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Dag is what you would call an old ultra-marathoner. At least, that’s what you’d call him if he believed in age. He doesn’t. He doesn’t believe in houses either. He’s not interested in you. But you’ll be interested in him. If you can find him. It turns out his man-cave is the forest. A cool, short documentary (above) from\u00a0The Atlantic… <\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0 Dave Pell<\/em><\/p>\n

The Most Elusive Man In America<\/h3>\n

Somewhere in the mountains of Vernon, British Columbia lives a 76-year-old man by the name of Dag Aabye. He has no cell phone or email address. Revered by locals for having escaped from the shackles of modern society, he is the champion of the 80-mile ultramarathon aptly named the \u201cdeath race<\/strong>.\u201d Aabye is the oldest person to have ever finished the race.<\/p>\n

Determined to locate and interview Aabye, filmmakers\u00a0Adam Maruniak\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Justin Pelletier<\/a>\u00a0spent weeks canvassing the nearby town, leaving postcards with their contact information. They visited the bar that the reclusive septuagenarian is said to frequent and even summited a mountain in search of him\u2014to no avail.<\/p>\n

Then, the day before the co-directors had planned to scrap what they thought was a futile project, Dag called them from a payphone. Their resulting documentary,\u00a0Never Die Easy<\/em>, is named after Aabye\u2019s motto.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever die easy,\u201d Aabye says in the film. \u201cTo me, there is no age. Age is something other people put on you. You put a person in an old folk\u2019s home, and this person\u2019s gonna die pretty quick because you tell them, \u2018You\u2019re old now\u2014you\u2019re ready to go.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

True to local lore, the filmmakers were taken by Aabye\u2019s ardent self-reliance and motivation. \u201cIn our final moments with Dag,\u201d Maruniak said, \u201che embraced us both and told us, \u2018Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping, and always have a mountain in life to climb.\u2019 Those words will resonate with us forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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