The Time of Day is Broken: a Pacific Crest Trail story

I’m Hannah, and I decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022. Backpacking gave me the time and space to think-for hours and days and months-about what I wanted for myself and who I wanted to be. There is a saying: the trail provides. Here it is, providing me with the lesson that it was never about the destination, it was always about the journey. The PCT is a place of utter wonderment, sheer emotions, and a chaos that makes me feel like time itself has broken open.
Thank you to my family, friends, the PCTA and all the trail angels who have supported me along this adventure.
Music licensed through Artlist and Audiio
Original Score by Reed Stutz
Find more on instagram: hannah_everett or dimpsymedia

[@burgerman8456]

Came here from tiktok. What a wonderful watch. Thank you 💚

[@fabianbloch]

same🎉😅

[@livesoutdoors1708]

And your life J J Bean… will never be the same. I’ve done the PCT six times and the CDT twice. Leave a part of your heart there as I have, only to find it again on trail.❤❤

[@DimpsyMedia]

Beautifully said

[@suzanneng5326]

This was an amazing documentary of the PCT, and it made me shed tears. I’ve been following journeys of people hiking the PCT ever since I’ve wanted to hike it in 2018. I loved your documentary, I think it’s time for me to hike it as well.

[@JakeHale-cs9ee]

This was absolutely beautiful my soul craves this kind of adventure and this left me in tears.

[@TimMcBroome]

Beautiful and personal movie, thank you for sharing your journey.

[@alextheis1123]

This found me at the right time. Thank you algorithm. Thank you JJ Bean.

[@cecilezimmer8773]

Beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing your story and your journey.

[@toddbonack5466]

Incredible! I love this. Thank you for putting this together to share your experience.

[@ashobrienoutdoors]

Loveeed this!! Amazing film, amazing journey, thanks for sharing x

[@Word187]

Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it!

[@amylevins8586]

Truly incredible - loved watching your journey!

[@angelagruys9210]

What a wonderful thing you’ve created and shared about your journey. I’m inspired to plan my own trip now.

[@addisonfinley7746]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story with us!

[@marinaponcet971]

so so happy for you! thank you for sharing ❤

[@leonieschmidtlein7027]

JJ Bean omg I love this so much!! 🤩 these pct films hit different when you know the person who made it and recognize so many people in it. It’s crazy to see how intertwined all of our stories are now. Loved watching it, you are a beautiful storyteller. Thank you for making this! 💜

[@janb.1515]

I really enjoyed watching your story. Thank you for sharing your experience and journey.

[@sandyeggoblue1284]

Fantastic video! Loved every minute of it. JJ B runs it. What a hottie! Well done and well deserved. congrats!

[@laurenreiger3546]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful journey and story ❤

[@hyklyfmatto9714]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful story of hiking and healing.

[@user-ef9nq1hv1g]

What a great journey! So enjoyable to watch.

[@andypurkis6143]

Good for you JJ. Great commentary and insight to your thoughts and feelings as well as being an inspiration to others including me.

[@aulandblunt8432]

What a great achievement. Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience with us.

[@dougweaver9148]

I loved this video …. Great shooting . Thoughtful narration and what a comeback ! Well done and Thank you .

[@christieanderson5088]

This really inspires me. Thank you so much for making this video, beautiful, raw, honest and absolutely wonderful!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@steveringler6622]

Excellent story, beautiful video! Good rhythm and vibes. Congrats for completing a most challenging journey 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@glenloewen7507]

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you for sharing this amazing journey and story. ❤️

[@taurial67]

Well spoken. Well shared. Much appreciated!

[@heyitsmelisa]

Beautifully put together. Best PCT experience film I've had the pleasure of enjoying so far. Fantastic title and excellent storytelling. Love the doodles.

[@jamesmctiernan1891]

Thank you so much for sharing. I cried tears of joy for you. Thank you for the lessons and the motivation. ✌🏼❤️

[@CristieSandoval]

Love every minute .... so inspire and well done... I hope you find your unique way and hapiness ... !!

[@phillipdunlop4488]

Wonderous and inspiring, thank you!

[@natalieg4876]

all we need is people and nature! thanks for making this short film jj bean, it’s truly beautiful 💕

[@laureng9918]

Five stars and five times as many tears. I loved it.

[@farmerkiki]

You've always been resilient, strong & brave! Proud of you and your journey. Keep going. Love you!

[@dangaspar1707]

Great video - love the story and the telling. I start in 43 days. Excited, nervous, and buoyed by this summary.

[@gregskolozdra]

Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing!

[@ellen.unexpectedadventures]

It somehow took me nearly a year to find this, but WELL DONE! Attempted in 2022, but it felt more like a section hike kind of year when I reached Acton. Went back last year and started over, flip flopping all around due to snow and hiking 1500ish miles. Not hiking again this year is a struggle. Thanks for helping me relive so many good memories. And man, those trail cries hit hard some days, but so worth it.

[@blairtelford8596]

Class of 22 here. Loved your journey. It made me reminisce of the good times and good people! Im miss it sooo much. Old Bull.

[@ZeGamingBlaze]

What a fantastic and beautiful video!

[@billseay6399]

Hey Thanks great documentary. Just love it

[@Simon..Chapman]

Hey JJB loved this, I was class of 21, miss it all so much and your film rekindled the special feel of the trail

[@juliettekerven8175]

Cannot stop watching this, all over again

[@emmafaunferguson]

So amazing, congrats Hannah!!

[@biscaynediver]

Beautifully edited. Thanks for sharing your journey!

[@dajo2824]

This is a very good video. Thank you. You are an excellent story teller. Very honest.

[@madeline_moo22]

I hesitated to watch this because I knew it would make me emotional- but man what a gift it is to have memories so beautiful! Such a perfect film, JJ Bean! -Moo :)

[@DimpsyMedia]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed

[@stillwaterhiker]

Hey JJ Bean. It's Rock N Roll. Thanks for sharing. Getting prepped for PCT. Finished AT in Nov. 23. PCT in '25. Peace out and God Bless your journey. RR

[@eduardotirado839]

Beautiful. Thank you…

[@brucechambers4299]

Kick Ass film JJ Bean! Thanks for stirring the memories! Tortuga, PCT 2019

[@raktoda707]

Most excellent!

[@westcoastdean]

Wow! So inspiring and insightful! Thanks! Great video!

[@patkelly5910]

Very excellent video....inspired me to hike and backpack.....thank you namaste

[@victormason153]

Beautiful story and video. Thanks for sharing JJ Bean

[@TakingOverWorld]

I’m a fellow class of 2022 member who hiked a bit with the sea creatures in California. Even though I was able to get to Canada before the closing, I was so set on getting every mile that I missed out on many of the beautiful memories that you captured in this amazing video. Truly it is about the journey and the people you meet. Send my regards to seaweed and sea biscuit if you still talk to them. -smokestack, class of 2022

[@robertrosa9185]

What an amazing journey!!! JJ Bean. Thank you!!! I loved your story. How beautifully written and narrated by you. Aloha, Coconut Wireless

[@vagabondwildernesswanderings]

Well done!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@carlosr9173]

awesome video and thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts. im hoping i can hike the PCT in two years.

[@12hdcp]

Dear Hannah. I celebrate your strength. What you have accomplished on the trail is just one of many things that makes me proud to be your uncle. Love Chuck

[@MelangellAK]

I'm not crying, you're crying - Chaos Muppet (starting Etna-Ashland tomorrow) 💕

[@marilynsikes4726]

Thank you for sharing your journey. I have continued hope through your story that I will someday complete mine. class of 2017,2019,2021,2022

[@JoshuaBarnhart-tv4og]

This made me emotional! Attempted a Flip-Flop in ‘22. Oh how I remember the fires and coming to that same conclusion towards loving the journey not the destination and the people we made memories with along the way!

[@stevemartin8994]

Wow, what a wonderful PCT film!

[@glengullickson6538]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@stephaniemags7232]

This was so good! Makes me miss the pct! ❤❤

[@jerrydewitt6141]

Fantastic video and story!

[@thejerkyshack8040]

Thank you for sharing! You did a great job on this video.

[@DimpsyMedia]

Thank you!

[@asanteismyrealname]

Whew.. this was incredible

[@toddfinoch]

Awesome Story, loved it!

[@jwerickson67]

Great video!!

[@Casual_BackPacking]

this video is forever on my pct playlist

[@TheBrightestBeacon]

Beautiful story.

[@gryphon831]

Yes! Since being vulnerable takes enormous strength, you are super woman. Love!

[@whomenoway]

Amazing doodles and person! You're such a inspiring individual :)

[@Truth-Seeker75]

Great video. So much to like. Congrats on your journey - amazing. You said you had enough food for two weeks initially. I’d love to know what you carried because I find my pack is full with 4-5 days of food and I’m trying to figure out how to pack smaller and still bring healthy, calorie dense and desirable foods. I’d love to know more about how you created your video as well from a creative standpoint, like the cartoons, and what program you used for transitions. Thanks!

[@dalehart2582]

Hello from Virginia, just wanted to give a thumbs up for your video and thank you for sharing it! I did 800miles of the AT in 2014 and hope to do a full thru of AT in 2025. What I watch in videos, the PCT definitely sets its own rules on 'finishing' due to fires. My thought is, once you have hiked so far would it ever be truly 'finished'? Because I think it lives on inside of you and becomes part of you, no matter where exactly you stop. Great job! Hope you are doing well!

[@robreynolds8759]

Well done. Well said.

[@LizzyRose72]

This is a great video. I especially loved the animations. Great work JJ Bean 💕

[@DimpsyMedia]

Thank you for watching!

[@grant1442]

Very well condensed video, not your fault about the fires. Congrats!

[@faujourney_____]

good journey !!!

[@Chad-vg5sz]

Good job that was awesome

[@loudip6493]

JJ BEAN!! This is so so beautiful. You are strong, resilient, and a badass. What an honor it was to share even a small portion of the journey with you! Keep crushing it

[@Karenwhitepaints]

This was awesome

[@kensimpson5340]

Great video, best I’ve seen on the PCT. Your production quality is great and I really felt your story. Nice job. p.s. I also met mama bear under I10, what a wonderful lady.

[@tiger2too18]

A great story of resilience and friendships. Well done for doing this after living thru Covid in the U.K. signed a Brit who was in Jordan and is now in South Korea. Still hoping to hike the PCT, once the teenagers in my family have done college!

[@philipyoho8115]

Wow! What a great story. I started providing Trail Magic for PCTers like you this year. Normally, I'm at Barrel Springs. Why do I do trail magic? Well, I personally have not completed the trail. Only parts as I do my weekend hikes in SoCal. That said, for the past three years i have have several friends on the trail. In 2020, my friends Gregory (Gnome), Brittany (Turtle), and their daughter Maddie (Goose, her nick name) I can't remember her trail name though; completed the PCT. Then in 2022, friends Courtney (Potluck) and Jonah (Pickle) completed the trail. And, this year, my friend Beth (I don't know if she has a trail name) and an old high school classmate , who I hadn't seen in 40 years, and his son are on the PCT. So, lots of incentive for me to get out and do some magic. :) And, no matter how you slice it, you are a 1%er. Congratulations and good luck on future adventures. Thanks for sharing your journey! :)

[@charlieelser0]

thank you

[@aramaghababian]

To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. What a great film, showing us the quintessence of life

[@david12523]

Walter Mitty would love this video

[@jaredbucklemund8530]

Just randomly found this video, what a happy surprise to see people I know in there haha Super well done JJ Beans! -BabyCow

[@stupidstoked]

Dude I'm living this right now at 25. Crazy.

[@deannilvalli6579]

I have watched quite a few such docs about the PCT, some brilliant, some... not so much. What stands out about this one, for me, is the excellent intro and narration. This one has the human side of the story down, it tells us the why not just the what, and it really works. We can identify with the protagonist immediately and that is what makes this film worth watching (among other things).

[@DimpsyMedia]

Thank you for taking the time to watch and give this feedback, I really appreciate it!

[@juice4989]

I once nick named someone jelly bean! It’s a name for the best people from the best times! I really hope to live the van life for 9 months in California, you’ve made life beautiful and hopeful for me ~ this video means everything to me 🩷 live on, and live young!

[@user-ys6ff7gq6h]

Очень красивая! И большая молодец, проделала большой путь к путешествию и пройдя сам PCT!

[@andrewjayp]

Thanks for this beautiful video, so nicely shot, edited, and narrated. I'm in the early stages of thinking about a PCT thru-hike and this is the first account I've seen from a queer perspective, which is refreshing and encouraging. Very grateful to have found this video.

[@windeaglemartin1800]

Wonderful lessons learned and great job with putting it together in film. This 70 year old queer woman hiker salutes you! I am section hiking as the longer thru hikes are past my limits now.

[@OutsideComfortZone]

What a great film. Really remarkable. Did you do the animations all from scratch? Such a nice touch.

[@rajutailor9292]

So so we'll scenario narrative and I so impressed. I hope you got what you looking for and finished it. I wonder are you still in touch with see weeds? Once again amazing video.

[@gabythefox4681]

Gorgeous ❤

[@peterjohnson6273]

Good video.

[@monicamestas7566]

Aawww, Sweet Girl. Very Brave! Beautiful storytelling and cinematography. Hope you had comfy shoes... Oops! The blister on your big toe at 3:21 answered that. Sorry you were hurt in love but happy you took action to help yourself heal. Not sure where you said it, but I'm stealing a quote that speaks to me. Having lived alone most of my life, and now 68, "I didn't want to do X alone but I'm glad being alone didn't stop me." Thank you for telling your story. Thoroughly enjoyed the tale. Happy trails............................

[@DimpsyMedia]

Thank you so much for watching, I am glad the story resonated with you

[@mollysheridan1944]

Came here from your tik tok! This is so beautiful :)