News Archive Before 2006

Cover photo by Jim Wright

Farther Than the Eye Can See one of the "The 20 Best Adventure DVD's of All Time"  Men's Journal Magazine

Michael a speaker at the opening night event The Wild Side and a presenter at the Extreme Film School

Michael on the jury for the Banff Mountain Film Festival

Mount Everest.net Story

Adventure Weekend at Beaver Creek Michael in person to introduce Farther then the Eye Can See.

Michael Brown © Elias Bachmann 2005

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An expedition to explore Morocco and ski it's highest peak and two other great adventures with the goal of raising money for the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Michael Brown will be joining this team to film their adventure.

Farther than the Eye Can See wins "Best Adventure Film" at the Boulder International Film Festival sponsored by the Colorado Film Society.

 

The view out of our office window tonight. Guess we will not be eating dinner on the deck. Looking forward to summer already.

Michael with the Camera Extreme Award in Lodz by Gary Swain 2004

Salzburg Mountain Film Festival, Austria

 

 

Taos Mountain Film Festival Screening In the Shadow of the Condor

Michael Brown was part of what Time Magazine called "the most successful Mount Everest expedition ever." This year the same team is to take six blind kids climbing to 23,300 ft. In all the team will have eight blind members and twelve sighted.

We did not win the awards but we were very honored by the nomination. Congratulations to the Curse of the Bambino for Sports Documentary and Ironman Triathlon World Championship for Camera Work.

World Fest Houston, Texas: Awarded Special Jury Award

NBC Sports airing the results of our shoot in Ouray, Colorado.

Our DVD pictured here with two of our three previous Emmys.

Erik Weihenmayer, Les Guthman and Michael Brown in person

Kevin Cherilla, Michael Brown and Erik Weihenmayer in Person

Farther Than the Eye Can See is awarded 'Best Mountain Adventure Film'

Our footage on CBS Sports Subaru Primal Quest Adventure Race 3-5 EST. Friends Jeff Evans and Erik Weihenmayer completed this grueling multi day race. They called us for the background footage.

Dedicated in memory of Harry "Butch" Freedhoff, a man who inspired many to embrace their dreams and live life to the fullest, this award was granted to the filmmaker that best described a moving life story or adventure. This award was judged on quality, originality and inspirational and compelling story content.

Kendal Mountain Film Festival screening In the Shadow of the Condor

Check here for a calendar of all screenings

National Geographic Adventure Magazine with Banff Mountain Film Festival and Chevy running ad celebrating 'groundbreaking' filmmaking of Serac Adventure Films (see page 78 of the November 2003 Issue)

Farther then the Eye Can See awarded the Grand Prize

Farther Than the Eye Can See awarded 'Best of Festival' at Taos Mountain Film Festival

Taos Mountain Film Festival Screening Farther than the Eye Can See

Director Michael Brown, Executive Producer Les Guthman, Producers Joshua Colover and Chris Blum will be in attendance as well as Erik Weihenmayer. Private Screening.

Herbst Theater in San Francisco Screening Farther than the Eye Can See

Balance Bar 24 Hour Adventure Race on NBC.

Michael Brown and Erik Weihenmayer will be in attendance

Ford Adventure Sport Challenge and Balance Bar 24 Hour Adventure Race in New York City.

Premier of Ford Adventure Sport Challenge on NBC Sports.

Congratulations to Jeff, Erik and the rest of Team 'No Boundaries' kicking ass in the Primal Quest Adventure Race.

Team members Brad and Reba Bull will be there

Click here to hear interview (25 minutes long)

Heart transplant recipient Kelly Perkins reaches the summit of the Matterhorn. With her are her husband Craig Perkins, guide Jean Pavillard, filmmaker Michael Brown, guide Tim Brown and guide Cedric Zulauff. See instant dispatches on Expedition Live.

Screening of Farther than the Eye Can See at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail.

Michael Brown traveling to Switzerland to Climb the Matterhorn and film heart transplant recipient Kelly Perkins. Now with Expedition Live Instant Dispatches.

Winter Park Mountain Circuit II Mountain Bike Race. For the race experience and to do the full two lap course Michael signed up in the Expert Category and got crushed. With painful lower back spasms making pedaling quite difficult. It was good experience though and next year he expects to do better.  www.epicsingletrack.com   results

Boulder Short Track Mountain Bike Race. www.boulderracing.com

Steamboat Springs Storm Peak Thunder Cross Country Mountain Bike Race, Michael raced Sport men 35-39 and came in 8th.

Boulder Short Track Mountain Bike Race. www.boulderracing.com: Result: Michael got 10th place in the C Class.

Michael Brown in Winter Park Point to Point Mountain Bike Race. Check out www.epicsingletrack.com Michael had a flat tire and got 30th place for Sport Men 35-39. Better luck next time.

Balance Bar 24 Hour Adventure Race in Colorado. Michael Brown is one of the imbedded cameramen trying his best to keep up with the racing athletes.

Marblehead to Halifax Sail Race with Michael Brown aboard the Ticonderoga and Gordon Brown on Nirvana.

Screening of Farther than the Eye Can See at the Boulder Theater. Read article in the Colorado Daily.

Successful Summit of Mount Everest for Global Extremes. For Serac Adventure Films President, Michael Brown, this is number three and via the North Ridge, a new route for Michael.

Departure for Tibet for trip #3 on Mount Everest. This time it is for Global Extremes.

Global Extremes Episode 12, Costa Rica on OLN.

In the Shadow of the Condor screening at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC as part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital.

Global Extremes Episode 11, Costa Rica on OLN.

Global Extremes Episode 10, Costa Rica on OLN.

Global Extremes Episode 9, Costa Rica on OLN.

Farther Than the Eye Can See opens to a sold out Wheeler Opera House in Aspen Colorado.

Our own film In the Shadow of the Condor will air on Outside Television on the Outdoor Life Network.

Michael Brown is off to Costa Rica for Global Extremes and will return February 16th.

Two projects for which we filmed air on OLN.  Outside Television's "High Mountain Wilderness" and the first of the Global Extremes events will air on OLN. Should be wild, especially the Mountain Biking.

Outside Television's Three Great Adventures on OLN. Michael Brown filmed the portion climbing the Grand Teton in Wyoming.

Global Extremes in Aspen Colorado. We will be there to shoot the event for American Adventure Productions and the Outdoor Life Network.

Explorers Club Film Festival in New York City awards In the Shadow of the Condor with a Special Jury Award in the Environmental Film Category.

Banff Mountain Film Festival in Banff, Alberta,  Canada. This year we have two finalist films being screened Visions of Everest in the Climbing Film category and In the Shadow of the Condor in the Mountain Environment category.

Global Extremes in Moab Utah. We will be there to shoot the event for American Adventure Productions and the Outdoor Life Network.

Summit of Kosciuszko and the Seventh of Seven Summits for blind climber Erik Weihenmayer. See photo gallery on www.sevensummitsexpedition.com and more photos on Serac Adventure Films Expedition Live.

We are off to Australia and Mount Kosciuszko. This will be Erik Weihenmayer's seventh continental summit. If successful he will have only Carstensz Pyramid to go. Both peaks are considered as "the Seventh" as Carstensz, though higher, is technically on an island. Live Dispatches from Australia.

We are off to West Papua Indonesia to climb Carstensz Pyramid and make a film for National Geographic Explorer. Delayed

Germany's highest point, Zugspitze, on Expedition Live

The Mount Elbrus team reaches the summit and then enjoy a 9,000-ft ski descent. Dispatches from the expedition.

Check out our new Expedition Live Component. Using an Iridium phone, a Compaq Ipaq and software from ExplorersWeb we can now send dispatches from wherever we are in the world.

Imax® and MacGillivray Freeman Films "Journey into Amazing Caves" opens in Denver at the Museum of Nature and Science (Natural History Museum) Imax theater. Serac Adventure Films was involved in the Greenland portion of the filming because of our skills in caving, cold environments and vertical rigging.

Here is a site with some good Elbrus information: www.elbrus.org

Mountainfilm in Telluride. Our film "In the Shadow of the Condor" will be part of this year's line up of extraordinary films about Mountain Adventure, Environment and Culture.

The Colorado House of Representatives Sixty-first General Assembly honors the 2001 NFB Everest Team for their accomplishments on Mount Everest.

In the Shadow of the Condor will air on Outdoor Life Network. This film is about the exploration of the Rio Palvitad Valley in Southern Chile. A beautiful valley with granite walls and pristine lakes, protected by a dense "cold" jungle rain forest. No one had ever set foot there before we explored the valley to climb the rocks and kayak the river.

Michael Brown presents Filming in the Vertical World at the American Alpine Club Annual Meeting in Snowbird Utah.

Michael Brown and Pablo Sandor of Chile reach the summits of two unclimbed peaks in Southern Chile. These peaks were protected by a dense jungle and their remote location. Afterward they were joined by Chris Morris and Luis Benitez for the first descent of the Rio Palvitad a beautiful class IV pool drop run. Look for the film on Outdoor Life Network April 17th as part of Outside Television. 

Michael Brown departs for Santiago, Chile. In January he will be joined by Kim Johnson, Chris Morris, Michael Powers, Luis Benitez, Rick Klein and several Chileans for an adventure expedition. The film is for Outside Television tentatively scheduled to air April 17th 2002.

ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings features interview with Kelly Perkins and footage from Mount Kilimanjaro

Congratulations to Erik Weihenmayer on receiving the Neuharth Free Spirit Award

Join Erik Weihenmayer and other members of the 2001 National Federation of the Blind Mount Everest team at the Boulder Theater for a slide show presentation.

Michael Brown, Chris Eng, Kelly Perkins, Susan Kjesbo, Bobby McKenna, along with Guides Bernard, Honest, Mtui and Prosper reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro 19,340-ft. 

Michael Brown and Chris Eng are off to climb Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. They will return by October 27th.

Please Support the September 11th Fund.

University of Colorado Alumni Magazine, The Coloradan, published Seth Brown's profile of Michael Brown.

Join the team from 'Vision of Everest' at the Paramount Theater in Denver. The team will show slides and video clips from the Everest climb.

Michael Brown and Kim Johnson of Serac Adventure Films along with the entire NFB Everest climbing team met with President Bush in the White House. The president invited Michael and the team to return for a premier screening of Vision of Everest in the White House theater when it is complete. 

Team Photo in Time.com

Michael Brown, Charley Mace and Kim Johnson departed for Nepal and Mount Everest to make the film Vision of Everest. 

MacGillivray Freeman Films, "Journey into Amazing Caves" in Imax Theaters around the country.

Quokka Sports Everest Dreams aired on NBC Sports. The story of the climb from March through May of this year.

Information on the Banff Film Festival Tour in your area.

At Banff Festival of Mountain Films Michael Brown on panel discussing expedition leadership. Other panelists include Babu Chiri Sherpa, Larry Helmsmans and Reinhold Messner.

Aspen Film Festival, panel discussion Mountains, Media, and the Future of Adventure. Panelists include Kara Klein, Michael Brown, Edgar Boyles, Will Gadd, Michael Kennedy and Bob Craig. 

9:25 am Serac Adventure Films president Michael Brown reached the 29,035-ft Summit of Mount Everest. With him are Sherpas Tashi, Phu Tashi and Khami Tsering.

Islands in the Sky: Sardinia and Madagascar aired on NBC Sports. Part of the North Face Expeditions series with Beth Rodden, Kath Pyke, Nancy Feagin and Lynn Hill rock climbing in Sardinia, Italy and Madagascar.

 Shishapangma: A Celebration of Life aired on NBC Sports. Part of the North Face Expeditions series with Andrew McLean, Mark Hoolbrok, Hans Saari, Kristoffer Erickson, Conrad Anker and Alex Lowe. Film Crew of Michael Brown, Kent Harvey and Dave Bridges. Tragically Alex Lowe and Dave Bridges were killed in an Avalanche. 

1:05 pm Michael Brown reaches the summit of Aconcagua 6,962m (22,841-ft). This highest peak in the Americas and the highest peak outside of the Himalayas. With him are Jim Roache, Alan Jarvis, Greg Watkins and Oliver Williams.