Extreme Beachcombing
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2024
- "Mankind's trash is one man's treasure."
EXTREME BEACHCOMBING is an intimate portrait of retired plumber John Anderson and his 46-year obsession with collecting manmade objects that wash up on the obscure beaches of the Pacific Northwest. Narrated entirely by John himself, this poetic and philosophical documentary short includes images, items, and stories from his one-of-a-kind Beachcombing Museum in Forks, Washington, culminating in a raw, firsthand look at what he calls "extreme beachcombing."
This is a HELP I'M ON FIRE production. Video made by Ryan Pinkard and Christian Klintholm
All right reserved 2023. Do not use any footage without written consent from filmmakers. Contact: christian@klintholm.com
#beachcombing #beachcomber #washington #bmpcc4k #dehancer - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
“The Great Nike Spill of ‘91”
Comb hard old timer, never stop walking.
Best random YT recommendation ever.
Appreciate you saying that!
Agreed!
Indeed
100%, so glad to stumble upon this video. Message in a bottle from across the ocean
Thank you all so much.
This is why youtube is superior to Tiktok or Reels, man, no way you are able to put this man work and story on 60 sec. Great, great job!
Thank you! Yeah, it's tough with every platform demanding short video content these days...
100% agree!
YT shorts dont pay well but are really good for discover so a 1 minute trailer to get someone to watch the whole video would be good
AAAAAND YOURE A BOT 🤖 man, dead Internet theory is right 😂
Yah but I found this video from looking up other videos TT served me. Their exploring algo is much better.
Since TT got popular, YT algo has gotten better because of free market competition.
It’s inspiring how this man lives so unrestrained. Just contacts Boeing or the government to dispose of some rat poison barrels. Goes down a rabbit hole trying to contact the kid from the message in the bottle. All while getting broken ribs and sprained ankles just exploring and shrugs it off like it’s something small. Thanks to everyone involved for sharing. For a second, I’m reminded just how much agency we have in making the world what we want it to be.
Love this comment. It's absolutely true. He's made himself so much happiness from what everyone else would discard, creating compelling art and stories out of a constant never ending source that would be otherwise considered a nuisance. Absolutely the coolest guy to ever abide.
I lost it when buddy said, "The Great Nike Spill of ‘91" lmaoo dudes a legend
Same lmfao
I like the retro look. I love that only John is talking. Music slaps. Like Sub
Thank you!
Same here. Greatness! New sub.
@@burningchrome70 Appreciate ya!
I live in Olympia, and have been combing the western beaches of our state for years. Found some cool stuff, found some lame stuff. When the tsunami hit Japan, 3 or 4 sections of a large dock with Japanese lettering washed up overnight making an attraction of itself as nobody had seen something so large come from the sea to our beaches in this lifetime.
I stopped in there years ago and met John. I took a lot of photos and it was probably my most memorable stop on our 28 day back roads tour, from Michigan to Washington. I was really taken by the Ronkon motorcyle he found. And he told me about the time his buddy picked up a huge buoy on the beach with a helicopter and delivered it to his house. The helicopter blew his wife's fresh washed clothes off the clothesline and John was in trouble! Wonderful man to talk to!
This man is an artist at heart. Thank goodness he retired with a building big enough to pull it all off.
Not only is he finding cool stuff, but he’s also helping clear out the beach too 🔥
Win-win!
I burn garbage
John, the people who filmed this for you did a superb job. I loved your story and the length of the YT video was perfect. Congrats, keep' on keep'n on!
TH-cam this is the type of video I want to see. thanks
Thank you so much for your kind words.
John Anderson is a poet, and he's connected to the world in his own way.
Agreed.
Beautiful Film! Thanks for making it
Thank you! And even more so for watching it, I appreciate it!
I love him whistling under his breath, happy as a clam
Wonderful.
John's quiet whistle while beachcombing is heart-warming, as is his dedication to cleaning our NW beaches. This is awesome.
The whistling is everything!
Watching this on a day where the world seems to be going wrong in every which way. Gave me some peace. Thanks.
Loved the snake-in-a-bottle moment 😂
LOOK OUT IT'S GOING TO GET YOU!
this was an inspiring watch.I like this guy’s blend of practicality and whimsy, like, “why not start a museum?” I’m sure I could benefit from taking a page out of his book
Every once and a while you'll get recommended a little film on TH-cam that readjusts the way you look at the world. The filming, editing, and John's story all came together so well, thanks for putting it on TH-cam.
Thank you so much for sharing that - it means a lot to me! Have a nice day!
That McQuades Marine hat is pre-1978. The store was in Victoria B.C. but it burnt down in '78, never to re-open. There used to be an annual McQuades sailing race with a half melted bronze cleat as the first place trophy.
I wish that all media was like this: simply humble people doing what they like to do.
Yeah top tier video right here.
What a dope human being John is, we love to see it.
Sometimes TH-cam recommends an actually good video and this is that❤
Thank you! Glad to hear you liked the video :)
I came across this museum on Google Maps as I scouted out the coastline on the Olympic Peninsula years ago! So cool to learn the story behind it!
Next time I’m up near Forks… I’m stopping by to meet John!! He is very blessed!!! Makes me want to head to the beach right now!!! Thanks for sharing!!! 🌊🐚🪨🛟🥾❤
Your museum is so awesome, John! I used to beachcomb years ago. Can't walk like that anymore. You must have really trekked a lot of miles. Your channel is so interesting!
I am not John, btw - but do write him an email!
We are kindred spirits sir. It's ok to pick stuff up. Happy searching.
Not commenting quite often on videos, but John's Museum was one of the highlights on our RV trip along the pacific nothwest last year. Such an amazing place with more than kind people. Still rememeber my son chatting with John's wife while my wife and I enjoyed the treasures and stories behind. Keep on beachcombing. Greetings from Germany.
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! I lived on the coast of Oregon in Warrenton for 20+ years and beachcombing was a way of life for us.
Thank you so much, Stacey!
Great Video! John seems a wonderful guy, keeping the beaches clean, and arranging it all beautifully. Lovely style of video as well.
Thank you so much, kind of you to say. John's a trooper!
Matt McCusker, I know whenever you find this guy you’re gonna love it.
That was poetic. Well done. Respect to all those memories in that museum and to their caretaker, John.
Wow!! I went steelhead fishing in Forks Washington and am pretty sure I saw you house from the main road. I could see the tower of floats! Super cool to learn the back story
Fascinating. I love how he mentions the color of his collection. He’s an artiste.
Hey! Thats My Boy Scout Hat I dropped in the water !
Im not the only one that feels the spirit of a previous user embued in an object.
So strongly that at times I get chills. A blue batter bowl that knows how to make blackberry cobbler. A peely mirror that makes me weep. A pair of silk and tiny pink shoes. Yes the energy fairly vibrates.
this is amazing, i'm on vancouver island and this just gave me a ton of inspiration to visit the beach more often
Your channel is destined for success.
Well, I don't know about that! But thank you for the kind words :)
@@christianklintholmYour editing quality is too high, great video.
@@Vativ Appreciate you!
Such a lovely collection of beach treasures….. I myself have been a longtime beachcomber…. ! I’m in awwww 😮 I call it gifts from Neptune! Yet as you said, it was someone’s something trash to treasure or great loss. Thank you for collecting all these beautiful things the ocean took than gave you too cherish! A Mermaids treasure!
Just FYI, I am not John, just a guy who made a video about John :)
I honestly don't mean to sound rude or argumentative, but any human manufactured beachcombed material is pretty far from my idea of treasure.
The fact this guy is tidying up the beaches & his subsequent artworks are amazing, but the materials he is working with are strictly poison & death to marine life.
I would guess 80% of that museum material has only ended up in the oceans due to humans laziness & ignorance - all the materials still in the ocean yet to wash up are in no way whatsoever having a positive effect on the ocean. They will be trapping & injuring sea creatures, they will be dissolving into micro plastics & being eaten, and they will be leaching a whole toxic spectrum of industrial dyes, heavy metals & petrochemicals into the sea.
To me, the fact this man can so skillfully curate such an intricate museum really just shows what a mess we've made of the seas.
LMAO you are a goober bro @@dagreenblazer5958
Something similar to what was said in the video happened in the Netherlands. Above the wadden islands in the north a big containership lost several containers containing a bunch of shoes. The shoes where collected and sorted by size. All who wanted a pair could collect them. It is said all the islanders still walk around on the found shoes.
Love what you're doing, was a sailor back in the 1960s glass age before plastics took over, remember when everything was dumped off the fantail and NYC used to haul their trash out to sea on barges and dump it. What a mess we've made of the oceans with all our our plastics... Best wishes.
Awesome, very well done. Ol' John is badass, super cool dude.
He definitely is.
I love how the grainy footage trend has come back around, the days of crystal clear ultra sharp video for these styles of video is lessening and I'm for it.
It also helps if half your shots are out of focus ;)
Oh definitely, adds to the raw appeal.@@christianklintholm
Fantastic collection. Keep on going!
That's quite lovely and well presented. Great work.
Why thank you!
Gutted when i hiked through I missed this ! Epic documentary mate !
Thank you, Nathan!
i'm moving to seattle this summer and i'm so glad i came across this right before. thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching!
This was fantastic, the editing was just perfect.
Thank you!
John Anderson you are an inspiration.
Awesome hobby. What a great way to spend retirement. Good on him.
I hope to meet this man and see his museum some day
12:56 omg the 'Play area - Please touch' sign is just so touching ❤
Nice
That was wonderful. I am really glad yt started recommending smaller stuff on a regular basis. Much love to John who had the spirit to start this beach combing project.
You cant never die cause no one else has your knowledge and memories.
I've heard of Forks, Washington, but a long time ago. Also, footage looks like Ektachrome stock. Nice
8:11 Those stumps out there? Trees would have been thousand ft tall. Thanks! Cool Finds!
What an inspiration! There are so many of us out there, i always run into the same 3 people with a bag full of trash and a pocket full of sharks teeth. Time for a pilgrimage, Im going to this museum!
That was awesome
Outstanding content!
Well done, my man
Just found your channel! I just love what you do, and it's so cool to see everything in one place. This has inspired me to drive to my local beach and start my search for magical objects! And get me off of my lazy old lady butt! ❤ take care!!!
This is just fantastic. Makes me love Humanity, America, and just makes me smile. Thanks for putting this out.
I really want to ascribe a word to this style, classic, nostalgic, high contrast come to mind, but none of those words seem quite right. The camera you use is really a good choice, and I simply can’t put my finger on why.
That’s why I think you’ve done a great job, it makes me emotionally pleased but it’s so well done I can’t describe in proper English why exactly I like it.
Thank you so much for your kind words. They mean a lot!
Please continue to make more content like this. The world needs more art produced in this style, it’s an important contrast to the emotionally charged and attention hijacking work that’s increasingly more commonly found today. For this kind of work, Patreon seems to make a lot of sense in my opinion, where contributors shouldn’t think of it as charity but rather funding and allowing the creation of more projects like these.
Thank you! The problem would be time. Ryan and I both have othe full time jobs, but we will continue making similiar stories, when we are on holiday together@@jethin37
Yep, we got glass globes like that in my family, bout 5 of em. Treasured artifacts!
Great film, what a collection!
cool video. makes me want to grab my jacket and head to the beach. as an oregonian, i love walking the beach. i look forward to getting up to the museum at some point. awesome stuff :)
It's well worth the trip!
What an amazing little story. I love Johns Passion for his hobby, so unique. Don’t know why but this video just makes me smile 😊
Amazing to hear, thank you John!
Thanks for sharing this video. My friend and I beachcomb on the coast of SC. Unfortunately there is no way we could collect as much as you do. But what we do find is fun for us to try to figure out what it is. We have found boat cushions, boat door, crab traps, pacifiers, toy soldiers, fossilised teeth, and decking, (it was on the beach a long time, until a storm finally took it back out to sea).
And you’re right about keeping active as long as possible. I like it a lot better than walking on a track or around a neighbourhood. I enjoy looking for treasures and I also pick up trash as I search for things that strike my fancy. Blessings
I had the good fortune to meet John and visit his museum in Forks. Hello John. Still have some type of "seed" you gave us as a souvenir. It looks like a hamburger. Thanks again!
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! This guy is just as great as his unique museum is. What a shame that the football team didn't recover the big yellow white boey for him. Hope he will find people to help him do it. 2) With all that beachwood laying around, you could easily heat several houses.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved people.
What an awesome video that randomly played. Such a cool...hobby I guess you'd call it. And what a great way to help keep the beach clean. Good job my man.
I love it, so cool If im ever up that way ill have to check it out! Hello from Oregon!!
Good stuff. Very interesting and nicely documented.
Thank you!
Well done! If no one else has mentioned it, the length of this is fantastic. It is ~just~ the right amount to tell the story well. Thank you for making this. Finding high quality documentary-type videos on TH-cam can be challenging.
Thank you, Dave. That means a lot.
Hey great video guys!
Thank you very much, washyourhands!
Nice ❤
cool
Not just any snake but probably a Mamushi (venomous) for even more mojo. Cool place
Thanks for the info! Very interesting.
What a fantastic little film. Such a remarkable man. Loved it. ❤
Thank you!
@@christianklintholm No, thank you. Watching the film was the best 15 minutes I've spent in ages. It's beautiful ❤️
Wow. Amazing.
Thank you , very cool.
Instant subscribe. The world needs more people like this.
Agreed.
What a cool dude
Hard agree!
The collection is a work of art... so cool and thank you for sharing John.
Brilliant film.
Thank you so much!
Thoroughly enjoyed this
I am glad to hear! Thanks for watching.
what an incredible documentary. i’m so invested in this man’s museum and his hobby now.
Thank you for your kind words.
This is why I still love TH-cam
How interesting. Always a treasure hunt!!❤
Yeah, and one of those hobbies/lifestyles that doesn't really cost any money.
fantastically made
What a hero. Superb.
more of this PLEASE
Noted! Unfortunately, Ryan and I live in different countries, but we will make more next time we are together.
Fascinating and entertaining
Absolutely amazing!
GREAT VIDEO!
Thank you!
I love it when TH-cam throws me a cure ball recommendation. One of the best ever. Cool stuff
Very nice of you to say - thank you!
30 second into the video all i could think is "I wanna work w these people"... meaning the filmmakers... Keep it up HELP IM ON FIRE. this was awesome work
Appreciate you saying that! Means a whole lot to us, thank you Robin!
Great film guys thank you
Thank you for watching and commenting! Means a lot.
This was amazing filmmaking. Good job
Thank you!
These are some of the coolest things i've ever seen and you've been doing it so long that you've found so much history on the beach.... I appreciate you sharing it with us