I didn't shoot much of my morning hike today and i was thinking of all the excuses i could make
when i got to this V.O. part. But if i'm going to be honest with myself the reason is that there
were people in the parking lot. And because there were people in the parking lot that gave me an
overwhelming sense of anxiety and i just wanted to
put the camera away and basically run out into the woods. Believe it or not this thing actually
gives me quite a bit of anxiety. It draws eyeballs and i don't know, it just makes me anxious
to use it around people. I mean i don't know how people who perform in the theater do it because
that's basically what i do, i am a one-man theater. I set the camera up
i walk by, i make it seem like i don't know that the camera is there even though i'm the
one that set it up. And then i come back, i pick it up, and i do it all over again. Some of the
laziest camera work i've ever done there. I'm sure people thought Ansel Adams was ridiculous
dragging that big box of a camera that he had, but i can't help but feel like i'm just
a court jester out here or a theater troop. Like am i putting on a show,
just for attention.
Deep thoughts. Maybe i'm not a theater troupe maybe i'm more of like a
wilderness DJ. Here to entertain you with vibes
I was just on the trail thinking i'd explore around the lake a
little bit and all of a sudden i'm up on top of the saddle here and
it's just such a bummer because this view would be so incredible without this this [ __ ] smoke
western drought or whatever. I think over there is Norton Peak i might go check that out next.
I can't see [ __ ]
this is one of the warmer lakes of the Sawtooths Brett. Look who showed up
it's Brett. He brought some friends and met me out here at Miner Creek so i want to be alone anymore
like a freak. Looking good big guy. Brett said that someone signed the little, what would that
be called? There's basically a sign in sheet at the trailhead that you sign in and just
tell people how long you're gonna be out here and where you're going it's a safety thing
and someone signed it last night saying they saw two bears at this lake last night Brett says.
So hopefully we see some bears. I've been hearing rocks coming off these
hilltops. You can hear that now, that's probably them.
(music) I want a house in the hills i paid big bills for, i ain't got it i wanna empty out my wallet. I wanna
stop motion stand still, Wallace and Gromit. I wanna talk more endlessly i wanna neurotically vomit.
Out of the darkness.
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