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Well said Josh and well over-due. Cluso

Dear Josh. I have recently watched some of your videos re Bogong High Plains - Feathertop, Bogong, Dibbins Hut, and all in between. Very real vids and well described. I have walked this area over the last 9 years and most recently, (two weeks ago), from Harrietville, over Feathertop then Tawonga, Pretty Valley, Ropers, Tim's spur, Quartz , Bogong and down Staircase. Spectacular and enormous for me - I am 68!!! Good luck with your future trips. You seem like someone who has a fine appreciation of such. Cluso

Looks like a big hike. Great views.

Great points.

If there’s any beginners here wondering how much it actually costs to get into backpacking. Best case scenario with you is to go in the summer. everything is cheaper when the weather is good, 3-season tent, pad, and bag will cost you probably 550$ on medium quality stuff. And for a pack and water filtration and cook gear and food another 300$, plus a safe 150$ for odds and ends. This is realistic.

My method with gear is pretty simple. 1. Make sure I have everything I need to be safe….yes that can cost thousands of dollars, especially in the winter for backpacking. 2. I only add something to the list to buy if I find myself going, man I wish I had this it would rly be nice to improve my experience WHILE IN THE BACKCOUNTRY.

As a person that actually hikes this idea is just absurd. Go out on the trails and most people are just out in hoodies and jeans. Very few people actually have gear. I see more shell jackets in the streets of nyc that out on the trails. I actually worry about people’s lack of gear. I have see too many people starting long hikes way too late in the day without additional layers or head lamps or adequate amounts of water.

Buy used !

Well also keep in mind people who actual go backpacking and what not are watching those videos. As someone who trail runs 10-20 miles a run you need some gear. Like a running vest to carry batteries or snacks and water. Sure I can get a cheap vest on amazon but they cause chaffing, will tear in probably my 3rd run, unnecessary bulk and weight. And yes I do feel the weight after about the 3 mile mark. This dude just sounds like someone who just goes on a mile hike and judges people with gear. You don't know how far they are going or where their going. Let them enjoy it in their own way. Dude just gatekeeping outdoors, it's pretty sad.

Hear hear! When influencers, companies and organizations claim their aim is to “help more people get outdoors” it makes me cringe. It’s a neat intention, and I get that it’s an easy one to get behind and to make what they do feel meaningful (for themselves).. but is it necessarily that good in reality, for nature?

I haven't been hiking or doing outdoors stuff for several years. Yesterday I was going to join a public biking group... everyone was absolutely decked out in high-end modern biking gear for a casual ride. It was so weird.

Couldn't agree more. As a seasoned hiker I have fallen prey to this a few times.

Sad, but thanks for reminding people to just enjoy the outdoors anyway, anyhow, anytime time!

Hey Josh, you Seem like a man who really knows a lot about mountaineering and know how to achieve your goals/dreams. I was wondering if you have a 1 year training program for a beginner, like a dierect plan for each day to get the most out of the training or how to i get a training program like this😊

Fitting Boots and a decent Backpack is all you😮 should spend some money on. Always think about multi use.

when I see the goretex logo my first thought is: "it's overpriced"

Finally, someone pointed it out! Cheers for that. 👍

I appreciate the effort you put into making this.

Namaste 🙏

What area in the vic alps would you recommend to best avoid the heat during summer?

If anyone is reading this you don’t need anything. My first camping trip was the most fun I ever had. all I had for gear. was a fire, a bedsheet, a crappy blue tarp and a multitool in a small backpack We camped in the wintertime so when the morning came there was snow on my makeshift sleeping bag but I slept like a baby just cowboy camping next to that fire. My friend just brought a handful of blankets and a pillow like he was living room camping😂

I need it all. it makes me feel good and cozy wearing beautiful technical gear. i dont even hike that much

This is interesting. Thank you!! I am in no way a hiker or mountaineer and I've never considered that the trek to Everest Base Camp might be a worthy journey in of itself. I'm 63.. who knows.. if I start now I could be in good enough shape for the challenge on my 65th.

A lady from Germany recently got killed on a trail by yaks because she was standing on the edge. And they knocked her off with their horn off the cliff. Not purposely, but it happened. So very good tip. @ 11:03

Great stuff. I like the sound of your breakfast.

I've been q sponsored snowboarder, but I've also hiked shale ledges in jeans and stolen bowling shoes lol😂

I'm with you on the tent, great stuff.

Love it !!

Wow good advice bro. I'm planning for EBC in 2025

I travel all around the country hiking and backpacking and i take the same thing every time. Just a small backpack, water, food, and my phone. Thats it. I dont buy any "gear".

Same happened with the gym - gymfluencers, clothing brands, latest trends. Very pathetic and cringe.

Kit should be easier to repair

But empty,without forest and rivers....Bullshit mountain

Guilty…💁

Very good video. Over the last 50 years we've seen the Pacific Crest Trail go from an occasional hardcore canvas carrying hiker to a thousand ultralight hikers per season. The good thing is that hikers police each other through LNT principles. More hikers means more resources are directed to dedicate lands to protection from development and mining interests. A generation is growing up with appreciation for wild places. Of course the ironical result is that once wild places are now suffering from overuse by humans. No easy answers here.

Great video. Thanks for sharing some positive motivation.

I hate that this is what 'outdoor culture' has come to be defined by. It goes exactly against what the spirit of the outdoors should be. The outdoors is about what nature gives us, naturally... DUH! So why are we obsessing over the next new modern technological gadgets and gizmos ever other week? For all of human history, until maybe the last few hundred years, everybody lived outside/much more interconnected with nature, pretty much with just what nature gave them. And thank you for acknowledging the environmental impacts of consumerism with outdoor gear. If you love the outdoors, you should act like it.

Me need stick and good shoes

As someone who is just getting into hiking and adventuring, this video feels really important… I wanted to get into hiking to get away from the world, consumerism, etc. A few weeks of research to try and get the “best” and I noticed… I just need to get on with it. I want adventure, not a new piece of gear.

You da man! Question, do you carry USD? Or Ruppee? For Helicopter evac.

Wanted Merino under top.... Found thin Merino jumper that fits like a glove in charity shop for € 10

absolute whack video and the comments are BEYOND whack. you are the TMZ of backpacking.

Great topic, you don't have to spend a lot to have a great time outdoors. Same exact thing going on in the off-road community with the so called "overlanders"

amen

Cliff Gray did a great video about this for the Hunting Community -- th-cam.com/video/AkChdFwo8hk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eMS_coFDOWHwVEAW Great video! Thank you!

The Boston marathon caveman

I always cackle a bit when people find out that I like camping/backpacking and say something like "That's great! It must be so cheap!" Nooooooo, it's really really not.

TH-cam content is no longer about being entertaining the business has shifted and TH-cam is seen more so as a product to be sold

This video is a big ol' truth punch and I love it.

Spot on commentary about the consumerism crisis. Wish more people looked at the outdoors like this.