A PLEA FOR REFUGE Premieres at The Banff Mountain Film Festival!

LOWA Ambassadors Jeff Shapiro and Cody Tuttle's attempt to hike & fly paragliders across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is documented in "A Plea for Refuge" from Far North Productions. It's a powerful story of friendship and adventure, underscored by its message about the importance of protecting nature and LOWA is proud to have helped sponsor this project.

Watch the trailer by clicking here.

Synopsis:
Two adventurous friends, Jeff Shapiro and Cody Tuttle, have a desire to experience one of the last, raw, and truly preserved wilderness areas on the North American continent. Through the attempt to hike and fly paragliders across ANWR in the eastern Brooks Range of Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, they gain a necessary and visceral connection with the importance of fiercely protecting its nature. During the adventure, their perspectives on friendship, risk and the importance of the word wilderness evolve, making for memories of a lifetime; lifetimes which prove to not only to be finite, but worth sharing if the result is to maintain this special landscape, as it is, for generations to come.