"It Gets Better" Video Hike

We all met at the trailhead on a beautiful Saturday morning! We began our trek into the woods and an hour later we were on a ledge of North Mountain with Brian beginning to film the first interviews.

We moved to different areas on the ridge to film various segments and interviews with eventually reaching the summit. From the summit we were treated to an aerial stuntshow by a local pilot! We watched in amazement dives, stalls, twists, wingwaves, rolls and upside down maneuvers.

We continued on the ridge to the telecommunications reflector wall where Brian filmed the last interview. Then a few hikers came and we chatted with them. The sun was setting so we retraced our steps back to our vehicles.

We were all proud to have participated in the project and look forward to the completed final video that Brian will be working on. He plans to have this published to the It Gets Better website within the next couple months.

A BIG thanks to all who participated!

The final video is live on You Tube!  Check it out below.

With so much hatred still lingering in our country let's get a message of hope out to our gay teens! If it resonates with just one teen, it will have been worth every effort! Our primary objective of this hike is to record interviews of willing participants that will provide gay teens encouragement that their 'life will get better.' Once we raise and fly the rainbow flag on the summit we will take participants and tape the interviews quietly away from the main group. So please be prepared to stay on the summit for a prolonged period, i.e., dress warmly.

Brian will take the best interviews coupled with shots from the hike to produce a video for GayOutdoors to post on the It Gets Better website for all to view.  Ideas of thoughts to share include how hard was it for you to grow up being gay [particularly in high school/college if you knew at the time], how you came to accept who you are [a friend, resource, group/club] and how your life is today. Again, the overall message would be to provide hope and encouragement to gay teens that their life will get better through time. To get an idea of what people are saying, we highly recommend you visit the website [link above].   

WE NEED AS MANY GUYS AS POSSIBLE TO INTERVIEW TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS. DON'T BE SHY. ALL OF US HAVE A STORY TO TELL.

Pawtuckaway State Park is one of the gems of the NH state park system, with a tremendous variety of scenery contained within its 5,500 acres. It's the best wild area in the whole SE part of the state. Highlights of the hike itself is the famous Pawtuckaway Boulder field [great for scrambling], the Devil's Den cave and views from the South summit [1,011 feet]. We will continue pass the actual summit until we hit some ledges with some open views where will be recording. The total mileage is only 3.5 miles with 530 foot gain however please be warned that this will take much longer due to video taping.

Dress in layers, hat and gloves. Bring lunch and snacks. Because we may be idle longer than usual on the summit it may be good idea to have a thermos so you can drink something warm.

WHEN YOU SIGN UP, UNDER COMMENTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WANT TO BE INTEVIEWED!