Friday, October 29, 2010
The recent airing of 60 Minutes episode last Sunday night celebrating the life of Jane Goodall brought back a flood of great memories from our recent trip to Tanzania and specifically to Gombe Forest Reserve.
We were so fortunate last July to be in Gombe simultaneous to Jane Goodall being in Gombe, simultaneous to the 50th Anniversary of Jane’s pioneering work in Gombe and simultaneous to the visit of Lara Logan and the 60 Minutes film crew as they interviewed Jane and filmed the Chimps. Indeed several times we found ourselves being filmed by the 60 Minutes crew on the trails as we met Jane, and again as we arrived outside Jane’s house on the shores of Lake Tanganyika when we actually joined Jane for sunset cocktails!
So we sat glued to the TV on Sunday night for the airing of 60 Minutes to see if we made the episode! We did not make the final cut, as not surprisingly the focus was on Jane, her research and the Chimps, not on our small tour party that overlapped so fortuitously with this filming! If you missed the episode, please check it out here. We were, however, featured on a more in-depth behind the scenes episode that can be viewed on-line here.