About

THE DIVIDE

 

  • 2,751.90 miles

  • 143 days

  • 4 new pairs for each of us

  • Wyoming

 

Filming every day

Thru-hiking the Continental Divide Trail was the first challenge… editing the 20 hours of captured footage proved to be an even larger undertaking. The Divide was shot on a Canon EOS R5 with an RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens during our thru-hike from April 16th-October 5th, 2021. The project was edited in Final Cut Pro over the course of one year. All episodes can be viewed on our YouTube page.

Managing storage and battery life

The hardest logistical part of filming such a large endeavor was card space and battery life. We found success by hiking with three batteries, an express charger, 750GB of video storage, and 384GB of photo storage. Luckily, we were able to coordinate with our folks who met up with us multiple times on the trail - they carried our laptop with them which allowed us to dump all of our cards around 6-7 times.

So many things to share

Biting off small chunks worked well for us. Short, one-ish minute videos are well suited for social media and allowed us to effectively share our journey as we made progress on the video as a whole. The best way to enjoy the entire thru-hike is to watch via our YouTube Playlist.

What happened to Idaho?

When we left Yellowstone we had to make a choice, stick to the trail and hike a 100-mile fire detour along the road, or utilize the Big Sky Alternate and hike on trail. Neither of us cared to bypass the actual CDT mileage but it made the most sense for us in order to make it to the end on time with a reasonable daily mileage. We ultimately spent one and a half days in Idaho while making our way to West Yellowstone, Montana and we didn’t think it warranted a video.

Thank you for supporting us

Accomplishing the Triple Crown of hiking is no easy endeavor - all three of our thru-hikes have been greatly enriched by the help and support of our parents and close friends. We have also been fortunate to partner with great brands like Helly Hansen, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, and Nooz Optics who support projects like these.

 
 

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