The Andes are one of the most unusual places at the Equator. In Ecuador, a country whose Spanish name means ‘equator’, unexpected plants and animals meet on the slopes of active volcanoes. Every day, a conflict rages between the heat of the equatorial sun and cold created by towering mountains. The weather is always unpredictable and changeable, and the inhabitants of the paramo must endure four seasons in a day, and sometimes even in an hour. 　　Vicunas are camels, perfectly adapted to the cold desert of the high paramo. They’re protected from cold and intense levels of solar radiation by wool that is among the finest and warmest in the world. At 4300 metres above sea level air contains only half the oxygen it does at sea level, but vicunas can maximize each breath of this thin air. Their blood contains red cells that quickly absorb oxygen, and its thin blood is easily pumped around its body by a big heart. 　　The Ecuadorian hillstar, the world’s highest altitude hummingbird, copes with low air density by perching instead of hovering when it feeds. At the season-less Equator, food is available year-round, supporting an incredible diversity of plants and animals. On the lower slopes of the volcanoes, tiny tropical hummingbirds have a sugar-fuelled lifestyle, feeding on bromeliad nectar in lush, wet low paramo and cloud forest. Spectacled bears are South America’s only species of bear. They climb high into the canopy of the cloud forest, in search of the sweet hearts of perching bromeliads. A male spectacled bear, weighing in at nearly 180 kilograms, is able to destroy the massive flowering spike of a puya, a giant bromeliad that lives on the ground and is armed with fierce spikes. 　　The rare mountain tapir is the largest animal in the Andes, and the bulldozer of the paramo. Like the bears, the tapir is an ice age relic, with a thick coat to keep it warm during the long equatorial night. When temperatures sink to minus six at night, the plants of the paramo survive by super-cooling their sap. In a stream that flows strongly and doesn’t freeze, a tiny ferocious predator hunts for insects and fish. The nocturnal fishing mouse is a strong swimmer and diver, and like the hummingbird it is hyper-active and must eat frequent meals, often. With a wingspan of more than three metres, the condor is the world’s largest land bird. They glide effortlessly on intense thermals, created by the power of the equatorial sun. 　　The Andes of Ecuador truly are a place of paradox, where ice age survivors feed on tropical plants, and face the daily challenge of living in a world of sun and ice which can be both inhospitable and plentiful.

本系列节目中，荒野探险家海森·奥德尔雄心勃勃地挑战雄伟的安地斯山脉，这独自横跨南美洲的英勇旅程将是他有史以来最长、最艰难的探险之旅。从东往西穿越六个不可思议的多元自然生态系统，途经大西洋沿岸广袤无垠的古老森林、安地斯山脉厚厚冰封的山峰、阿塔卡马一望无际的沙漠、直到波澜壮阔的太平洋海岸。若要完成这段史诗般壮阔的旅程，并征服安地斯山脉，他会经历南美洲最为恶劣的生存环境：危机四伏的森林、赤日炎炎的平原、泥泞不堪的沼泽、越险象环生的云雾森林等等；他必须卯足全力，不断向当地部落学习特殊的技能以及求生的技巧，把所学的知识充分运用，利用好身边所有的资源，展现惊人的毅力和耐力，才可能收获最终的成功。那一刻，所有的汗水与泪水都将值得。

从阿根廷到哥伦比亚，这部出色的纪录片记录了数位人物，他们分享了自己与南美最雄伟的山脉之间的联系。

本片为中国传媒大学艺术学部动画与数字艺术学院15级学生大三联合创作。

本片为中国传媒大学艺术学部动画与数字艺术学院15级学生大三联合创作。

1970年，洪和贾桂琳在布伊诺斯艾利斯的婚礼之后，背上背包，带着照相机，启程前往安第斯。他们途经玻利维亚，在去往库斯科的路上，发现了宝道西。二十九年之后，他们旧地重游。这次是与他们的三个女儿和一架超十六毫米摄像机。一部公路电影，既是对于宝道西和安第斯的真实描绘，亦是作者和他一家的自省之旅。宝道西，海拔4100米，一度是世界上最大最富有的城市。然而对于本地几百万迫于无奈在深山里劳动的人，它是地狱之门。当它的银矿被开采殆尽，它在穷困中被遗忘和遗弃。如同他的上一部电影《耶路撒冷断章》，洪·哈维里欧使用私人的材料勾勒出了一个以色列家庭在路上的肖像，关于代沟以及他们对于时光流逝的深思。《宝道西之旅》是一部逆当下潮流而动的电影。它试图以跨越时间的工作，捕捉日常生活中简单的美。那些场景直接拍摄，没有调度，剪辑遵从了素材的时间次序。这部电影是一个邀约，去进行一场旅程，进入到这片土地上我们所神秘共享的现实。一个机会去沉思时间，脆弱，美和人类生命的奇迹。这部电影平静和逐渐弥散的节奏，导演希望，会令观众通过影像和声音，反观他自己的经验，那些过去或向往的旅程，发现它们内在的丰富。导演说：“我也希望这是一部重要的电影，关于玻利维亚，关于那些已历尽艰辛的人，一个此刻正经历大动荡的国家，一个我爱且对它所给予我的能有些微回馈的国家。”

Explore the Andes mountains' extremes and celebrate the animals that call it home on a 4,000-mile journey along the western edge of South America, from icy Southern Patagonia to the oxygen-deprived Altiplano plateau to the northern tropical Andes

耸壑凌霄的安第斯山脉，如今成了地铁站内无人在意的装饰壁画。经济发展的急速步伐践踏着历史足迹，崇山却不为所动，在智利大地屹立千万年，默然见证皮诺切特暴政的残酷真相。多少生命无声殒落，断石裂痕一一刻铭，还有摄影记者柏保罗萨拉斯廿七年无间断为历史纪录。古兹曼继《星空尘土》、《深海光年》后，再以巍峨山脉雕镂家国的悲怆图像诗，激愤的风吹越群山，念诵着对这土地爱得深沉。戛纳最佳纪录片金眼睛奖。