Mountain of Storms
USA/1968/52 minutes
Director/Producer: Doug Thompkins/Yvon Chouinard

The journey that started an American subculture. In 1968, five friends--Yvon Chouinard, Doug Thompkins, Chris Jones, Lito Tejeda Flores and Dick Dorworth--left Ventura, California in a Ford Econoline van. Three and a half months and 16,500 miles later, they arrived at their destination: Patagonia. Their first ascent of Fitz Roy's Southwest Buttress--the so-called "Californian Route"--was not the only upshot of the trip: Thompkins went on to found Esprit and The North Face, and Chouinard founded Patagonia, providing inspiration for the generations of Fun Hogs who would follow in their footsteps.
Text taken from http://www.alpinist.com/film_festival/2006