Tal Skloot - FTVE faculty member directs documentary 4 Wheel Bob

Aug 29, 2017

UC Santa Cruz Newscenter, Peggy Townsend - "Tal Skloot followed Bob Coomber as he made his way up the steep trail from Onion Valley in the eastern Sierra toward the 11,700-foot Kearsarge Pass.

The path was narrow and twisting, dotted with stretches of rough scree and high rock steps designed to slow erosion. Still, most people could do the strenuous hike in half a day.

But Coomber was not most people, and Skloot, a film director and editor with 30 titles to his credit, wanted to chronicle the singular determination and strength required by this man as he spent day after day on the climb and gained 2,600 feet of elevation.

The result is a documentary film titled 4 Wheel Bob, which tells the story of Coomber’s passion for nature and for hiking despite the fact that juvenile diabetes caused his bones to become so brittle his leg once spontaneously shattered, which meant he was traveling the Kearsarge Pass trail in a wheelchair.

Read the full article on the UC Santa Cruz Newscenter site.

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Tal Skloot - FTVE faculty member directs documentary 4 Wheel Bob