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Documentary filmmaker Adam Schomer \u201997 traces the beginnings of his spiritual quest, and its relation to his fascination with India, to his years at Cornell as an all-Ivy soccer player and engineering student in operations research.<\/p>

\u201cA friend, who I\u2019m still friends with, loaned me a meditation tape and I took to it and it changed me,\u201d Adam Schomer says. \u201cYou\u2019d see me with the long hair and Birkenstocks, meditating in the goal before the game. I had a lot of fire and energy, and meditation really helped me focus on just playing the game.\u201d<\/p>

Adam Schomer\u2019s award-winning film \u201cThe Highest Pass\u201d follows his journey into the Himalayas by motorcycle with his guru, Anand Mehrotra.<\/p>

Being a film director was far from his first career choice. So was teaching yoga to L.A. Galaxy soccer players, including David Beckham. After college, he went to Ecuador, learned to speak Spanish and played soccer there. Then he started consulting for Ford Motor Co. as an engineer and coaching soccer on the side.<\/p>

\u201cI eventually dropped engineering, since I was making enough without it,\u201d he says, \u201cthen I started to dive into the arts.\u201d Adam Schomer trained at Second City for two years, performing comedy and writing sketches. He also worked on short films and commercials before he moved to Los Angeles.<\/p>

\u201cLaying a foundation for my life is what it came down to,\u201d he says. \u201cThat inciting moment really was here in L.A.; when the traditional mindset would say I should be developing my career but something in me really knew what was most important. At that point, having gone to India twice already, I decided to really go study intensely one-on-one with my teacher.\u201d<\/p>

On his third trip, in 2010, Schomer studied with Mehrotra.<\/p>

\u201cI was there for six weeks along the banks of the Ganga, doing meditation and talking with him and writing down what we talked about for a book coming out later this year,\u201d he says. Then Anand mentioned an idea for a motorcycle trip to the highest passes in India, in the region of Ladakh (which translates to \u201cland of passes\u201d).<\/p>

\u201cHe just knew he wanted to ride that road,\u201d Adam Schomer says, and Anand asked him, \u201cDo you want to come?\u201d<\/p>

Schomer\u2019s prior riding experience was defined by a moped accident a year earlier. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to ride, I thought riding was dangerous, but I said yes; and I\u2019ll figure out how to get over this later,\u201d he says. \u201cWe decided to invite others and make a documentary about it. I knew we were taking on an amazing and difficult adventure with these people that would change their lives in many ways.\u201d<\/p>

The 21-day journey was more than 2,000 kilometers long, and the riders and film crew faced dangerous \u201croad killer\u201d trucks in the Himalayan foothills, and were beset with altitude sickness above 16,000 feet.<\/p>

\u201cAt these Himalayan altitudes, you are not going to get a break for the body,\u201d Schomer says. \u201cYou\u2019re just living with a pounding headache for three days.\u201d<\/p>

Schomer worked on the story of the journey as it was happening; focusing on the travelers\u2019 conversations with Mehrotra and including a visit to an oracle channeling Tibetan spirits. Snow and slush made the going more difficult, blocking the road at 16,000 feet, on their way to the highest elevation the group reached, above 18,000 feet.<\/p>

\u201cFor the audience it\u2019s really beautiful, this remote part of the world,\u201d Schomer says. \u201cYou find yourself eventually connecting to a sense of ease, otherwise you get so stressed out because it\u2019s sensory overload.\u201d<\/p>

The film premiered in Los Angeles in April, and has won awards at the San Diego, Naples and Topanga film festivals. A DVD release is set for Aug. 28, and screenings continue around the United States.<\/p>

Schomer is currently finishing postproduction on another film, \u201cWhen the Dust Settles,\u201d about one woman\u2019s relief effort for people affected by 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan. He will return to India in September to motorcycle and hike to four sacred peaks in another part of the Himalayas, a trip he may also film.<\/p>

\u201cAt an engineering level, all that education helps out in documentaries,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a puzzle when you\u2019re taking all this footage; it\u2019s a real challenge in putting this story back together in a creative way.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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