Pacific Crest Trail and Other Journeys
Including but not limited to the CDT, the JMT, the Appalachian Trail, and other thru-hikes or long journeys
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- DirectorColin ArismanIn the summer of 2013 Casey Gannon and Colin Arisman thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with cameras in hand. 'Only The Essential' is the story of their 5 month, 2668 mile journey on foot from Mexico to Canada across the wilderness of California, Oregon, and Washington. Runtime: 40 Minutes Documentary: Outdoor / Adventure Watch Trailer: vimeo.com/91685304 Full Screener: vimeo.com/111826794 - Password: pct
- "Six Million Steps" is a documentary film that chronicles the lives of hikers during their adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, which spans 2,650 miles, the length of the U.S. Pacific coast. From Mexico to Canada, the Pacific Crest Trail winds through three states, seven national parks, 25 national forests, and elevations ranging from sea level to nearly 14,000 feet. Each year, 300-400 "thru-hikers" attempt to hike border to border, and, in doing so, experience pain, hunger, elation, loneliness, regret and fear. They leave behind their everyday lives, their families, their homes, their jobs and their friends to sleep outside with only the items they carry on their backs. But in leaving, they arrive at something greater: Life stripped to its core Life as a journey in the truest sense of the word Life as transformation This is the story of those hikers, what they were looking for, and what they find. 165 days 2,650 miles 6,000,000 steps
- DirectorLisa DienerFollow a handful of diverse hikers as they walk 2,663 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail. They begin in April at the U.S. Mexico border and battle their way through bone-dry deserts in Southern California, icy mountain passes in the High Sierra and the torrential rains of the Pacific Northwest. 5 months later, they may reach their final destination in Canada. Equipped with cameras to record their video journals, they give us an insider's view into what it takes to spend half a year living in the wild. From Billygoat (chronic hiker and John Muir look-alike) to Scott Williamson (the world's greatest endurance athlete that no one's ever heard of), their collective tales illustrate the power of wilderness to transform, renew and inspire.
- DirectorJason M. FitzpatrickRic SerenaStarsLaura ObiolsA group of artists hike the John Muir Trail and bring back their experiences. 219 miles in 25 days. Come laugh, limp, sing and walk with us.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsReese WitherspoonLaura DernGaby HoffmannA chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
- DirectorShane O'DonnellStarsRandy CiminoPatrick CraddockJake DownFollow the members of Team Bad Wizard as they attempt to hike from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail through California, Oregon, and Washington. Walking 2600 miles through deserts, fires, snow and rain, the Wizards combine all of the blister-popping, dirty, salt-encrusted misery of five and a half months of hiking with the joys of nature, friendship, and far more dancing than you would expect in a trail documentary. About 300 people attempt to 'thru-hike' the PCT every year. The Wizards not only succeed -- they have fun doing it.
- DirectorJerome TanonStarsYannick GrazianiMudassar KhanHélias MilleriouxTravel diary of an incredible Freeride expedition in search for one of the most beautiful mountain to ski on the planet, standing at 5880m situated at the heart of remote Karakoram range in Pakistan.
- DirectorAlex MaierA fresh college graduate hikes 1,200 miles from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean on the Pacific Northwest Trail. This thru-hike is known as one of the most challenging, remote, and unestablished long-distance hikes in America.
- DirectorTom von BadinskiStarsPaul GuilfoyleJeffrey D. StevensTom von BadinskiThe Pacific Crest Trail is the jewel of America's Scenic Trails. It took nearly a century to complete and the tireless effort of some noble individuals. Warren Lee Rogers and Clinton C. Clarke were the driving force behind the completion and preservation of one of America's greatest treasures. With the inspiration of John Muir and the help of people like Ansel Adams, Rogers and Clarke carved a path through 2650 miles of magnificent wilderness with one dream - The Pacific Crest Trail.
- DirectorPhillip BaribeauStarsBen MastersJonny FitzsimonsThomas GloverUnbranded follows four men and sixteen mustangs on an epic 3,000-mile journey from Mexico to Canada through the American West to inspire adoptions for the 50,000 wild horses and burros in government captivity.
- DirectorJill JonesBrent YontzStarsHeather AndersonLeora BeihnShawn ForryExplorers Shawn Forry and Justin Lichter complete the first ever winter expedition of America's 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mexico.
- DirectorAndrew D. DailyStarsJacob B. Hanson"Walking Wild : Alpine Lakes Wilderness (pacific crest trail)" explores the Pacific Crest Trail as it winds its way through ever-changing wonders that lie between Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass along the crest of Washington's Cascades. This award-winning journey of discovery through the Alpine Lakes Wilderness combines interviews with some of the walkers and riders who travel this trail with wilderness images. Dragon flies dance on the breeze at an isolated lake. A canopy of towering firs shade fallen giants. Razor sharp ridges whose vistas encompass miles of forested mountains. This wonderful trail offers a multitude of joys to a diversity of people who speak from their hearts about their experiences in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. The one-hour video journey was created by Karen Edmundson Bean, an award-winning director/cinematographer of wildlife productions and one of the few women to hold Director of Photography status in the International Cinematographers' Guild. Bean has backpacked through four continents and has been camping since her infancy. Her adventure and wildlife production company, Ambridge, is run from her off-grid farm near Maple Falls, Washington. "Walking Wild : Alpine Lakes Wilderness" is one of a series of "Walking Wild" videos which include: "Walking Wild : Whatcom County, Washington" and "Walking Wild : Goat Rocks Wilderness (pacific crest trail)." "Walking Wild" videos have been purchased by public and private institutions throughout the Pacific Nort...
- StarsSalvatore Vecchio
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsMartin SheenEmilio EstevezDeborah Kara UngerA father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.
- DirectorHardy MartinsStarsBernhard BettermannIris BöhmAnatoliy KotenyovA German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsConrad AnkerGrace ChinJimmy ChinThree elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim SturgessEd HarrisColin FarrellSiberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
- DirectorBruce Buck NelsonStarsBruce Buck Nelson"One summer I set off alone in an attempt to cross a thousand miles of most remote wilderness in America, Brooks Range of northern Alaska.
- StarsTim CopeFor young Australian adventurer Tim Cope, this was the journey of a lifetime - travelling 10,000 kms alone on horseback across the Eurasian steppe through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. From the former Mongol capital Karakorum to the Danube, Tim retraced the path of the first nomads and followed the route taken by legendary Genghis Khan as he forged his great empire. Over three and a half gruelling years, and guided by an old Kazakh wisdom - "to understand the wolf, you must put on the skin of a wolf and look through its eyes" - Tim lived just as the ancient nomads did. The extreme challenges gave Tim empathy and insight into the nomadic way of life, and as a young man growing up, the journey became a personal rite of passage. At the end of his journey, Tim arrived on the Danube having achieved the first crossing of the steppe in modern times.
- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
- DirectorPeter MortimerNick RosenStarsMarc-André LeclercPeter MortimerAlex HonnoldMarc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. The free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. With no cameras and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure.
- DirectorPatrick ImbertStarsLazare Herson-MacarelEric Herson-MacarelDamien BoisseauA photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
- DirectorJosh LowellPeter MortimerStarsJohn BranchTommy CaldwellKevin JorgesonIn an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsSimon YatesJoe SimpsonBrendan MackeyThe true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
- DirectorPeter MortimerNick RosenJosh LowellStarsPeter SarsgaardAlex HonnoldYvon ChouinardIn the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the National Park Service.