First Snow
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Mark Fergus |
| Initial DVD release | Greece |
| Composers | Cliff Martinez |
| Screenplay | Mark Fergus |
| Hawk Ostby | |
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| ID | 968257 |
About First Snow
Jimmy (Guy Pearce), a fast-talking salesman, has big ambitions. While selling flooring, he has an idea that will make him a rich man. His dreams come to a grinding halt when his car breaks down in a small desert town. To pass the time he seeks the advice of a roadside fortuneteller. Though at first the soothsayer's predictions are good, the session ends abruptly when the man pulls away in terror, for Jimmy is fated to die when the season's first snowflakes fall.
Los Angeles blizzard warning is first since 1989
... " This is the First Snow day we have had in the 31 years I have been with the district, " Jeff Napier, an official with the Del Norte County Schools District, told the Los Angeles Times...
UK weather: People urged to heat main rooms as cold snap begins
... BBC Weather s Chris Fawkes said: " Frequent showers will turn to snow overnight and, during Wednesday in north Scotland, bringing the First Snow of winter...
Ukraine war round-up: Torture claims and MH17 convictions
... The attacks come as the First Snow of the season fell in some areas - a concern, as many Ukrainians remain unable to heat their homes due to power outages...
UK weather: snow and ice bring travel disruption
... The First Snow-and ice-warning from 22:00 (GMT) includes the Western parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales and the North of England...
Val d'isere: the doctor who wants you to hid a Jewish girl - and the locality, the forgotten
... began to fall As the First Snow in December 1943, Huguette Miller and her sister Marion quietly left the French city of Lyon and travelled to the Alps, one of the highest ski resorts in Europe...
Kim Jong-un: North Korean leader rides horse up sacred mountain
... Nothing evokes an image of power quite like a leader astride a white steed, taming the First Snows of winter while galloping through one of the Korean peninsula s most sacred places...
Siberia wildfires: Russians battle to contain the blazes
... In Siberia forests can burn until rain in October, or the First Snow...
The blind climbers of Kilimanjaro
... We came across our First Snow...
The blind climbers of Kilimanjaro
On 20 February 1969, seven blind climbers and their four sighted companions completed the arduous trek to the 5,750m (18,865ft) crater summit of Mount Kilimanjaro , in Tanzania.
The Group took nine hours to climb The Last 914. 4m (3,000ft), fighting against high winds and freezing temperatures, to where they observed a circling Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft dipping its wings in a salute to their achievement.
The object of the expedition - the brainchild of John Wilson , founder of The Charity Sightsavers - was to "help create a new image of blindness in Africa" and demonstrate that "trained blind people have the mental and physical stamina to achieve exacting goals".
Eight embarked on The Journey but on the evening of 19 February, after sleeping in a cave and making a steep and Rocky Climb That Day , one of The Climbers had to drop out.
"That Day we had sore feet And One or Two People started being sick from the altitude," said Geoffrey Salisbury, of The Royal Commonwealth Society for The Blind , as Sightsavers was then known.
"By now, we were all suffering from burned faces due to the direct rays of The Sun .
"We came across our First Snow . I climbed The Rocks and broke off a giant icicle and showed it to John Opio, who was suffering from a headache
"He was so startled that I think he forgot The Pain .
"It was at this point that John Kisaka, from Tanzania, asked to drop out.
"He had climbed gallantly but was obviously not fit to go on. "
The fittest trekkers were selected from hundreds of volunteers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and underwent a two-week training programme, which included Rope Climbing , night camping and mastering the use of mountaineering equipment.
The Trek was covered on front pages of African newspapers and all the trekkers received a hero's welcome. Three pairs of their worn out boots are displayed in the Ugandan National Museum .
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documentary photography, photography, blindness and visual-impairment
Source of news: bbc.com
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