The Pacific Northwest Trail 2022: Glacier to Polebridge (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- If you want to skip the introduction and head straight to the trail terminus: 8:03.
This is the first video in a series on my 2022 through-hike of the Pacific Northwest Trail. It's a vlog that details my experience hiking the trail but also tries to provide some context to some of the sights and histories of the lands the trail crosses. I love photographing the landscape so this series is a chance for me to experiment with video more and have fun making music to hopefully tie everything together into an enjoyable set of videos about the PNT.
The full story of Atatice here:
• In the Spirit of Atati...
Learn more about this 1200 mile east-west trail that runs through Montana, Idaho, and Washington States in the U.S. here:
www.pnt.org/
That waterfall shot! It just kept going and going and going. Fantastic! Looking forward to watching the next part.
Beautiful video, looking forward to more!
Your video is the best I've seen on the PNT! I was a trail angel in Bonners Ferry in 2021, and met some awesome people of whom I still keep in contact with. Looking forward to the next installment.
Thanks much Debbie!
Mother nature is just so amazing, as are you with your photography, THANKU for taking me to places I can only imagine as cost from down under would be beyond my budget, but you pointed out MANY MANY beautiful vistas, fauna, and flora, I so would've missed.
p.s....the mossies would have me done from day one, so again THANKS for my armchair hike!!!!!! OH....bears...yeah nah!!!!
Wtf that was absurdly good. The photography, the philosophy, the music, the beauty. Panning waterfall shot 🤯
Thanks Josh!
Loved your take on GNP! I have such fond memories of growing up in NW MT and having the park as my back yard playground. I can’t wait to make another plan to visit there and see the area thru adult eyes.
Thanks Mary! It's an incredible place. I also have fond memories of a particular stir fry I once had...
Love seeing the Pacific Northwest trail footage, this trail seems like that next skill level comparative to some of the other long trail. Hope to see more!
Such a good vid, thanks pal.
I have some unfinished business on the PCT this year and might hike out West on the PNT 🤔
Thanks for the comment! And enjoyyyyyyyyy 🙌
Epic cant wait for the rest!
Hi! Thank you so much for your generous efforts in creating this film. Ben and I were incredibly moved and humbled by not just the journey itself- but the live and thoughtful descriptions along the way. The historical context you provided with each leg of the journey was enlightening and important. And the music! The scurry of a creature aligned with an energetic melody! The breathtaking visuals paced with perfect timing and wonderful composition! Relieved this is only party one : ) Bravo!
Wow, amazing, I love the scenery and your commentary and explanation of the Native Americans and their land and the history of USA. I live in Canada and I love your videos.
Watched the first 5 min and then have saved the rest to watch with my husband/hiking partner. We are going to do the PNT in 2024 - coming all the way from New Zealand - so currently doing a lot of research. Looking forward to seeing your journey as these appear. We both carry a bit of camera gear as hobby photographer/videographer so we are interested to see what you used.
Nice! I replied down below in detail, here it is: I took a Panasonic GH6 camera with an extra battery and a nitecore 20000 battery bank I used to charge up every night. My main lenses were the Olympus 8-25mm for wide and standard focal lengths, a long lens which I switched out after this first section from a heavier 100-300 to a lighter 45-150 (had to see if I could stand taking the heavier one and hoped I might see a grizly somewhere in the distance, but no such luck), and an Olympus 60mm macro lens. GH6 is m43 so double all those lengths for the full frame equivalent (16-50 equiv in one lens makes the 8-25 pretty great). In the first couple sections of trail I tried out a couple lens alternates, shipping things home and having things sent. I had with me for most of the trip a trailpix tripod, but also a little mini tabletop tripod that could just hold the weight since it was much faster to use than the trailpix. I ended up using mainly the mini tripod due to ease of setup. For this first section, as a camera-savvy person may have noticed, I also actually took a tiny fluid-head to use with my trailpix tripod. Alas, along with the super long lens, I sent this home after the first section too as it just was not used enough to justify the weight. I used a hyperlite mountain gear camera pod (large) to carry my camera centered on the front of my body and whatever lens was on it, and then a variety of fanny-packs and bags in that position to carry my other lenses; this got refined over the trip. Day hiking I would happily use a capture clip, but backpacking long distances symmetry of weight on your body helps avoid pains and easy protection from wet and brush was a yes please for the PNT. Mini carabiners were the main way I hooked stuff up to my pack so that I could switch my camera and lenses positions if I wanted to, and I really liked being able to do that. I actually also used shock cord and more carabiners to add some suspension to my camera and lens cases, which definitely helped with stopping things from jostling around as I moved. Of course this much extra weight decreased my comfort sometimes, but I put a lot of effort into avoiding extra back and shoulder pain because of it, and it largely worked!
Really like your perspective.
Superb .
Thanks for the journey
Strongly considering this trail for myself next year, and your video was great! Thank you!
This is SO well done. Props to you for completing this trail and filming the whole thing! Also, I appreciate how informative it is.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
This was the shot to the head I needed as I had my coffee this morning a perfect mixture of hard work,beauty, talent and an occasional fuck me that was sketchy. I salute you Sir.
Incredible filmmaking Keegan. Curious what your video equipment setup was for this hike??
Thanks! I took a Panasonic GH6 camera with an extra battery and a nitecore 20000 battery bank I used to charge up every night. My main lenses were the Olympus 8-25mm for wide and standard focal lengths, a long lens which I switched out after this first section from a heavier 100-300 to a lighter 45-150 (had to see if I could stand taking the heavier one and hoped I might see a grizly somewhere in the distance, but no such luck), and an Olympus 60mm macro lens. GH6 is m43 so double all those lengths for the full frame equivalent (16-50 equiv in one lens makes the 8-25 pretty great). In the first couple sections of trail I tried out a couple lens alternates, shipping things home and having things sent. I had with me for most of the trip a trailpix tripod, but also a little mini tabletop tripod that could just hold the weight since it was much faster to use than the trailpix. I ended up using mainly the mini tripod due to ease of setup. For this first section, as a camera-savvy person may have noticed, I also actually took a tiny fluid-head to use with my trailpix tripod. Alas, along with the super long lens, I sent this home after the first section too as it just was not used enough to justify the weight. I used a hyperlite mountain gear camera pod (large) to carry my camera centered on the front of my body and whatever lens was on it, and then a variety of fanny-packs and bags in that position to carry my other lenses; this got refined over the trip. Day hiking I would happily use a capture clip, but backpacking long distances symmetry of weight on your body helps avoid pains and easy protection from wet and brush was a yes please for the PNT. Mini carabiners were the main way I hooked stuff up to my pack so that I could switch my camera and lenses positions if I wanted to, and I really liked being able to do that. I actually also used shock cord and more carabiners to add some suspension to my camera and lens cases, which definitely helped with stopping things from jostling around as I moved. Of course this much extra weight decreased my comfort sometimes, but I put a lot of effort into avoiding extra back and shoulder pain because of it, and it largely worked!
Ah yes and I almost forgot audio, alas I did not master that aspect of film-making conveniently while long distance backpacking on this trip haha. I took a zoom H1n with me, but because I used the hyperlite mtn gear camera pod to carry my camera that meant I would have had to attach and detach it to use as an on-camera mic. This meant it was largely used independently for trail journaling and field recording in various areas instead. That's the biggest piece I would like to figure out more with my carrying strategy.
I might have missed this in the video, apologies if so. What was your start date?
I headed out from the terminus on June 30th, 2022! It was a later snow year than usual, so usually by then it would be less snowy.
@keegan.o I will just have to pay attention to the snow pack this year. Not headed out till 25'. I prefer starting early but this isn't the PCT where I get 700 miles of desert, as you know. Haha straight up to those passes!
Gorgeous videos. Can't wait to watch them all. Thank you for what you made 😀
@@miyahosaka8361 Cheers! I recommend joining the PNT Hikers facebook group if you have facebook, some official PNTA people there give good advice and people share what they know about the snow each season.
The video starts at 8:05. @31:18 we get a report about his bowel movements. Just so you know my last bowel movement was 5:45am after some coffee..
Haha, fair points! The bowel movement thing is because I had significant ecoli poisoning before the trip which was lingering on and stopped me from leaving town, I should have told that story more succinctly!
Interesting that you don't mention the blackfeet waged a war of genocide on the kootenai people and forced them west of the rockies
Then don't say goodbye take her with you, she heard when she gets tried you would carry her.