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(Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[5]="Director/Producer Allison Smith sits with David in the airline’s mobile food truck, enabling him to more safely traverse the mud and potholes between the lodge in King Salmon and the floatplane dock.  (Photo by Stephanie Book)"; comments[6]="Cinematographer Stephanie Book (left) and Director/Producer Allison Smith (right) enjoy a moment outside the lodge in King Salmon.  Called the KingKo Inn, it was the only place to stay in the remote riverbank town; the only other lodge had burned down just two weeks prior.  (Photo by Amy Berta)"; comments[7]="Exterior of the pilot’s lodge (Branch River Air Service) outside the floatplane dock in King Salmon. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[8]="Fairytale-like mushroom in the grass uphill from the floatplane dock. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[9]="In order to board the floatplanes at Brand River Air, David descended the steep ramp that leads from the pilot’s lodge on shore to the floating docks below. He needed the help of two people to hold the back of his wheelchair in order to keep him from flipping forward or falling sideways from the sloping decline. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[10]="David’s beloved camera is momentarily forgotten atop the deck, as his nurse tries to keep him warm and the pilot forms a plan for loading David and his 250-pound chair into the floatplane. David precariously holds onto the floatplane’s rope as he sits in a folding chair on the shaky dock awaiting his own turn to be lifted into the airplane. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[11]="Cinematographer Stephanie Book captures various angles as 3 men from Branch River Air Service work to load David’s heavy, inflexible electric wheelchair up the slippery steps into the floatplane. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[12]="David’s nurse, Amy, nervously watches as employees of Branch River Air Service lift David into the plane while balancing on one of the floating pontoons. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[13]="The floatplane carrying David takes off from the Branch River dock, bound for the even more remote area of Brooks Falls, Alaska. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[14]="David’s full-time nurse and caregiver, Amy Berta, anxiously watches as David’s floatplane takes off without her. She will join him on a separate plane, as the single-engine Cessna 206, built in 1979, cannot hold much more than David and his heavy wheelchair. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[15]="Floatplane pilot Marco Aletto flies low and deep among the volcanic-borne woods and lakes of Katmai National Park, Alaska. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[16]="View from the floatplane of Katmai National Park, a few minutes before landing. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[17]="Now at Brooks camp in Katmai National Park, cinematographer Stephanie Book takes a break from shooting the documentary, as a grizzly bear begins to approach in the water behind her. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[18]="A grizzly fishes for salmon at Naknek Lake near Brooks Falls, Alaska. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[19]="David Farber and his nurse weave through the emerald forest of Katmai National Park, surrounded by the markings of the grizzly bears he hopes to photograph but which could surprise him at any turn. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[20]="Mushrooms grow from the trees in the lush woods around Brooks Falls, Alaska. (Photo by Stephanie Book)"; comments[21]="A grizzly fishes for salmon at Brooks Falls, where the salmon tend to get stuck and exhausted trying to swim upstream and jump the waterfall. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[22]="A close-up of spawning salmon at Brooks Falls. (Photo by Stephanie Book)"; comments[23]="Tired, sweaty, and greased head-to-toe by powerful bug spray, Director/Producer Allison Smith pauses in the heart of bear country on the way back from Brooks Falls to camp. (Photo by Stephanie Book)"; comments[24]="The crew takes out a canoe to get some scene-setting video from the water. Here, Stephanie paddles us farther from shore. (Photo by Allison Smith)"; comments[25]="View of Naknek Lake from the canoe. (Photo by Stephanie Book)"; comments[26]="A grizzly fishes for salmon at Naknek Lake in the mouth of the Brooks River which leads to the falls. A fishing boat is beached in the swampy grasses behind the bear, as this location is a favorite fishing hole for both men and bears. Abiding by park service rules, the fishermen left the area when the bear arrived. 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