700

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

"I was looking for no less than a new way of living in this world for our entire society," says Clay Shank. "Like, 'What's the alternative to this capitalistic system that we have here'?" Today, we bring you "700," the story of Clay Shank's ambitious goal to find a new way of life and his unlikely method: skateboarding 700-miles through the state of California, hiking the 210-mile John Muir Trail, climbing Mt. Whitney and Half Dome and, all the while, capturing a video portrait of the people living in California. But, first, Clay had to learn to talk to strangers. You can find Clay's videos, including his newest film "Up To Us" and the trailer for his feature-length film "700-Miles" on his website: http://www.clayshank.com/

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0:00.0	Of course, like every other teenage kid, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
0:06.9	When I was 16 years old, I took off and drove across the country to Wyoming.
0:11.8	Went into the Wind River Range and discovered mountains.
0:15.6	In 1973, Yvonne Chinard founded Patagonia.
0:18.8	I never wanted to be a businessman.
0:23.4	All I wanted to do was do my craft and climb mountains.
0:29.8	So then I had to figure out a way to where I was going to be a businessman, but I was going
0:36.5	to do it completely on my own terms.
0:39.9	Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, inspire and implement solutions to the
0:46.1	environmental crisis.
0:48.3	Join us at Patagonia.com.
0:59.8	So from our soul, hope we had, smile and say, stay here tonight.
1:09.0	Our flesh bones are tears and our blood.
1:12.8	Six months ago, I moved into Seattle, it's Pioneer Square.
1:16.2	Think beautiful, 100-year-old brick buildings, cobblestone alleyways,
1:20.3	Geeng Street Station with its marble columns and 45-foot tall ceilings,
1:24.4	seagulls, Elliott Bay, two blocks to the west.
1:28.6	It also has the highest concentration of homeless people anywhere in Seattle.
1:33.0	The end of drug dealers and prostitutes and mentally ill.
1:36.8	Fights break out in the park outside my window pretty much every day.
1:40.7	The police precinct hasn't had funding to increase its staff since the 70s.
1:45.0	I walk out my front door and I get hit up for change by three separate people for every city block that I walk.
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