Where They Went

Lone Survivor (2013)

Directed by Peter Berg

A four-man Navy SEAL team flies from Bagram into the mountains of Kunar to find a Taliban leader, and after a firefight the last survivor is taken in by Pashtun villagers.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1SEAL base
    Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screen

    The SEALs joke and train while Operation Red Wings is briefed.

  2. 2Overwatch position
    Mountains of Kunar Province (Sawtalo Sar)
    ≈ 00:22:00
    Stated on screen

    On the ridge above the village the team is stumbled upon by goatherds and must decide what to do with them.

  3. 3Running fight down the mountain
    Mountains of Kunar Province (Sawtalo Sar)
    ≈ 00:45:00
    Inferred
  4. 4Gulab's village
    Salar Ban, Kunar Province
    ≈ 01:25:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Rescue and treatment
    Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
    ≈ 01:50:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
301 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
5
  • Helicopter: 296 km
  • On foot: 5.1 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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