Ecrivain à la retraite, Bill Bryson décide un jour de traverser les Appalaches à pied. Ne le croyant pas capable de parcourir seul les 3 500 kilomètres du chemin, Catherine, son épouse, lui impose de se faire accompagner. Bill ne trouve personne, jusqu'au jour où Stephen, un vieil ami perdu de vue, finit par se manifester. En surpoids et fatigué, Stephen ne semble pas être en suffisamment bonne condition physique. Il est pourtant décidé, et les deux hommes prennent le départ. Mais le voyage s'annonce particulièrement difficile, d'autant que Bill et Stephen ne cessent d'être doublés par des marcheurs plus jeunes et plus aguerris qu'eux...
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00:00Thank you for being here. It really means a lot.
00:02It's our pleasure.
00:03I mean, it's not a pleasant time.
00:06No, we're just very sorry.
00:08We're very sorry.
00:11I'm tired of life being all about ailments and funerals.
00:14I want to push myself.
00:15You want to hike the Appalachian Trail?
00:172,000 miles. You have gone mad.
00:19It's my old pup tent.
00:20It's the perfect place for you to spend the night.
00:232,000 people a year try to do this.
00:25Less than 10% make it fit people.
00:27And their 20s can't do it, Dad.
00:29You'll need a rain cover to...
00:30Rain cover? Why?
00:31To keep out the rain.
00:33You are not doing this alone.
00:35How would you like to join me for a little stroll?
00:38Not in this lifetime.
00:40Next time, call me for something fun.
00:42Like a colonoscopy.
00:43I say it's cats.
00:45Steven?
00:46Not Steven Katz.
00:47You two ended up on each other's nerves in Europe.
00:49That was 40 years ago.
00:50I gotta eat every hour, otherwise I get these...
00:54Seizures?
00:55Seizures. That's it.
00:57Good luck.
00:58Try not to die, okay?
00:59We go?
01:00We go.
01:01That's what goes up.
01:02Must calm down.
01:04What the hell happened to down?
01:06John Muir once said,
01:07sometimes a man just has to get a loaf of bread
01:10and throw it into a sack and jump over the back fence.
01:12You okay?
01:13Never better!
01:17You guys camping here?
01:18No, we live here.
01:20How can I help you?
01:21You like the cabin?
01:22You know what your problem is?
01:25You're too fat.
01:27Look at this!
01:28We're not even halfway there.
01:30No way that's to scale.
01:31Map to scale.
01:33That's it.
01:34New plan.
01:35You want to drive the Appalachian Trail?
01:38I came out here to be with you.
01:40One last adventure before it's too late.
01:42You can do whatever you want,
01:43but this is my adventure.
01:45Fine!
01:45That's the spirit.
01:48Cathy seems strange,
01:50but one woman all these years,
01:52well, that can't be good for you.
01:57You know, I'm sorry we lost touch.
01:59I'm with you.
02:02Jesus, if they come for us, play dead.
02:04If they're here, if they come for us,
02:06we are dead.
02:10Well, they say the Appalachian Trail is like life.
02:13You don't know what's going to happen next,
02:15but you give it your best shot.