It Is The People | A Pacific Crest Trail Film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2019
- Hi, I’m Elina and in 2019 I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. This was my experience.
Like with your first love, it’s easy to look back at this PCT experience with rose tinted glasses. But the thing I will always cherish truly were “the people.”
Thank you to the Pacific Crest Trail Association for protecting and preserving this beautiful trail for us to enjoy. Thank you to the Trail Angels for the love and support you gave on trail. Thank you to all my friends and family for the love and support you gave off trail. And thank you to all the insanely inspiring hiker trash who made this whole experience everything it was.
We’ll remember this forever.
(Extra thank you to everyone who donated to my Blood & Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser).
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“It’s privileged homelessness with intention.”
Love it.
Best qoute ever....I love yha Elina
One of the greatest of all privileges - the kind with no exclusivity - the PCTs is for everyone and anyone who no longer says "one day" after taking that first step on "day 1"
truth 👏👏👏
That’s very good!
I have watched this way too many times. Every time I'm filled with nostalgia for something I haven't even experienced. That's how good this film is.
Welp u saw the video so u just cant say u didnt experience it.
This films are what TH-cam should be about. Thank you.
I know right, it's content like these that directly affect your life, spirit and soul.
Jan Ge Jo agreed I loved this through and through
659 Thumbs up I think he's touched on something
*These
@@Bananahammock88 deez*
2 years later, and this still remains my absolute favorite film on TH-cam
COMPLETELY agree with this. i come back to it so often
Same!
She did a great play with this...inspires me to document better...ha
3 years later, same for me.
"Do something hard and then do something else hard."
This is stunning, raw & remarkable. Thank you for sharing.
I loved that too.
Being out in the wild is a great opportunity to practice manskills.
Three elements to a true manskill:
1 - It requires Thought
2 - It demands Effort
3 - It produces something Good
"I wanted to do something on purpose instead of just by chance"
Damn. I feel like everything I am doing in my life is a means to get somewhere, but that arbitrary somewhere is never achieved. Doing this hike would be MY choice to do something amazing.
"One day" or "Day 1" You decide
Laid in bed watching this and I cried. Wow. I'm currently going through a sort of quarter life crisis and I'm not sure why, but this made me feel like I need to do something, make a change, explore, do something big.
When I saw Oregon, the tears came. It's one of my favorite places on Earth. I went there in 2008 and it changed my life. I went on a trip with Wilderness Ventures. We backpacked for 5 days, rafted for 3, and climbed for 2. I'll never forget sleeping under the stars in absolute awe of how many I could see...it was mind-blowing.
You did an amazing job with this film, it was so beautiful! Congratulations on your journey. :)
Thank you so so much. It's so heartwarming to hear that this moved you 😭You'll figure out what that something is.
Feeling better now?
Life is short. I realized that too last year that something needed to change. Hope you're on the journey. Maybe one day we'll see each other out there on a trail. Good luck stranger on the internet!
Best wishes its been 8 months hope your on the other side brother take care.
Changed your life? You're rich, your life didn't need to be changed
“It’s cheaper than a red sports car or mail order bride “.
Thank you so much for bringing this beautiful thing into the world.
Wow, just WOW. Great photography, professional editing, extraordinary narration and moving summation. Hands down, THE BEST travel video I have ever seen. Well done and thank you.❤️
Aw man. I appreciate that so much. Ahhh.
Laurie Meade agreed great summation and loved you capturing the emotions.
agreed!
I agree...wonderful summation...excellent presentation....this was a National Geographic quality documentary with a beautiful personal touch....thank you so much for sharing...."Keep on keepin on" as Starburst would say !!!
What ^^they said!! So good, from filming, editing, soundtrack... what a pleasure! Keep it up, you’re going places for sure!
This hits SO different now that I've actually hiked the PCT.
thanks Tip Tap for inspiring me to take a leap of faith into the Wild. I will never be the same.
Very humbled that I played any part in you taking the leap. Happy trails my friend 🧡
Seeing the world through this video got me through the pandemic and now I’ve got my permit to start the PCT this April 😱😊😱
"You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves" Lito Tejada-Flores
Thank you for making me cry. I also hiked the PCT this 2019 and you couldn't be more right. It is about the people you meet. I started the trail wanting to be alone and feeling like I'd probably never connect to anyone, boy was I wrong. I love my tramily and because of the mutual suffering we now have a bond that only others that have hiked a long distance trail can understand. Thank you for such a beautiful video.
Sean Hogan so um are there any groups? Sounds amazing💫
@@slekdidwbfi8692 Groups for what exactly?
@@slekdidwbfi8692 I had a long conversation with a keenly observant and studious repeat hiker. We were on trail north of Agua Dulce. He clued me in that those who actually do the distance from terminus to terminus are predominantly introverts by personality. But what happens when a bunch of introverts find themselves hiking, camping, and living amongst other similar personalities?
There are certain dynamics that happen on the PCTs that cannot really be predicted, yet they predictably happen every hiking season. Sometimes expectations grease the wheels but the most wonderful developments are usually unexpected.
Unofficial rule #1 is Hike You Own Hike. It cannot be overstated. Rare exceptions aside, a long hike is Not a group event...but it Is a shared experience. To truely understand such a dynamic irony, one has to become a long range hiker.
ΟΡΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΌΣ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΣ monster it’s not necessarily groups on purpose. People just find each other and become friends. It’s crazy. I’ve met so many on the people on the trail. Shared so many tears with so many people; they were strangers at the time and are now close friends.
I am SOOOOO glad this popped up in my recommended!!!
Emily F exactly the same 😍
My name used to be Godspeed. I finished my thru hike of the AT just two months ago and it's irreversibly changed me more than I asked for. I'm just a kid, I hadn't even finished high school when I started and the sights I saw, people I met and things I did changed everything I though I had in my future. Everyone always asked about my why and I never had one, I just felt like there is no place for me in the world so why not be a misfit there instead of here. Now my hike is over and I'm living in a house with strangers i see every day. The feeling of not moving, smelling good and just the absence of a backpack is breaking my heart. I never thought I'd miss it at all and now it's all that I miss. I was on the fence about running away to hike the PCT but this video just pushed me off- I'll see you in april. GODSPEED.
GODSPEED!
Having a day filled with self doubt and questioning my ability to do this trail but I knew re-watching this (for the millionth time) would remind me that I can do it. Thanks for putting this into the universe!! Pct class of 2023 here we come!
My nomination for PCT Video of the Year!
I loved your video. It's been 10 years since I finished the PCT. At random moments a sudden memory hits me with full force. The feelings, the longing, it all returns. I'm so glad I did it before I got too old. Even 10 years later my feet are a wreck and I can barely walk. I intend to get out there again, though. I don't care how much it hurts. It hurt every day anyway. The PCT. The most bittersweet, painful/athletic/sorrowful/joyful thing I ever did.
Can you ride a horse? Where there's a will...
This video introduced me to the PCT 3 years ago, I'll never forget that moment. Goosebumps every single time I watch this. Now this year '23 is my time to give it my all. Thank you Elina, for inspiring me!
How was your hike? Were you able to complete it?
if this wasn't the most inspiring thing I've ever seen
Such A Beautiful Film & Message! You truly captured what it means to be Hiker Trash and how Special the Trail Community is...
Thanks for the Reminder.
Thanks Darwin! It's a special kind of community that's for sure :')
@@ElinaOsborne Just got my date for PCT Class 2022. Rewatching both y'all videos again. Mexico to Canada baby! :)
stuff like this makes me realize how random our life is. I could've been born and live in another country and would've been probably live happily or worse off. We cant control where we are born, but at least we can experience life through the lens of surroundings. Im just happy i got to experience this to make me think how lucky i am to be alive now.
what makes this an extraordinary short film, besides the cinematography and scoring, is it's truly about the community of hikers and the viewer feels like one of them along for the ride. Excellent film in every way!
Commenting in hopes that the youtube algorithm picks this up :) exactly the type of stuff i would like to see more of
I would love to see a gear list/ review video of what you used, and maybe liked or didnt like . Love the videos!
I'll get onto this! ;)
great idea! you only realize what gear you need and what you dont need when you had the experience and the situation. It happened a lot of times to me, that I packed stuff I didnt need and didnt packed stuff i needed... its all the experience. With Elinas help we dont have to learn the hard way :D
I am also really interested in what gear you used!
Same here... I want a review. With only 3 months left before I hit the trail, My pack setup is keeping me awake
Loved it, loved it, loved it, thats all.
Im crying- captures a thruhike so beautifully.
Your pizza face/ trail magic clip made my spine tingle enough to want to do this trail. I actually live 3 miles from the Gifford Pinchot entrance in Washington. I am 33 years old and have just beaten colon cancer at stage 3B. I want to truly live. Separate myself from money, things, and even people. I think a solo through hike is best for me. Thank you for the inspiration.
It’s sad to see how much heartbreak is on that trail, but many of you have found beauty in the ashes. Thanks for sharing.
same last name
A good childhood is an amazing thing, so much to wonder at, so much to learn, and much growing to do. Such a time in a person's life also includes growing pains.
As we leave youth behind, most people get set in their ways and settled into a comfort zone. Growth does not happen in the comfort zone.
The wonder of hiking the PCTs is that many get to rediscover and to experience real personal growth...as they step out of the comfort zone.
For those anticipating such an experience, plz consider the following opportunity: Get off the Grid. Take the 100 hour challenge when you hike. No devices, no GPS, no email, texts, music nada. Take in a genuine experience for a few days. It will not kill you, but you might just get a real taste of being alive if you dare it.
One day, I'm going to take time to be a trail angel.
My fav trail angels where those willing to help an off season (not hiking with the bubble) hiker like myself.
The single most amazing and inspiring film i have ever seen! I laughed , I cried, I clapped with joy, and a part of me felt a freedom that i've not felt for a very long time. Thank you!!
I've met hikers who only had one working arm, a hiker who had a prosthetic leg, a hiker who was 385 pounds body weight when he began, and even a hiker who was blind as a bat (trail name: DareDevil).
Except for the young hikers, I rarely met a hiker who didn't have physical and or mental issues which added to the challenge. Yours truely is no exception, but I think the personal disabilities tend to be connected with the inspiration to put aside the final excuses and just go to it.
By far the best PCT film I’ve ever watched. And I’ve watched so many. You’ve captured the trail, the experience, and yes … the people. I’ll watch this one again and again and again. Congratulations, this film is a masterpiece.
From PCT ‘21, I’m Tags … my why … I hiked the PCT to tell my best friend Trooper’s story. 🐾💛✨ His collar and tags are still on my backpack.
i watch this literally every week it’s my favorite video ever
This is what life is about. We are made to adventure! Thank you Elina for inspiring so many of us.
"The mountains are calling and I must go".
So am I. I wish nothing but the best for everyone.
Most beautiful thing in video is your face. Details of tiredness, happiness, dust, dirt, sand, hope, love, expectations, strength and weakness...your face in camera is pure life of PCT 👍
I'm Japanese. I watched your video as a beginner in mountain climbing. I don't understand English because I use a translator. I can't even read comments. I want to tell you. Thank you for the best view. I think mountain climbing is the best sport to connect with people all over the world.
Dang, that was an amazing video. Well shot and edited. Really enjoyed watching it and thanks for sharing it!
"Well, I've been through the desert and I've been through the snow.
I've walked some nights in the pale moon glow
I got my heart broke on a ridge to the sky
But the hardest thing to do is to answer WHY
(Chorus) "You walk sixteen miles and whata you get?
Another new blister and mosquito bit. Oh mamma don'tcha call me 'cause I can't go.
I'm on a stroll for Pacific Crest Gold."
- one of many verses I composed hiking the PCTs in 2019.
It's called Pacific Crest Gold, by Semper Gumby
Based on the famous song "Sixteen Tons"
my 700th time watching this, every time i do it lights a fire inside of me, reminds me of my goals, reminds me why i am here and what i love 🤍✨
This video is like a dream. Where I never want to wake up. If I shall die before I hike the PCT, I hope my spirit shall drift along the 2650 miles for eternity.
“You want to capture everything because everything’s beautiful.” So very true
Beautifully composed! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
While I am still struggling to get the pics and video of my 2019 thru-hike of the AT into some kind of viewable shape, I am on the lookout for PCT-videos in preparation for my planned 2021 thru-hike there. I am totally amazed about what you published here. By FAR, the best, most thoughtful, well edited and photographed record of a thru-hike I have ever seen - and, believe me , I've seen many. Could not wait to show it to my girlfriend who is a director (professional photographer, 20 years of experience directing TV-shows, series, documentaries) for the biggest TV-Network here. She was completely surprised and her first reaction was: "There's no way, that this was not done by a professional!". She was full of praise and enjoyed seeing "It Is The People" just like me. You made our day, Elina. Thank you.
Wow, thank you so much for that Ray. That was a compliment and a half! 🙏💛
Had to come back to this video highlighting how no one else has captured the beauty of the experience like you did! May be the only narrating I actually enjoy over a video !
This video has introduced me to a new part of life i never knew existed. I resonated very quickly with it and now i can't stop talking about it to people. Elina, thanks to you, for the past month now i have been walking about 10km a day non-stop, and one day, i will accomplish my new dream of hiking the PCT. Thank for the great video -which i turned into 5 BG :P-, i shared it all over the place as "the best video on TH-cam".
Wow, I’m speechless. This made me tear up. I did the trail this year and remember running into you guys, plus lots of other people in your video. This is the best video I’ve ever seen on the Pct. Thanks a lot for doing this.
Thank you so much. Isn't the trail insane in that way?! We're all having different day to day experiences in our own little bubbles, but also ALL ON THE SAME DAMN PATH experiencing the same thing.
I have a PCT version of the Beatles "Yellow Submarine"
I wont share it all here, but here's a taste:
"In the town where I was born, lived a man who hiked the hills...so we hiked up to the clouds, where we found the trailhead, and we started on this life of lots of walking, and little bread.
"We all live on the Sunny PCT,
The Rainy PCT, the Rocky PCT...
Written on the PCT, June 2019 by Semper Gumby
The only word that can come to my mind: incredible.
Revitalizing and overflowing with life. I am crying from this film, this is amazing beyond words. Thank you for the inspiration.
This is a National Geographic quality documentary about the PCT / Sierra Nevada hiking experience....excellent narration....beautiful summation of the true and beautiful experience including the emotional and forever bonds of a great trail family....thank you so much for an excellent post hike summation !!!
Who's here rewatching this video for the ump-teenth time?
wow, this totally made me cryyyy. I cant wait to hike this trail.
Same!
This video is the main reason I thru hiked the PCT. There was something about this video that inspired me the most compared to other PCT videos. Thank you so much Elina
This is how life should be celebrated. This is fantastic.
so beautiful ! thank you for this
Aww thank you :')
I got a little emotional - and I've never even done a thru hike. Thank you for this!
This my 83rd time watching this on a low day and I am instantly feeling better. This is my fuel to get to next year for PCT 2022. Thank you for your art!
The Smile through the pain and Endurance is the beauty.
this is SO well edited. and filmed. and narrated. and just wow. I love it
Congrats Elina. You did everything right in this piece.
Still one of the best videos on the internet. Simply brilliant
I'm sorry about your mom. My dad was my coach, my hiking partner, and my hero. When I was in high school he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and it all went away. Stay strong and hike on. Thank you for sharing your story, friend. It is beautiful.
the amount of inspiration this video gives me is breathtaking. every time i watch it i’m filled with chills after every shot. my friends don’t get why i want to do this hike.. but after i made them watch this their minds changed
Saying we've watched a TON of PCT videos would be an understatement. This is already one of our all-time faves! Great job!
This is so epic....Evil Goat here.....the PCT touches you and you walk upon the path ....that becomes such a moment in your life. Well Done....well done indeed
Been watching this for years, excellent work all around Elina, definitely top 10% of PCT docs. Amazing production work, audio integration, video, and narration. The icing on the cake is that you've coined one of my favorite quotes that so aptly describes thru-hiking, "privileged homelessness with intention," absolutely love it!
Unfortunately did not run into you this year on trail, but so many other familiar faces in this amazing video. You captured the trail feeling really well and watching felt like being out there again. Thank you so much for that :)
Aww thank you! It's crazy how that happens, meeting so many people but also bypassing a lot of others.
It's and adventure filled with unlimited freedom and humble grateful hearts 💕
This video is amazing. The storytelling, the heart, the visuals are all incredible. Well done! I really enjoyed going on this adventure with you.
I’ve seen a million videos in my life but nothing that’s touched my heart like this. Your videos are the greatest passion piece I’ve ever seen, thus far. Elina, you are the quintessential representation of a heart within a heart…. And this documentary series just started! Finally, something I can look forward to since Game of Thrones ended. HAHA
PS. I already know it. This is going to break me down into tears on the last episode.
I literally watched this a couple times already and refer to it all the time. Still when I rewatch this I start to cry after 20 seconds! So well made! Much love to you for that!
WOW what a beautiful film, i have no suitable words to express how brilliant it is. Thank you for making it
So true...it is so much the tramily that enhances a wonerful thru hike....or a fun floating trip....or even the bond made by trail volunteers on a month long trail maintenance crew....they all add to the joy while doing it....but the sadness comes when it ends...to possibly never bond like that again....thats why even we cry....the ones here that didnt experience it....the sadness is undeniable....thank you for sharing this Elina.
This was so beautiful, made my whole day
You did such a good job with this. Amazing quality and narration. Love it!
Everytime I'm feeling down, somehow I find myself playing this video. Not only a perfect representation of thru-hiking but from traveling in general. We all need to remove ourselves from screens and get out there because life is passing us by.
Stunned! This floored me ❤💚💛
This made me cry! So beautifully composed. Congratulations on the PCT
That was beautiful. The editing, the narration, the music, the scenes, the message. I love it.
One year ago I started thinking about how it would be nice to go somewhere for couple of months when I set the company on it’s own legs. Couple of hikes later and couple of hiking gear videos later I stumbled upon this shortdoc masterpiece and I knew instantly that this is what I was looking for. Pct in 2021!!!
I guess, Thank You Elina!!!
Hopec Coronavirus is gone
Insanely beautiful video and words. My fiancé and I met talking about wanting to hike the AT and life keeps happening to prevent it -- which is ironic in its own way. We have now bought a 1965 motorhome and are restoring it though with the goal of traveling, hiking, and seeing as much of America as we can (which is what our YT channel is on) and this has made our hearts lighter but someday -- someday -- we vow to do this. Thank you for reminding us of the beauty of long-distance trails and thank you for refueling our desire to do this.
L (and Andy)
Wow, just wow. One of the most beautiful documents about a life adventure on PCT.
You did it. Amazing camera work and narrative. I don’t know you but I’m proud of you sister.💚
Aww thank you so much 😭♥️
This made me unexpectedly emotional :) I feel so inspired!!
Thank you for this beautiful gift ❤
I love this movie. Could watch it over and over and over. Thanks
I'm bawling my freakin eyes out. You captured the emotion and took me right back there. Thinking about trail life, being dirty, and my trail fam especially hard tonight from 4000 miles away. PCT, I can't wait to be with you again. Thanks so much for making me feel all the right emotions tonight, Tip Tap. I needed this. Thanks.
Awww thank you, I'm so glad you could connect with it, and be taken back to the magical life we lived out there. ALLTHEFEELZ 😭
Piers - Hike year and trail name?
Stay Calm and Semper Gumby
PCT 2019
@@semperintrepidus16 just saw this! Necktie, class of 2016 + 2017 ✌
Wow, you captured the trail so well, absolutely loved this. Thrued in `15 and this badboy took me right back. Thank you.
I think it's not just the experience that was captured here, it is more about the feeling. Great vid.
One of the better PCT videos.
This is beyond beautiful! Such a great and inspiring story, such a good choice of music, such a good message. You were able to verbally and visually capture what it feels like to get outside, break free and focus on the essentials: Experiencing and appreciating nature, learning to love the joy of adventure, spontaneity and discomfort ,finding inspiration and intention, embracing life - and sharing all of this with the people around you! Thank you Elina!
Very well done, Elina, I recognize a few of "The People". PCT 2019!!!
This film inspires me on every level. To walk. To film. To open myself up to people around me. To fucking rock out every day I have left. More please, not sure I like a world in which Elina doesn’t show me more.
i dont have words to the feeling that this video makes me felt. a great feeling.
Elina, this was absolutely incredible and made me shed many tears. You captured your experience beautifully. Much love -Bookworm
You are a gifted filmaker. This had me all teary eyed. Good job!
I’ve never cried so much watching people hike. This is so beautiful! Thank you for making this
First day back at work and of course I have to take a break and watch this video for the gazillionth time...
Awwww ELEVEN 😭❤️ MISS YOU
It actually gave me goosebumps and all kinds of feelings at the same time ,happiness,laughter,cry, sadness etc ! The last couple of lines touched my soul ! More power to you ! ❤️
Not only the video but the narration. also. This is a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for taking the time out of your life to document your travels and post the phenomenal production here
Nothing but just ❤❤❤❤❤ for this video.
I just watched Darwin’s latest video on lessons learned, and he mentioned this video so I had to give it a good watch over a cup of coffee and of course, a thumbs up.
Watched a couple of these. That German loved you.