denali

"I'm pretty sure Ben knows I'm dying," the voiceover says calmly.  As prepared as you may be, it still takes a beat before you realize it's the dog talking.  Then you'll keep listening and watching, rapt, and you will probably cry, and feel perfect about it.  The dog was Denali, whose dad Ben Moon is a photographer and filmmaker with a wide-open heart for nature and our place in it.  Denali and Ben went everywhere and did everything together.  When Denali's last days came, Moon made all the time remaining as gorgeous and adventuresome as possible, even if it meant carrying him there.  A sacrifice? No, a privilege.  And then he developed a Vimeo short . . .

. . . in honor of Denali.