A journey through Desolation Canyon and along Utah's Green River with LGBTQ+ rights advocate and professional adventurer Mikah Meyer, his mentor Larry, and three friends (all openly gay men). and explores personal journeys and friendships in a new short film. canyon choir.
Mikah, who filmed the August 2023 OARS guided trip and co-produced it with Eddie Bauer at Wondercamp studios, says: canyon choir is the culmination of five years of working with the brand to make the great outdoors a more welcoming place for everyone.
It's a powerful story about self-discovery, advocacy, and connection, but it's also filled with spontaneous songs and light-hearted moments that can only happen when people feel 100% authentic. “Nature provides a place where humans cannot: a judge-free zone,” Mikah said in a film interview with Colorado Capital Public Radio.
In this case, the dramatic red rock canyons of the southwestern desert and rivers home to LGBTQ+ groups offer the men (some of whom have never been on a trip like this before) a space to completely escape and be themselves. True self.
“River trips with queer people are very special because you feel so much safer,” says Amar Bonsor in the film. “You can be yourself. There is no need to act. “You don’t have to endure it.”
Learn more canyon choir And the cast of characters.