“To and From” by Josiah Jones

Suffering is something humans are designed to avoid at all costs. So when someone chooses the path of most resistance, we find it odd. However, only that person can truly answer what drives them to remain on that path.

For ultra runners Laura Kaplan and Keith Hayes, we find two different motives for engaging with suffering. Faced with a DIY endurance project less than 5 people have completed, they explore their relationship with hardship and suffering in real time.

Winding a network of trails and hitting the halfway point at a 14k foot peak, their journey takes them from their front door through iconic locations outside of Boulder, Colorado.

“To and From”  is a story steeped in regional history as experienced by two athletes learning about the impact of their own life events as they attempt their unique project.

FROM THE PRODUCER

“To and From” was born out of something of a myth. Two runners putting up mind blowing projects totally under the radar only known to some of the most core endurance athletes with little more than whispers and Strava logs. We understood there was a special story to tell and bringing on Josiah Jones to translate legend to picture brought to life a project that delivers a certain emotion that feels unique to elite athletes but understood by all.”

-Malcolm Pascotti

Credits

Director// Josiah Jones // Outland Film @outlandfilm 

Producer// Malcolm Pascotti- Can’t Buy Cool Studios/ @cantbuycoolstudios 

Cinematography// Josiah Jones/ @josiahfilm , Ian Glass/ @ianvaso , Levi Smith/ @leafismith , Justin Swantek/ @justin_the_monoskier 

Photography// Josh Pruitt/ @ivywildvisuals 


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