“This is what the end of the world

looks like to me.”    Larry Gibson

 

Larry Gibson also appears in

“Rise Up! West Virginia”

 

“Keeper of the Mountains”  

 Film Three of The Mountain Mourning Collection

 

Larry Gibson is the only permanent resident on Kayford Mountain, just 35 miles from the capital city of Charleston, West Virginia.  For 19 years he has held on to his fifty acres – that which remains of his ancestral home.  What was once a living community is now an island of life surrounded by death.  The filmmakers join Larry and a band of friends as they pass through “Hell’s Gate” and – in one breathtaking moment – come upon “the end of the world.”

Run Time:  18 minutes

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After a short walk up the hill from his house, Larry Gibson leads us through what he calls

“Hell’s Gate”

 

photo courtesy: J. Henry Fair

photo courtesy: J. Henry Fair

 

We pass through the gate, into the blinding sun – and this is what we see…

 

photo courtesy: J. Henry Fair

photo courtesy: J. Henry Fair

 

We stood in silence - overcome with feelings of shock, grief and anger.

It seemed like hours before anyone spoke. 

Finally – Larry said, “Well, here it is.  This is what the end of the world looks like to me.”

 

a B.J. Gudmundsson film

 

Camera: Agust Gudmundsson

Featured Music

 

Dwight Diller “Oh Those Tombs”

 

 

 

 They Come from Around the World to Visit Larry at Kayford Mountain  

 

An Eye-Opening Weekend in Boone, West Virginia

Ohio Wesleyan University Environment and Wildlife Club