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Only the Essential
The Mexican border and the southern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Only the Essential filmmaker Casey Gannon shooting with a GoPro mounted onto a trekking pole.
Walking through the pines near Mount Laguna, California.
Sunset in the Laguna Mountains, 4,000 feet above the Anza-Borrego Desert.
At sunset a thunderstorm rumbles to the west near Cajon Pass, California.
Summiting Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the continental U.S.
Thru-hikers rest for lunch in the shade of a utility building near Truckee California.
A view of Mount Rainier from Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington.
Colin Arisman at the Canadian Border after five months and 2,668 miles on trail.