One Year Later

10 Jul

It was a year ago today that we all put on our heavy packs and headed into the Yosemite backcountry towards the John Muir Trail. Our batteries were full, our memory cards empty, and our expectations uncertain.

On our first anniversary, it’s only fitting that we’ve reached a major milestone in this epic journey: we’ve locked picture on our feature film, MILE… MILE & A HALF, and we are now ready to head into final post-production stages.

As part of our upcoming Kickstarter Campaign to raise finishing funds, we held our first free public event last Friday night at Adventure 16 in West Los Angeles. The evening was an overwhelming success, drawing a crowd of more than 200 people. Our panoramic photos were displayed, a new featurette was screened, and Opus Orange performed a powerful acoustic set that blew us all away. We equate the evening to making it over Mather Pass (a difficult & technical climb for us all). A lot of time & energy brought us to that moment, but seeing the crowd’s response made it all worthwhile and re-energized us for the challenges ahead.

Wait! Does that mean we still have to climb Forrester Pass?

In addition to daily updates on our Facebook page commemorating our journey last year, we’ll be making a concentrated effort to continue our blog postings, including photos and other fun updates. For those of you who are interested in helping us along the final stretch of this journey, we’ll be sending out announcements about our Kickstarter campaign.

Thank you, again, for being so supportive of our project, and many thanks to Adventure 16 for hosting our first event. If you’re in the West LA area, some of our photos are still on display for a limited time.

-The Muir Project