The Push

The Push is an inspirational documentary about the power of never giving up. Just five months after marrying the love of his life, Grant Korgan, the Lake Tahoe native, world-class adventurer, nano-mechanics professional, and newlywed, burst-fractured his L1 vertebrae while filming a snowmobiling segment in the Sierra Nevada back country. Despite his prognosis, that he would never walk again, both he and his new bride Shawna, focused on the goal of 120% recovery with extraordinary drive and tenacity. On January 17, 2012, along with two seasoned explorers, which included Tal Fletcher, Jr., Grant accomplished the insurmountable and became the first spinal cord injured athlete to literally Push himself, nearly 100 miles (the final degree of latitude), to the most inhospitable place on the planet, the bottom of the globe, the geographic South Pole. Grant and his guides reached their destination on the 100th anniversary of the first explorers to travel to the South Pole! (Santa Barbara International Film Festival)