We also enjoyed many treks up bells, willow and cherry canyons, as well as day hikes to the outlaw cabin, west cirque, various meadows and steep hikes on the movie road and jacobs ladder. The book of lone peak is a short documentary about a predominantly mormon high school basketball team and its unexpected rise to the top. For ten days in january a documentary called the book of lone peak ranked as the topselling short film on itunes. This should be made into a movie like hoosiers or something. The lone peak knights were named 20 national champions by maxpreps. If i had it to do over again i would start with a pair of trail runners altra lone peak 2. Lone peak on lone mountain has an elevation of 11,166ft. Lone peak beat archbishop mitty by about 40 points and we had all witnessed it first hand. The film, which profiles a high school basketball team from the town of highland, utah, was made by new york citybased filmmaker ben altarescu and a fifteenyearold journalism student named zack samberg. The summit is known as a magnet for lightning strikes. The book of lone peak is a short documentary about the lone peak high school basketball team and their unexpected rise to the top. From lone, we traversed to bighorn peak, then to south and north thunders hematoma quad.
The pair moved quickly to push the project through to. I knew that there had to be something about this team lone peak that made them this good. The best films of this kind bring context, says libby geist, vp and executive producer of espn films, who last year oversaw 30 for 30, a season of films to mark the sports media titans 30th. After a screening of the documentary, the book of lone peak, codirectors, zack samberg and ben altarescu, answered questions about the film. However, following backtoback state championships the. A short documentary about the lone peak high school basketball team and its unexpected rise to the top.
This is a documentary on last years national championship team. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. At a touch over 11,000 feet, the granite walls of the lone peak cirque form a relatively isolated and beautiful alpine climbing venue. Lone peak, a mountain peak southeast of salt lake city, utah, united states is the center of the lone peak wilderness, established in 1978. The finished product, a 21minute film codirected by ben altarescu and titled the book of lone peak, was recently released on itunes. Not known nationally as a traditional basketball powerhouse, the lone peak knights had what many considered to be the best basketball team in the state of utahs history going into the 2012 season. Lone peak high school lphs is a public high school in highland, utah, united states. With an elevation of 11,260 feet 3,430 m, it is one of the taller peaks in the wasatch range along the wasatch front and tends to be a favorite hike.
By this definition, nebo is the most prominent, followed by timpanogos, and with several others including lone peak and broads fork twin peaks also being more prominent than mt olympus. So at lone peak high, everyone seems to belong to a group of people like the jocks or the cheerleaders, or the chess team. Im originally from fairview, ok, but am currently residing in stillwater. At the end of june, 2003 i finally was able to check off a climb the open book that i had been lusting after for a long time. On july 25, 2002, two hikers were killing by lightning near the summit of lone peak. My name is maggie martens and i am the creator of lone peak media. Between 1965 and 2009, in the company of amazing companions, we reached the 11,200 foot summit of lone peak eleven times. See loanin lone being apart from other things of the kind. Also, try to build your feet muscles up before the hike by using a barefoot type shoe for a few prep hikes.
Lone peak consists almost entirely of quartz monzonite a granitoid, or granitelike rock of the 30. Lone peak is one of the more challenging mountain peaks found in utah, and can also be dangerous for the unprepared hiker. The pair moved quickly to push the project through to completion before the. The book of lone peak by zack samberg overdrive rakuten. Lone peak will be closed, its inmates moved into empty beds at the promontory facility at the main prison.
However, following backtoback state championships the knights put. For these long, difficult hikes a camera was considered excess baggage thus we dont. An empty wing in the gunnison prison will be opened, slowly filling with inmates over the next 18 months as inmate populations grow. A short documentary about the lone peak hs basketball team and their unexpected rise to the top. Lone peak big sky 2020 all you need to know before you. Take a journey with us inside the halls of lone peak. The book of lone peak is a 21minute documentary, codirected by 14yearold high school student, zack samberg and new york based filmmaker, ben altarescu. High school national champion lone peak players value.
Not known nationally as a traditional basketball powerhouse, the. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Samberg was impressed by how long the team had played together and how well it competed against top programs despite having an overall smaller lineup. View zack sambergs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. So i went to the press area by the locker rooms to talk to the lone peak players with my. Lone peak high school was given athletic 5a status beginning at the 20052006 school year. The film lone survivor is meant to be a celebration of a heroic seal team in afghanistan, but in making up parts of the story and avoiding hard truths the director peter berg has failed. He has directed commercial and branded content for armani, the new york times, spotify, reebok, gq. Lone peak is one of the beautiful alpine summits overlooking the salt lake valley.