540 MILES || A Colorado Trail Bikepacking Documentary
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- Award winning film about a 64 year old's 540 mile bikepacking journey across the Colorado Trail. I hope this doc inspires you to get outside and experience God's creation. It is one of His many gifts to humanity.
"God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him." John 1:3
Production Background:
This documentary took 21 days to shoot, months to edit, and took up nearly 2 terabytes of footage and files. Filming came with many challenges such as long tiring shoot days, late nights, bike crashes, close calls with search and rescue, water shortages, and sore legs. But every bit was worth it in the end.
Directed, Shot, and Edited by Davis Yates
Summit Nine Media
www.summitninemedia.com
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Loved this!!! Thanks for all the effort you put into making this masterpiece
Glad you enjoyed it Ryan! Thank you for the comment. I'm a fan of your work!
You guys both made awesome videos!
Very inspiring!
Definitely great job with the filming total quality 🎥👍
"...you need the challenges to know the joy..." This 67-year-old is preparing for a similar adventure in Maine and I so needed this. Thanks, Dave.
@Eric Anderson leaving for my journey September 6th!! My soul is ready…
Brilliant film! Great teamwork, awe inspiring scenery that brings to mind God's creation... Inspiring!
I hiked this a few years ago. One of the coolest experiences of my life, would love to do something like it again
Just found your documentary. Your monologue at the end is very accurate. It can’t all be rainbows and unicorns. I heard long ago that when you go looking for adventure, don’t complain when you find it. Embrace the suck.
Thank you for inspiring us to take on new challenges beyond 60. I think I've been watching too much extreme content on TH-cam by guys half our age! Awesome team effort both of you ♥️🎉🎉🎉
One of the greatest biking films I've seen recently not only concerning the story but also the direction and the picture quality. Hats off to all of the heroes of that great story!
4 years ago my son and I ran into an elderly gentleman at a back country alpine lake in southern Colo, it was about 6 in the morning and we were both shocked to see this guy (he mustve walked past our camp very early without us knowing it), turned out this guy was a very knowledgeable fly fisherman, so we picked his brain for an hour about the discipline, I asked if he fished anywhere else, like the Madison or any of the innumerable great trout waters in this country and he had fished many of them and he said they were all worth fishing if a person gets the chance but he added something as we were saying our goodbyes that has stuck with me since and that was this; he said "son, you can fish your entire life in Colorado and it will never give you a reason to leave." I feel the same way now about Colorado mountain biking, I know there are many awesome places to ride bikes all over the world but Colorado has all you could ever want in my opinion.
So true!! It’s amazing how much there is out here, I still have barely scratched the surface
Huge props to Cindy
Hi. This is Cindy. Thanks so much!!
OMG!!! It made me cry - absolutely loved it
Without the drone shots this is just an average film about a guy riding his bike. With the drone shots it's a remarkable story and one that inspires anyone to want to have such an adventure. Well done!
Amazing and very inspirational to watch.
At age 57 I bikepacked from Silverton to Durango. It was 3 awesome and HARD days. You are so right that the San Juan range is crazy beautiful. 61 now and hope to do all the segments while I can. Nice job!
lovely...and well done, not just riding it but filming it as well!
64?!? No way! Dude looks like he’s in his 40s! WTF? Great job, sir!
That’s funny, you must e 12. Dude is definitely in his 60s, or older looking. He didn’t even do a continuous trail.
@@randyholloway920 You probably did o lot of "continuous trails" in your life, right? What have you accomplished, Randy hollow way?
@@Arthur-Silva WTF is wrong with people! always looking for an angle to sour others achievements! Good response to Randy mate, who's now probably considering his response from the sofa!
@@mattydarbs8720 people who rides tens and hundreds of miles on their bikes see some strange things in this video: new different shirts, clear bike and ammunition, only one night stop.
I do not say, the old man cheated, but he probably lived in a trailer and his bags were half empty.
Fun fact: exercise literally slows down aging
Thanks for this! Just had to add the Colorado Trail on my bucket list!
You’re my new inspiration….you are amazing
Incredible documentary that makes me want to ride this trail, Ive ridden some of the San Juan mtns (7 days) in Colorado, greatest ride of my life! This is a bucket item for me. I am also newly retired and was diagnosed with a brain tumor 2.5 years ago but have exceeded my life expectancy already. I'm a fit 63 year old and don.t have time on my side. Breaking the ride up was a great idea and would be more manageable for me. Dave, thanks for the inspiration!!
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Great filming and editing, Davis. I rode the trail in 2010, ages 56. Took 20 days, 18 riding and 2 rest. One of the highlights of my life.
Sounds like an amazing adventure! The trail is a work of beauty.
Davis Yates indeed, the work done each year to maintain it is extraordinary.
Lovely guy. Great film. Scenery to die for. Thank you for sharing this ❤️
Hey Davis - your videography, editing, and production on this video is SUPERB!
Congratulations on this excellent video. The Colorado Trail mystique radiates thru this entire documentary!
My man! What an adventure it was to create this with you. Thanks for trusting me to tell your story🤟
Hello Dave, you are a true inspiration. Thanks to your story I got up from a bad spell and now doing better.
Hopefully will see more adventures from you soon :) take care.
As I prepare to do the eastern half of the Trans America Trail from Colorado to Virginia this summer, 2023, I found your video among so many. My buddy Ryan Van Duzer is an incredible adventure cyclist as well, and I see he commented a couple of years ago about your beautiful trek on the CT. Your passion and journey to self-fulfillment at age 64 is truly inspiring. I will be 65 this summer when I take on the Trans Am and seeing your emotions and the beauty of your ride will be with me as I pedal east. Thank you for the wonderful documentary that saw Dave succeed from end to end!
You look in great shape for a 64 year old man. I remember being a volunteer on the trail in 1987. We were the crew which linked up and finished the trail near Durango. We who were from flatlander states had a new feeling in our chests as we hiked to the trail from our camp each morning. That 13,271 foot peak must have been really tough on you. I only got up to a little over 10,000 feet
elevation when I was there. Your story will inspire more seniors to give it a go. Colorado's mountains are so beautiful. Thank you.
Dave is definitely in great shape, he shows it's all about mindset! I'm grateful I got to capture the adventure and tell his story.
Gorgeous documentary.
Inspired. Never to old to be awesome. You sir, are an awesome dinosaur!
(Goose bumps) Such a great story! I hope to experience this same adventure in my retirement soon🤙🏻
someone cut onions there at the end...Wow, God is so masterful with his tapestry. Great job Dave and Davis!
Beautiful - you’ve just given an idea !
Every once and a while I watch it again
I'm 58 and feel great and bike every day off your a great inspiration
I hope to do some bicycle adventure like that one day
Thank you for documenting
Thank you.
Wow you’re an inspiration. I have recently taken up cycling and something like this would be a dream come true
Congratulations Dave!
Thank you sir!
Awesome video! You rock, man!!
What an amazing Video. Greetings from Ontario, Canada!
As a Director and Filmmaker myself I must congratulate Davis Yates for bringing this amazing journey and of course Dave Baumenn is definitely an inspiration for many of us. He completed 540 miles through the hardest terrain and extreme conditions of weather etc. Great job and please keep on rocking guys!
So inspirational!!! Age is just a number! I just got back into biking at 49 and overweight. Im lovin it! Thanks for sharing.
Breaking the trail up and enjoying the scenery resonates with me for my 50th Birthday I cycled 966 miles UK Lands End to John O'Groats cycle in 8 days. I never really looked up. For my 60th in three years, I want to ride it off-road for over a month stopping at places of interest. Priorities change as I age.
man, 64 year old with those muscle and endurance, he will beat my ass out. i really admire his determination to conquer the trail, i guess it inspires a lot of people around the world for the solo bike packing. Btw, the landscape of Colorado trail really amaze me. thats great documentary video
Gave me goosebumps. Great documentary.
People: “Why do you want to go bikepacking?”
Me: (Sends link to this video)
People: “Ohhh. Can I come too?”
jajajaja, exacly!
This is an inspiration in many ways. I love it!
Thank you for sharing Davis
My friend !!! very spiring and congratulations for the great spirits ... will do something like it soon. Thanks for sharing.
You have done it!! Thank you for sharing your experiences!
Great video, I am 76 yrs old and looking forward to continuing my biking tour on my local east coast areas. Thank you for sharing.
Congratulations Dave on a great way to start your retirement. You and Cindy did this adventure up right. May you both find many more adventures to fill you will excitement and joy.
Well done on capturing Dave's story Davis. Beautifully shot.
an uphill switch back that never ends - sounds like the stuff of a very bad dream, and yet everything else makes such adversity worth the price - that's life in a nutshell (wonderful film, a very inspirational story)
brought me to tears, man, you are such an inspiration !
I loved this. This guy knows what’s up spiritually and physically. Kudos to the cinematography as well. Simply stunning.
Great film Davis. Captures everything about the experience. Congrats on the accomplishment. I did it in 2015, 2 years after I retired.
My wife and I rode it in 1995. Ton of snow that year. It was awesome. Lots of bike pushing/walking. When we popped out at Watertown Canyon we decided to keep going and spent the rest of the year cycling the western US. My wife still rides her 93 Rockhopper she used on that trip. She won’t give it up ever. I’ll tell you this. In my opinion you have to really pare down what you take. Water and food is the constant challenge. Our bikes were so over weighted when we started. We diverted to Silverton and dumped a ton of stuff. After that it was ok. With rigid forks you couldn’t carry anything up front. We typically had 2 gallons of water on each bike at anytime and only had one water crisis after that. We would get off the trail to resupply a various towns, sometimes the resupply was disappointing to say the least. But on good days where we could ride all day and not walk you knew you were in Paradise.
Congrats on riding the whole trail! To keep the weight down, I only carried enough supplies to last 3-4 days and filtered water along the way. Gotta admit that I ran out of water more than once but you soldier on.
2019 was a huge snow year also. Some of the footage you see me pushing thru thigh deep snow on Georgia pass, the back of Keystone and the Ten Mile range above Breckenridge. It was wild and I loved it!
I then had to drag my bike thru 2 avalanches in the San Juans.
Did you guys ride up Stoney pass from Silverton? That climb about did me in.
Thanks for your comments - I bet you will never forget the MTB on the CT :)
Beautifully told beautiful story.
So inspirational. I cried like a baby at the end. Thanks for this amazing document of nature and the human spirit!
Dinosaur? Well you’re one awesome dinosaur! I too am 64. I bike, snowshoe, kayak and paddle board with my wife. There’s aches and pains, we’ve both had back injuries... but you still have to go out and do the things you love. This was an epic trip with breathtaking scenery. Thanks for all the effort doing it, documenting it and sharing. We loved it and it also helped keep us “ dinosaurs” motivated! ❤️😊👍🦖
I love you man!
Thank you for this wonderful pictures und inspiration in difficult times. Best regards from Germany, Torge
I'm glad you found it inspiring, thank you for watching!
The camera work and production quality were great!
This is amazing, well done!
Awesome Documentary!
Wow Dave! Great video!
Great film, thanks for taking the time to document this.
Thank you for watching!
Your story inspired me, i just started with my gravel a month ago, age has no boundaries...thank you SIR, the 'Dinosaur Man on Sadlle'...im saving this video on my Phone...it will help me to keep going...👍on my gravel...
Definitely motivate me to go out and ride more. I hope to do a riding adventure like this soon.
Very bikespirational!
Just great !!!
This was awesome thanks for sharing
Beautiful film. My salutes to Dave for his Enthusiasm and courage to take on such a huge mission. I'm less than half the age of Dave's and I can't even imagine of doing it, at least not at the moment. It was really inspiring to see him. And Davis Yates, man what a beautiful cinematography and story telling. Brilliant work.
Wonderful video. Inspirational. Nicely done.
Super Awesome Davis!
Thanks for the video! What a beautiful journey! Greetings from Finland :)
Looking really damn good for 64
Badass man! I rode the trail a couple years ago when I was 20. It was the hardest thing I had ever done. The CT changes a person. In the best ways possible.
What an unbelieveable short documentary. I just stumbled on this as im always looking for great inspirational stories and challenges. This film was awesome. Just an incredible adventure, ridiculous scenery and truly fantastic people. What a great couple. Thanks so much for sharing what you did to support each other. With everything going on today in our world its nice to see such a great story involving great people. Loved it.
I'm Cindy, Dave's wife, muse, and Chief Support Officer :) during the Colorado Trail adventure. Thanks so much for your kind comments. I'm so very happy you found our story inspiring.
Dude, this was incredible to watch. So glad I took the time to sit down and watch this uninterrupted. Really made me "feel something". This guy is an inspiration, and I loved watching his story unfold.
And of course, freaking gorgeous footage, man!
Thanks a lot man!! I appreciate you making the time to take it all in. Grateful I was able to tell his story-- he's definitely an inspiration and had a lot of fun making it despite the challenges.
Very nice video! So inspiring!
Regards from Argentina
Very enjoyable. Best part: One can not know Joy, unless One knows Sorrow. 🚴 🏔
Super voyage, super vidéo, Merci Bcp
OMG! that trail needs to be in my bucket list. The challenge...the scenery....the people and the experience is worth it. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Such a inspiration! hope to meet you all on the trail some day...God bless
I was emotional as well as I saw you cross the finish line. What a beautiful piece of art you produced documenting your epic journey. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful
Amazing..........
As Mrs. Rickauer said in your first month of Kindergarten, “He is incredibly creative!” I know God will use your gift to serve his will for good. This is incredible, Davis! I am so proud of you ❤️
Project much?
Hi Davis - Great video and story. Congratulations on accomplishing your goal. I have ridden small parts of the CT and I know it's very challenging terrain. I'm 57 now and have plans to do the same thing at 60 on the GDT. I'll also have to do it a section at a time. You should seriously consider purchasing a Garmin Inreach not only to allow you to contact your wife while in the wilderness but also as a safety measure in case you get seriously hurt or suffer another kind of medical emergency. In any case thanks for the inspiration and stay well!
Hi Walt, I appreciate the kind words on the video, I actually just did the filming/editing but Dave would appreciate that!
Fantastic. Inspiring.
Congratulations you are an inspiration for many people
Almost 64 myself maybe doing half that would be awesome he is one of kind God has blessed him
Mindblowing 💥💥
Phenomenal documentary, the CO trail is captured often, which makes this video standing out even more special. Great storytelling, videography and an awesome feat by Dave!
BlindstuffMTB Appreciate it!! Dave has an awesome story
I watched it 3 times in the past 4 days. This movie is so good, not a single thing which we can say is absent, complete package. Thanks 😊 a lot Buddy for sharing these memories in a seeing format. I immediately subscribed your channel because as a fellow solo beginner film maker/intermediate cyclist, i know what it takes to shoot a master piece like this.
Hoping I can do this next year, beautiful video!
That was amazing Davis, Thank you!!
Fantastic! Beautiful! Inspirational!
What a great documentary. Thank you for the inspiration I just started riding 2 months ago. These gives me motivation when I’m out there riding.
My eyes welled up at the end. Great filmmaking!
One of the most beautiful films I have seen. I am a fan Davis Yates! Congratulations Dave and Cindy for the adventure of a lifetime. Indeed, the greater meaning of life.
Thank you Nilabh! I’m glad the deeper meaning came through.
Absolutely beautiful. In every sense of the way. It is also nice to see real people, doing real adventures. Well done to you and Dave. Awesome job guys..
Thank you Mario! It was a privilege to create.
Amazing job! Definitely one of the best videos to showcase all the CT has to offer!
Thank you very much.
Thank you for taking the time to put together this video and share your journey. Truly amazing views and extremely inspiring. Congratulations!!
Dave ~
What a great story and journey ! Thanks to all who helped document such a great video … well done in so many ways. If you ever think about doing it again … holler at me!
You're an inspiration Dave. Salute to your journey and I'm amazed to see the grandeur of your country. It was overwhelming to see how beautiful His creation is.