pct ep.14 [2016]

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music by Golden Glow - goldenglow.bandcamp.com
and Andrew Thomas - clyp.it/user/c2hbrygy
camera used - amzn.to/2fivo8L

[@TheRealDonito]

Damn, bro. That was raw, brutal honesty. Thanks for posting such a "low point". I think it will be comforting to others to know that seasoned hikers like you have rough days on the trail.

[@KevinVestbeardsworld]

Thanks for sharing the lows and the feeling of being lost in your head on the trail. The reality is that its not all sunshine and rainbows out there mentally.

[@BrianVarick]

My take away is that the first time you did the PCT it had a huge impact on your life because you were leaving a cubicle job and basically living on trails. When you returned to the PCT you realized you had forgotten a lot of it, and maybe it didn't matter as much as you thought. I think this all the time when I return to amazing places. They blow my mind and I wonder how I had forgotten how incredible they are.

[@harlowpinson5678]

The most monumental thing you do is make and share these films. Means a lot. Thanks.

[@jamieandrews638]

I started watching your videos a couple months ago and have become so inspired to leave the desk job behind in pursuit of my real dreams. You are an inspiration, John, and I want to actively express my sincerest thanks to you. Keep up the awesome work in whatever way fills you with joy. PCT HERE I COME!!

[@hiltonmusicstudio]

John, Don't you know??? You ARE doing something great! Gaining valuable experience on trail while teaching sooo much to the rest of us. "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life"....so many millions will NEVER have that opportunity. You're a blessed man!!

[@kateandjanasoutdooradventu3553]

Don't spend your life rushing from point A to point B John. It's what you do between point A and point B that should be meaningful. You make some great videos and I find them inspiring.

[@jamesongiamo4932]

Thanks for being real dude. Not a lot of people show low points on the trail. I'm planning a thru hike of the AT and I need to see stuff so that i realize at a deeper level why I am hiking. Also that some days will suck and i will get lonely. Keep it raw brother.

[@sbgroen]

52 miles in a day, let alone in the mountains! Outrageous!

[@dougolaughlin]

John - Your realest video yet. Happy you show your lowest lows not just your highest highs. Also really cool to see you decided to do the CT FKT right then. That IG photo FKT on r/ultralight is what piqued my interest and lead me to your youtube/website, and eventually to becoming a huge fan! So super cool. Thanks for everything.

[@drummerrrrrrrrrr]

Thru-hiked 2015-16, remember the view of your first clip so well, thanks for bringing back the memory.

[@qwert4125]

Been watching your videos for a few months when I have time. You do an awesome job filming and editing all of them. Thanks for everything you've shared with us

[@ScottyRadd]

"The one where I quit" - Proceeds to do multiple 50 mile days. Haha oh John...

[@Ureyeuh]

This is the most interesting upload from anyone regarding a PCT update. Raw, real, and honest. I'm really glad you didn't cut anything out of this (or so it seems). I feel it though, I get the same way somedays. I think the same thing. I just want to do something great as well.

[@dnelson9407]

Thank you for being so open and vulnerable. This is an amazing video. Keep up the amazing work.

[@adamgibbs7738]

thanks for sharing. Love your videos and I look forward to your content in 2017.

[@jeremywerlin]

I was laughing durning the whole emotional tent scene. Not at you, but at myself, because I have been there before, too. And more than once at that.

[@alpinekiwi]

Get some home time in. Come back strong. Your videos are a welcome breath of fresh air and everyone will wait to see what's coming.

[@shirtasylum]

I totally know that lost feeling. Thanks for posting your videos, they are inspiring. I'm doing the JMT this July with aspirations of one day doing the PCT

[@collinbaker1237]

Found out from one of your other vids that you are a fellow Mech E! I always worried about ending up in a CAD-jockey type position so now I fix machines and do stat-analysis for optimization which seems to keep me happy working half time with the hands and half time with the mind. I've only done the JMT and the LT, but I definitely come back from them with the "what am I doing?" Mindset. Hoping to find that perfect job that I'll enjoy enough to stay at or maybe find one that gives me an absurd amount of time off so my summers can focus on hiking. Love your channel- it's what I watch in the winter.