A TRUE YOSEMITE LEGEND 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CAMERA

OVERVIEW

In the winter of 1976, a small plane
carrying millions of dollars’ worth of marijuana crashed into a lake in the
remote backcountry of Yosemite National Park. What followed was anything but
ordinary. A group of ultra athletic, dare-devil young climbers from the
legendary Camp 4 community set out across the High Sierra on a seemingly
impossible winter trek to recover the cargo, before concealing and distributing
it through a secret operation among the boulders beneath Yosemite’s towering
cliffs.

Exactly 50 years later, the story has taken
on a life of its own. Climbers, rangers, investigators and the families of the
two pilots each carry a different version of events, shaped by loyalty,
self-preservation and the passage of time. What began as a real and reckless
tragedy has been transformed into one of climbing’s most enduring legends.

High Ground brings together those voices,
many speaking publicly for the first time, to untangle fact from folklore and
ask what happens when a community is allowed to write its own history.

Runtime: 96 mins

Director: Daniel Sharp

FRIDAY, 26th March 2027 | 7PM