JOHN MUIR TRAIL VIDEO – 7 Day Trip

Michael,

I took about 1,000 pictures and did not bring a tripod. The time needed to take a few extra shots was easier to manage than setting up the tripod. That was a little tricky at times. I had a lot of near perfect pictures that I had to throw out on account of a slight blur.

The moon shots came out much better than I expected.

FYI: I'm a big fan of far-reaching monopods. I can get interesting shots over cliffs, get closer to dangerous animals, and get more stable video.

Best,

Ryan

Is anyone going to being going North on the JMT on the section that climbs to Muir Pass anytime soon?

All of those miles, and you still ad time to take 1000 photos?!? Amazing!

Thanks for putting this together & sharing.

Ryan, I don't how soon you were thinking, but I will be leaving Whitney Portal August 9th with another fast-packer. We are shooting to finish in the 9 – 10 day range. I'm not sure what time frame you were after, or what you had in mind. LOVED the video by the way.

Ryan, I am starting on 8/28 from Tehipite Valley(Kings Canyon) heading north on the JMT ending at VVR on 9/5…104 miles in 6 days..Is there some data you need or info–I am here to help ya out- I always bring a camera with me and just got video IPOD…..We should be going over Muir Pass on day 3…

Jay,

I'm writing a paper on the section going north that includes the entire climb to the top of Muir Pass. If you have time, would you please take note of as much as you can remember and send over a summary.

Focused on terrain, tree-line, difficulty of each section, and river crossings.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Ryan

Anyone know how soon the earliest trips are on the JMT?

check out out the gear list section. there is a guy doing the jmt+side peaks in June.. seems pretty early this year..

Thanks, that was helpful.