Thru-hikers on the PCT often take time to document their journeys in a consistent way. Journals and blogs are fairly ubiquitous among hikers, but are often discontinued when making miles takes precedence over writing. Time-lapse videos like such as 170 mornings on the PCT are awesome, but what about capturing the actual hiking? Still photographs have a hard time communicating the motion of a five-month walk. Enter Tyler Fox’s video:
Using snippets of video recorded on his 2013 PCT hike, Fox conveys the right- foot-, left- foot reality of 142 days on the PCT. The lively, if somewhat shaky result is nothing if not authentic. In a response to a commenter suggesting Fox stabilize the clips for a smoother video, Fox explains, “I made a conscious decision to stay true to the nature of the trail.” The video, despite the compression of full days into three-second clips, is more than six minutes long – a testament to the sheer distance covered by the trail. You can check out Fox’s account of all things PCT on his blog Halfway Anywhere.