Along the Pacific Crest Trail: A photographic journey with music

The Pacific Crest Trail is 2,638 miles in length. It runs from the Mexican/California border north up through the great State of California, on through the great States of Oregon and Washington and ends eight miles into Canada at Manning Park. The Pacific Crest Trail is one of America's eleven National Scenic Trails and considered one of the great long distance trails of the world. In 1992 and '93, Bart Smith walked and photographed the entire PCT, he returned multiple times over the next four years adding to his extensive photo archive of the trail. In 1998 Bart collaborated with adventure writer Karen Berger and her husband Dan Smith on a coffee table book titled Along The Pacific Crest Trail published by Westcliffe Publishers. Karen provides a boots on the ground narrative of her and Dan's thru hike which is complemented with Bart's photography.

Some of the photographs in this video were from side trips along the PCT, though usually within a mile or two. The image of Mt St Helens erupting was taken from the PCT in 2003.

Music used:
Track 1
Arctic Journey by Mark Patrie

Track 2
For a Film by Bill Plaines

Track 3
Beauty of the Earth by Shirley Cason

Track 4
1492 by Kerry Muzzey

Track 5
Epiphany by Mark Petrie

Bart Smith has walked and photographed all eleven of America's National Scenic Trails. He has five photography books published.

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[haysnoe]

Wow, there are some extraordinary photos in there. I'm only three minutes in and while I've been to nearly all of those places the way you use the light makes them even more beautiful than I remember. Terrific!