This has to be my favorite JMT video! The music! The editing! The humor! The side characters! I hiked part of the JMT coming down from the Mist Trail last July, probably just a few days after yourselves. Would love to return one day and walk the whole thing!
Exceptional! Thanks for sharing :) I am hiking the same route this summer. Video was recommended to me by "Lone Pine Kurt" after I secured my ride to Horseshoe Meadows :) Cheers
Great movie! Thoroughly enjoyed watching & makes me excited for my upcoming JMT NOBO adventure this July 2022. Hope to see more of Lightening and TBD's adventures :)
I spend a ridiculous amount of time watching backpacking videos- from gear reviews to their hike journals- and this is my favorite so far. Fantastic job.
Lighting is such a sweetheart and great planner. TBD, your mouth breathing (panting?) started at mile 1 and kept us company to the end lol. Much enjoyed
One of the best hiking videos I have seen. So well narrated, tons of humour, the little pointers on the map, so you don't just get places thrown on you, the little backstories on people and places. It was like a really great infoboard (I really really loves infoboards). And then the music. It felt personal and highlighted the scenes to perfection.
Cool video! Definitely one of the best hiking videos I've watched (a lot). Nice soundtrack, too. Not too often you hear Illmatic on this type of vid XD Awesome!
Still BY FAR the best JMT movie- every time you two say “The Devil’s Road…” I laugh for ten minutes. It’s really how we all feel but no one will say it…. Now you two need to do the PCT!
Lightning and TBD, this is the BEST vid on JMT we’ve seen, and we’ve watched lots! Music is especially great! We’ve done sections (from Horseshoe Meadows and from Kearsarge). We’ve also summited Whitney twice. Thanks for bringing it back to life for us, right from the comfort of our home. We can’t wait to get out there again!
Wow, what a fantastic video. I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the country along JMT which was so well filmed by you both and showing great mapping detail and editing. I visited Yosemite and Death Valley many years ago and was astounded then by the sheer beauty of the rugged and varied countryside and especially the trees. I live near a little town called Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland which is John Muir's birthplace where he was brought up until he was 11 when the family emigrated to America. I've always had great admiration for this wonderful conservationist who did so much to discover and protect this stunning planet and, although crippled with arthritis, I still walk a lot through John Muir Country Park here near my home. Oh and the music on your video was excellent too. Well done to you both!!!
Love the intro.... excellent music selection for the the whole piece... Truly thrilling....Excellent work, you're hired!! AND.....Subscribed... You earned it.
This was amazing. I allowed myself to watch a few minutes a day (as a mid-day break) over the last week or so and I'm so motivated to go do the JMT now. Thank you!! And I have to say, I was emotional at the end of the video... this was so well done. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
This video has been excellent company whilst I await a game of rugby to start, you guys created an awesome video here thank you for making it, I wish we had a trail like this here in England.
I enjoyed watching your video. I liked that you showed all aspects of the trail including the not so fun side. Thank you for sharing. I managed to get a NOBO permit from Cottonwood Pass. It was great to see some of what we’ll encounter along the way.
My wife and I are hiking the JMT Nobo this year. We are both avid hikers and really enjoyed the candor and realism of your documentary. Thank you for taking the time to put this master piece together. Wishing you both many more adventures like this!
I've seen several JMT videos now (I have a sobo permit for this summer) and this was by far the best. You make a charming pair; Madeline is a great sport and both of you are refreshingly un-influencer. It says a lot that I didn't skip the part of about the backcountry air fryer -- you guys sold it. I hope this gets the views it deserves, and the music selection is great (a rarity with YT vids).
We started sobo on the day you finished! But we went up the mist trail so we most likely didn’t pass. Super fun to relive the trail through your video. Thanks!
I did a little (lots) vicarious backpacking over Christmas break here in cold, grey, & rainy PA. Gotta say…yours was my favorite video of many, thanks! He, I must say that it’s amazing that you didn’t recognize your co-author. 😄 My 18 yr. old son & I were out there doing Whitney, Half Dome, and some JMT section hiking a week before you folks. I did the JMT in 2014 and a few section hike there since. Looks like you two did great, despite some tough weather and pesky skeeters. So glad you had a sunny final day. Awesome video and sound track. Thanks for sharing!!!
Wonderful video! Thought you guys looked familiar at the start of the video. I was a SOBO section hiker that started at Sonora, sat next to guys at the Tuolumne Grill for a while during the rain (saw myself walk up in the turquoise rain jacket 😂).
Hay hey, my my, what an amazing adventure and terrific film to remember some of your peak moments by! I love the content, B roll, music selections and editing. I'm an avid hiker and video producer so I can relate. I got picked for a 2022 SB JMT hike starting late June and can't wait! This is one of the best JMT videos I have watched and ranks up there with my fav YT adventure videos. Thank you and the editing crew for a job well done! 😁
I'm not that in to stair climbers at the gym, but Julie and I were inspired to try a new 7-mile loop at Windy hill this morning. Not sure if your watch time has already surpassed the time you were on the trail, but I'm sure you'll inspire a lot more California hiking!
You guys grew on me, from starting out being fairly woefully uninformed (what's that rodent?) to changing into Crocs every time you stopped to then getting into the groove. Good laughs, good production values, nice vid! The after-storm glow at Evolution was pretty top-shelf!
You've always been an exceptional story teller Ge! And Lightning brought a whole new dimension to this saga. What a pair you are! Honestly this is the best movie I've seen in a long time (and I just watched Alien on Christmas)! Thanks for sharing all the good/bad/ugly with such style, suspense, incredible views, and plenty of fantastic philosophical deep dives. Love those! Glad to see you've expanded your horizons in so many directions since we last saw eachother. Speaking of which, when shall we hang again?........TBD! P.S. That Vocaloid Demo track was 🔥🔥🔥
this is an amazing video. the two of you did such a great job. you two have a little different style than a lot of the other videos out there, I really enjoyed it. Thanks. and you nailed it on the soundtrack, fits so good
Great adventure! All these incredible mountains, rivers, lakes and brooks should have Native American names! It’s funny you celebrated ‘independence’ day! For virtually all native Americans that was the day of the great catastrophe! Ethnically cleansed, barbarically hunted and killed, dislocated by force, terror and attrition from their motherland! Since that ‘independence’ day, the victor and perpetrator wrote the narrative. And thus began a legacy of endless wars, and even today, directly involved in Genocide of another land’s native people! When you straddle theses incredible peaks, valleys and lakes, remember the natives, and shed a tear for thy sake! Blessings be upon the!
I've watched your video at least 8 times while running on my treadmill. Fantastic! I hope to do the JMT next summer with my son as a High School graduation trip. We both love to run so hopefully we will be fit enough for the adventure.
OMG. I have a NOBO Permit for the JMT starting at Cottonwood Lakes this July and I have studied maps, watched other videos, planned every stop. I THOUGHT I had a grasp of how long it was. That was until I watched your satilight map zoom at the beginning of your video. Holy shit I'm walking a very long way. 😳 lol I have never seen the JMT from that angle.
GE and Lightning great video. I’ll be following in your footsteps starting Nobo on the JMT on 7-2-22 I can’t wait! I wasn’t planning on going into Independence but after seeing your video I am adding it to my trip. Thanks for sharing you trip and video I know it’s a lot of work. Kind of like the JMT a little type 2 fun. 😎👍
Hey, man- Loved you video! I live in Redwood City, we should do hikes around. I did the JMT back in 2015. It’s really hard to find fellow hikers. Happy trails, man.
One of the better videos I've watched, especially in terms of keeping it real. That was fantastic! Seriously, . . . you shot all of that with your iPhone 11 Pro? I'm on the JMT this July and was planning on lugging my Sony a6400, but now you have me reconsidering what I want to bring!
Omg! We totally met you guys on the trail. We caught you guys as you were going from whitney back to crab tree. We talked to Madeline and you were really upset with the experience you had. That was our second trip on the jmt, we are already talking about doing a third. I havent been able to do anything with my video yet only got the intro done. On another note i pack 5k / day calories because the first time we did the jmt I lost 22lbs in 19 days. This time I lost 13 lbs over 31. Great video yall, my first video was a couple hours long…I plan on making a series this time. Will yall be doing it again?
Hey there! Long time no talk! The next day's weather for Whitney seemed *great*. Hope it ultimately made for a good summit day for you all. The thought of doing it again has crossed our minds -- no firm plans yet. (Hoping to get a High Sierra Trail permit for sometime this summer.) But considering you're thinking about round 3, it makes me think you felt round 2 was worth it! If we do, we'll keep your target calorie counts in mind! And if you end up sometime posting a video of your ventures, let us know :)
@@MadelineHuberth well we have done it south bouth 1st then this last time was northbound…..northbound was sooooo much better we both think. Looks like this year is probably going to be a record snow year, we are thinkn about doing it next year. After I watched ya’ll video I started mine finally. Its not as good as yours for sure , what software are you using?
I think that "bunny rat mouse hybrid" was actually a pika! They are so cute and so was this video! You did such a great job capturing your experience! I have a gear question for you. How did you guys like the gossamer gear mariposa pack? Thinking of buying one and couldn't help but notice it in the video.
Glad you enjoyed the video! :) Backpacks were the gossamer gear gorilla 50 - we liked them. Durable, didn’t give us any reliability issues. Super stretchy back pocket - ended up storing many misc things there. These were our first/only packs though, so I’m not sure how experientially discerning I am… I did opt for the gorilla figuring we could fit all our gear across packs, despite it being smaller than mariposa. If I was going solo I probably would’ve considered mariposa more.
Hi, this is a long video which based on the comments I'll eventually watch in full....that said...all honesty, you packed way way too much food right? I'm guessing by half. Altitude destroys hunger for me. I have to force every bite. back to the vid. cheers
Haha glad you agree. The map is the National Geographic JMT topographic map. Waterproof and tear resistant. Served us well. And melatonin works for us, at least. I know some folks for whom it doesn’t, so it probably depends on the person!
Thanks for watching and happy planning for the JMT! Regarding the music, RU-vid has noted copyright claims (it's not a strike and it also means we cannot monetize this video; also, RU-vid can advertise for the copyrighted music so that traffic / revenue go to the rights holders). This setup happens to work in this instance since we made this video primarily for our family and friends (we aren't planning to monetize). Thanks again for watching and happy trails!
@@gewang this is so awesome! i didnt know that was a thing. i also plan on doing the JMT this year (2022). i would also love to make a video just for my family and friends also dont plan to make money off of it. so this information was awesome.... btw awesome awesome video. keep the the good work guys
Another JMT movie.... one of 100s now on here everyone, of them trying to out do the next performing for the attention economy when encountering these types on the trail one wonders if their sole reason to be there is to advertise their endeavor, to beat their chest and simultaneously generate some income at the expense of a sacred resource.. when your cruising through Rae lakes and you see someone with a small movie studio in their campsite its hard not to cringe and think this isnt good...
I hear ya. fwiw this was all shot on our personal iPhones; also RU-vid has noted copyright claims on music (it's not a strike and it also means we cannot monetize this video; also, RU-vid can advertise for the copyrighted music so that traffic / revenue go to the rights holders). This setup happens to work in this instance since we made this video primarily for our family and friends (no intention to monetize)
When you started playing twin peaks music i had to subscribe lmao Awesome video guys! My husband and I are doing the JMT this july so this was a great guide!
