Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2011

Certified bohemian Jeff Johnson works his way south on a sailboat, hooks up with Easter Island’s first female surfer, and takes her to Chile, where they retrace the 1968 ascent of the treacherous Corcovado—the mountain’s sole summiting. To say Jeff’s a free spirit doesn’t even begin to describe this shoestring adventurer. This beautifully filmed (cinematography by Danny Moder) and multilayered portrait of Jeff by Chris Malloy wanders amiably into environmentalism, activism and psychology, but doesn’t beat you over the head with it.