SEP-A-6
MY “CASE FOR A TV
DOCUMENTARY”
FINDS A READY RECEPTION IN A
PRODUCER
WHOM I LAST MET FLYING OVER
THE BROOKS RANGE IN ALASKA
From: Glenn Geelhoed
To: "herugo@earthlink.net".IA4GW.Harper
Date: 8/30/02 9:36AM
Subject: Re: You have photos from PhotoWorks
I knew it is as irresistable as a dry fly floating over a lurking trout!
What address should I use, and I will send it today!
GWG
And, yes, the twins are the earliest inductees into the "Explorers' Club!"
>>> "Roger Herr" <herugo@earthlink.net> 08/30/02 09:09AM >>>
Glenn,
The pics look terrific. Now were you thinking of having the twins host the
program? As for the journey it seems incredible and I would love to be with
you on the next trek. My producer mind kicks in and tries to figure where
the doc. could show, who would want it and how we sell it. Some obvious
ideas are Nat Geo., the A.M.A., and a local TV affiliate who would be
interested in your mission. All of these are worthwhile possibilities. Why
don't you send along your thumbnail sketch for the doc. and I'll tweak it
with some ideas of my own and then talk to my friend over at Nat Geo. to see
what they think. They may be very interested especially given the danger
involved with the Kashmir region. I also have some contacts now at the
Discovery Channel and still at CNN who may very likely be interested.
Talk to you soon,
rog
‑‑‑‑‑ Original Message ‑‑‑‑‑
From: "Glenn Geelhoed" <msdgwg@gwumc.edu>
To: <herugo@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:50 AM
Subject: Fwd: You have photos from PhotoWorks
> Do I have a proposal for you!
>
> I had sent you the just received "sampler" of the stunning backdrop
> photos of my most recent medical mission into the Zanskar Range of the
> Kashmiri border of Ladkakh, a trek on foot, with packstock carrying the
> medical kits and camping gear‑‑‑and a few of the weary freshmen medical
> students who wore out on the climb!
>
> I kept thinking all along, "What a great TV documentary this virgin
> voyage would make, into a remote populatoin of isolated alpine desert
> people" whose subsistence is a source of encouragement, despite all the
> environmental and geopolitical pressures upon them!
>
> So, on stationery in my backpack, I wrote out "The case for a TV
> documentary" and thought I should send it to you immediately upon my
> return.
>
> I have assembled the cascade of spectacular pictures that are in
> process now, and knew that a videographer's eye would immediately
> assemble a story from this "storyboard in stills."
>
> I have already booked plans for a return trek in early August 2003 (see
> Sep‑A‑2 attached) now that I have reconnoitered this unique experience,
> and could help subsidize your participation.
>
> I can only take a carefully hand‑picked crew, since a number of my
> medical students were not fit enough for the rigors, and one was
> evacuated at 4:00 AM on horseback with my best local guide from the
> first night's stop at only 12,000 feet, with a pulse oximetry of 52% a
> dangerously low level. He returned in two weeks toward the end of our
> trek by backing up the far end, of our revised route, thanks to the
> skill of our local guide, much improved by the treatment we started
>
> I can send you the log and show you the photojournalism of this
> inaugural scouting run, and you can carry it forward.
>
> Are you interested?
>
> Cheers!
>
> GWG