
of this event is truly special.
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[male announcer 1] Let's talk
about Corbet's
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here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
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one of the most iconic features
at any mountain.
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What an amazing venue this is.
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[male announcer 2] Yeah regularly rated
and voted
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one of the steepest, gnarliest,
most extreme runs in all of America
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possibly even the world.
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[male announcer 1] We have got 24 athletes
out here.
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It's a two run format.
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They don't have to take both runs
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- [male announcer 1] if they don't want to.
- [male announcer 2] No.
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[male announcer 1] We've got nine women,
15 men today.
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And it's a mix of skiers and snowboarders
on both sides
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and all of the competitors
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are competing together,
so women separately from the men
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but the skiers and snowboarders together.
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There are no judges,
this is a rider judged event.
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But let's get underway with this.
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- Let's get to the top of Corbet's here.
- [male announcer 2] I'm excited.
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[male announcer 1] Because
we're ready to kick this off
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Kings & Queens of Corbet's.
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{\an8}The Kings & Queens of Corbet's
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{\an8}is a unique event
on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
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{\an8}It's a skiing
and snowboarding competition
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to celebrate limits.
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[fans cheering]
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{\an8}Corbet's is the icon
of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
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{\an8}It's the Everest
for a lot of skiers and snowboarders.
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When you ride the tram
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you go up 4,000 vertical feet
in 12 minutes.
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[man] You know you're getting
up there
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and then you crest that cliff.
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{\an8}And there's a hanging snow field,
and oh here comes Corbet's
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{\an8}and you go by and you're looking at it
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{\an8}and it's just like, "Wow."
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[Travis] I mean it's so nasty
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there's massive boulders,
super sharp rocks.
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[Jess] It's so steep
that when you look down
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it looks like you're standing on
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the second floor of a building.
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[Travis] Within this
death laden cliff area
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there is one route through,
and it's Corbet's Couloir.
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[Jeff] It's for real.
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{\an8}Anybody who says that
they're a really good skier
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{\an8}you take them up
to the lip of Corbet's and be like
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"So do you want to ski this?"
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Almost everybody is like
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"Yeah no, I'm good."
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[athletes and crew talking]
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[Jeff] I just had never seen
the kid before.
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I didn't really know
what the deal was like
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"Oh, they're gonna…
he's gonna come and watch."
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[Trevor] I just wanna get over to that
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- [Trevor] where that shovel is.
- [Jeff] And then
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[Jeff] I see him talking to some people
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and I'm like,
"Oh no, he's competing"
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you know like,
"Oh okay cool."
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Next thing I know
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I'm employed to help
push him up the hill.
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[Jeff] When you saw how far he was
getting pushed up
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before he was going in
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[pauses] it was like, "Oh he's really going in."
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- [people cheering]
- [Jess] Before the competition
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Trevor and I hopped on the phone,
and he said, "Jess
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I am going to send it
off the nose of Corbet's."
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[sighs] And I was like
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"Right, how far do you plan on going?"
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And he was like, "At least 100 feet."
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And I was like
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[inhales sharply] "Okay."
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You know?
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You know what might be helpful too
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is if I give you a little push.
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[Jess] As an athlete I was like
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[whispering] "That would be
so freaking rad."
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Like, "let's do this."
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As the event organizer, I was like okay
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what happens if things go wrong?
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It can go terribly wrong
for anyone.
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[intense music plays]
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[Travis] People have broken their back
in Corbet's Couloir
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just from cartwheeling down the mountain.
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[Jess] I was really, really nervous.
He did just
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have a huge spinal cord injury.
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Was I gonna allow him
into the competition
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to watch him… die doing this?
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[wind howls]
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[Travis] At that point,
I had my own personal doubts.
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I decided to go up and talk to him,
kind of wanting to give
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my own assessment of like
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should I try to talk this guy
out of this right now?
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[Travis] And I said,
"This thing's pretty gnarly
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do you got this?"
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He looked me straight in the eyes
without any hesitation
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and he said, "I got this."
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"Alright… how can I help?"
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[chuckles]
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[Trevor] Hey Travis?
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That's the one I'm gonna hit.
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- [Travis] This one?
- [Trevor] Yep.
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[Travis] I can help you line up speed.
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[Trevor] Ok cool. Thank you.
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[Travis] When you take speed
into Corbet's Couloir
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it's totally blind.
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[Jeff] He can't see
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what Travis and some
of the other athletes could see
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because he's in this recumbent position.
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[Travis] I mean the trick is like
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you know you come in
and you're kinda looking out at the
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- [Travis] that mountain.
- [Trevor] Okay.
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[Trevor] So I want to land
like right there
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- [Trevor] you know what I mean?
- [Travis] Yeah.
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[Travis] Here let me give you a full…
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[Travis] If you watch any
of the skiers or snowboarders
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milling about prior to their runs
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you'll see everybody walk up to the lip
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and walk back.
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Walk up to the lip
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look down at the landing,
walk back.
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'Cause you don't want to be surprised
by that view in the air.
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[Travis] I'm gonna, I'll give you speed,
I'll make sure you don't go over
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but it's nicer to have speed.
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[woman] Yeah Trevor.
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[Jeff] Travis would push him
and then stop him right at the very end.
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The whole thing kind of was…
unseemly you know?
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[Wade] As I was watching Trevor
do the practicing run
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[chuckles] I just started getting more
and more nervous.
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'Cause it was obvious
he was gonna hit it
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straight on, full bore.
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[Travis] That was it,
the stage was set.
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He was about to air into this.
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[Trevor yelling]
Three, two, one, dropping!
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[Travis] Pointed his ski downhill.
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[exhales]
I remember thinking he was slow.
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[people cheering]
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[Trevor gasps]
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- [Travis] I think it was a good call.
- [Trevor] More speed, more speed.
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- [Travis] I agree.
- [Trevor] Way more speed.
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[Trevor] Yeah I just need
more speed than that.
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- [Trevor chuckles]
- [Jeff] Right on, cool.
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[Jeff] It kind of brought the
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collective anxiety
of everybody back in again.
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Oh shit, okay.
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No he's gonna do it,
it's gonna be fine right?
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Okay maybe.
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[Travis] You know we brought him back up
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to a starting spot that was even higher.
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Probably higher than anyone went.
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I remember
saying something like
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"Trevor, are you sure
that you really want to do this?"
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[Travis] You know nine times out of ten
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if someone doesn't believe
that they're gonna land it
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they're not gonna land it.
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[Travis] And then um…
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you sure you want to send that thing?
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[Trevor] Yeah.
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[Travis] You know,
it was like a genuine place of
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I need to do this.
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[orchestral music playing]
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[Jess] It is dead silent.
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I am down there
with the Vice President of Operations
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and our Risk and Safety Director.
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And I'm nervous.
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They're all looking at the easiest way
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and I'm thinking, "Nope
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he is gonna go right off the nose."
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- [Travis] What do you think?
- [Trevor] Uh…
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[Travis] Can't remember exactly
what I said
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but I think it was something like
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you know,
"Have fun" and
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maybe, "See you on the other side."
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[Travis] It actually was like,
see you on the other side
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of this paradigm shifting thing
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that you're about to do.
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[sighs] So you know he reset.
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[Travis] Called the drop.
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[Trevor yelling]
Three, two, one, dropping!
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[Travis] The rest is kind of history.
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[crowd gasps]
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- [crowd cheers]
- [man] Oh my God.
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[man yelling]
Yeah!
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That was insane.
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[Jess yelling]
Yeah buddy!
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[Trevor laughing]
Yeah!
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- [man] That was insane.
- [Trevor] Wow.
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[Jess] God everyone wanted to just
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touch him, you know.
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Just to have a piece
of the magic that just happened.
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[Trevor laughing]
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[Producer] Can you… tell us
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how did Corbet's get its name?
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Well refresh my memory 'cause um…
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Was he the one that first rode it?
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You know I guess over time people forget.
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There's so much lore
about Corbet's Couloir
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within the Jackson Hole community.
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But I don't know a ton about Barry Corbet.
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I grew up riding
on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
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but no I don't know
what happened to Barry.
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Well you want the real story
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or you want the story that we spun?
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[acoustic guitar plays]
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[man] Jackson Hole was
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we thought Vail was great
until we saw Jackson Hole.
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[chuckles]
It just… was a beautiful, charming place.
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[woman] I met Barry in August 1959.
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When I first met Barry,
he was teaching skiing
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on the town hill in the winter.
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[Muffy] Paul McCollister,
who started the resort
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was a friend of Barry's and mine.
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The day that I went up with Paul and Barry
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was an absolutely gorgeous bright blue day
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and the snow was wonderful.
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And we looked at the study plots…
and had a picnic
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looking up
at what became Corbet's Couloir.
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And Barry looked at it and said
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"Someday, somebody's going to ski that."
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"Someday, somebody's gonna ski that."
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"Somebody's gonna actually ski that."
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And ever since then
it's been known as Corbet's Couloir.
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[man] I didn't know about
all his accomplishments
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until someone said,
"Hey do you know who you're talking to?"
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um… I said, "Yeah Barry Corbet."
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[chuckles] "Do you know about him?"
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[Bob] He was this
larger than life human being.
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[woman] He did first ascents
on Mount McKinley
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he did first ascents
on the highest and second highest peaks
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in Antarctica,
Mount Vinson, Mount Tyree.
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[chuckles] Among others,
shall we say.
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Yeah he for his time
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was definitely a very badass mountaineer.
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[Bob] He was literally the Camel man.
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[Muffy] He could never get away
from that picture
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I mean it's all over the place.
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[chuckles]
I've got one in the bathroom here.
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[upbeat instrumental music plays]
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{\an8}[man] When I met Barry,
it was on Everest.
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{\an8}The major goal of the expedition
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{\an8}was to get the first American up Everest
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{\an8}it wasn't to climb a new route.
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But Barry and I…
really had this similar passion
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to do something
on the mountain that was unknown.
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[Roger] Most climbers
would love to have a first ascent
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and the West Ridge was just that.
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It was the biggest mountain in the world
and that particular part of it
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had not been climbed.
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[Dr. Hornbein] At the time
of the summit bid, Barry said
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"I think it should be
Hornbein and Unsoeld.
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You guys are just about over the hill
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and I'll be coming back someday."
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[Roger] And Barry humped loads
up to the next camp
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while they moved on
and went to the summit.
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It was the first ascent of the West Ridge.
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[audience clapping]
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[man] I want to
on behalf of all the
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[camera shutters click]
people of the United States to express our
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great appreciation
for this wonderful effort
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by our fellow citizens.
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We're very proud to welcome…
these men here to the White House.
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[Roger] He was a very creative guy,
and climbing around the rocks
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was his passion
but he needed something more
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and film was that something more.
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When Barry got back from Everest I said,
"Barry look me up
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maybe we can get together on some films."
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And we made the first Jackson Hole film.
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[soft piano playing]
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[Bob] What got me into freestyle skiing
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were these two iconic ski films
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Ski the Outer Limits and The Moebius Flip.
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[Roger] Barry went up there
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and they did the first big flips
into the Couloir.
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And that excited a lot of people.
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Because nobody was even ready to ski it
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no less do a flip into it.
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{\an8}[Roger] It made our career.
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{\an8}[narrator] These then…
are the outer limits
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{\an8}A flight into space.
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{\an8}Reaching to regain his shadow.
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[Bob] There's poetry
in the way it's shot
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and what the narrator is saying.
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And they were doing things that
nobody in the world had seen.
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For a kid like me and all over the world
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it just,
it captured the imagination of yes
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I want to do that,
I want to fly, I want to
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I want to ski the outer limits.
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[orchestral music with choir swells]
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[narrator] What was impossible yesterday
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is today's absolute limit.
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Tomorrow's common place.
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- [woman] Is that the guy?
- [Trevor] What's up?
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[dogs bark]
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[woman] You got it?
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[woman] There's you and Ashley.
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With his Momma.
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This is a great picture right here.
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- [Trevor] Me and Ash.
- [woman] There's Trevor.
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[woman] With his father.
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- [woman] And his onesie has got--
- [Trevor] Athlete's Corner.
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[woman] Athlete's Corner on the butt.
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[Trevor] Sports shop my dad had growing up
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my Mom and Dad.
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[Trevor] And then it turned
into a skateboard shop
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and snowboard shop.
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[woman] Trevor loved snowboarding.
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{\an8}You would see nothing but…
white teeth.
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{\an8}in the little goggles
when he was a little kid.
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{\an8}He wouldn't even go inside
to get something to eat.
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{\an8}"Nope, I gotta do it again."
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[woman] Growing up,
my parents were super busy
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running their stores,
training for marathons.
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So my parents were extremely absent.
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[man] I was running two businesses.
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12 hour days,
sometimes six days a week.
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{\an8}Yeah it was very challenging.
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{\an8}There was a lot of challenging moments.
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[woman] When my parents separated,
Trevor was about five years old.
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{\an8}I think Trevor
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{\an8}emotionally took the divorce
and my Mom leaving… super hard.
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[Ashley] From the time that we were
in third or fourth grade
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we moved probably every six months.
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[Trevor] You know,
I knew we didn't have a lot of money
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so we had someone
rent the third room basically
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so we could get more rent.
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Looks pretty good though.
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And it looks just like cleaned up and
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you know it's decorated and shit.
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Looks like an actual family lives there.
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[Trevor] I guess
all these houses we lived in
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it was just so like short.
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As a kid,
I didn't know any better
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I didn't know what
a normal family relationship looked like.
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[reflective piano plays]
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[man] In high school,
he'd never had
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a ton of support
from his family
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{\an8}He was our brother pretty much
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{\an8}I mean,
bouncing around between houses
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{\an8}um… sleeping on couches and stuff.
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{\an8}Weren't in any after school clubs,
so it was
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let's get drunk and high.
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[Olga] At first I did not know that
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Trevor was abusing painkillers.
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But then he said to me, "Mom
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I have an issue,
I have this problem.
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I keep taking these pills
because I'm very depressed."
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[Trevor] I was just at the time in my life
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I just didn't know what to do.
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I couldn't go to school,
I couldn't apply to Keene State
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they didn't really want me,
I could
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probably do the community college
around here but like
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I didn't know what to do in life
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I didn't know where to live,
I didn't know what to do for work.
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[Max] Growing up in Keene,
everyone's idea after high school was
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to get out of Keene.
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[Olga] There was nothing here for Trevor.
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And that's when Ashley went to Colorado.
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When he saw Ashley moving
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and seeing how happy Ashley was
and she's in Colorado
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the mountains and snowboarding.
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He's like… "I'm out of here."
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Ashley goes, "Trevor… get a plumbing job."
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[Ashley] And Trevor came out to Colorado
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and was like,
"This is what I'm gonna do.
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I'm gonna pursue plumbing,
I'm gonna get my plumbing license."
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And he was shortly on his way
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just before his accident.
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[helicopter blades whir]
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{\an8}[Roger] Barry had finished shooting
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the Ski the Outer Limits film.
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And we had a contract to shoot the
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International Ski Instructors Association
meeting in Aspen.
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I remember very clearly
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that he was going up there.
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And then I got very nervous,
something really bothered me.
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And I just stared at the phone
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for maybe two or three hours,
and the phone rang.
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There's been a terrible accident.
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[sighs] It's Barry.
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[Jennifer sighs]
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{\an8}Dad never talked about how he got hurt.
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{\an8}My mom didn't really talk about it either.
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{\an8}I think those were… pretty dark days
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{\an8}so people didn't really want to revisit that.
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[ominous music plays]
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[Roger] Barry was filming the skiers
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and it was in the middle of the day
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so the undulation of the terrain
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was not… completely clear
to the pilot.
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It's all blasted by sun.
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Barry had the seatbelt loose
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so he could turn out the
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to the side of the helicopter and shoot.
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The helicopter pilot clips a knoll
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and starts to bounce.
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And on one of those bounces Barry
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breaks the seatbelt,
takes out the door, and goes out the door.
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[Roger] We were all going nuts that
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Barry was gonna die,
we thought surely he was dead.
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And they got him
into Denver to Craig Hospital.
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{\an8}And they kept him alive.
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[Muffy] I did go down to see him
when he was still in the hospital.
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He had some of those elbow crutches.
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And he asked me to bring them
when I came, so I did.
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[sighs] And I remember a nurse
looking at them and saying
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"What are those doing here,
he'll never use them."
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[Dr. Hornbein] That's when his life
as a paraplegic began.
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[somber orchestral music playing]
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[Trevor] This is the first time
I've been here since my accident.
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And… I was definitely scared
to come back here.
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This spot is super important in my recovery.
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Getting closure, you know being okay
and accepting with my injury.
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You know I lost everything up here.
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Being back here is something I need to do
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to move forward to accomplish
a lot of my goals
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and one of those goals is
skiing here at Vail Pass.
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[dark instrumental music playing]
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{\an8}[wind howls]
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{\an8}[truck engine rumbles]
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[piano plays softly]
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[man] So the day that
Trevor got hurt
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my brother, Trevor, and I
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decided to go up to Vail Pass.
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{\an8}So we got to the parking lot,
got our gear out
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{\an8}and started hiking up
next to the snowmobile track.
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{\an8}And hiked up about 100, 150 yards.
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And we saw a guy coming down
on a snowmobile that
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stopped and let us know
that there was a jump up further.
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When we got to the jump,
it wasn't anything too crazy.
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I wasn't really worried about
any of us hitting that… size jump.
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I hit it first… then my brother
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and Trevor hit it last.
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End of the day, it's dark.
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[Trevor] And I drop in
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and come down this cat track.
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And I saw him,
as soon as he took off the lip
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he just kind of
went off a weird angle.
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And I was flying
through the air like a superman.
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And I didn't want to land on my neck
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so I tucked my neck,
landed on my back
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my board and boots compressed
like a taco
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and I just heard a loud, loud pop.
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[man] A person called me
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{\an8}um… and I was doing a car deal.
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{\an8}I was in the middle of negotiating,
so I would never answer my phone.
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[pauses] I happened to answer it.
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Trevor's hurt,
he can't feel his toes.
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I said… put Trevor on the phone.
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"Trevor get your ass up.
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Don't be faking this shit."
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Um… he said, "Dad I can't move my toes."
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[Ernie sniffling]
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[Trevor] I just remember laying there.
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[pauses] You know thinking about
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my girlfriend, my sister,
telling my parents, telling my boss
490
00:25:50,541 --> 00:25:54,208
not being a plumber anymore,
not doing the things I love anymore.
491
00:25:55,625 --> 00:25:58,333
And I looked at my feet,
and it was just like
492
00:25:58,416 --> 00:25:59,583
I knew right away.
493
00:25:59,666 --> 00:26:01,458
[wind blowing]
494
00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:05,916
[Miguel] We call search and rescue.
495
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000
They said that
they're gonna send a team up
496
00:26:08,083 --> 00:26:11,000
but since the storm was…
hitting pretty hard at that point
497
00:26:11,083 --> 00:26:13,333
they said it was gonna take
at least an hour
498
00:26:13,416 --> 00:26:15,125
and then one of us needed to go down
and meet them.
499
00:26:15,708 --> 00:26:17,333
[snowplow rumbles]
500
00:26:18,916 --> 00:26:21,250
[Trevor] My adrenaline
started to wear off and
501
00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:23,333
my back… was killing me.
502
00:26:27,333 --> 00:26:28,833
[Trevor] Time was just going slow.
503
00:26:29,958 --> 00:26:31,500
I was scared
504
00:26:31,583 --> 00:26:34,666
no one was gonna find me,
I was scared I was gonna freeze to death.
505
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:36,916
No one was coming for me.
506
00:26:38,375 --> 00:26:41,583
From when he crashed
to when search and rescue was on scene
507
00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:43,791
was roughly two and a half, three hours.
508
00:26:45,666 --> 00:26:48,125
The search party was on just snowshoes.
509
00:26:51,625 --> 00:26:53,625
My brother called me twice.
510
00:26:53,708 --> 00:26:56,041
"Trevor's really cold, he's in pain."
I'm like, "We're coming.
511
00:26:56,125 --> 00:26:58,083
I'm not gonna leave you guys,
we're coming."
512
00:26:59,291 --> 00:27:00,791
[Trevor] I remember thinking to myself
513
00:27:00,875 --> 00:27:02,500
just don't close your eyes Trevor.
514
00:27:03,791 --> 00:27:04,875
Don't close your eyes.
515
00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:06,833
Because I feel like if I did
516
00:27:06,916 --> 00:27:08,541
I didn't think I was gonna wake up.
517
00:27:20,916 --> 00:27:21,750
[narrator] Listen.
518
00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:25,666
Something hard has happened to us both.
519
00:27:27,291 --> 00:27:28,625
And neither of us likes it.
520
00:27:29,291 --> 00:27:30,916
[ambulance engine running]
521
00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:32,916
Despite the inexplicable fact
522
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,333
that you'll encounter lots of us
523
00:27:35,708 --> 00:27:38,250
who say our lives have been improved
by our accidents.
524
00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,125
- [buckle clips shut]
- [narrator] Strange.
525
00:27:44,291 --> 00:27:45,125
Still and all
526
00:27:46,083 --> 00:27:47,500
I don't think it takes much heavy thought
527
00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:49,416
for anyone who's broken a back or neck
528
00:27:50,583 --> 00:27:52,750
to realize that big changes are coming.
529
00:27:55,833 --> 00:27:58,000
And that nobody is giving anybody
530
00:27:58,083 --> 00:27:59,250
much choice in the matter.
531
00:28:07,666 --> 00:28:11,416
[Ashley] I… had a friend drive me
to the hospital.
532
00:28:12,375 --> 00:28:14,041
When I got there,
we were waiting
533
00:28:14,541 --> 00:28:16,416
and I asked the receptionist
534
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:18,166
I was like,
"Hey you know
535
00:28:19,166 --> 00:28:21,625
there's this kid coming in from Vail Pass
536
00:28:21,708 --> 00:28:23,458
do you know what the ETA is?"
537
00:28:25,166 --> 00:28:28,583
[sighs] And she said,
"Oh well it's a code whatever
538
00:28:28,666 --> 00:28:30,208
it's pretty serious.
539
00:28:30,291 --> 00:28:33,083
They're probably gonna be here
in about an hour and a half."
540
00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:37,083
And… I said,
"Okay well I'll just wait.
541
00:28:37,583 --> 00:28:39,333
Can you just let me know
when he gets here?"
542
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,875
And I remember…
when he got there
543
00:28:47,083 --> 00:28:48,916
I saw him and
544
00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:54,500
he grabbed my hand
and I looked at the X-ray.
545
00:28:55,125 --> 00:28:56,666
[voice breaks] And he said,
"It's gonna be okay.
546
00:28:56,750 --> 00:29:00,416
Everything is gonna be okay,
I love you."
547
00:29:03,791 --> 00:29:05,000
[Trevor sniffles]
548
00:29:07,041 --> 00:29:09,583
I don't remember saying that to my sister
549
00:29:09,583 --> 00:29:11,166
or grabbing her hand and looking at her
550
00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,750
and saying,
"It's gonna be okay."
551
00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:15,541
But it made me tear up
552
00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:17,625
you know hearing that now,
and it you know
553
00:29:18,125 --> 00:29:19,708
I'm just showing her every day
554
00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:22,333
that it's gonna be okay,
and my family
555
00:29:23,583 --> 00:29:26,291
[sniffles] and people that love me
or close ones around me.
556
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,041
You know it sucks what happened to me
but it's gonna be okay.
557
00:29:30,583 --> 00:29:33,041
And I just feel like
I keep proving that every day.
558
00:29:43,291 --> 00:29:45,333
[sighs deeply]
559
00:29:47,083 --> 00:29:49,583
[solemn orchestral music plays]
560
00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:55,791
[Olga] To see Trevor in the hospital
561
00:29:56,666 --> 00:29:59,000
[voice breaks] laying there…
was a really difficult thing.
562
00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:03,541
It was just hard for me
to see my boy broken.
563
00:30:05,958 --> 00:30:09,458
As a parent…
you never want any of this stuff
564
00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:10,791
to happen to your children.
565
00:30:11,875 --> 00:30:16,083
And I was afraid… and fearful
of what his future would be like.
566
00:30:20,625 --> 00:30:23,875
[Trevor] I shattered
T11, T12 of my vertebrae
567
00:30:23,958 --> 00:30:26,291
I punctured my spinal cord,
and dislocated my back
568
00:30:26,375 --> 00:30:28,000
90 degrees into my stomach.
569
00:30:30,041 --> 00:30:33,083
I got two 12 inch rods
and 12 screws in my back.
570
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,833
And they basically told me,
"There's… no way.
571
00:30:38,958 --> 00:30:40,541
There's no way you're even
572
00:30:40,625 --> 00:30:42,416
gonna move again,
walk again
573
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:43,416
anything like that."
574
00:30:47,041 --> 00:30:50,791
[Dr. Butt] At Craig…
the most common question for people is
575
00:30:52,916 --> 00:30:54,791
"Am I going to completely recover?"
576
00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:57,708
There are people who come
into the facility
577
00:30:58,250 --> 00:31:00,875
who feel truly that their lives are over.
578
00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:07,458
[Trevor] Alright toesies move.
579
00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:09,500
Move.
580
00:31:11,250 --> 00:31:12,416
Come on, move toes.
581
00:31:13,625 --> 00:31:14,583
Come on, move toes.
582
00:31:15,166 --> 00:31:16,791
Move toes.
583
00:31:18,666 --> 00:31:19,666
Move toes!
584
00:31:21,458 --> 00:31:23,333
[whispers] Come on big toes,
you got this.
585
00:31:25,416 --> 00:31:26,583
[Dr. Butt] This is a family affair.
586
00:31:27,583 --> 00:31:31,666
And the research is very clear…
that people with better support system
587
00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:34,916
tighter families,
have better outcomes.
588
00:31:36,125 --> 00:31:38,416
[sighs] We were a little distant
at that point in time.
589
00:31:38,916 --> 00:31:43,625
And I think…
maybe I put up a wall, I was--
590
00:31:43,708 --> 00:31:47,000
I withdrew… when I was around him.
591
00:31:48,666 --> 00:31:53,375
[Ashley] My Mom…
she struggled to watch Trevor in his PT.
592
00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:56,000
She was just like,
"I can't be here"
593
00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:57,708
and would get up and walk away.
594
00:31:59,291 --> 00:32:02,208
I think that really took a toll on Trevor.
595
00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:07,041
[man] When you're inside recovery
or a rehab facility
596
00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:08,416
every single day matters.
597
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,791
{\an8}At Craig… you've got nearly 100 people
598
00:32:12,875 --> 00:32:16,625
{\an8}with very similar injuries
that all have different outcomes.
599
00:32:16,708 --> 00:32:19,583
{\an8}But you're all… fighting together
600
00:32:19,666 --> 00:32:21,166
{\an8}to have the best outcome for each other.
601
00:32:23,291 --> 00:32:26,458
[Trevor] You have six months to two years
to get nerve return.
602
00:32:27,375 --> 00:32:29,500
And our whole goal was for me to walk.
603
00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:31,833
[Trevor straining]
Come on, come on baby.
604
00:32:32,541 --> 00:32:34,666
[Trevor groaning]
605
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:38,875
Kinda tough for me to do that.
606
00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:41,625
[Trevor exhales]
607
00:32:42,833 --> 00:32:43,833
One day at a time.
608
00:32:43,916 --> 00:32:45,958
[driving instrumental music playing]
609
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,791
[Ashley] I think that was the first time I had
610
00:32:49,875 --> 00:32:53,458
genuinely seen Trevor…
motivated to do anything.
611
00:32:54,958 --> 00:32:56,791
He was looking for new ways
612
00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:58,583
to challenge himself every single day.
613
00:32:59,541 --> 00:33:01,583
[Trevor struggles]
614
00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:05,208
Yeah there's the left leg… see?
615
00:33:05,791 --> 00:33:06,875
Now I can lift it too.
616
00:33:07,416 --> 00:33:08,541
Ready right leg.
617
00:33:08,625 --> 00:33:10,583
[Trevor groans]
618
00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:14,666
That's as far as I can get it,
but left leg's pretty good.
619
00:33:15,208 --> 00:33:16,041
Cut it.
620
00:33:18,291 --> 00:33:20,000
[Trevor] I took all these things that I learned
621
00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:21,708
playing sports as a kid,
it was like
622
00:33:21,791 --> 00:33:24,333
alright how can I make this a game?
623
00:33:24,416 --> 00:33:26,250
[people lifting weights]
624
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,416
[Dr. Butt] I remember meeting Trevor
for the first time at Craig Hospital.
625
00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,125
Therapists would come to me and say
626
00:33:33,791 --> 00:33:35,500
"This guy's going in fifth gear.
627
00:33:35,583 --> 00:33:38,416
It's premature,
he needs to be in second gear.
628
00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:41,083
And how do we slow him down?"
629
00:33:41,166 --> 00:33:44,166
[machine whirring]
630
00:33:49,291 --> 00:33:50,208
[Trevor] What's up camera.
631
00:33:50,291 --> 00:33:51,291
[woman chuckles]
632
00:33:51,375 --> 00:33:53,458
[Therapist] Walking into the sunshine.
633
00:33:53,541 --> 00:33:55,041
[Roy] One of the biggest things
that happen
634
00:33:55,125 --> 00:33:56,583
with a spinal cord injury
635
00:33:56,666 --> 00:33:59,583
is the first goal people set is…
"I want to walk."
636
00:34:00,916 --> 00:34:02,666
And yeah we all want to walk.
637
00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:08,125
But recovery has to be built
on smaller goals.
638
00:34:09,416 --> 00:34:13,666
What happens if that's your only goal
and it doesn't… come true?
639
00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:20,708
[narrator] It's only fair to warn you
640
00:34:21,458 --> 00:34:22,416
that many of us have found
641
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,500
the first weeks or months after the escape
642
00:34:25,041 --> 00:34:29,041
to be the most difficult ones of all…
hard times.
643
00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:32,125
While the institution
644
00:34:32,208 --> 00:34:34,666
was toilet training you,
and teaching you mobility
645
00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:37,625
it was also becoming
your sheltering mother
646
00:34:38,458 --> 00:34:43,541
who loved you in spite of your flaws,
real or imagined.
647
00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,250
That comfortable shelter
can be difficult to abandon
648
00:34:48,750 --> 00:34:51,833
for the ragged,
jagged edges of real life.
649
00:34:54,041 --> 00:34:57,708
Ask yourself
whether you want to live or die.
650
00:34:59,416 --> 00:35:02,000
Many folks with spinal cord injuries
651
00:35:02,083 --> 00:35:04,500
have told me that
they once contemplated suicide.
652
00:35:05,208 --> 00:35:07,333
Usually soon after their accidents.
653
00:35:09,125 --> 00:35:12,541
They were all of course…
still alive when I met them.
654
00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:18,583
[Ashley] A month
after Trevor left Craig Hospital
655
00:35:18,666 --> 00:35:21,375
he hit a pretty low point.
656
00:35:23,666 --> 00:35:26,500
My Mom told me that Trevor
657
00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:30,500
drove the car
off the road on purpose and
658
00:35:31,583 --> 00:35:33,000
she was really concerned.
659
00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,916
{\an8}For a little while I was very nervous
for his future.
660
00:35:39,791 --> 00:35:45,416
{\an8}because I knew he would be needing…
pain medication.
661
00:35:46,916 --> 00:35:48,833
[Max] I was very worried
that he would just
662
00:35:48,916 --> 00:35:52,250
fall back into using prescription drugs.
663
00:35:53,958 --> 00:35:55,666
[Trevor] The pills definitely numbed me to
664
00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:57,583
just like a lot of life.
665
00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:00,291
I was just trying to forget
666
00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:02,458
all the stuff I used to be able to do.
667
00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:06,833
And once I started using drugs
and partying and
668
00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:08,750
you know I just felt numb.
669
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000
I didn't care
about anything anymore.
670
00:36:15,250 --> 00:36:17,583
[Ashley] We were genuinely
concerned about him.
671
00:36:18,625 --> 00:36:22,333
I was no longer in the picture,
my parents had gone back home.
672
00:36:23,625 --> 00:36:24,916
He had no one else.
673
00:36:28,458 --> 00:36:30,708
{\an8}[Trevor] I ended up moving
back to Max's house
674
00:36:31,583 --> 00:36:34,000
{\an8}and lived on his couch
for a couple months.
675
00:36:35,250 --> 00:36:39,458
[Max] This house was not meant
for somebody with a disability
676
00:36:39,541 --> 00:36:42,166
especially one that involves a wheelchair.
677
00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:45,375
[Trevor] The only bathroom
was on the second floor.
678
00:36:46,666 --> 00:36:48,708
Every other day I would climb the stairs
679
00:36:49,416 --> 00:36:51,666
scooting up one step at a time on my butt
680
00:36:52,750 --> 00:36:53,875
just so I can go to the bathroom.
681
00:36:55,458 --> 00:36:57,500
I was definitely not in a good state.
682
00:36:57,583 --> 00:37:00,541
I think I was at my lowest,
lowest point there.
683
00:37:02,375 --> 00:37:05,250
[Max] It was probably
the toughest time mentally for him.
684
00:37:06,166 --> 00:37:07,916
Right out he's like,
"Dude I'm gonna walk again."
685
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,208
When in reality that…
just wasn't his situation.
686
00:37:11,708 --> 00:37:14,500
He could put in…
as much work as he wanted to
687
00:37:14,583 --> 00:37:16,750
towards the goal of walking again and
688
00:37:17,458 --> 00:37:20,041
that wasn't necessarily gonna happen,
no matter how hard he tried.
689
00:37:21,583 --> 00:37:24,916
Reality would set in and he just…
wasn't adjusted to it yet.
690
00:37:26,708 --> 00:37:28,416
[Ernie] How are you gonna support yourself?
691
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,000
Where were you gonna live?
692
00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:32,916
I mean his plumbing thing was going great
693
00:37:33,416 --> 00:37:37,125
but after this accident…
you're not gonna go be a plumber.
694
00:37:37,708 --> 00:37:38,708
So what are you gonna do?
695
00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:43,083
That was a big concern of mine. Huge.
696
00:37:44,208 --> 00:37:46,083
[Producer] Did you talk with him
about that at all, or was it too--
697
00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:47,416
I did.
698
00:37:47,958 --> 00:37:48,958
[Producer] How'd that go?
699
00:37:49,041 --> 00:37:51,333
Not good. Not good at all.
700
00:37:51,416 --> 00:37:54,541
[acoustic guitar plays]
701
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,666
[Dr. Hornbein] It wasn't an easy beginning.
702
00:38:07,250 --> 00:38:09,458
There were some rocky times that Barry
703
00:38:09,541 --> 00:38:10,916
was trying to get his shit together.
704
00:38:12,875 --> 00:38:15,125
[Roger] He couldn't ski,
he couldn't climb.
705
00:38:15,625 --> 00:38:17,375
He couldn't do anything.
706
00:38:18,541 --> 00:38:21,000
So here he is stripped
of the core of his life.
707
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,791
[Dr. Butt] In the '60s
708
00:38:23,875 --> 00:38:26,625
there were disincentives to be
in the community.
709
00:38:27,250 --> 00:38:29,541
People felt truly that life is over.
710
00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:33,625
A trauma is a change.
711
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:35,833
Life is change.
712
00:38:37,166 --> 00:38:40,291
And if you don't evolve with that change
713
00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:44,916
you remain stagnant… and static.
714
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,000
And that was not Barry.
715
00:38:46,083 --> 00:38:49,458
Barry was the epitome of fluidity.
716
00:38:52,041 --> 00:38:53,375
[Jennifer] Dad was amazing that way.
717
00:38:53,875 --> 00:38:56,208
He would come
into the fire and come out
718
00:38:56,291 --> 00:38:57,500
forged in whole new ways.
719
00:38:57,583 --> 00:38:59,958
He always found a way to find strength
720
00:39:00,541 --> 00:39:04,166
and find a way to cope
with changing circumstances.
721
00:39:07,208 --> 00:39:10,625
In 1980 my Dad
published a book called Options.
722
00:39:12,375 --> 00:39:14,625
He decided to interview people
all over the country
723
00:39:14,708 --> 00:39:16,041
who had spinal cord injury.
724
00:39:16,541 --> 00:39:18,416
And so the book brought together
725
00:39:19,125 --> 00:39:20,791
the stories of all of these people
726
00:39:20,875 --> 00:39:22,458
interlaced with his own stories.
727
00:39:26,333 --> 00:39:28,666
[Dr. Butt] In my interactions with patients
728
00:39:28,750 --> 00:39:31,000
I would give them this book.
729
00:39:31,708 --> 00:39:36,000
And I'd say,
"When you've read a few of the narratives
730
00:39:36,083 --> 00:39:37,541
let's get together and talk.
731
00:39:38,208 --> 00:39:41,541
Let's see how this helps you re-envision
732
00:39:42,125 --> 00:39:44,166
who you are and where you're going."
733
00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:47,750
[Bob] He essentially wrote the book
734
00:39:47,833 --> 00:39:52,125
on living and thriving with a spinal cord injury.
735
00:39:53,541 --> 00:39:55,375
It had a huge effect on people.
736
00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:59,666
[Dr. Butt] It really is foundational
in terms of the beginning
737
00:39:59,750 --> 00:40:02,333
of people writing about disability
738
00:40:02,416 --> 00:40:08,125
and what it's like to live…
and thrive with spinal injury.
739
00:40:11,291 --> 00:40:13,041
[Jennifer] In tandem with Options
740
00:40:13,166 --> 00:40:15,416
he created two companion films
741
00:40:15,916 --> 00:40:17,791
Changes and Outside.
742
00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:19,208
[Barry] In this film
743
00:40:19,291 --> 00:40:20,250
I wanted to show new cord injuries
744
00:40:20,333 --> 00:40:21,708
how old cord injuries live.
745
00:40:22,208 --> 00:40:22,958
Three years
746
00:40:23,083 --> 00:40:24,500
five, ten, twenty
747
00:40:24,625 --> 00:40:27,000
As much as 35 years after their accidents.
748
00:40:27,541 --> 00:40:29,458
I wanted to visit people
all over this country.
749
00:40:29,958 --> 00:40:31,291
People with injuries like mine
750
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:32,958
and much worse than mine
751
00:40:33,458 --> 00:40:34,916
and see what their lives were like.
752
00:40:36,083 --> 00:40:37,208
So a journey was begun.
753
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,291
A journey in search
of spinal cord injured America.
754
00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:45,291
[orchestral music plays]
755
00:40:49,916 --> 00:40:51,541
[Jennifer] He had so many people that
756
00:40:51,625 --> 00:40:55,166
had done incredible things
despite their spinal cord injury.
757
00:40:56,208 --> 00:40:58,250
[Dr. Butt] The communality was that
758
00:40:58,375 --> 00:41:02,708
every single person…
to have a creative, meaningful life
759
00:41:02,791 --> 00:41:05,041
had to reinvent themselves in some way.
760
00:41:08,875 --> 00:41:12,083
I like to think that
before I was paralyzed
761
00:41:12,166 --> 00:41:13,666
there were 10,000 things I could do.
762
00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:16,083
And now there's 9,000.
763
00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:19,916
So I can either dwell
on the 1,000 that I've lost
764
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,125
or I can concentrate
on the 9,000 that's left.
765
00:41:22,208 --> 00:41:24,958
And of course the joke is that…
none of us in our lifetime
766
00:41:25,041 --> 00:41:26,250
are gonna do more than
two or three thousand
767
00:41:26,333 --> 00:41:27,958
of those things
in any event.
768
00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:34,750
[narrator] I don't want to tell you
769
00:41:34,750 --> 00:41:36,125
that life will become easier
770
00:41:37,958 --> 00:41:39,208
or the choices simpler
771
00:41:41,333 --> 00:41:44,125
or that spinal cord injury is
in any way beneficial
772
00:41:44,875 --> 00:41:46,791
to one's mental and physical health.
773
00:41:48,541 --> 00:41:50,708
Because those things aren't true.
774
00:41:52,916 --> 00:41:54,375
I do want to tell you
775
00:41:54,458 --> 00:41:56,583
that this monumental inconvenience
776
00:41:57,083 --> 00:41:58,000
can be lived through
777
00:41:58,541 --> 00:42:01,833
lived with,
loved with, laughed with
778
00:42:01,916 --> 00:42:05,000
surmounted, shared, transcended
779
00:42:05,541 --> 00:42:08,291
and that you have not been deprived
of choice.
780
00:42:09,833 --> 00:42:11,458
You do have a lot of options.
781
00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:15,625
You can be okay if you choose to be okay.
782
00:42:17,375 --> 00:42:22,458
The future…
however unfathomable…is yours.
783
00:42:26,041 --> 00:42:29,125
I have heard,
I can't tell you how many people
784
00:42:29,208 --> 00:42:32,166
that have said,
"The spinal cord injury
785
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:33,333
was my epiphany.
786
00:42:35,125 --> 00:42:38,666
It was my start to reprioritize my life.
787
00:42:40,333 --> 00:42:41,208
Who am I?
788
00:42:42,541 --> 00:42:43,333
Who am I now?"
789
00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:47,833
[woman] I was Trevor's first ski instructor
790
00:42:47,916 --> 00:42:49,958
at the Adaptive Sports Center in Crested Butte
791
00:42:50,041 --> 00:42:53,625
when he came with Craig Hospital
in February 2016.
792
00:42:55,583 --> 00:42:57,875
Trevor's stoke
and lack of fear
793
00:42:57,958 --> 00:43:01,708
stood out above anyone else
I've ever taught before.
794
00:43:03,083 --> 00:43:04,791
He had goals before I even knew his name.
795
00:43:06,416 --> 00:43:08,541
The first day Trevor was talking about
796
00:43:08,625 --> 00:43:11,708
sit skiing in the backcountry
on Vail Pass
797
00:43:12,291 --> 00:43:14,708
catching air,
jumping cliffs.
798
00:43:15,458 --> 00:43:17,041
"Where can we go jump this?" and
799
00:43:17,541 --> 00:43:18,875
"What about that box over there?"
800
00:43:20,458 --> 00:43:23,583
We don't typically allow people
to do any kind of jumping
801
00:43:23,666 --> 00:43:26,083
but you know every chance I looked away
802
00:43:26,166 --> 00:43:28,708
there he was,
jumping something off the side.
803
00:43:30,666 --> 00:43:31,833
[Trevor] That trip changed my life.
804
00:43:32,583 --> 00:43:33,875
It's just like, "Oh boy"
805
00:43:33,958 --> 00:43:34,791
you know you get excited.
806
00:43:34,875 --> 00:43:36,250
You're like,
"Alright well what's next?"
807
00:43:36,833 --> 00:43:38,708
And you're just like,
"Oh can I do that?"
808
00:43:40,625 --> 00:43:44,333
[Ashley] He was stoked
and that was the first time
809
00:43:44,416 --> 00:43:46,666
I'd actually seen him happy in a while.
810
00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:50,708
[Trevor] Well since I got hurt
snowboarding on the mountain
811
00:43:50,791 --> 00:43:54,458
about a year and…
three months ago on the top of Vail Pass
812
00:43:55,875 --> 00:43:58,708
I sat there for three and a half hours
in a blizzard at--
813
00:43:58,791 --> 00:44:00,750
from 4 to 7:30 at night so
814
00:44:01,291 --> 00:44:02,791
I never really thought I could
815
00:44:02,875 --> 00:44:04,333
be back where I am today.
816
00:44:04,875 --> 00:44:08,208
And so… what this means getting back
on the mountain is
817
00:44:08,291 --> 00:44:11,041
there's no words that can
actually describe the feeling.
818
00:44:12,541 --> 00:44:14,875
This will be a huge part
of my life for the rest of my life.
819
00:44:17,041 --> 00:44:19,916
I went on that trip
and you know I realized that
820
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,708
I'm not gonna wait around
my whole entire life
821
00:44:22,791 --> 00:44:25,041
to just see if I'm gonna have
a chance to walk.
822
00:44:26,500 --> 00:44:29,208
I'm gonna go do and attack other things.
823
00:44:32,333 --> 00:44:34,000
[Dr. Butt] Post-Traumatic Growth
824
00:44:34,083 --> 00:44:39,958
is the ability
of a person to… experience trauma
825
00:44:41,041 --> 00:44:45,208
and craft it
into a positive means for themselves.
826
00:44:45,291 --> 00:44:47,000
How does tragedy
827
00:44:47,875 --> 00:44:51,250
transform itself into opportunities?
828
00:44:55,458 --> 00:44:57,333
[Ashley] High Fives invited him
829
00:44:57,416 --> 00:45:00,375
to do a ski camp in Lake Tahoe
830
00:45:00,458 --> 00:45:05,208
and that's when his relationship
with Roy really blossomed.
831
00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:07,625
{\an8}[Roy] High Fives is a
832
00:45:07,708 --> 00:45:09,666
{\an8}national nonprofit organization
833
00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:11,791
{\an8}with a mission to prevent
834
00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:13,000
{\an8}life changing injuries
835
00:45:13,083 --> 00:45:14,750
{\an8}and provide resources and hope
836
00:45:14,833 --> 00:45:16,041
{\an8}if they happen in the outdoor sports.
837
00:45:16,625 --> 00:45:17,958
[cheering]
838
00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:21,958
When High Fives gives a grant,
you've gotta set goals
839
00:45:22,041 --> 00:45:24,375
so that we see how our grant funding
840
00:45:24,458 --> 00:45:26,750
is helping you progress,
and you keep achieving
841
00:45:26,833 --> 00:45:28,250
a better quality of life.
842
00:45:32,125 --> 00:45:33,750
{\an8}[Ashley] Trevor's biggest goal
843
00:45:33,833 --> 00:45:35,666
{\an8}once he started getting into sit skiing
844
00:45:35,750 --> 00:45:37,916
{\an8}was to make the Paralympic team.
845
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:41,708
- [man 1] Come on Trevy.
- [man 2] Let's go.
846
00:45:42,250 --> 00:45:44,500
- [crowd cheering]
- [man] Push, push, push.
847
00:45:49,875 --> 00:45:51,875
[Max] Seemingly
within three or four months
848
00:45:51,958 --> 00:45:53,666
of starting his training
849
00:45:53,750 --> 00:45:56,166
he was already competing
for spots on the team.
850
00:45:56,250 --> 00:45:57,875
[Roy] With the silver medal,
from the USA
851
00:45:57,958 --> 00:45:59,291
baby Trevor Kennison!
852
00:45:59,375 --> 00:46:00,208
[man] Baby Trevor.
853
00:46:00,708 --> 00:46:02,458
[Ashley] So he ended up moving
to Winter Park
854
00:46:02,541 --> 00:46:05,458
and started out his third winter
855
00:46:06,833 --> 00:46:09,875
and then decided to quit ski racing.
856
00:46:10,958 --> 00:46:13,791
A lot of us were wondering why.
857
00:46:15,708 --> 00:46:17,291
[Trevor] I quit ski racing because
858
00:46:17,375 --> 00:46:19,625
I had a passion
for hitting jumps and cliffs
859
00:46:19,708 --> 00:46:22,166
and rails and everything else.
860
00:46:23,208 --> 00:46:26,125
- I just wanted to ski the whole mountain.
- [Trevor] Yew!
861
00:46:26,708 --> 00:46:28,916
[Roy] When Trevor gave us his list
of goals for our grant
862
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,458
there was more on there
than just making the Paralympic team.
863
00:46:32,083 --> 00:46:33,833
He wanted to do a backflip off a rail
864
00:46:34,541 --> 00:46:36,500
he wanted to jump into Corbet's Couloir
865
00:46:37,041 --> 00:46:38,833
he wanted to compete in the X-Games
866
00:46:39,333 --> 00:46:41,208
he wanted to sit ski at Vail Pass
867
00:46:42,041 --> 00:46:44,750
and do the first ever
sit ski double backflip.
868
00:46:46,708 --> 00:46:49,541
[Ashley] I told him,
"Stick with ski racing
869
00:46:49,625 --> 00:46:50,625
there's money there."
870
00:46:51,291 --> 00:46:55,166
But he was… doing his thing,
he was gonna freeski.
871
00:46:56,833 --> 00:46:59,166
[Trevor] My Dad and my sister
and even Roy were like
872
00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:00,375
kind of chuckled when I was like
873
00:47:00,458 --> 00:47:02,041
"Yeah this is what I want to do,
I want to
874
00:47:02,125 --> 00:47:03,250
try to make a living off this
875
00:47:03,333 --> 00:47:05,791
I want to get sponsors,
I want to do this for a career."
876
00:47:05,875 --> 00:47:06,791
And I said, "Honey
877
00:47:08,250 --> 00:47:13,041
let's get a solid career…
and go forward
878
00:47:13,916 --> 00:47:15,833
because this is short term."
879
00:47:15,916 --> 00:47:17,041
[Producer] What was his response?
880
00:47:18,750 --> 00:47:20,166
His response to that was
881
00:47:22,125 --> 00:47:23,041
he didn't say anything.
882
00:47:23,125 --> 00:47:25,666
My thought was…
"Go fuck yourself Dad 'cause
883
00:47:26,791 --> 00:47:27,833
I'm gonna do it."
884
00:47:28,125 --> 00:47:30,750
{\an8}[Anchor] It is the video
taking the ski world by storm
885
00:47:30,833 --> 00:47:33,500
{\an8}a sit skier launching
off the top of the mountain
886
00:47:33,625 --> 00:47:35,375
{\an8}at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
887
00:47:35,458 --> 00:47:38,458
{\an8}Trevor Kennison
happens to call Colorado home.
888
00:47:38,541 --> 00:47:40,583
Join Kennison on the slopes
889
00:47:40,666 --> 00:47:43,291
and see what he's doing
with all that newfound fame.
890
00:47:43,875 --> 00:47:45,916
I'm sitting there watching ESPN.
891
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:49,375
[Anchor] This is Trevor Kennison,
who is unable to ski
892
00:47:49,458 --> 00:47:51,458
except in this contraption that he has.
893
00:47:51,541 --> 00:47:52,375
[Ernie] Trevor Kennison?
894
00:47:53,250 --> 00:47:54,125
That's my kid!
895
00:47:54,750 --> 00:47:56,000
Holy shit!
896
00:47:59,041 --> 00:48:01,291
[Trevor] After Corbet's,
everything in my life changed.
897
00:48:01,791 --> 00:48:03,458
People just recognized who I was.
898
00:48:05,125 --> 00:48:07,708
[Anchor] Trevor started going bigger and bigger.
899
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,958
- [Trevor laughing]
- [Anchor] He's using his daredevil persona
900
00:48:11,041 --> 00:48:14,208
to inspire others,
able bodied or not.
901
00:48:14,291 --> 00:48:16,500
[Trevor] I love learning,
I love pushing it
902
00:48:16,583 --> 00:48:18,125
and learning,
and learning and learning.
903
00:48:22,166 --> 00:48:25,125
[cheering]
904
00:48:26,083 --> 00:48:27,250
[man cheers]
905
00:48:29,166 --> 00:48:30,375
{\an8}[man] Hell yeah Trev!
906
00:48:31,625 --> 00:48:33,333
{\an8}[Roy] Trevor was starting to set a bar
907
00:48:33,416 --> 00:48:34,291
{\an8}that others hadn't seen.
908
00:48:34,958 --> 00:48:37,583
He was progressing so fast in a sit ski.
909
00:48:37,583 --> 00:48:39,375
[man] Oh my God!
910
00:48:39,458 --> 00:48:41,500
[Anchor] This is Trevor Kennison
911
00:48:41,583 --> 00:48:43,500
and he is with us here today.
912
00:48:43,583 --> 00:48:46,125
He's pretty much a pro,
you're pretty much famous at this point.
913
00:48:47,458 --> 00:48:49,458
You've made some pretty big strides
914
00:48:49,541 --> 00:48:50,833
these past couple of years.
915
00:48:50,916 --> 00:48:52,875
- [Anchor] No one's ever done this before right?
- [Trevor] No.
916
00:48:53,458 --> 00:48:54,750
[Anchor] How has that impacted you?
917
00:48:54,833 --> 00:48:58,125
[Trevor] Over the past two, three years,
it's just given me hope in my life
918
00:48:58,208 --> 00:48:59,291
and to move forward with it.
919
00:48:59,791 --> 00:49:01,333
And to live life to the fullest.
920
00:49:01,416 --> 00:49:02,958
[crowd cheering]
921
00:49:03,041 --> 00:49:04,916
[Miguel] His attitude
and his spirit is always
922
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:06,416
just so positive.
923
00:49:06,500 --> 00:49:10,541
That first time I rode with him,
he hit like a 20 foot jump.
924
00:49:10,625 --> 00:49:13,041
I remember that day very vividly,
he said
925
00:49:14,041 --> 00:49:16,583
"I want to be able to hit 90 foot jumps
926
00:49:17,125 --> 00:49:18,750
like the guys do in the X-Games."
927
00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:23,875
{\an8}[Anchor] Now to the X-Games,
and a major first ahead today
928
00:49:23,958 --> 00:49:26,833
{\an8}Trevor Kennison
will become the first adaptive athlete
929
00:49:26,916 --> 00:49:28,708
{\an8}to hit the big air jump at the Games.
930
00:49:29,166 --> 00:49:30,625
- [Roy] Let's go!
- [crowd cheering]
931
00:49:31,875 --> 00:49:34,708
[Announcer 1] A tale of pure will
and determination.
932
00:49:35,541 --> 00:49:37,875
Pushing boundaries… pushing the limits
933
00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:40,166
and he is set to do it again.
934
00:49:40,750 --> 00:49:41,875
[TV] Three, two, one!
935
00:49:41,958 --> 00:49:44,625
[Announcer 1] Trevor Kennison looking
to make history out here today.
936
00:49:44,708 --> 00:49:46,333
The first ever adaptive athlete
937
00:49:46,416 --> 00:49:48,666
to hit the big air jump here in Aspen!
938
00:49:48,750 --> 00:49:52,208
[Announcer 2] Straight off the jump,
huge balance, he's going massive!
939
00:49:52,291 --> 00:49:55,458
Oh! So, so close.
940
00:49:58,291 --> 00:50:00,958
I mean took it to the bottom line and just
941
00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:03,083
just not holding on.
942
00:50:03,583 --> 00:50:05,833
[ominous instrumental music plays]
943
00:50:15,583 --> 00:50:16,416
[Producer] You okay?
944
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,166
[Receptionist] Yes just in case.
945
00:50:36,250 --> 00:50:37,458
[Nurse] What brings you in?
946
00:50:37,541 --> 00:50:40,000
- [Nurse] Just like a follow up?
- [Trevor] Uh no…
947
00:50:40,083 --> 00:50:42,708
[Trevor] I'm trying to…
get an MRI on my back.
948
00:50:46,708 --> 00:50:48,375
[Bob] Sit skiing is a great sport.
949
00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:55,041
Like any form of skiing…
when you start taking it to its extreme
950
00:50:55,708 --> 00:50:57,583
the danger level goes up.
951
00:51:00,916 --> 00:51:04,625
When you're standing up,
you have the full shock absorption
952
00:51:04,708 --> 00:51:06,333
of your knees which is about three feet
953
00:51:06,416 --> 00:51:09,000
and you add a couple more feet
bending at the waist.
954
00:51:09,916 --> 00:51:11,666
The best sit skis have maybe
955
00:51:11,750 --> 00:51:13,458
six to eight inches of travel.
956
00:51:14,708 --> 00:51:16,375
If you bottom that shock out
957
00:51:17,625 --> 00:51:20,000
it transfers directly into your spine.
958
00:51:22,750 --> 00:51:24,750
That can blow out a vertebrae.
959
00:51:25,458 --> 00:51:28,041
Myself and I know other people
that have had
960
00:51:28,125 --> 00:51:30,833
secondary spinal injuries sit skiing
961
00:51:30,916 --> 00:51:33,625
and it's due to bottoming out of shocks.
962
00:51:38,375 --> 00:51:39,375
[Ernie] I gotta be a parent.
963
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,541
The jumps… that bothers me.
964
00:51:44,291 --> 00:51:46,458
I mean,
he could come down and
965
00:51:46,541 --> 00:51:49,750
land on his neck and… no more Trevor.
966
00:51:56,166 --> 00:51:58,166
[intense instrumental music plays]
967
00:52:01,625 --> 00:52:02,583
[man] Oh, shit.
968
00:52:38,041 --> 00:52:40,333
[narrator] Goals come in two forms.
969
00:52:45,166 --> 00:52:47,041
There are take one day at a time goals.
970
00:52:50,250 --> 00:52:51,708
And there are the goals we perceive
971
00:52:51,791 --> 00:52:53,416
way out there in the future murk
972
00:52:55,416 --> 00:52:57,750
which we will work toward
with consuming passion.
973
00:53:02,041 --> 00:53:03,833
Your goals can open doors for you.
974
00:53:06,083 --> 00:53:07,583
You don't have to go through the doors
975
00:53:10,208 --> 00:53:12,791
but they do ease the passage
if you're bumping into walls.
976
00:53:13,541 --> 00:53:14,583
[Producer] You okay?
977
00:53:19,375 --> 00:53:20,791
[narrator] So pick a goal.
978
00:53:20,875 --> 00:53:21,958
Manufacture one.
979
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:25,916
Pick anything you haven't been doing
but can do
980
00:53:26,833 --> 00:53:27,750
Then do it.
981
00:53:29,458 --> 00:53:31,666
The identification of realistic goals
982
00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:34,083
is the keystone of all rehabilitation.
983
00:53:35,791 --> 00:53:38,625
{\an8}No goals... no free lunch.
984
00:53:40,208 --> 00:53:41,458
[Producer] Have you hit a rail like
985
00:53:41,541 --> 00:53:43,916
- [Producer] have you hit this rail before?
- [Trevor] No.
986
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:44,833
- [Producer] In the park?
- [Trevor] No.
987
00:53:46,125 --> 00:53:47,416
But I'm going to right now.
988
00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:51,833
[radio] Five, four, three, two, one
989
00:53:51,916 --> 00:53:55,000
Trevor dropping.
990
00:54:01,291 --> 00:54:03,500
- [man 1] Fucking laced it.
- [man 2] All day baby.
991
00:54:09,333 --> 00:54:11,000
- [Trevor] Hell yeah.
- [man 1] That was perfect.
992
00:54:11,541 --> 00:54:13,500
[Trevor] Yo can someone radio down
993
00:54:13,583 --> 00:54:15,375
to see if I should just
994
00:54:16,833 --> 00:54:17,791
[Trevor] backflip it right now?
995
00:54:17,875 --> 00:54:19,500
[man] Well you can see
what you wanna do dude.
996
00:54:19,875 --> 00:54:22,333
[radio] Trevor says be ready for the backflip.
997
00:54:28,500 --> 00:54:29,500
[Trevor exhales]
998
00:54:30,416 --> 00:54:31,791
[Producer] Let me know
when ten seconds buddy.
999
00:54:31,875 --> 00:54:32,916
[Trevor] Alright ten seconds.
1000
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,291
- [radio] Alright ten seconds.
- [Trevor] Yeah boys.
1001
00:54:34,375 --> 00:54:35,833
- [man 1] Let's go dog.
- [man 2] Yeah G.
1002
00:54:35,833 --> 00:54:37,041
- [radio] Ten seconds to Trevor.
- [man 1] Let's go.
1003
00:54:37,541 --> 00:54:41,541
[radio] Five, four, three, two, one.
1004
00:54:48,541 --> 00:54:50,250
[Ashley cheering]
Yeah!
1005
00:55:00,333 --> 00:55:01,583
[Trevor] Let's go!
1006
00:55:02,166 --> 00:55:03,708
Let's fucking go!
1007
00:55:06,041 --> 00:55:08,958
- [Trevor] Let's go!
- [man] Oh my God!
1008
00:55:09,041 --> 00:55:10,541
[man] That was so easy dude!
1009
00:55:11,791 --> 00:55:13,666
- [Trevor] So sick.
- [Ashley] That was sick.
1010
00:55:13,750 --> 00:55:14,625
[Trevor] Thanks.
1011
00:55:14,708 --> 00:55:16,916
[Ashley] Nice work,
you crushed it Trev.
1012
00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:20,291
[Trevor] It's just wild
1013
00:55:20,375 --> 00:55:22,750
three years ago ski racing
and you know
1014
00:55:22,833 --> 00:55:24,708
Ashley, Roy, my Dad
1015
00:55:24,791 --> 00:55:26,083
kind of chuckling at my face
1016
00:55:26,166 --> 00:55:28,333
and then it's just like actually doing it.
1017
00:55:28,416 --> 00:55:29,875
Now it's like I've had this idea
1018
00:55:30,750 --> 00:55:31,708
I don't even know how long ago
1019
00:55:31,708 --> 00:55:34,041
maybe a year ago,
but like...I just like
1020
00:55:34,125 --> 00:55:35,541
I would tell people
and people would be like
1021
00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:38,708
"Oh yeah that's kind of a… kind of like a
1022
00:55:39,208 --> 00:55:41,291
- [Trevor] crazy idea."
- [Producer] Pipe dream man.
1023
00:55:41,375 --> 00:55:42,875
- [Trevor] But it's just more so like--
- [Producer] But then you--
1024
00:55:42,875 --> 00:55:45,458
[Trevor] Coming into reality
and making it like
1025
00:55:45,541 --> 00:55:46,750
a dream come true.
1026
00:55:47,208 --> 00:55:48,125
Which is pretty cool.
1027
00:55:48,750 --> 00:55:49,958
[Producer] Yeah it's more than pretty cool.
1028
00:55:50,041 --> 00:55:51,083
[Trevor] It's kind of wild that…
1029
00:55:51,666 --> 00:55:52,500
And then maybe we'll put
1030
00:55:52,583 --> 00:55:54,000
the box in there tomorrow.
1031
00:55:54,666 --> 00:55:56,708
We'll backflip onto a down box.
1032
00:55:57,208 --> 00:55:58,541
[Trevor laughing]
1033
00:56:01,291 --> 00:56:02,791
{\an8}[shoveling snow]
1034
00:56:05,750 --> 00:56:07,750
[Trevor] Yeah it's definitely bigger
than last year
1035
00:56:07,833 --> 00:56:09,041
by a few feet I'd say.
1036
00:56:12,791 --> 00:56:14,291
[Producer] Why are you nervous?
1037
00:56:14,375 --> 00:56:16,291
[Trevor] 'Cause I'm gonna flip to a rail.
1038
00:56:16,750 --> 00:56:17,666
Rail to a rail.
1039
00:56:37,958 --> 00:56:39,250
[Trevor] I didn't commit on that one.
1040
00:56:42,083 --> 00:56:43,333
[man] Shit's rowdy dude.
1041
00:56:44,125 --> 00:56:45,208
[Trevor] Where did I land though?
1042
00:56:46,166 --> 00:56:48,458
[man] Dude you landed right in line with the
1043
00:56:48,541 --> 00:56:50,375
orange dots there,
on the right.
1044
00:56:50,916 --> 00:56:52,458
[Trevor] I'm gonna do honestly another
1045
00:56:52,541 --> 00:56:54,666
same speed just rip it a little harder.
1046
00:56:58,166 --> 00:56:59,375
[man] Yep, yep.
1047
00:57:04,875 --> 00:57:06,125
[Trevor] Dude that was so money.
1048
00:57:06,541 --> 00:57:07,458
'Cause that's basically how I want
1049
00:57:07,541 --> 00:57:09,875
to land on the rail is like
basically here.
1050
00:57:10,458 --> 00:57:11,333
That was it dude.
1051
00:57:11,916 --> 00:57:12,750
I say we put it in.
1052
00:57:14,916 --> 00:57:16,750
[man] So many things that are out
of your control
1053
00:57:16,833 --> 00:57:18,708
- [man] like on that rail.
- [Trevor] Yeah.
1054
00:57:18,791 --> 00:57:19,666
[man] That it's like
1055
00:57:20,125 --> 00:57:21,916
- [man] it's so gnarly.
- [Trevor] For sure.
1056
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:24,333
[man] And you're landing literally
on four inches.
1057
00:57:24,416 --> 00:57:25,458
[Trevor] I know.
1058
00:57:27,916 --> 00:57:28,875
[Trevor] I think this is gonna be
1059
00:57:28,958 --> 00:57:29,958
the scariest thing in my life.
1060
00:57:30,791 --> 00:57:33,541
I don't know, like scary
but I feel comfortable with this.
1061
00:57:33,625 --> 00:57:35,083
- [Trevor] You know what I mean like--
- [Producer] Yeah.
1062
00:57:35,166 --> 00:57:36,083
[Trevor] And I just need to
1063
00:57:36,166 --> 00:57:38,916
once I get on the rail just…
I just need to rip my backflip.
1064
00:57:41,416 --> 00:57:44,375
[ominous instrumentation grows]
1065
00:57:48,875 --> 00:57:49,708
[Trevor sighs]
1066
00:57:51,958 --> 00:57:52,958
Jeez boys.
1067
00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:54,375
I'm fucking nervous.
1068
00:58:04,625 --> 00:58:05,458
[Trevor exhales]
1069
00:58:07,125 --> 00:58:09,291
- [man] Yeah Trev.
- [Trevor] Alright let's get it.
1070
00:58:09,291 --> 00:58:10,625
- [man] Yeah Trev.
- [Trevor] Dropping.
1071
00:58:13,708 --> 00:58:16,666
[instrumental music builds with excitement]
1072
00:58:35,625 --> 00:58:37,000
[Trevor cheers]
1073
00:58:37,083 --> 00:58:38,458
[Trevor] Let's fucking go!
1074
00:58:40,083 --> 00:58:42,666
[Trevor laughing]
Let's go!
1075
00:58:43,833 --> 00:58:45,458
[Trevor] Oh my God.
1076
00:58:48,083 --> 00:58:48,916
[man] Yeah baby.
1077
00:58:51,791 --> 00:58:53,666
[Trevor] Holy shit.
1078
00:58:54,541 --> 00:58:55,541
Oh my God.
1079
00:58:55,625 --> 00:58:56,458
I did it!
1080
00:58:58,541 --> 00:58:59,666
Let's go.
1081
00:58:59,750 --> 00:59:01,791
[Trevor] I've been dreaming
about doing this for two years.
1082
00:59:03,083 --> 00:59:04,791
- After doing the backflip--
- No way.
1083
00:59:04,875 --> 00:59:07,250
Last year on that rail,
here it is a year later.
1084
00:59:07,333 --> 00:59:09,000
- Let's go.
- Rode it out.
1085
00:59:10,125 --> 00:59:12,583
Honestly it's one of the best feelings.
1086
00:59:12,666 --> 00:59:15,750
One of the best feelings,
let's go.
1087
00:59:17,250 --> 00:59:18,083
Yew!
1088
00:59:20,750 --> 00:59:22,916
[cheering]
1089
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:26,166
- [Producer] Dude!
- [man] Right on bottom of your ski dude!
1090
00:59:27,166 --> 00:59:28,583
[Trevor] Thanks for all the help everybody.
1091
00:59:33,750 --> 00:59:36,166
[Jennifer] Dad did reinvent himself
in a lot of ways.
1092
00:59:36,250 --> 00:59:39,125
You know after his accident,
he couldn't ski anymore
1093
00:59:39,208 --> 00:59:41,750
he couldn't climb anymore.
1094
00:59:41,833 --> 00:59:44,041
He sought out new conquests.
1095
00:59:45,791 --> 00:59:49,083
So in the early '70s
Dad was filming a movie with Roger Brown
1096
00:59:49,166 --> 00:59:52,750
called The Edge and they did
several weeks in the Grand Canyon.
1097
00:59:53,416 --> 00:59:56,625
[Bob] No paraplegic
had ever tried kayaking.
1098
00:59:56,708 --> 00:59:59,000
And as he's shooting this movie
from a chair
1099
00:59:59,083 --> 00:59:59,916
he noticed, "Hey
1100
01:00:01,166 --> 01:00:02,791
everything they do is the upper body.
1101
01:00:03,833 --> 01:00:04,958
That's what I've got.
1102
01:00:05,583 --> 01:00:06,666
I think I'm gonna try that."
1103
01:00:08,250 --> 01:00:09,166
[Dr. Butt] He learned
1104
01:00:09,250 --> 01:00:13,416
against all the admonitions
of all the people at Craig
1105
01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:17,250
for fear of skin sores,
decubitus ulcers.
1106
01:00:17,875 --> 01:00:20,125
For fear that he would die on the river.
1107
01:00:21,208 --> 01:00:22,333
[Roger] He was paralyzed in the legs
1108
01:00:23,250 --> 01:00:25,541
and a lot of kayaking is in the hips
1109
01:00:26,125 --> 01:00:27,750
'cause if you get knocked over
1110
01:00:27,833 --> 01:00:32,083
you have to twist your hips
and paddle at the same time
1111
01:00:32,166 --> 01:00:35,041
on one side or the other
to get yourself back up.
1112
01:00:36,625 --> 01:00:38,916
[Dr. Butt] Indeed there was a point where
1113
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:40,500
he almost died on the river
1114
01:00:40,583 --> 01:00:43,166
because he couldn't sufficiently roll
given the current.
1115
01:00:45,083 --> 01:00:48,041
[Bob] So Barry spent months
with some of the best instructors
1116
01:00:48,125 --> 01:00:51,708
and created a way
to Eskimo roll a kayak.
1117
01:00:53,625 --> 01:00:55,375
[Dr. Butt] He developed techniques
1118
01:00:55,458 --> 01:00:59,875
he found ways to hitch three kayaks
on the side of his van.
1119
01:01:02,166 --> 01:01:04,875
One of the old monikers
that I love about Craig Hospital
1120
01:01:05,375 --> 01:01:07,291
is redefining possible.
1121
01:01:08,333 --> 01:01:09,250
And when I think about Barry
1122
01:01:09,333 --> 01:01:11,250
that's what I think about in many ways.
1123
01:01:11,875 --> 01:01:13,833
He redefined what was possible.
1124
01:01:17,458 --> 01:01:21,750
[Bob] Barry being Barry,
as a paraplegic kayaker ran
1125
01:01:21,833 --> 01:01:24,291
all the most extreme rivers in the West
1126
01:01:24,375 --> 01:01:25,666
including the Grand Canyon.
1127
01:01:29,625 --> 01:01:31,083
[Roger] It meant a lot to him
1128
01:01:31,083 --> 01:01:33,166
because he had been cut out
of all the things
1129
01:01:33,166 --> 01:01:35,208
he really liked to do,
the great adventures and
1130
01:01:35,916 --> 01:01:38,375
kayaking gave him back… adventure.
1131
01:01:40,041 --> 01:01:42,083
[Jennifer] He found a way
to have his fun no matter what.
1132
01:01:42,583 --> 01:01:46,666
And it wasn't the way he did it before
but it was a way that worked for him.
1133
01:01:48,291 --> 01:01:50,166
[Bob] Essentially, Barry said
1134
01:01:50,291 --> 01:01:53,208
"I'm not gonna let my
wheelchair define me.
1135
01:01:53,291 --> 01:01:58,250
I'm gonna define myself
through athletic endeavors
1136
01:01:58,333 --> 01:02:03,291
that go beyond what people perceive
a wheelchair user can do."
1137
01:02:05,458 --> 01:02:06,958
[wheels cracking on gravel]
1138
01:02:10,958 --> 01:02:13,458
[narrator] As you and your injury mellow
through a little time
1139
01:02:14,791 --> 01:02:16,666
you'll find that you don't
think much about walking.
1140
01:02:20,333 --> 01:02:22,708
Nor will you think wistfully
about whatever you used to do.
1141
01:02:25,833 --> 01:02:28,291
You'll start to think
with interest and pleasure
1142
01:02:28,958 --> 01:02:30,291
about the things you can do now.
1143
01:02:33,666 --> 01:02:34,666
There are more than enough
1144
01:02:34,750 --> 01:02:37,541
things you can do
after a broken back or neck.
1145
01:02:37,625 --> 01:02:39,750
And some of them you'll like so much
1146
01:02:40,250 --> 01:02:42,375
that you'll be unable to contain your joy.
1147
01:02:46,041 --> 01:02:48,958
[helicopter engine turns on]
1148
01:02:51,375 --> 01:02:53,041
[man] And we're firing up.
1149
01:02:53,916 --> 01:02:54,750
[Trevor] Yeah baby.
1150
01:02:55,708 --> 01:02:57,500
[man] Yes Trevor.
1151
01:03:03,750 --> 01:03:05,000
[instrumental music builds]
1152
01:03:37,458 --> 01:03:38,916
[Trevor] Yeah boys!
1153
01:03:39,583 --> 01:03:41,541
Yeah boys.
1154
01:03:41,625 --> 01:03:42,916
Let's go baby.
1155
01:03:48,958 --> 01:03:50,458
[radio] Trevor's gonna ride this
1156
01:03:50,541 --> 01:03:52,708
main chute just beneath us.
1157
01:03:53,333 --> 01:03:57,416
Alright three, two, one,
dropping.
1158
01:03:58,416 --> 01:03:59,250
[man] Get it dude.
1159
01:04:20,666 --> 01:04:22,541
[Trevor] Oh my goodness!
1160
01:04:27,500 --> 01:04:29,166
Sit skiing gave me that freedom
1161
01:04:29,916 --> 01:04:30,916
being out of my wheelchair.
1162
01:04:31,666 --> 01:04:33,083
I could go anywhere on the mountain.
1163
01:04:33,166 --> 01:04:34,500
I could be just like anyone else.
1164
01:04:35,791 --> 01:04:39,000
Having that freedom back
it gave me such a purpose to life.
1165
01:04:40,125 --> 01:04:43,083
[Trevor laughing and cheering]
1166
01:04:44,958 --> 01:04:46,458
[Trevor giggling]
1167
01:04:46,541 --> 01:04:48,291
Here's the thing,
when I'm in my ski
1168
01:04:48,916 --> 01:04:50,291
I feel free,
I feel whole
1169
01:04:50,875 --> 01:04:52,083
and I feel extremely happy.
1170
01:04:52,958 --> 01:04:56,958
Just sliding on the snow
literally soothes my soul.
1171
01:04:57,041 --> 01:04:59,125
Oh my God, let's go.
1172
01:05:03,333 --> 01:05:04,333
Yeah boys!
1173
01:05:04,916 --> 01:05:07,416
[Trevor laughing]
1174
01:05:10,958 --> 01:05:12,125
That was a good one.
1175
01:05:14,958 --> 01:05:17,750
[Trevor] When you go skiing
or snowboarding, you have to adapt.
1176
01:05:19,166 --> 01:05:22,500
When I do it now
I just have to adapt a little bit more.
1177
01:05:23,625 --> 01:05:24,750
[Heavy drums]
1178
01:05:39,625 --> 01:05:42,625
[Trevor cheering]
1179
01:05:55,541 --> 01:05:58,500
[Trevor cheering]
1180
01:06:09,583 --> 01:06:11,583
[man] Every turn he just gets so pitted.
1181
01:06:12,375 --> 01:06:13,875
He just disappears.
1182
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:27,041
[man] Yeah doggy!
1183
01:06:28,750 --> 01:06:30,750
- [KC laughing]
- [man] Yeah!
1184
01:06:32,500 --> 01:06:34,291
[KC] After a spinal cord injury it's
1185
01:06:34,791 --> 01:06:36,916
it feels like you can't take
anything for granted.
1186
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:37,750
That's the thing about
1187
01:06:37,833 --> 01:06:40,250
being in the mountains with Trevor here
is you see it in him.
1188
01:06:41,041 --> 01:06:43,166
You know,
he's in a sit ski but
1189
01:06:43,250 --> 01:06:46,208
not bumming about the fact that
he's in a sit ski.
1190
01:06:46,291 --> 01:06:49,375
[radio] Three, two, one, Trevor dropping.
1191
01:06:50,458 --> 01:06:51,666
[KC] He has something about him
1192
01:06:51,750 --> 01:06:54,208
he's just kind of glowing
when he's out there.
1193
01:06:54,291 --> 01:06:56,166
Just like this pure stoke
that comes out of him.
1194
01:06:56,666 --> 01:06:57,625
And it's pretty special.
1195
01:07:00,833 --> 01:07:03,916
I don't think that he's just inspiring
people that are maybe adaptive
1196
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,125
or have anything that's limiting them.
1197
01:07:07,625 --> 01:07:11,250
He's inspiring people that are
just like me and you, they're just
1198
01:07:12,166 --> 01:07:14,333
you know they got ten fingers,
ten toes that work.
1199
01:07:15,041 --> 01:07:16,000
Two breaths and a heartbeat.
1200
01:07:16,875 --> 01:07:19,708
And they're looking at Trevor thinking
"There's no way I can do that."
1201
01:07:21,708 --> 01:07:24,250
He's not just an adaptive athlete
1202
01:07:24,333 --> 01:07:25,208
he's just an athlete.
1203
01:07:26,166 --> 01:07:27,416
The thing is if you want to
1204
01:07:27,500 --> 01:07:30,000
up the game
and hit stuff like this
1205
01:07:30,083 --> 01:07:31,750
just take it one turn at a time.
1206
01:07:32,458 --> 01:07:33,291
[Trevor exhales]
1207
01:07:33,625 --> 01:07:35,083
- [Trevor] Okay.
- [KC] You good?
1208
01:07:35,750 --> 01:07:36,583
[Trevor] Yep.
1209
01:07:37,375 --> 01:07:38,875
[KC] Alright if you copy
1210
01:07:39,375 --> 01:07:41,000
Trev dropping in ten.
1211
01:07:43,833 --> 01:07:48,583
Trev in five, four,
three, two, one.
1212
01:08:09,333 --> 01:08:12,291
[cheering]
1213
01:08:13,375 --> 01:08:14,708
[Trevor] Holy.
1214
01:08:14,791 --> 01:08:17,625
That's by far the biggest cliff I've done!
1215
01:08:21,791 --> 01:08:25,125
- [man] Dude the GoPro is like--
- [KC] Dude look at where you landed!
1216
01:08:25,208 --> 01:08:26,208
[Trevor] Yeah dude.
1217
01:08:26,833 --> 01:08:27,791
[KC laughing]
1218
01:08:29,750 --> 01:08:30,708
[KC] Yes!
1219
01:08:33,916 --> 01:08:35,458
[narrator] I've had glorious days.
1220
01:08:36,583 --> 01:08:39,333
Days when everyone
and everything I encounter
1221
01:08:39,416 --> 01:08:41,708
dances to some tune I know well.
1222
01:08:43,583 --> 01:08:44,708
On those days
1223
01:08:44,791 --> 01:08:47,125
confidence and good cheer flow out of me
1224
01:08:47,125 --> 01:08:48,916
and infect total strangers.
1225
01:08:51,333 --> 01:08:52,333
And on some days
1226
01:08:52,833 --> 01:08:54,791
the wheelchair becomes a rolling ghetto.
1227
01:08:55,583 --> 01:08:59,083
A chrome cage that blocks
communication absolutely.
1228
01:09:00,250 --> 01:09:02,541
Period. Don't bother me
1229
01:09:03,583 --> 01:09:05,125
I'm crippled today.
1230
01:09:09,541 --> 01:09:11,000
I have never felt despised
for being in a wheelchair.
1231
01:09:14,333 --> 01:09:15,250
I have felt pitied.
1232
01:09:18,166 --> 01:09:19,583
I have despised myself.
1233
01:09:21,958 --> 01:09:23,916
The first is the other person's problem
1234
01:09:26,291 --> 01:09:27,958
and the second is mine.
1235
01:09:32,541 --> 01:09:34,416
[Trevor] Having a spinal cord injury, it sucks.
1236
01:09:35,958 --> 01:09:39,791
{\an8}A lot of people look at you and
they just see a wheelchair.
1237
01:09:39,875 --> 01:09:42,916
And that's fine.
But it's way more than a wheelchair.
1238
01:09:44,333 --> 01:09:47,125
The wheelchair is just a part of you,
you know those are your legs.
1239
01:09:49,791 --> 01:09:52,500
People come up to me
and they're like, "Oh what happened?"
1240
01:09:52,583 --> 01:09:55,958
"Oh… I broke my back snowboarding"
and they're like, "Oh I'm sorry."
1241
01:09:56,583 --> 01:09:57,625
And that's all they say.
1242
01:09:58,416 --> 01:10:00,791
Then I'm like
"Why are you sorry?"
1243
01:10:00,875 --> 01:10:03,791
You know, it's like
"Alright that's fine."
1244
01:10:04,291 --> 01:10:07,541
But you should be sorry about
the real things that really get to me.
1245
01:10:08,166 --> 01:10:10,583
Those things,
that you should be sorry about.
1246
01:10:10,708 --> 01:10:11,666
But people don't know.
1247
01:10:15,583 --> 01:10:18,083
[Jennifer] So after Dad finished
filmmaking and went into writing
1248
01:10:18,166 --> 01:10:21,166
he became editor
for a rag called New Mobility.
1249
01:10:22,875 --> 01:10:25,416
[Dr. Butt] When Barry became the editor
1250
01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:29,333
he could reach people in ways
that he was never able to prior.
1251
01:10:30,875 --> 01:10:35,041
[Bob] Barry and the magazine covered
really difficult topics.
1252
01:10:35,125 --> 01:10:37,583
Drug use and or abuse
in spinal cord injury
1253
01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:41,541
spinal cord injured people
in prison, sexuality
1254
01:10:41,625 --> 01:10:44,083
there was no subject that was taboo.
1255
01:10:45,458 --> 01:10:49,333
It was this edgy Rolling Stone
for wheelchair users.
1256
01:10:50,791 --> 01:10:53,250
{\an8}[Dr. Butt] He was speaking
the unspeakable.
1257
01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:56,958
Bowel programs, bladder management
1258
01:10:57,791 --> 01:11:01,208
all things that are
kind of verboten or forbidden
1259
01:11:01,291 --> 01:11:03,041
in the able bodied community.
1260
01:11:06,875 --> 01:11:08,208
[Ashley] When he first got injured
1261
01:11:08,291 --> 01:11:11,791
I wondered if he
would be able to date again.
1262
01:11:13,833 --> 01:11:16,125
Trevor has always wanted a family
1263
01:11:16,208 --> 01:11:19,125
that's something that's
particularly important to him.
1264
01:11:21,291 --> 01:11:24,875
[Trevor] I can get hard,
but I can't get a girl pregnant.
1265
01:11:26,083 --> 01:11:27,833
It's all those things that
1266
01:11:27,916 --> 01:11:31,791
you don't think about getting injured
and all those things that happen after.
1267
01:11:33,250 --> 01:11:34,083
That's real life.
1268
01:11:35,291 --> 01:11:36,166
I deal with that.
1269
01:11:38,708 --> 01:11:41,375
[Bob] Barry and
the magazine's understanding is look
1270
01:11:41,958 --> 01:11:44,625
life with spinal cord injury is life
1271
01:11:44,708 --> 01:11:46,250
life with disability is life.
1272
01:11:46,333 --> 01:11:49,125
So we're gonna cover all facets of it.
1273
01:11:51,041 --> 01:11:52,958
[Jennifer] How refreshing for people
who thought
1274
01:11:53,041 --> 01:11:54,750
that part of their lives was over.
1275
01:11:55,875 --> 01:11:57,375
Dad brought it out into the open
1276
01:11:57,458 --> 01:11:59,083
he highlighted it,
he addressed
1277
01:11:59,625 --> 01:12:01,708
the good, the bad,
the ugly, and the beautiful
1278
01:12:01,791 --> 01:12:04,125
about sexuality when you're injured.
1279
01:12:07,875 --> 01:12:11,166
[Trevor] Alright so this is
where I do my business.
1280
01:12:13,875 --> 01:12:15,708
This is an adaptive sex chair.
1281
01:12:15,833 --> 01:12:19,166
Basically I transfer in here
and then I just go back and forth.
1282
01:12:20,833 --> 01:12:24,041
After my injury,
not being able to ejaculate
1283
01:12:24,125 --> 01:12:26,500
like I used to… this like gets me
1284
01:12:26,583 --> 01:12:28,375
that feeling again and so…
1285
01:12:29,291 --> 01:12:31,750
the upholstery is a little,
you know worn down.
1286
01:12:31,833 --> 01:12:32,833
[Trevor laughs]
1287
01:12:32,916 --> 01:12:35,833
I think I need to get this
a little tightened, reupholstered.
1288
01:12:35,916 --> 01:12:37,000
[Trevor laughs]
1289
01:12:37,083 --> 01:12:39,291
It makes me feel like a man again
1290
01:12:39,375 --> 01:12:40,250
I'll tell you that.
1291
01:12:47,708 --> 01:12:49,416
[Roy] Spinal cord injuries there's
1292
01:12:49,916 --> 01:12:51,416
things that you're not prepared for.
1293
01:12:52,625 --> 01:12:55,000
And we'll just be honest,
bowel and bladder are those.
1294
01:12:56,416 --> 01:12:58,500
[Dr. Butt] When people have injuries
1295
01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:00,875
at a certain level and above
1296
01:13:00,958 --> 01:13:05,833
they have dysfunction of their ability
to control the flow of urine.
1297
01:13:06,416 --> 01:13:08,208
So it can occur at any time.
1298
01:13:08,291 --> 01:13:11,500
[Trevor] We're about to drop in
on this little cliffy and
1299
01:13:12,625 --> 01:13:14,375
Light's a little flat but
1300
01:13:15,541 --> 01:13:17,083
just gonna punt her
and feel her good.
1301
01:13:18,166 --> 01:13:19,708
[Trevor sighs]
God I totally just pissed myself.
1302
01:13:20,625 --> 01:13:23,166
- [Producer chuckles]
- [Trevor] I didn't mean to.
1303
01:13:23,916 --> 01:13:26,750
Okay. Three, two, one dropping!
1304
01:13:27,291 --> 01:13:28,250
[Producer] Drop!
1305
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:34,833
[cheering]
1306
01:13:37,208 --> 01:13:38,833
[Bob] Accidents are gonna happen
1307
01:13:39,625 --> 01:13:41,416
and you have two choices.
1308
01:13:41,916 --> 01:13:45,083
It can be devastating,
which it is.
1309
01:13:46,333 --> 01:13:49,166
It can also be a funny story later
if you choose it.
1310
01:13:52,375 --> 01:13:54,375
[Trevor] Can you grab a catheter
out of the zipper
1311
01:13:55,083 --> 01:13:56,208
in my GoPro backpack?
1312
01:13:57,791 --> 01:13:59,458
[Roy] If you're staying properly hydrated
1313
01:13:59,541 --> 01:14:01,583
that means you're gonna pee
eight to twelve times a day.
1314
01:14:02,041 --> 01:14:03,125
[Producer] What are you
doing over there Trevy?
1315
01:14:03,625 --> 01:14:04,458
[Trevor] Taking a pee.
1316
01:14:04,541 --> 01:14:05,458
- [Producer] Yeah?
- [Trevor] Yeah.
1317
01:14:05,541 --> 01:14:06,833
[Producer] Why are you behind
the dumpster?
1318
01:14:06,916 --> 01:14:09,625
[Trevor] 'Cause there's
no bathroom I can get to.
1319
01:14:11,875 --> 01:14:13,958
[Roy] And every time
you have to use a new catheter.
1320
01:14:15,250 --> 01:14:16,875
Every time that you want to go pee.
1321
01:14:18,291 --> 01:14:20,041
If you're paying out of pocket
1322
01:14:20,125 --> 01:14:22,625
a single catheter could cost you
up to 18 dollars.
1323
01:14:23,583 --> 01:14:27,333
And so you could pay
up to 250 dollars a day
1324
01:14:28,041 --> 01:14:29,083
just to go pee.
1325
01:14:30,208 --> 01:14:31,708
It's just, it's not fair.
1326
01:14:34,416 --> 01:14:35,833
[Trevor] Yo, you should take a picture
of this
1327
01:14:35,916 --> 01:14:36,875
the tube hanging out.
1328
01:14:37,791 --> 01:14:39,250
[man chuckles] It's pretty full on,
it's like--
1329
01:14:39,333 --> 01:14:43,000
[Trevor] It's just the truth.
The hard truth of it.
1330
01:14:44,416 --> 01:14:48,541
[Dr. Butt] Barry talked about
how a gal wrote to him
1331
01:14:48,625 --> 01:14:51,833
saying it was mind boggling to her
1332
01:14:51,916 --> 01:14:54,083
to even see advertisements
1333
01:14:54,166 --> 01:14:58,625
about bladder management
and caths, catheters.
1334
01:14:58,708 --> 01:15:02,875
And how she felt that there
truly was a community out there.
1335
01:15:03,916 --> 01:15:05,166
[Ashley] I didn't know anything about
1336
01:15:05,250 --> 01:15:07,041
using catheters, suppositories.
1337
01:15:07,125 --> 01:15:09,250
It is just,
it's the simplest things
1338
01:15:09,333 --> 01:15:10,583
going to the bathroom is new.
1339
01:15:10,666 --> 01:15:12,791
It's hard… it takes forever.
1340
01:15:12,875 --> 01:15:15,291
It's not an easy road.
1341
01:15:16,333 --> 01:15:18,625
[Dr. Butt] A bowel program is a routine
1342
01:15:19,125 --> 01:15:21,750
hopefully each day around the same time.
1343
01:15:23,708 --> 01:15:25,875
[Roy] You have got to
put on a rubber glove
1344
01:15:25,958 --> 01:15:28,875
take a suppository,
put it up inside you
1345
01:15:29,375 --> 01:15:31,458
and then you've got to wait
a minimum of an hour
1346
01:15:31,541 --> 01:15:34,000
to make sure
that your bowels completely empty.
1347
01:15:37,750 --> 01:15:41,666
[Dr. Butt] People use
what's called digital stimulation
1348
01:15:41,750 --> 01:15:45,000
where a finger is inserted around the anus
1349
01:15:45,541 --> 01:15:50,041
and it creates peristalsis
and evacuation of the bowels.
1350
01:15:51,625 --> 01:15:54,166
It can be,
in the beginning embarrassing
1351
01:15:55,083 --> 01:15:58,666
time consuming… it's one of the many
1352
01:15:58,750 --> 01:16:01,666
inconveniences inherent
in the spinal injury.
1353
01:16:01,833 --> 01:16:02,666
[shower running]
1354
01:16:07,833 --> 01:16:10,083
[Bob] Learning how to live
with a spinal cord injury
1355
01:16:10,166 --> 01:16:12,708
is like scuba diving
the rest of your life.
1356
01:16:13,916 --> 01:16:15,833
Am I sitting on a soft cushion?
1357
01:16:16,333 --> 01:16:17,458
Is my bladder full?
1358
01:16:18,583 --> 01:16:21,083
You constantly have to check these things
1359
01:16:21,166 --> 01:16:22,333
that you can't feel.
1360
01:16:25,583 --> 01:16:27,791
[Trevor] Living with a spinal cord injury
is hard.
1361
01:16:29,041 --> 01:16:32,916
I mean definitely I get isolated
and I definitely have my ups and downs.
1362
01:16:34,250 --> 01:16:37,666
Seeing people going for hikes
or doing anything like that
1363
01:16:37,750 --> 01:16:39,541
you know,
sometimes it'll bum me out.
1364
01:16:41,291 --> 01:16:44,458
Sometimes I do wish like
I could have that normalcy.
1365
01:16:47,541 --> 01:16:51,166
[Roy] Trev and I talk weekly
a lot of times daily.
1366
01:16:51,500 --> 01:16:53,750
And you can tell when Trevor's off
1367
01:16:54,291 --> 01:16:55,666
because he becomes very silent.
1368
01:16:56,166 --> 01:16:57,625
And I think one of the things that
1369
01:16:57,708 --> 01:17:00,375
I really recognize is
when Trevor's like that is like
1370
01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:02,583
we gotta get him back outside.
1371
01:17:04,833 --> 01:17:07,291
We gotta get him back out
doing the things he loves.
1372
01:17:07,750 --> 01:17:08,750
[machinery operating]
1373
01:17:20,625 --> 01:17:22,375
{\an8}We do some custom projects like Trevor
1374
01:17:22,458 --> 01:17:25,708
{\an8}but for the most part we design skis
for disabled skiers.
1375
01:17:27,833 --> 01:17:29,291
Help people get back on the mountain
1376
01:17:29,375 --> 01:17:30,666
or find it for the first time.
1377
01:17:31,250 --> 01:17:33,416
[Trevor] Dude so my idea
is gonna be genius.
1378
01:17:33,500 --> 01:17:34,375
I'm telling you.
1379
01:17:34,458 --> 01:17:36,958
[Bobby] I kind of understood it
on the phone which scares me.
1380
01:17:37,041 --> 01:17:38,083
[Trevor] I know right?
1381
01:17:39,208 --> 01:17:41,166
[Bobby] So we'll just tie like a
1382
01:17:41,250 --> 01:17:43,166
- [Bobby] Six inch pull loop so you can--
- [Trevor] Just something to my mouth.
1383
01:17:43,583 --> 01:17:44,541
[Bobby] To your mouth?
1384
01:17:44,625 --> 01:17:46,208
[Trevor] Dude, well here's the thing
1385
01:17:46,291 --> 01:17:47,583
if I do it to my hand--
1386
01:17:47,666 --> 01:17:49,833
[Bobby] Yeah you gotta be one handed
coming in.
1387
01:17:49,916 --> 01:17:51,625
[Trevor] Right and I don't want to be doing that.
1388
01:17:52,208 --> 01:17:54,625
[Bobby] So you basically
want this to your mouth?
1389
01:17:55,500 --> 01:17:57,333
Well that's what I'm saying,
you know what I mean
1390
01:17:57,416 --> 01:17:59,000
we're adapting over here ok?
1391
01:17:59,083 --> 01:17:59,916
[engine starts]
1392
01:18:02,208 --> 01:18:03,916
[Bobby] Some skiers use a motorized winch
1393
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:05,375
to get speed on flat ground.
1394
01:18:06,833 --> 01:18:09,500
Able bodied skiers use two hands
to hold on to the rope
1395
01:18:09,583 --> 01:18:11,791
but Trevor needs his hands
to hold on to his outriggers.
1396
01:18:12,750 --> 01:18:16,083
So we're building a quick release system
to attach that rope to his sit ski.
1397
01:18:16,875 --> 01:18:19,958
[Trevor] And the string is like
this short to release.
1398
01:18:20,041 --> 01:18:20,791
Does that make sense?
1399
01:18:21,375 --> 01:18:23,208
- [Bobby] All we can do is try.
- [Trevor] Yeah.
1400
01:18:23,291 --> 01:18:24,166
[Bobby] We're in new territory.
1401
01:18:33,875 --> 01:18:35,791
[Drill sounds]
1402
01:18:42,291 --> 01:18:43,250
[Trevor] Okay you ready?
1403
01:18:45,875 --> 01:18:49,041
Dude this is exciting stuff.
1404
01:19:02,375 --> 01:19:03,416
{\an8}[Producer] What's going on Trevor?
1405
01:19:03,916 --> 01:19:05,666
[Trevor] I'm sweating,
I'm all nervous.
1406
01:19:06,250 --> 01:19:08,416
[Producer] You'ver never jumped
over a couple fences before?
1407
01:19:08,500 --> 01:19:09,166
[Trevor] Nuh uh.
1408
01:19:10,958 --> 01:19:12,250
[Producer] Why are you gonna do this?
1409
01:19:13,333 --> 01:19:14,416
[Trevor] 'Cause it's never been done
1410
01:19:15,333 --> 01:19:16,166
and I want to.
1411
01:19:20,166 --> 01:19:21,541
I'm gonna get towed in
1412
01:19:21,625 --> 01:19:23,291
I'm gonna pull the quick release
with my mouth
1413
01:19:23,958 --> 01:19:25,916
and then I'm gonna jump that jump
1414
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:27,333
and then the landing's right there.
1415
01:19:28,291 --> 01:19:30,250
Even though I'm paralyzed,
you know you only see
1416
01:19:30,333 --> 01:19:32,583
able bodied people
hitting street or urban.
1417
01:19:33,250 --> 01:19:35,708
And you know,
me being in a wheelchair it's like
1418
01:19:35,791 --> 01:19:37,166
"Oh wait, you even ski?"
1419
01:19:37,708 --> 01:19:39,958
And it's just funny 'cause
people have no idea.
1420
01:19:40,041 --> 01:19:41,500
You know I just want to keep evolving it
1421
01:19:41,583 --> 01:19:43,833
and keep pushing the boundaries,
and keep progressing
1422
01:19:44,333 --> 01:19:47,875
And I think this is one step
in that direction.
1423
01:19:52,083 --> 01:19:53,583
{\an8}[winch motor running]
1424
01:19:57,375 --> 01:19:58,916
[Trevor] Yeah Cody!
1425
01:19:59,583 --> 01:20:00,541
Woo!
1426
01:20:01,750 --> 01:20:02,625
[Trevor laughing]
1427
01:20:02,708 --> 01:20:03,541
[Producer] How does that look?
1428
01:20:07,083 --> 01:20:08,583
[music intensifies]
1429
01:20:25,375 --> 01:20:26,208
[Trevor] It's getting caught.
1430
01:20:27,208 --> 01:20:28,750
Yo this thing is getting caught.
1431
01:20:36,375 --> 01:20:37,458
Can we do this one more time?
1432
01:20:38,458 --> 01:20:39,250
[Trevor groans]
1433
01:20:39,333 --> 01:20:40,625
[man] Got it? Feeling good?
1434
01:20:40,708 --> 01:20:41,541
- [Trevor] Yeah.
- [man] Yeah?
1435
01:20:45,666 --> 01:20:48,250
[Trevor] Okay. Just hold on as long as possible.
1436
01:20:50,291 --> 01:20:52,166
Hold on as long as possible baby.
1437
01:20:55,541 --> 01:20:56,500
[man] Here we go!
1438
01:21:21,583 --> 01:21:23,583
[muffled cheering]
1439
01:21:34,416 --> 01:21:36,416
[man] Holy cow, dude.
1440
01:21:36,500 --> 01:21:39,041
- [man] Trev that was fucking massive dog.
- [Trevor] My fucking neck.
1441
01:21:43,833 --> 01:21:44,916
[Trevor] Honestly I just…
1442
01:21:45,583 --> 01:21:47,000
I know I have it, but I…
1443
01:21:47,083 --> 01:21:49,541
I don't know if my neck
can handle another.
1444
01:21:49,625 --> 01:21:51,000
- [man 1] Yeah.
- [man 2] For sure.
1445
01:21:51,083 --> 01:21:52,166
[Producer] Dude if you're not feeling it
1446
01:21:52,250 --> 01:21:54,416
the last thing
I want you to do is go and try
1447
01:21:54,500 --> 01:21:55,666
[Trevor] I'm just pissed at myself
1448
01:21:55,750 --> 01:21:57,166
because I know I could have had it.
1449
01:21:57,250 --> 01:21:58,125
I know I just
1450
01:21:58,208 --> 01:22:01,083
I just know I could have had it,
it just…
1451
01:22:03,375 --> 01:22:05,666
I'm not gonna be able to move
my shoulder tomorrow morning.
1452
01:22:10,041 --> 01:22:13,250
[Roy] Is a sit ski meant
to go upside down? No.
1453
01:22:13,791 --> 01:22:16,125
The purpose was to return people to skiing
1454
01:22:16,833 --> 01:22:17,916
not to go upside down
1455
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,250
and flip a 50 pound piece of metal
underneath you.
1456
01:22:24,333 --> 01:22:26,083
[Trevor] Last night at dinner
1457
01:22:26,166 --> 01:22:28,416
even like an hour after,
I just couldn't really like
1458
01:22:28,916 --> 01:22:30,291
it just kept hurting and hurting.
1459
01:22:31,875 --> 01:22:34,541
I just literally cannot like
lift my arm
1460
01:22:34,625 --> 01:22:36,875
it hurts so bad,
right here on the
1461
01:22:37,833 --> 01:22:40,166
I think collarbone or shoulder,
one or the other.
1462
01:22:45,458 --> 01:22:48,708
My shoulders are so important 'cause
they're basically my feet.
1463
01:22:49,208 --> 01:22:50,791
And without them
1464
01:22:50,875 --> 01:22:53,375
I can't push my wheelchair
so I can get around.
1465
01:22:59,958 --> 01:23:01,083
It's kind of wild when it's like
1466
01:23:01,166 --> 01:23:03,250
you're wheelchair bound
and then you're just like
1467
01:23:04,041 --> 01:23:05,333
"Oh there goes one arm."
1468
01:23:06,250 --> 01:23:09,750
But transfer still independently,
it's like
1469
01:23:11,541 --> 01:23:13,666
the rest of my,
like half of my body doesn't work
1470
01:23:13,750 --> 01:23:15,250
now you're taking out another limb?
1471
01:23:15,750 --> 01:23:16,750
You know what I mean?
1472
01:23:17,208 --> 01:23:18,583
Then it's like dude
1473
01:23:18,666 --> 01:23:21,916
you're down to like
one out of four working limbs.
1474
01:23:23,666 --> 01:23:25,458
It's definitely a wakeup call too
I guess but
1475
01:23:26,458 --> 01:23:28,291
am I gonna stop
doing what I'm doing? No.
1476
01:23:35,666 --> 01:23:38,291
[Bob] When I met Barry in the early '90s
1477
01:23:38,375 --> 01:23:41,250
his shoulders were already starting to go.
1478
01:23:41,750 --> 01:23:43,875
He was already starting to wear out.
1479
01:23:45,125 --> 01:23:46,958
[Dr. Butt] In his latter years
1480
01:23:47,041 --> 01:23:50,083
in spite of being in a power chair
1481
01:23:50,166 --> 01:23:52,541
he really was at peace with himself.
1482
01:23:52,958 --> 01:23:56,666
Not fighting the injury,
fighting who he was
1483
01:23:57,166 --> 01:24:01,833
but… really so much more comfortable
in his own personhood.
1484
01:24:05,916 --> 01:24:07,666
[Bob] Somewhere around 2003
1485
01:24:07,750 --> 01:24:09,708
Barry was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
1486
01:24:11,666 --> 01:24:13,125
The doctor told Barry
1487
01:24:13,208 --> 01:24:14,833
the toll it was gonna take.
1488
01:24:14,916 --> 01:24:17,541
That it was going to
make his already frail body
1489
01:24:17,625 --> 01:24:19,583
much worse with the chemo.
1490
01:24:21,875 --> 01:24:25,250
And at that point,
they knew it was pretty widespread.
1491
01:24:25,333 --> 01:24:28,541
He elected not to do further treatment.
1492
01:24:33,333 --> 01:24:35,291
And that was it.
1493
01:24:37,791 --> 01:24:38,666
Well…
1494
01:24:40,750 --> 01:24:42,166
What can I say?
1495
01:24:42,250 --> 01:24:45,625
I miss him… a lot.
1496
01:24:45,708 --> 01:24:47,833
You know meeting Barry
1497
01:24:47,916 --> 01:24:49,750
and going into business with him
1498
01:24:49,833 --> 01:24:55,083
and becoming close friends with him… is…
1499
01:24:56,708 --> 01:24:58,750
the highlight of my life.
1500
01:24:59,625 --> 01:25:01,041
He'd be pissed at me for crying.
1501
01:25:02,250 --> 01:25:08,750
Um… the wild thing is I got word of that
1502
01:25:08,833 --> 01:25:13,416
and about four days later my wife says
1503
01:25:13,500 --> 01:25:15,083
"You got this letter."
1504
01:25:15,166 --> 01:25:21,083
From Barry… startling…
two weeks after his death.
1505
01:25:24,375 --> 01:25:25,208
[sniffles]
1506
01:25:26,625 --> 01:25:29,625
Okay. Dear friends
1507
01:25:29,708 --> 01:25:35,458
a very large part of my life
is the friendships that develop over the years.
1508
01:25:35,541 --> 01:25:39,208
As many of you already know
my life is now over.
1509
01:25:39,291 --> 01:25:41,458
The reason you're getting this letter is that
1510
01:25:41,541 --> 01:25:44,583
yours is…
one of the friendships I've treasured
1511
01:25:44,666 --> 01:25:46,625
and I want you to know that.
1512
01:25:47,083 --> 01:25:50,916
[Dr. Butt] I'm a little saddened to be leaving
a little earlier than expected.
1513
01:25:51,625 --> 01:25:54,083
but feel no sense of tragedy.
1514
01:25:54,166 --> 01:25:58,833
I've lived a lot longer than I ever could have
or would have predicted
1515
01:25:59,416 --> 01:26:03,375
36 years ago after the helicopter crash.
1516
01:26:04,375 --> 01:26:07,333
I have no fears for my children
1517
01:26:07,416 --> 01:26:09,583
who are all embarked on their own roads
1518
01:26:09,666 --> 01:26:13,416
and doing it with astonishing style and grace.
1519
01:26:13,500 --> 01:26:17,833
[Bob] I've had love overflowing,
impassioned careers
1520
01:26:17,916 --> 01:26:21,791
a life of adventure
and everything I've ever wanted.
1521
01:26:21,875 --> 01:26:24,375
Nothing missed, no regrets.
1522
01:26:27,541 --> 01:26:28,750
[Dr Butt] My love to you all.
1523
01:26:28,833 --> 01:26:30,375
Signed, Barry.
1524
01:26:31,333 --> 01:26:32,166
Barry.
1525
01:26:33,291 --> 01:26:35,083
And that was him.
1526
01:26:36,041 --> 01:26:39,208
If I could have done it in his voice
it would have been just casual
1527
01:26:39,291 --> 01:26:41,708
with kind of a smile in the background.
1528
01:26:47,666 --> 01:26:51,083
[Dr. Hornbein] In the obit that I wrote
for The American Alpine Club Journal
1529
01:26:51,166 --> 01:26:54,666
I had to pause and wonder
1530
01:26:54,750 --> 01:26:59,541
what Barry's life might have been
if he had not been paralyzed.
1531
01:27:02,625 --> 01:27:05,708
[Jennifer] Dad divided his life
into two sections.
1532
01:27:05,791 --> 01:27:08,208
There was his first life
which was pre accident
1533
01:27:08,291 --> 01:27:10,875
and his second life
which was post-accident.
1534
01:27:10,958 --> 01:27:13,333
And wasn't until
his later years
1535
01:27:13,416 --> 01:27:16,125
that he really considered
it to be one life.
1536
01:27:17,166 --> 01:27:19,166
It was all
as he would have said
1537
01:27:19,250 --> 01:27:21,208
"part and parcel of the same thing."
1538
01:27:22,541 --> 01:27:26,875
I did ask him one time
which half of his life meant more to him.
1539
01:27:26,958 --> 01:27:29,833
And I mean he said
it was the second half of his life.
1540
01:27:31,166 --> 01:27:33,750
He had learned so much and grown so much.
1541
01:27:35,250 --> 01:27:40,625
He gave hope to people
with spinal cord injury
1542
01:27:40,708 --> 01:27:42,875
around the world and continues to.
1543
01:27:44,583 --> 01:27:47,541
He taught doctors,
he taught insurance companies
1544
01:27:47,625 --> 01:27:51,291
he taught regular old people
how to look at disability
1545
01:27:51,375 --> 01:27:53,375
in new ways that they'd never thought of.
1546
01:27:55,375 --> 01:27:57,833
[Muffy] It was never his goal
to be a leader.
1547
01:27:57,916 --> 01:27:59,583
He became one.
1548
01:27:59,666 --> 01:28:02,416
The point for him was what he was doing.
1549
01:28:02,500 --> 01:28:05,333
He didn't announce himself
as being a leader
1550
01:28:05,416 --> 01:28:07,666
follow me, but people did.
1551
01:28:11,458 --> 01:28:15,916
Among skiers,
Barry's legacy lives in Corbet's Couloir.
1552
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:17,791
But he left so much more behind.
1553
01:28:19,750 --> 01:28:21,958
[Jennifer] Ski The Outer Limits is
so much about
1554
01:28:22,041 --> 01:28:24,125
pushing edges,
and being willing to
1555
01:28:24,625 --> 01:28:26,166
reinvent things. And…
1556
01:28:26,666 --> 01:28:29,875
I think pushing limits
was part of Dad's nature.
1557
01:28:32,375 --> 01:28:36,375
He really made people rethink disability
1558
01:28:36,458 --> 01:28:40,500
and I think the world will
never be the same for that.
1559
01:28:44,833 --> 01:28:50,625
[Roger] Barry's legacy is
taking a terrible accident and turning it into
1560
01:28:50,708 --> 01:28:56,375
a wonderful gift to everybody
that has followed with a similar accident.
1561
01:28:57,666 --> 01:28:58,666
Giving them hope.
1562
01:29:00,333 --> 01:29:02,208
He gave them something they didn't have.
1563
01:29:04,583 --> 01:29:05,416
[Trevor sighs]
1564
01:29:26,125 --> 01:29:28,375
{\an8}It's pretty crazy looking back
at everything you know?
1565
01:29:29,250 --> 01:29:30,541
{\an8}[sniffles]
1566
01:29:33,583 --> 01:29:39,708
I'm just so thankful
to be where I am right now.
1567
01:29:50,125 --> 01:29:52,125
You don't know what you have
until it's gone.
1568
01:29:52,625 --> 01:29:53,541
No one does.
1569
01:29:54,041 --> 01:29:55,333
But looking back on it
1570
01:29:56,666 --> 01:29:58,791
I'm injured
and I'm in a wheelchair
1571
01:29:58,875 --> 01:30:02,458
and it's like dude, I do more than
half the able bodied people do.
1572
01:30:02,541 --> 01:30:04,083
You know it is just it's a mentality.
1573
01:30:04,166 --> 01:30:05,666
It's just you go get stuff done.
1574
01:30:14,458 --> 01:30:16,166
I was definitely scared to come back here.
1575
01:30:17,583 --> 01:30:18,541
Very scared.
1576
01:30:20,416 --> 01:30:22,625
This place has taken so much away from me
1577
01:30:22,708 --> 01:30:25,541
and you know I want to come back here
1578
01:30:25,625 --> 01:30:28,625
I want to
make myself whole again.
1579
01:30:30,708 --> 01:30:32,625
I want to close that circle
1580
01:30:32,708 --> 01:30:34,666
and make my heart
not hurt anymore.
1581
01:30:38,416 --> 01:30:40,458
[Roy] Take that day
that you had this injury
1582
01:30:40,541 --> 01:30:42,666
and then how do you grow from that?
1583
01:30:44,666 --> 01:30:51,000
What if you could get back to the sport you love
in the place that changed your life forever?
1584
01:30:51,083 --> 01:30:53,041
How empowering could that be?
1585
01:30:53,125 --> 01:30:55,375
And I think that's just like
1586
01:30:55,458 --> 01:30:59,958
what Trevor took as an idea
and took it to the highest level.
1587
01:31:03,458 --> 01:31:09,333
One of Trevor's biggest goals was to become
the first person ever to land
1588
01:31:09,416 --> 01:31:10,916
a double backflip in a sit ski.
1589
01:31:13,125 --> 01:31:15,583
And Vail Pass was the place to do it.
1590
01:31:18,791 --> 01:31:20,291
[Olga] He said, "Mom…
1591
01:31:22,375 --> 01:31:23,166
this is…
1592
01:31:25,583 --> 01:31:27,833
my mountain.
This is where I broke my back.
1593
01:31:27,916 --> 01:31:32,750
And I came back
and I persevered… my injury.
1594
01:31:33,416 --> 01:31:35,958
I persevered what happened Mom.
1595
01:31:36,458 --> 01:31:37,833
I've accomplished…
1596
01:31:39,958 --> 01:31:41,041
and I'm back Mom.
1597
01:31:43,583 --> 01:31:44,500
I'm back."
1598
01:31:57,041 --> 01:31:58,291
[Olga] Nice job babe.
1599
01:31:58,375 --> 01:31:59,583
I'm proud of you.
1600
01:31:59,666 --> 01:32:01,750
[Trevor] Check the jump out Mom.
1601
01:32:01,833 --> 01:32:05,875
[Olga gasps] Oh my God.
1602
01:32:05,958 --> 01:32:12,750
Trevor… Jesus.
1603
01:32:13,208 --> 01:32:14,875
You've gotta be kidding me.
1604
01:32:15,375 --> 01:32:16,833
Where are you gonna land?
1605
01:32:16,958 --> 01:32:20,708
Oh my God Trevor… wow.
1606
01:32:21,208 --> 01:32:23,666
There's the jump… right there.
1607
01:32:25,375 --> 01:32:27,750
[Producer] Hey guys
we're like two minutes out
1608
01:32:27,833 --> 01:32:30,166
from Trevor speed checking.
1609
01:32:30,250 --> 01:32:33,583
I'm gonna leave it up to
you all to help Trevor get ready.
1610
01:32:33,666 --> 01:32:35,333
so I can shoot and get in position.
1611
01:32:37,958 --> 01:32:39,125
[Trevor] Push it in.
1612
01:32:39,208 --> 01:32:40,500
Alright, ready one, two, three.
1613
01:32:47,125 --> 01:32:48,958
[man] Where are you planning on taking
off the lip?
1614
01:32:51,583 --> 01:32:52,458
When you hit it
1615
01:32:52,541 --> 01:32:55,208
where's your ideal spot
you're looking to hit it doggy?
1616
01:32:56,083 --> 01:32:58,250
That's what I always like to do
is pick out where I'm headed.
1617
01:32:58,333 --> 01:33:00,041
[Trevor] So I just have to be
1618
01:33:00,125 --> 01:33:02,666
when I come in, come in,
come in… pop.
1619
01:33:02,750 --> 01:33:05,000
You know just pop
and then just hold.
1620
01:33:05,083 --> 01:33:07,291
Once I see it,
I just want to make sure I
1621
01:33:07,375 --> 01:33:08,541
[man] Have enough air time.
1622
01:33:08,666 --> 01:33:10,541
[Trevor] I will, I think I will but
1623
01:33:10,625 --> 01:33:12,166
I just wanna make sure you know?
1624
01:33:15,333 --> 01:33:18,416
[man] Boom yo! Yessir.
1625
01:33:18,500 --> 01:33:21,333
[Trevor] Alright,
I'm ready for it dude.
1626
01:33:25,750 --> 01:33:29,083
[narrator] Your injury is an epic thing.
1627
01:33:29,583 --> 01:33:32,416
It reeks of mythic heroism.
1628
01:33:34,083 --> 01:33:35,125
Wanna be a hero?
1629
01:33:37,541 --> 01:33:40,208
The fact is you have little choice.
1630
01:33:42,666 --> 01:33:45,833
Having died to a portion of the past
1631
01:33:45,916 --> 01:33:48,416
having passed through the fires of initiation
1632
01:33:48,541 --> 01:33:50,750
and prevailed over all obstacles
1633
01:33:50,875 --> 01:33:54,708
the hero is ready to make visible
his rebirth as a more complete being.
1634
01:33:55,291 --> 01:33:57,583
by returning to the world.
1635
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:01,500
We are the twice born
1636
01:34:01,583 --> 01:34:03,125
we represent to humanity
1637
01:34:03,208 --> 01:34:05,375
its greatest fears of catastrophe
1638
01:34:05,458 --> 01:34:08,500
and its greatest hopes of transcendence.
1639
01:34:09,000 --> 01:34:13,875
We have embarked upon the hero's path
and we have no choice.
1640
01:34:14,625 --> 01:34:17,541
To others,
our transcendence is the proof
1641
01:34:17,625 --> 01:34:20,625
of our heroic energy and direction.
1642
01:34:20,708 --> 01:34:26,500
To ourselves… our energy and direction
derive from the need to transcend
1643
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:31,041
because there's no other way to survive.
1644
01:34:31,125 --> 01:34:33,583
[radio] Berman here
can I get a status check?
1645
01:34:33,666 --> 01:34:35,333
Status check please.
1646
01:34:38,791 --> 01:34:41,750
[radio] Still holding up top.
1647
01:34:43,958 --> 01:34:45,625
[man] Just let me know
when you're thirty or so out.
1648
01:34:50,708 --> 01:34:51,500
[Trevor] Alright.
1649
01:34:51,583 --> 01:34:52,375
[man] Ready?
1650
01:34:54,083 --> 01:34:55,583
30 seconds until drop
1651
01:34:55,666 --> 01:34:58,583
30 seconds then there'll be
a five second countdown.
1652
01:35:00,708 --> 01:35:01,541
[Trevor exhales]
1653
01:35:03,375 --> 01:35:04,833
[man] You've got this dude.
1654
01:35:10,875 --> 01:35:13,166
Everybody is ready to go.
1655
01:35:13,250 --> 01:35:14,083
Everybody ready.
1656
01:35:17,541 --> 01:35:18,166
[radio] Copy.
1657
01:35:19,458 --> 01:35:20,791
[radio] Ready, ready, ready.
1658
01:35:23,583 --> 01:35:24,416
[radio] Ready down here.
1659
01:35:25,958 --> 01:35:28,916
[radio] Ready up here.
1660
01:35:30,416 --> 01:35:31,250
[man] Yeah brother.
1661
01:35:31,333 --> 01:35:35,666
Alright… dropping in five seconds.
1662
01:35:36,250 --> 01:35:37,916
Drop in five
1663
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:39,083
- Four
- [Trevor] Let's do this baby.
1664
01:35:39,166 --> 01:35:42,541
[man] Three, two, one, dropping in.
1665
01:35:42,625 --> 01:35:45,583
[upbeat instrumentals]
1666
01:35:56,083 --> 01:35:59,541
[man] Three, two, one…
1667
01:36:18,625 --> 01:36:20,333
[muffled cheering]
1668
01:36:28,166 --> 01:36:29,333
[heavy drums begin]
1669
01:36:36,041 --> 01:36:36,875
[Trevor cheers]
1670
01:36:40,250 --> 01:36:41,833
[Trevor] Let's go!
1671
01:36:45,666 --> 01:36:46,500
[cheering]
1672
01:36:50,041 --> 01:36:50,875
Oh my God.
1673
01:36:53,875 --> 01:36:55,416
Let's go!
1674
01:36:58,083 --> 01:36:59,750
Oh, let's go.
1675
01:37:03,708 --> 01:37:06,208
- [Trevor] Wow.
- [Ashley] Nice job Trevy.
1676
01:37:06,916 --> 01:37:09,375
[Trevor] I may or may not have cried over there.
1677
01:37:10,625 --> 01:37:11,458
[Ashley] I'm so proud of you.
1678
01:37:11,958 --> 01:37:13,791
[Trevor] Oh my goodness.
1679
01:37:14,166 --> 01:37:15,583
Redemption Mom
1680
01:37:15,666 --> 01:37:17,625
- [Olga] Redemption.
- [Trevor] Redemption.
1681
01:37:21,625 --> 01:37:24,416
[narrator] The last hot tip
final admonishment
1682
01:37:24,500 --> 01:37:25,833
and parting shot.
1683
01:37:29,125 --> 01:37:32,250
Of course we don't
often choose our adventures.
1684
01:37:33,666 --> 01:37:35,958
The best adventures befall us.
1685
01:37:40,041 --> 01:37:42,833
A parallel trick of living with a disability
1686
01:37:42,916 --> 01:37:45,916
is to see all and everything
as an adventure.
1687
01:37:47,375 --> 01:37:51,958
One that endows every moment
with all the most adventuresome qualities.
1688
01:37:53,291 --> 01:37:57,625
Uncertainty and risk,
richness and joy
1689
01:37:58,833 --> 01:38:00,541
deliberation and daring.
1690
01:38:03,333 --> 01:38:05,583
We crystallize for ourselves and for others
1691
01:38:06,250 --> 01:38:08,500
the real fact and fear of calamity.
1692
01:38:10,125 --> 01:38:14,041
If we reinforce this image,
we invite sympathy and sorrow.
1693
01:38:15,833 --> 01:38:16,875
If we proceed apace
1694
01:38:17,791 --> 01:38:21,458
we are inspirations… to everyone.
1695
01:38:23,958 --> 01:38:26,500
We should not be afraid to inspire.
1696
01:38:29,541 --> 01:38:31,125
The world needs it badly
1697
01:38:32,625 --> 01:38:35,958
and we need the experience
of giving extravagantly.
1698
01:38:38,791 --> 01:38:41,000
Our gift to the world
1699
01:38:41,083 --> 01:38:45,416
is the world's gift… to us.
1700
01:38:46,208 --> 01:38:49,958
Everybody… able bodied and disabled alike
1701
01:38:51,958 --> 01:38:54,666
should take the money and run.
1702
01:38:58,916 --> 01:39:03,708
Barry Corbet, Lookout Mountain, Colorado
1980.
1703
01:39:37,291 --> 01:39:39,750
["Who I Am" playing]
1704
01:40:10,458 --> 01:40:13,291
♪ I am imaginary boundaries ♪
1705
01:40:15,083 --> 01:40:17,458
♪ I am peculiarly drawn ♪
1706
01:40:21,500 --> 01:40:24,083
♪ I am the cause for some discomfort ♪
1707
01:40:26,166 --> 01:40:28,708
♪ I am a need for public works ♪
1708
01:40:32,125 --> 01:40:34,208
♪ I need directions to the hospital ♪
1709
01:40:37,250 --> 01:40:39,291
♪ I need a 90's mini van ♪
1710
01:40:42,791 --> 01:40:45,291
♪ I need directions to the water ♪
1711
01:40:47,500 --> 01:40:49,958
♪ And I need a trailer in the sand ♪
1712
01:40:51,083 --> 01:40:53,083
♪ It's what I am ♪
1713
01:41:15,458 --> 01:41:19,000
♪ I am avoiding certain ironies ♪
1714
01:41:21,041 --> 01:41:23,125
♪ I am evolving in the night ♪
1715
01:41:26,541 --> 01:41:29,041
♪ I am awarding the authority ♪
1716
01:41:31,583 --> 01:41:34,750
♪ I am completely in the fight ♪
1717
01:41:37,958 --> 01:41:40,375
♪ I need a local anesthesia ♪
1718
01:41:42,541 --> 01:41:45,333
♪ I need a place to stay the night ♪
1719
01:41:48,416 --> 01:41:51,333
♪ I need an alternate reality ♪
1720
01:41:53,041 --> 01:41:56,000
♪And I need an incandescent light ♪
1721
01:41:59,291 --> 01:42:01,750
♪ I need a world that shows me ♪
1722
01:42:04,541 --> 01:42:07,333
♪ All of the reasons that it chose me ♪
1723
01:42:10,333 --> 01:42:13,208
♪ I need a world that shows me ♪
1724
01:42:15,625 --> 01:42:18,125
♪ All of the seasons of the old me ♪
1725
01:42:21,291 --> 01:42:24,250
♪ I need a world that shows me ♪
1726
01:42:25,250 --> 01:42:28,208
♪ A brand new way to give a damn ♪
1727
01:42:29,208 --> 01:42:30,500
♪ It's what I am ♪