{"id":10040,"date":"2012-09-20T07:02:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2012-09-20T07:04:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T16:04:37","slug":"the-muir-project-interview-by-robin-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/the-muir-project-interview-by-robin-black\/","title":{"rendered":"The Muir Project Interview, by Robin Black"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robin Black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Very special thanks to California photographer Robin Black, who wrote this guest post.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Muir Project Interview, by Robin Black<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWander a whole summer if you can. Thousands of God’s blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted. If you are business-tangled and so burdened by duty that only weeks can be got out of the heavy laden year, give a month at least. The time will not be taken from the sum of life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.\u201d \u2013<\/em>John Muir<\/p>\n

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Last summer, a group of friends set out to thru-hike the John Muir Trail\u2014but these are no ordinary hikers.\u00a0 They call themselves The Muir Project<\/a>, and they\u2019re an assortment of photographers, musicians and other artists who wanted to document their journey.\u00a0 The footage they returned home with has become a work in progress called \u201cMile, Mile and a Half,\u201d<\/em> and judging by the preliminary trailers they\u2019ve shared, it\u2019s going to be a beautiful and inspiring documentary.<\/p>\n

There were varying degrees of backcountry experience among the group, but after the idea had percolated for years, they were committed to their journey.\u00a0 Some people plan this particular hike for years, or even decades\u2014and fewer still are able to actually carry out the dream of a JMT thru-hike.\u00a0 Their documentary may just inspire you to make your own thru-hike.<\/p>\n

As their project gets closer to completion, they\u2019ve lauched a Kickstarter fundraiser<\/a> for the additional funds needed to make this a truly professional project.\u00a0 They still have a few weeks go go on the fundraiser, and if you\u2019d like to help them finish their project, you can find the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you want a peek at the documentary, they\u2019ve posted a few trailers at their Vimeo site:\u00a0 http:\/\/vimeo.com\/themuirproject<\/a>. Also, visit the Muir Project Facebook Page.<\/a><\/p>\n

I sat down\u2014virtually\u2014with the members of the Muir Project recently to find out how they planned for and carried out their adventure.\u00a0 They are:<\/p>\n