The Ups and Downs of Slammin' the Trail

frame grab from Slammin' the TrailLast minute editing of footage I took of 2009's 3-day Wonderland Trail hike. This was an experiment to see if I still had the "grit" to pull off a fast hike of this 93 mile trail when my fitness was lagging and my body was aging. Since I was already filming myself talking underway for a podcast on backpacking (You're a wimp! So lighten up your load!), I decided to let the camera run and talk about my hike as it was underway, including the painful moments.  The ups and downs of slammin' the trail is a fast  paced edit of the entire trip culled down to 5 minutes and was a finalist at the 2010 Kendal Mountain Film Festival in the UK. Click on the picture to watch this short on a private YouTube channel.