Alan Chase is an engineer in Beaverton by day, but his driving passion is heading to the remote Alvord desert each summer to try to shoot an arrow farther than anyone has ever shot one before.

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Chapters
0:00 A man in the desert
1:10 Family camping trip
1:44 Alan's custom bow
3:43 Finding the arrows
4:10 The record holder
5:45 Making your own arrows
6:39 Using your feet
7:26 A family affair
8:25 End of day one
9:20 The perfect time to shoot an arrow
9:43 Dangers of injury
10:45 Alan's passion
11:20 Trying to break the record


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