Ep. 171 ~ Angus Morton, filming "The Divide"
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2024
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, I sit down with Angus Morton to chat about his latest film: The Divide. This masterpiece follows Angus's brother, Lachlan Morton, on his 2023 ITT of the Tour Divide.
The Divide masterfully captures Lochlan's Journey, the landscape, and the beauty and challenges along the way. Lochlan traversed 2,700 miles, 2 countries, and 5 states over a period of 12.5 days. Showcasing a route that covers so much distance, so many different terrains, and carries with it so many unknowns is a daunting endeavor, but Angus pulled it off brilliantly. As a content creator and storyteller myself, I was eager to talk to him about it.
In today's episode, we discuss the power of media to inspire as well as its controversial nature in today's bikepack racing climate. We also get a peak behind the scenes into what it's like to film an elite athlete's tremendous effort on the Tour Divide, including some of the technical, logistical, and emotional challenges for Angus as he bears witness to his brother's trials, triumphs, and occasionally questionable decisions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick and I am your host. |
| 0:07.0 | And on today's episode, I am speaking with Angus Morton, who is the filmmaker behind the new |
| 0:13.4 | film titled The Divide that features Lockland Morton on his recent unofficial record setting run of the Tour Divide. |
| 0:24.8 | Lachlan ended up completing the Tour Divide in 12.5 days, which is the fastest known time, but it is |
| 0:32.6 | not an official time as he had a film crew who was following his attempt. I absolutely loved this film. As soon as I |
| 0:43.2 | finished watching it, I immediately reached out to Angus to see if he'd be down to chat about it. |
| 0:49.2 | And we had a fantastic conversation surrounding the making of this film, Lachlan's Journey. |
| 0:58.0 | And we do touch on the hot button topic of media coverage in bikepack racing. |
| 1:05.5 | I really enjoyed this film, and I really enjoyed my conversation surrounding this film with Angus. |
| 1:13.0 | And I hope that you enjoy it as well. But before we get into it, let's take a moment to thank |
| 1:18.8 | the people that made today's episode possible, starting with our latest patrons. So first off, |
| 1:25.2 | we'd like to thank Matthew Crouch, Whitney Hauk, and Catherine Grows for signing up |
| 1:32.5 | to be sustaining members of the Bikes for Death podcast. That brings our total to 312 patrons, |
| 1:40.4 | and we truly appreciate each and every one of you as we can't produce these episodes |
| 1:45.8 | without your support. And if you would like to find out more about how you can support this |
| 1:50.8 | podcast, you can do so over at patreon.com forward slash bikes for death. Our next advertising partner |
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