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>> I LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
I LIKE THIS...
EXPERIENCING STUFF.
I LIKE THAT GOING OUT THERE.
I MIGHT BE A BACKPACKER.
>> THEY SAY THE MOUNTAINS
WITH THE GAPS IN THEM,
THAT'S WHERE THEY WAS
TRAVELING THROUGH.
>> I THINK THIS IS COOL.
THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR.
>> NICOLE AMY IS A SOPHOMORE
AT ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL
IN HOUSTON.
SHE'S ONE OF 24 STUDENTS
WHO HAVE COME TO SPEND A WEEK
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
A WEEK AWAY FROM THE CITY.
>> OOH, SUCK UP THIS AIR, MAN!
IT'S TIME TO GO.
IT'S TIME TO GO, MAN.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE, LIKE,
INTENSE; WE'RE GOING ON TOP?
>> NO, MAN, YA GOTTA HAVE FAITH!
>> OH, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA TO GO TO THE TOP!
>> ALL THESE TEENAGERS COME
FROM HOUSTON'S INNER CITY.
THEY'RE SMART, AMBITIOUS,
AND ENTHUSIASTIC.
BUT UP TILL NOW,
THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS
CENTERED ON URBAN SURROUNDINGS.
>> YOU MUST NOT LIKE HEIGHTS.
>> FOR MOST OF THESE STUDENTS,
IT'S THEIR FIRST CHANCE...
>> WE FINALLY MADE IT!
>> TO SEE...
>> THAT WAS AWESOME!
>> A MOUNTAINTOP.
>> I WANT TO GO HIGHER NOW.
>> (singing)I BELIEVE I CAN FLY.
I BELIEVE I CAN TOUCH THE SKY.
>> I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE IN HOUSTON AND STUFF,
THERE'S SO MUCH HUSTLE
AND BUSTLE AND ALL THIS NOISE
GOING AROUND; AND HERE,
YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE'S VOICES,
BUT YOU HEAR THE WIND MORE,
AND THE WIND IS LIKE,
SO... OH MAN!
(wind blowing hard)
OH, MAN. THIS IS COOL.
THIS ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH FOR ME.
I WANT TO CLIMB THAT ONE!
THIS WOULD BE SUCH A SPIRITUAL
PLACE TO BE, I GUESS.
'CAUSE I MEAN,
YOU'RE SO HIGH UP
AND A HUMAN JUST CAN'T NOT THINK
ABOUT HOW CLOSE YOU ARE
TO GOD FROM RIGHT HERE.
>> AH, YEAH, RIGHT.
COME ON... STAND RIGHT HERE.
THERE GOES THE RIDGE
RIGHT THERE.
I LOVE THIS, MAN!
I LOVE ADVENTURE.
OOH, WE TOO HIGH!
WE TOO HIGH!
>> THESE TEENS WERE BROUGHT
HERE BY THE KORIMA FOUNDATION,
WHOSE VOLUNTEERS USE
THE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS
OF WEST TEXAS AS A HUGE
NATURAL CLASSROOM.
>> DANG!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE
WE WERE?!
>> MOST OF THESE STUDENTS
HAVE NEVER BEEN DOWN A RIVER,
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
ON A MOUNTAINTOP.
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ACTUALLY
OUT OF THEIR CITY ENVIRONMENT.
I GUESS THIS IS ALMOST LIKE
TAKING SOMEBODY TO THE MOON.
IT IS SUCH A
RADICAL EXPERIENCE.
>> WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE
MUDDY RIO GRANDE.
>> THIS IS IT?
>> THAT'S MEXICO RIGHT THERE.
>> SO IF WE CROSS THIS RIGHT
HERE, WE'RE IN MEXICO.
>> THAT'S IT RIGHT OVER THERE.
THAT LITTLE MUDDY BANK
OVER THERE.
THAT'S MEXICO.
>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AT
LEAST CLEAN.
>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BIGGER
WITH, LIKE, FENCES OVER THERE.
THERE WOULD BE ARMY PEOPLE.
YEA, AND LIKE GUARDS
BLOCKING IT.
BUT THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BOAT.
I DON'T THINK I'LL BE GOING TO
MEXICO ANY TIME SOON.
>> OH, THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRL.
AND NO FIRE.
THIS IS HORRIBLE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE YOU ALL GUYS.
>> THAT MAN MAKES IT LOOK
SIMPLE.
>> MONICA, COULD YOU BRING ME A
PIECE OF SANDWICH?
MY GROUP AIN'T STARTING NO FIRE.
>> IT'S JUST PRACTICE.
IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU DON'T READ A BOOK ABOUT
BASKETBALL AND THEN GO OUT
AND PLAY AGAINST MICHAEL JORDAN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW.
ARE YOU GETTING TIRED?
>> YEA.
>> OK, STOP AND VERY EASILY
PULL IT UP.
JUST VERY EASILY.
AND GATHER YOUR TINDER AROUND
THERE IN SHORT GENTLE
PUFFS AT FIRST.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING GOOD.
>> YEA, THAT TEAM.
THEY GOT A FIRE.
>> FIRE!
>> OH, THEY GOT A FIRE!
>> OH, YEA.
>> THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO.
>> I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT.
>> ALRIGHT.
LOVE IT, MAN.
>> I WANT TO TAKE HOME,
I THINK I'M BUILDING MY
SELF-ESTEEM UP.
>> UUUUHHHH.
>> I CAN DO IT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK
I CAN TAKE HOME.
CAUSE LIKE BEFORE WHEN
I CAME UP HERE, I WAS LIKE,
I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO CLIMB NO ROCKS
AND NO MOUNTAINS AND STUFF.
AND LIKE, YESTERDAY,
WE WENT OVER THERE AND WAS,
LIKE CLIMBING, AND I DID IT.
SO I THINK I'M BUILDING
MYSELF UP.
I CAN DO MORE THINGS THAN I
THINK I COULDN'T DO.
(music)
>> FATHER GOD, LORD, I JUST LIFT
UP THIS DAY TO YOU, FATHER.
AND I THANK YOU FOR JUST GIVING
US LIFE ONE MORE TIME, FATHER.
AND I ASK THAT WE DON'T TAKE FOR
GRANTED THE BEAUTIFUL SCENES
THAT YOU'VE PUT IN FRONT OF US,
FATHER GOD.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN TAKE
CARE OF US, FATHER,
AND YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF US.
AMEN.
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>> ♪ ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT. ♪
♪ GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM. ♪
♪ MERRILY, MERRILY, ♪
♪ MERRILY, MERRILY, ♪
♪ LIFE IS BUT A DREAM. ♪
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>> LOOK AT THEM.
THEY'RE TOGETHER.
RIGHT ON.
>> YOU'RE THE MOST OFF PERSON.
>> NO, NO.
>> YES.
>> NO. NO.
>> WE'RE GOING TO SPIN AROUND
HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE.
HERE WE GO.
>> WOOOOOW.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN
THE BAMBOO SHOOT.
RIGHT ON.
BACK, BACK.
(music)
SHE LOST HER STICK.
BACKPADDLE.
(music)
WE GOTTA CATCH THAT STICK!
>> AH, MAN.
WE WORKED UP A HUNGER.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING,
WHEN WE GOT OFF THE RAFT.
MAN, I'M SO PUMPED
AND STUFF RIGHT NOW.
I BET WHEN I GET OUT I'M JUST
GOING TO RUN AROUND.
LIKE, AND THEN I FELL ASLEEP
AND I WOKE UP,
AND I ALMOST STARTED CRYING
CAUSE I HURT SO BAD.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT WAS I THINKING.
I'M NOT GOING TO RUN AROUND.
>> OK, I AIN'T GOING TO LIE.
I AIN'T GOING TO LIE.
IT WAS HARD FOR,
IT WAS HARD FOR A MINUTE.
AND THEN WE HAD TO WORK
TOGETHER.
WORK TOGETHER.
AND THEN WE GOT IT GOING ON.
>> MAN, I NEVER HURT SO BAD
IN MY ARMS IN MY LIFE.
HEY, IS THERE ANY PLANTS
OUT HERE THAT WILL HELP
SORE MUSCLES?
THEY DO EVERYTHING ELSE.
(crickets)
>> OK, YOU ALL WANTED TO SING
ONE TOGETHER?
WELL, LET'S JUST DO IT,
WHAT DO YOU SAY.
YOU ALL SAID THAT YOU KNEW
***-BY-AH, HUH?
WHO WANTS TO START IT?
♪ SOMEONE'S CRYING, LORD, ♪
♪ ***-BY-AHHHH. ♪
>> WHAT THE...?
>> WHAT'D HE SAY?
>> ♪ SOMEONE'S CRYING, LORD, ♪
>> EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOLITUDE,
I REALLY DON'T FEEL ALONE
CAUSE I FEEL, LIKE,
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE CITY,
YOU GOT STUFF, LIKE,
DISCOURAGING YOU
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND YOU FEEL ALONE, LIKE,
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK
ANYBODY'S GOING THROUGH WHAT
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
BUT OUT HERE IT'S LIKE,
THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
YOU AND GOD AND YOU AND NATURE.
>> ♪ OH, LORD, ***-BY-AHHHH. ♪
(applause)
>> OUT HERE UNDER THE STARS,
THE WORLD SEEMS SO MUCH BIGGER.
THE POSSIBILITIES
SO MUCH GREATER.
THESE TEENAGERS ARE BEGINNING
A LIFE-LONG JOURNEY,
REALIZING THAT ANYTHING IS
WITHIN THEIR GRASP.
SUDDENLY, THOSE STARS SEEM A
LITTLE CLOSER THAN
THEY USED TO.