Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp You turn a corner and see it – the end.  Your body automatically winds down and you have to run to the end point before you collapse in a mixture of happiness and exhaustion.  That’s what you feel at the end of a day of hiking, right?  That’s what I [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp One of the most common questions I am asked is, “Will you thru-hike the AT again?” For those of you that read the blog in 2010, you may recall my “one and done” phrase.  I hiked the AT once, and now I am done.  At that time, the phrase came [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp When I first moved to San Francisco, I was broke, homeless, and without friends.  Nevertheless, I arrived confident and determined to succeed.  Little by little I built a life for myself – found an apartment, made friends, got jobs, and survived financially.  I worked 60+ hours every week between two [...]

Written by: Katherine “Ringleader” Imp When you take on a project that takes over three years to complete, you have to continually remind yourself why you’re doing it.  This is especially important when self-financing a film because money is constantly moving out of the bank account rather than in. And statistics show that most films [...]

Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp One of my favorite documentaries is “A Map for Saturday” by Brook Silva-Braga.  The film is a simple travel documentary about Brook embarking on a year-long trip around the world.  The movie’s appeal is the honesty – what Brook and other travelers feel and partake in during different legs of [...]