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201290 minGdocumentary

The Highest Pass

201290 minGdocumentary

Adam embarks on a motorcycle trip through the Himalayas with Yogi guru Anand, confronting the tension between living fully and a prophecy of his early death at 27.

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Adam embarks on a motorcycle trip through the Himalayas with Yogi guru Anand, confronting the tension between living fully and a prophecy of his early death at 27.

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Jon Fitzgeralddirector

Adam Schomer

Adam Schomerwriter

Ariane de Bonvoisincast

Paul Greene

Paul Greenecast

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Adam learns that his Yogi guru, Anand, has discovered a prophesy that was printed on his birth chart - he would die in an accident at the age of 27; and when Anand invites Adam to join him on a motorcycle journey through India's Himalayas, to the highest motorable road in the world, he faces the ultimate question: Is truly living worth dying for?

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