INTO UNCERTAINTY: PRESS PHOTO CAPTIONS
A documentary by RGC Media Inc. Directed, produced and edited by Ryan G. Christen. Associate producer Derek Bays.
All photos: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.. (c) 2026 RGC Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Approved for editorial use in coverage of the film; credit required.
Press contact: rchristen@intouncertainty.com / 850-240-9652 / intouncertainty.com/press.html
Photos from the BajaXL 2025 were taken in February 2025 unless noted. Day numbers refer to days of the rally.

REF 01  IntoUncertainty_01_TideFlatsSunriseGulfOfCalifornia.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
Tide flats coming alive at sunrise along the Gulf of California in northern Baja, at the start of Day 2 of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 02  IntoUncertainty_02_TwoSilhouettesOnAGoldenSunsetBeachWalk.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
BajaXL participants take a sunrise beach walk at the start of Day 2 in San Felipe, on the Gulf of California in northeastern Baja.
Location: San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 03  IntoUncertainty_03_TurquoiseTidePoolAmongCoastalRock.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
Exploring the coastal rock formations near La Lobera on the Pacific side of the peninsula.
Location: Near La Lobera, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 04  IntoUncertainty_04_SanIgnacioMissionChurch.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
The filmmakers visit Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán, founded in 1728; the stone church was completed in 1786. San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.
Location: San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 05  IntoUncertainty_05_AbandonedMilitaryBaseSantaGertrudis.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
During a break from the trails, the crew explored an abandoned Mexican military post in a near ghost town near Misión Santa Gertrudis.
Location: Near Misión Santa Gertrudis, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 06  IntoUncertainty_06_RyanAtLaLoberaSinkhole.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
Director Ryan Christen looks down into the sea cave at La Lobera on the Pacific coast of the Baja peninsula.
Location: La Lobera, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 07  IntoUncertainty_07_WildBurrosOnTheTrail.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
Wild burros on the trail.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 08  IntoUncertainty_08_TruckPlungingThroughADustCloud.jpg  [RALLY]
BajaXL participants plunge through the dust on Day 3 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 09  IntoUncertainty_09_DriverProfileOceanFramedInTheWindow.jpg  [RALLY]
Associate producer Derek Bays, one of the film's central subjects, drives the crew's truck along a cliffside trail in Baja's mountains, en route to La Paz on the Sea of Cortez.
Location: En route to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 10  IntoUncertainty_10_DerekAndPamMooreTrailsideBreak.jpg  [RALLY]
Associate producer Derek Bays talks with his grandmother, Pam Moore, a fellow BajaXL participant, during a trailside break after crossing the Laguna Salada dry lake bed in northern Baja.
Location: Laguna Salada, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 11  IntoUncertainty_11_CliffsideTrailTowardsLaPaz.jpg  [RALLY]
BajaXL rally teams make their way along a cliffside trail heading toward La Paz.
Location: En route to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 12  IntoUncertainty_12_CampfireUnderBajaSky.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Long trail days gave way to quiet, reflective nights under open skies, gathered around campfires.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 13  IntoUncertainty_13_FlyingMiataSunsetDayOne.jpg  [RALLY]
The "Flying Miata" team navigates the trail as the sun sets on Day 1 of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 14  IntoUncertainty_14_DerekSignsGuestbookCocosCorner.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Associate producer Derek Bays signs the guestbook at the iconic Nuevo Coco's Corner.
Location: Nuevo Coco's Corner, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 15  IntoUncertainty_15_UnloadingSchoolSupplyBackpacksSanIgnacio.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Director Ryan Christen and associate producer Derek Bays unload backpacks during the BajaXL's school supply donation for the children of San Ignacio.
Location: San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 16  IntoUncertainty_16_NYCCrewPorscheRepair.jpg  [CONNECTION]
BajaXL teams helped each other along the way. Here, teams assess the damage to determine whether the New York City crew's Porsche Cayenne could continue after a serious mechanical failure.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 17  IntoUncertainty_17_DaveAirsDownTiresNightSiltTrap.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Dave Moore, one of the BajaXL's unofficial organizers, airs down his tires in hopes of getting free from a silt trap as night closes in on Day 4.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 18  IntoUncertainty_18_RyanDerekSettingOutFinalDays.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Filmmakers and BajaXL participants Ryan Christen and Derek Bays set out for the trails as they near the end of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 19  IntoUncertainty_19_WilsonCoastalCoveContemplative.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Wilson Craig, one of the BajaXL's unofficial organizers, pauses to watch the sea lions (lobos marinos) at La Lobera, a remote sea cave on the Pacific coast.
Location: La Lobera, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 20  IntoUncertainty_20_DaveContemplatesRouteOptionsDayThree.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Dave Moore, one of the BajaXL's unofficial organizers, weighs route options after teams ran into one challenge after another on Day 3 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 21  IntoUncertainty_21_RyanConductsFirefighterConfinedSpaceRescue.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Director Ryan Christen during his fire service career, conducting a confined-space rescue operation as a member of a Special Operations Unit. Christen spent twenty years in the fire service and retired as a Battalion Chief.
Location: Florida, USA. Date: Archive photo. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 22  IntoUncertainty_22_NuevoCocosCornerBreak.jpg  [CONNECTION]
BajaXL teams stop at Nuevo Coco's Corner for a break before heading deeper into the backcountry on Day 2 of the rally.
Location: Nuevo Coco's Corner, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 23  IntoUncertainty_23_CowpattyExpressStickerBus.jpg  [CONNECTION]
The 2025 BajaXL was the last rally to leave stickers on the "Cowpatty Express" at the famous Cowpatty in Baja. Cowpatty was lost to a fire a few months after the rally.
Location: Cowpatty, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 24  IntoUncertainty_24_RyanPresentsFirefighterShirtsSanIgnacio.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Director Ryan Christen (center) presents Fort Walton Beach, Florida fire department shirts to Juan Berrelleza (left), San Ignacio's vice mayor and fire department sub-commander, and Comandante Marco Antonio Berrelleza (right), with the department's donated Riverside County apparatus.
Location: San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 25  IntoUncertainty_25_GroupAtMannySBarCantina.jpg  [CONNECTION]
BajaXL teams celebrate the end of Day 1 at Manny's on the beach in San Felipe.
Location: San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 26  IntoUncertainty_26_BajaWandererTrailsideWisdom.jpg  [CONNECTION]
A Baja wanderer shares trailside wisdom with Ryan and Derek at Cowpatty.
Location: Cowpatty, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 27  IntoUncertainty_27_DerekRyanDiscussRouteStrategy.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Filmmakers and BajaXL participants Derek Bays and Ryan Christen discuss routes and strategy during a repair stop on Day 3 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 28  IntoUncertainty_28_RyanSetsUpCampSunsetDayEight.jpg  [RALLY]
Director Ryan Christen sets up camp at sunset on Day 8 of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 29  IntoUncertainty_29_RyanReflectsChallengingDayThree.jpg  [VEHICLE]
Director Ryan Christen, one of the film's central subjects, at the end of Day 3, as he and associate producer Derek Bays weigh their options and consider turning back after the day pushed them to the brink.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 30  IntoUncertainty_30_BlownBeadBentRimCloseUp.jpg  [VEHICLE]
Blown tires and bent rims were only some of the challenges presented by Baja's rugged terrain.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 31  IntoUncertainty_31_AerialCoastalTrailTruck.jpg  [SCALE]
Ryan and Derek make their way along a section of coastal trail on Day 8 of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 32  IntoUncertainty_32_AerialDroneViewOfAFiveTruckConvoyGrouped.jpg  [SCALE]
Throughout the rally, small clusters of teams would stop to take in their surroundings. Here, a group of trucks pauses at dusk to regroup and discuss route options as Day 1 became Night 1.
Location: Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 33  IntoUncertainty_33_AerialDroneViewTruckCactusTrailCoast.jpg  [SCALE]
The filmmakers navigate the trails, heading for the coast on Day 7 of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 34  IntoUncertainty_34_ConvoyLinedUpBeachSunrise.jpg  [SCALE]
Aerial drone view of the full convoy lined up along a beach at sunrise.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 35  IntoUncertainty_35_ChallengingTrailDayThree.jpg  [SCALE]
Some trails, such as this one the crew encountered on Day 3, offered less room for mistakes than others.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 36  IntoUncertainty_36_ReserveTankFuelStopDayNine.jpg  [SCALE]
BajaXL teams top off reserve tanks at a roadside fuel stop on Day 9 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 37  IntoUncertainty_37_IsolatedSeaCliffsPacificCoastFinalDay.jpg  [SCALE]
The BajaXL offered abundant rewards for long and difficult trails. Here, teams pause to admire the isolated sea cliffs along the Pacific coast of Baja on the rally's final day.
Location: Pacific coast, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 38  IntoUncertainty_38_LayeredMountainSunsetEpicScale.jpg  [SCALE]
The final sunset, on the final day, on the final trail of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 39  IntoUncertainty_39_AerialConvoyCardonCacti.jpg  [SCALE]
BajaXL rally participants before an extremely challenging section of trail through the Cataviña cactus forest, among the giant cardón.
Location: Cataviña, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 40  IntoUncertainty_40_RyanDressUniformAward.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Director Ryan Christen during his fire service career, in dress uniform, honored as the American Legion's Florida Firefighter of the Year for 2012.
Location: Florida, USA. Date: Archive photo, 2012. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 41  IntoUncertainty_41_DerekSaysGoodbyeToFamily.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Associate producer Derek Bays says goodbye to his family the morning the expedition departs.
Location: California, USA. Date: January 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 42  IntoUncertainty_42_CampfireStoriesOnTheBeach.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Campfire nights became story sessions as teams gathered on the beach.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 43  IntoUncertainty_43_TributeGatheringCoastalBluff.jpg  [CONNECTION]
A small group of BajaXL participants gathers at an undisclosed location for a memorial, to say goodbye to one of their own, on Day 9 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 44  IntoUncertainty_44_CloseCallTruckAtSteepAngle.jpg  [RALLY]
Close calls and dangerous conditions were not infrequent. Here, Ryan and Derek face a steep section after unintentionally following a dirt bike trail over a mountain on Day 9 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 45  IntoUncertainty_45_KathyRigDustTrailDaySeven.jpg  [RALLY]
Kathy, an experienced off-roader and BajaXL participant, charges through the trails in rig 18 on Day 7 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 46  IntoUncertainty_46_MamaEspinozaSignpostElRosario.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
The BajaXL stopped at Mamá Espinoza's in El Rosario and explored its storied past, which goes back before it became a checkpoint for the first Baja 1000 race in 1967.
Location: El Rosario, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 47  IntoUncertainty_47_CardonDesertLandscape.jpg  [LANDSCAPE]
Towering cardón cacti frame the desert against a distant mountain backdrop somewhere along the trails in Baja.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 48  IntoUncertainty_48_DerekDrivingDaySeven.jpg  [RALLY]
Associate producer Derek Bays flashes a shaka to crews backtracking their route after the group got stuck behind a cattle fence and was forced to turn around on Day 7 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 49  IntoUncertainty_49_DesertSkullSelfie.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Director Ryan Christen holds up a trailside find on Day 3 of the BajaXL 2025.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 50  IntoUncertainty_50_NightRecoveryUnderTruck.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Emma Moore, a BajaXL participant and film crew member, helps dig out her father Dave Moore's truck after their crew got stuck at night, off trail and out of communication, during a solo exploration of unmapped trails.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 51  IntoUncertainty_51_TrailsideAtDusk.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Associate producer Derek Bays stands in front of his truck, "Sandy Dufrane," the film's rolling studio and expedition rig.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 52  IntoUncertainty_52_VooDooRacingCheckpoint.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Dave Moore, one of the BajaXL's unofficial organizers and a Baja guru, leaves a VooDoo Racing sticker on a cattle gate as a trail marker and easter egg for other participants.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 53  IntoUncertainty_53_LocalFamilyConnection.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Pam Moore, Derek's grandmother and a BajaXL participant, gets a Spanish lesson from a local boy as teams pick up supplies in town before starting Day 8 of the rally.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 54  IntoUncertainty_54_RyanDerekPoseWithSandy.jpg  [SANDY]
Derek Bays (left) and Ryan Christen (right) pose with their rig, "Sandy Dufrane," on the morning of Day 2.
Location: San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 55  IntoUncertainty_55_SandyNightCampTent.jpg  [SANDY]
"Sandy Dufrane," Ryan and Derek's Baja rig, transitions from rolling studio to home for the night under a clear, star-filled Baja sky at the end of Day 7.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 56  IntoUncertainty_56_NavGearLeavingLaPaz.jpg  [SANDY]
The filmmakers' rolling studio and Baja rig, "Sandy Dufrane," carried navigation displays, comms systems, satellite communicators, cameras and real-time camera control, seen here leaving La Paz.
Location: La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 57  IntoUncertainty_57_SandyDufraneCapableBajaPlatform.jpg  [SANDY]
The filmmakers' rolling studio and Baja rig, "Sandy Dufrane," proved a capable Baja platform, despite a few notable and troubling challenges along the way.
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 58  IntoUncertainty_58_CameraGearRigInCab.jpg  [SANDY]
Before the rally, Derek and Ryan built up Derek's daily driver into their Baja rig, "Sandy Dufrane," serving as rally truck, camping platform and rolling film studio with full GPS navigation, satellite comms and camera gear.
Location: California, USA. Date: Pre-rally build. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 59  IntoUncertainty_59_SandyCoastalOverlook.jpg  [SANDY]
Director Ryan Christen films the "seventh greatest view in the world" from the crew's rolling studio on the morning of Day 3, overlooking Bahía de los Ángeles.
Location: Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 60  IntoUncertainty_60_MobileCommandCenterSunset.jpg  [SANDY]
Director Ryan Christen catalogs footage along the trails in the crew's rolling studio and Baja rig, "Sandy Dufrane."
Location: Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 61  IntoUncertainty_61_SanIgnacioEngineArrivingPalmRoad.jpg  [CONNECTION]
The San Ignacio volunteer fire department's engine rolls in on the palm-lined road into town to meet the rally. The early-1980s pumper was donated by the Riverside County Fire Department in California and still carries its name.
Location: San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 62  IntoUncertainty_62_SanIgnacioEngineRiversideCountyLettering.jpg  [CONNECTION]
The San Ignacio engine parked in the square below the mission, Mexican flags on the compartment doors. Nobody has painted over the Riverside County lettering on the cab; the crew keeps the name of the department that gave it to them.
Location: San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 63  IntoUncertainty_63_RiversideCountyCabLetteringCloseUp.jpg  [CONNECTION]
Riverside County Fire Dept. lettering on the cab of the San Ignacio engine. A donation to the volunteer department during the rally became the emotional center of the film.
Location: San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Date: February 2025. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

REF 64  IntoUncertainty_64_DirectorRyanChristenHeadshot.jpg  [PORTRAIT]
Director Ryan G. Christen. Christen spent twenty years in the fire service, retiring as a Battalion Chief, and more than thirty years in public safety and emergency management. Into Uncertainty is his first feature film.
Location: USA. Date: Headshot. Photo: Into Uncertainty / RGC Media Inc.

