CHASING ALTITUDE | A 14er Mountain Biking Film

[@roger567that]

Great job conveying your journey and the passion you have for world around us. To live on the Western Slope of Colorado and having easy access to Utah is a blessing for those that seek adventure.

[@MatthewWagnerFilms]

Awesome work! I found this because we were both category winners on Bitesize film festival for august and I had to watch the other documentaries in there! So glad I found the channel. I can’t wait to see more work like this!

[@DaveLisowski]

Dude, you continuously blow me away with these projects. That shot where he starts riding downhill from the summit, with the moon behind him, felt like something from another planet.i Freakin' awesome work, man.

[@DavisYates]

Thank you dude! It ain't easy haha, but worth it when you can manage to capture those rare sights. Thanks for watching my man!!

[@majobajo6326]

Absolutely fantastic, great job. I'm happy that I was allowed to watch it. thanks for the really nice video. Greetings from Cologne, Germany

[@DavisYates]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DavisYates]

Thank you for watching! Darric and I put in many hours to tell this story, we hope it inspires you to get out there.

[@lucasgibbonsmedia]

Stunning camera work and great sound design!

[@bensun432]

This is what it's all about! Loved every part of this adventure, super inspiring story!

[@garyhatton9155]

Nice adventure. Very motivating. Looks like I need to get planning.

[@DavisYates]

Love to hear it!

[@HakunaMattatata]

Amazing cinematograhpy! Beautiful 10 minutes!

[@BlindstuffMTB]

Phenomenal film and storytelling. I can't imagine doing this and filming it too. 14ers are special, the few times where getting to the top is more meaningful than the ride down.

[@DavisYates]

We thought so too! Initially we just wanted to capture the descent, but we found that much of the meaning is found in the journey up.

[@TheCrashingDad]

wow... the story is amazing all by itself!... but I can't imagine how much EXTRA time was consumed by getting all the amazing production shot.... impressive on all sides!

[@DavisYates]

Haha, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! We spent a good 36 hours on the mountain, painful, but worth it!

[@TheCrashingDad]

@@DavisYates 🤯 that’s crazy! Thanks for that BTS info 🤘🏽

[@bohemia74]

Great cinematography and story telling. I really like your style. Great production!

[@DavisYates]

Thanks a lot!

[@shahnawazrind4360]

This is awesome, new subscriber and viewer from Australia!

[@gregwebster8784]

I hope you keep making these.

[@DavisYates]

That's the plan!

[@amandabrandimore1123]

Wow way to go!

[@ThatSubaruDude]

What a dope edit great job 👏

[@squishybuffalo]

GO MAVS!!!!!! hahahhaaha although I transferred to Colorado Mountain College, I love GJ and I love the school. Made this video 200% better.

[@andrewbalfe5665]

That's incredible, motivates me more toward similar but lower (in effort and altitude :-) ) goals.

[@graven13]

Hey! Your cousin here...excellent job! Congrats, your production team did an excellent job. As you know, I work in the film industry and wondering about the film equipment needed for this shoot. Wish I could join you sometime!

[@darricroark5545]

Hey Cousin!! Thank you!! it was an epic adventure, Davis has the film gear and I will see if he can fill you in on what he used!

[@DavisYates]

Hey man! Good question, I used a Panasonic GH5, Sigma 18-35, Sigma 50-100, Viltrox speedbooster, Ronin S, Polar Pro Variable ND filters, and a Mavic 2 Pro. For audio we went out to another trail separately and recorded with a boom pole, zoom h5, and rodemic ntg

[@fuledya]

This is amazing! I’m actually doing it this fall! Thanks for sharing your adventure. I’m planning my route as we speak. You say there are 3 ways to the summit, any intel on the 3rd way up? I know most climb and descend the same trail you came down, but I like the idea of the way you came up.

[@Londonocw]

An amazing piece of art! I live in colorado and have been recently been riding a lot and grew up hiking 14ers…might have to try this some day

[@DavisYates]

Go for it! I just may not recommend camping at the top, lol

[@Kevin_Larat]

Amazing way to tell the story, well done Davis !

[@KujoA2]

I enjoyed the film and appreciated the different perspective on a goal which we kinda shared. I merely wanted to be above treeline for sunrise, which I barely achieved with a frigid 4:00 am start. I saw another party's headlamps above me, but had the summit of Colorado's highest mountain to myself, which I will never forget. Riding a bike that high up and backpacking above treeline are two added challenges which I have only done separately, not together, so I applaud your combination of the two, as well as descending with all that gear. I do wish you didn't feel the need to skid out every corner when you were being filmed. It's not impressive, and not needed when you're already telling a good story. You can save the slow-mo BS for park rat edits, and enjoy your achievement in its own right without having to kick up some dust for the camera.

[@timguzman7850]

I think it's preeetty necessary to skid around corners when going those speeds, downhill, while trying to stay on a narrow trail.

[@KujoA2]

@@timguzman7850 beg to differ. I live in Colorado and ride dry, dusty trails like this all the time. Cornering by tilting the bike over and pressing your body weight into the cornering knobs is faster and more stable than skidding around every corner, it just doesn't look faster on camera. You might occasionally puff up some dust, but that's different than deliberately flicking your rear wheel in the middle of a shallow, upright turn. It was a very minor gripe, though. I'm sure I'd ride differently loaded down with that much gear.

[@kashmirivagabond8163]

Wow this shit amazing /🤩🌹

[@asimcent]

Nice

[@ianfleischhacker6154]

So why does everything focus on only 1/3 people who went up together?

[@rudimatt3432]

Is that wilderness?

[@SheDreamtSheWas]

Thanks for the 21:9 on KZbin not enough people do it

[@TonyLoro]

Earn your turns..

[@chesterjameson1318]

Such a bazar video. It's just a one day ride and quite rideable to 13K (not to mention there are better ways to carry all that gear) thanks to the local trail boss. The VO is painful.

[@brandydog47]

Lame comment.

[@darricroark5545]

Yes there are way better ways to carry the equipment, but a lot of that equipment is not exactly affordable. Especially for a college student lol. Though we didn't have the right gear, we made it work, hoping to inspire others to get out and try it, even if they don't have the perfect gear. Plus we had to get the sunrise shot at the top of the mountain!

[@rudimatt3432]

Watched the whole thing. You city people think way too much. People hike there not bike, that’s the tradition.