Introducing: Peter Bell

Pete is a buddy of mine from college. He's sweet, sassy, and an all around good egg. He lives in Raleigh, N.C. and makes a living with his camera. He is a very talented videographer and editor and I wanted to share one of his most beautiful short films with all you lucky people out there.

This is a 6 minute piece I produced from an end to end hike of the JMT this past summer. It features 5 high school students from Chapel Hill, NC and their experience along the trail. We took 16 days at about 15 miles of hiking per day to hike all 220 miles from Yosemite Valley south to Mt. Whitney. We had one resupply at Vermilion Resort where the group cleaned out the small store there trying to stock up with 9 days of food.

It was shot on a Sony A1U with stills taken using a Canon 40D. -- from Pete's Vimeo page (www.vimeo.com/petebell)

The video and still shots are so vibrant it's hard to imagine such beautiful colors exist out there past the traffic, smog, and strip malls. If this is as close as I get to the John Muir Trail than it's a spectacular peek into what I'm missing.


High Sierra HD - Backpacking the John Muir Trail from Pete Bell on Vimeo.