One last run for the best hat ever made
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ย. 2022
- THE DAY MY HAT DIED: My magnificent hat has lost the will to live. After fifteen years of sun and body fluids, with a heavy heart and a head full of memories I take my favorite, thread-bare, stinking, beyond-repair hat for one last run.
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Produced and Directed by
BEAU MILES
Produced and Edited by
MITCH DRUMMOND
Final Sound Mix
JAMES DOBSON
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"Practical and a bit feral. Even ugly, some would say, means this hat and me are a bloody good team." - What a beautiful quote and story!
You inspired me to run my first marathon which I completed last weekend. Wish I could shake your hand to thank you for getting me into this running business.
I completed my first marathon on Sunday! Great job!
Keep an eye out for his secret screenings and you can shake his hand for real. Though, they're not running till next year which is a shame.
I'm about to do my first one (Berlin) next Sunday
@@MrElectricSkittles Eliud is showing up there
Likewise; I'll be running my first next month, because of Beau!
"I love the idea that we transport ourselves through life with tools."
6:49 "The cruelty is that the better the tool, the easier it is to forget about them, because we're so deeply engaged in whatever the tool has allowed us to do."
What a terrifc and well-told story! Incredible and inspiring.
I was just thinking something like that when I found this comment, but about cinematography. Drone shots and different camera angles are so wide spread now, that I had to focus extra to see how good the production quality on this was for literally just a hat video
i feel like ive been trying to explain this very statement but never knew how to word it
09:03 “The hat represents time, which represents mortality.” Such a well crafted sentiment. Cheers.
the passage starts at 8:37
Well everything ages. E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G
It's literally not my hat and yet as Beau ran into Walhalla I genuinely felt sad and nostalgic for something I've never owned.
When he shows when he lost his original hat I really felt his anger and sadness in that moment. I've had a few moments when I've lost or broken something I used regularly that I loved and couldn't be replaced because it was original and one of a kind.
Without doubt one of Australia's best story tellers.
I think myself lucky to have found this channel. Beau embodies all the philosophical and adventurous qualities that I pursue in this quest in life. I'm James, 26 years old - and I'm at a transitional time where a big chapter of my life is now closing, but as long as I keep my health and my core values true to me - I will find happiness in every day around my own "outback". Beau has been an inspiration to my running and I enjoy doing half marathons of my own creation! I only hope one day I can do an experience such as your 650KM Alps run. So, to everyone here - May you live and find happiness every day of your life.
You and me both buddy, Safe adventures!
Good luck on in your time of change! Remember, change isn't enjoyable but without it we'd soon go nuts... Or at least I would
@@Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student Becoming comfortable is when I get uncomfortable.
Totally. Well said. Most of what I wanted to say. So grateful for how inspiring Beau is as well. You know what to do better than anyone else in this entire universe. I wish I knew that at 26🤙🏄
its in a different vein, but if you like Beau, you might, like me, like Van Neistat. His brother Casey is much more famous, but I see Beau as a Spirited Man like Van. check out Van Neistat, and if you find value there, let me know.
Beau's film-work, his unique outlook on life and the people and things around him makes his channel the best on YT, by far. Being a film maker, I can only hope to achieve such confidence and proficiency in crafting stories, the way that he does. Seemingly out of thin air he grabs these ideas, yet, they entail so much meaning. I hope he never quits film making, just as I hope that my favourite pair of jeans-shorts that I have stiched up so many times and that I have been wearing everywhere for the last 10 years, won't quit on me :D.
Ta Fabian. Keep grinding away mate. That's all it is.
Is it ideas? Or is it just his life and what he does.
holy hell bro. Go watch beau kayak around south africa, kayak to tasmania from australia, and then tell me jogging with an old hat and old shoes is the best channel on youtube. Old beau was definitely one of the best.
@@davidanalyst671 you can't expect a person to remain the same forever, age, responsibility etc can cause a person to change things up, Beau is a legend of a man who I wish all the best for in life, just remember they are just TH-camrs to most, but beau is a person with children and a wife and a career and family ...
@@davidanalyst671 what makes you think, I haven't been following his progess? Seems to me, his past adventures very much inform his film work of the present. Ever since "Run the line" his films have constantly progressed into a niche art form that - at least to my eye - is unparalleled. Certainly on YT. This is a film maker, who is not making a film for the sake of making a film - such as me for example. Rather, he is a film maker, who takes a given sujet and finds meaning through the very process of making the film itself. Quite unique.
Find someone who loves you as much as Beau loves his hat.
Always inspiring stuff mate 🙌
had possibly the worst year of my life this past few months and all I can say is that your enthusiasm and joy for life has helped me to see the beauty in the small things. thank you Beau for being a bright and positive light in the world x
Ditto..2 bouts of Covid..several viral infections...6 trips to hospital...this year...been i a big test for me confronting my anxiety and depression and at 73 the inability to just get up and go bush like you do....through watching you I have been able to "live" some of what I miss most about being a Victorian and getting off my arse and getting out of home and enjoying the things on our doorstep...things I used to take for granted but usually thought "not today I'll get around to it when I've got time"....Thanks Mate I am using your videos as inspiration to work on my health, and have set a goal to go to some of the places in Vic you've filmed....Bob
You doing any better?
That's the spirit. The beauty of having few, but necessary and reliable things and treating them like old friends. You'd never leave a friend behind with a bruised knee, but so many throw away their best tools at the first nick.
my hat that i have had for 20 years and worn on all my adventures was lost to a river.... it was ripped off my head.... just couldn't take the force of the water, went into a hole and never came out. dove after it repeatedly and waited in the water for almost an hour until my legs were so numb i could hardly walk. it was fitting end to a great hat. heres to your hat mate. :)
The hat is as much a part of this channel as you Beau, and your accent. All hats go to heaven, where they turn into halos.
I mean, cmon, that's a great line!
Man I wish Beau can just multiply himself to make like 5 more Beaus. They can all go out and do their own stuff...I'd eat up all their videos. I hate rewatching anything but I find myself rewatching Beau's videos all the time. Sometimes through the mundane marathon of life I forget the spirit of adventure and Beau's videos never fail to reignite the flame! Grateful to even have 1 Beau putting out his odd films often enough!
"It's a reminder that everything dies, and that's ok." So beautiful and true
I don’t think I’ll ever stop marvelling at your ability to create a truly engaging story from something as simple as a hat. Keep them coming mate!
Who knew I’d feel emotional about someone else’s hat. Amazing how he can tell a story about something so simple yet find depth and meaning.
Please, never stop telling these wonderful stories. They inspire and makes people think about life and the world they create around them. I will never stop watching and listen to your thoughts. Thanks!
I'm putting my dog down tomorrow, he's a 10 year old great Dane and he's my best mate. You're words are bringing me some comfort, "Everything dies, and that's ok" thanks for all that you do.
sometimes your making the ordinary the extraordinary reminds me a lot of the way that Wordsworth looed at the world. it is a really lovely outlook on life.
I was just thinking "must be about time for another Beau film" and Bam! just made my day
I never thought I would be emotional over a hat by someone that lives on the other side of the world.
You are an amazing story teller.
Thank you.
Love ya Beau. Remember, old doesn’t mean bad. Darlington, South Carolina USA
Other youtubers make videos about new gear all the time. I love that you made one about your old gear that you fixed and used until it literally fell apart.
My man Bo. Someone who actually understands how humans are meant to relate to things in a healthy way
Love seeing other people that like their old kit and enjoy the challenge of repairing things. Keep up the good work mate.
I have to admit i shed a tiny tear for your hat. Your storytelling is just excellent.
Your hat reminds me of my favorite knit jumper. Owned that thing since 2003 and it is still going strong-ish. Still fits and i wear it quite often (at least if it is cold enough) has a few holes, some parts are covered in paint, but even that washes off more and more. I hope one day i might be burried in it.
Beau giving off massive dad energy, and I love it! The wisdom and perspectives are always so refreshing, especially in this day and age. Thank you Beau.
It was Beau's film on Africa where he donned the blue backup hat that turned me onto his channel and a more adventurous life. Thank you Beau and thank you hat for being an inspiration.
I wore through my beloved Tilley hat at the end of a three month adventure across the eastern seaboard of Australia (a feat not typically taken by Americans). That hat saw me through numerous family vacations to beaches and deserts. I swam in too many rivers, lakes, and beaches to count while hiding under its protection. I watched my children grow before me from under its brim. It was in one last swim at the Trial Bay Gaol in Arakoon, NSW that I finally had to admit defeat. Sweat, UV, and saltwater tore it beyond repair. That was a great hat.
I wonder how many other like minded wilderness runners there are around. Thinking of T. Hanks and Wilson.. makes me think of Forrest Gump. You run till you're ready to stop.. and you're not afraid to run where few have dared to tread. How cool would it be to organise a "follow Beau" Run day and see who is nutty enough to follow you. So many people comment about how you inspire them, which is awesome, and I agree. You are a true Aussie bloke with an inquisitive and beautiful risk taking mind. I imagine your grand kids popping into Walhalla to check out the legacy of their grandfather and telling their grankids about all the wonderful times you had with that blue hat. Such a simple and yet powerful symbol of truly living your life.
Never watched beau miles before, but when a 12minute video with the words "the day my hat died" shows up in your feed then you can't bloody well not watch it. Glad I did too. Beautiful content
A lot of Beau's videos are about simple things that make me think widely.
A masterclass in sentimentality. Cheers to every old hat that's been 'round for far longer than anyone wanted except for the one wearing it.
This was very human. It makes me reflect on my relationship with my fight shorts, my hand wraps, and even the keyboard I type this on. As we consider the emotional value in our objects, without becoming wrapped up within materialism itself, it acts as a path to conservation of our earth and its finite resources, and the labor used to produce our tools.
Thank you for this wonderful moment of reflection.
Can’t believe I’m teary eyed over a stranger’s hat. Time to go and watch all your old adventures with it I suppose!
I've never seen someone Like Beau who let me appreciate such little thinks in Life, its so important to do so.
Im glad too that I discovered His Channel and be Part of his journeys thats been an Inspiration for me and Help.
I mean this as the highest form of compliment, but Beau displays a passion, curiosity, and love for life one seldom sees outside of Golden Retriever puppies.
I like what you said about tools. I found a new appreciation for the tools I have with me right now. The ice pack cooling my neck, the spoon I'm eating yogurt with, the chair I'm sitting in, that I found abandoned and gave a new home. And now it gives me comfort. I like these tools.
Thanks again, love to see a new Beau installment.
As a fellow freckle-faced, ginger-bearded runner, I started running trails in hooded UV shirts with a trucker cap because of Beaudy's sun-smart blue hat. I get odd first glances as I fly by hikers on the single track, but then several, "hey, that's a pretty good idea!" Goodonya, Beau.
Not to mention that it's very refreshing to hear Beau talk about **this** hat and not try to sell them with a referral code in the video description. I mean, what a commercial, right?
Funny thing is I put 'blue legionnaires hat' into the search engine. There's a similar hat for babies named 'Beau' for sale with Australian seller. 🎯
@@constancemiller3753 Haha, what are the chances!
I have a hideous neon pink sun hoodie/cap combo I wear everyday. I can't find a good enough replacement. It's a whole running thing.
@@lh3540 I've found many great hooded UV sun shirts on Amazon. I first saw them "in the wild" when the fellas that installed my backyard storm drains were wearing them on a blistering summer day. They're great for UV protection and even keep ya cool. 😎
What a great story - love it, ending and all
Qnu
Beau you have shown me happiness can be found along side challenge. Simple joys should not be forgotten. You make me smile friend.
I love this as a critique against materialism! Materials allow us to experience life. They can be extensions of us. Tools are just extensions of us. They allow us to do things. Materials and things we own are needed to experience life. I’m sure indigenous people have their favorite knives, walking sticks, cooking pots. Especially if they’re handmade or gifts! I love how Beau got to where he is in life because his introspection speaks to me more than anyone else’s. His way with words is hard to find in others.
You go for a run, but then it's not just a run, its a story. That always gets me. And everything you say either makes me smile, think, laugh or commiserate. The way you approach life is simple, but in the most inspiring way, we could all benefit from relearning what you embody everyday.
Watching my first Beau video as it’s posted after just subscribing and binging the channel last week.
Thank you for displaying your stories and unique outlook on situations. I have been inspired. I have been a Backyard Adventurer this whole time but I never saw it that way. Cheers to a new perspective on life!
Agreed, you’re an absolute inspiration to get outside, create, push the limits and enjoy the natural world!!
My floppy hats last day was spent in the southern alps of New Zealand, doing what it did best. Then I stopped by a lake, took my hat off, rinsed the sweat out, and the cotton on top just dissolved like a flimsy paper tissue. What an epic place to die. Miss that hat.
I'm absolutely FILTHY I didn't get to see you here in Auckland Beau, tickets were long gone by the time I heard. Hope we treated ya well and that ya comeback mate!
Beau, your introspection speaks to my own. Contemplate the future while celebrating the past. 👍
So much of the 'fitness' industry is about fashion and how you look doing something like running that it really makes me feel heard that I run is clothes that don't match or are daggy. Thanks Beau, I'll go for a run tomorrow.
Loved seeing you sewing up your running shoes!
I hate parting with mine, so the life cycle of my runners is long and tragic! They go from being my daily running partners, then become the comfy shoes I wear when I'm not running, then gardening/mowing/kayaking shoes and finally, years later, in tatters they go not to land fill, but into a box of totally destroyed trainers that I can't bear to throw out because we're buddies, but I have no use for! Arggg!!
I really would have loved to run with you along those trails. Magnificent.
They are bottlers!
Beau can make me enthralled by any story he can imagine. Every time I see a new video, the sense of joy and excitement is unparalleled. I know I'm about to go on a journey. The day I can get ahold of his book, I'm scared I won't put it down.
Your videos have helped change my brothers life. He finds adventure through local exploration because of hearing about your channel.
lovely ode to a beloved piece of kit. RIP
Beau, your films inspire a whole generation of young aussies like myself - and im sure people all around the world - to engage with our country in unique and personable ways, the perseverance and ingenuity you feature in each of your films is what i can only explain as the truest Australian spirit held by not only those european settlers but indeed also the first nations people. hoping for may more adventures to come !
This channel shows just how much meaning there is to life out there. Love your stuff Beau
Every film a deep call to purpose. Thank you!
Always feel so much better about something when I've used it to its completion.
Beau, I am the polar opposite to you in every regard and yet somehow, you're becoming my hero. You make me rethink my life decisions. Thanks m8.
Awesome story! Thanks for taking us along on the last journey of your hat and other beloved gear. Getting older and weaker just means getting more creative with what you have to work with.
I love finding a piece of gear that becomes part of you. Something that you can almost forget about because of how well it works that it just become a part of you. I love designing a piece of gear that is exactly what I need and fulfills its job perfectly.
Something will probably build a nest in it. A fitting end to a useful garment. Chapeau!
Always a delight to spend time with Beau.
G’day excited to watch this
Another incredible display of storytelling and this time about a hat
Oh the bonds we form with our hats.
your videos never fail to strike a chord - whether it be sentimental or inspirational - pardon the pun, but hats off to you, Beau.
I love puns :)
Beau, this video was right what I needed. I’m going through a breakup and a burnout at the same time and your vids always calm me down and just generally give me hope.
Your way of looking at life is something I hope to have one day too. Not mindless optimism, but this general way of seeing the good side in all things and doing your best to fix the bad things.
Thanks!
Im convinced that Beau is the most charismatic person Ive ever seen. So much wisdom. Im so happy I discovered your YT channel.
For the first time I'm putting down a beloved pet tomorrow and this is kind of what I needed🐕
The sense of wonder these videos give me is almost unmatched
A beautiful story about the tools that allow us to live and using those tools until the end. Don't give up on the tool and the tool won't give up on you. Cheers Beau, Epic film!
May everyday be "filled with metaphor and a bit of chafe". Loved that line.
I've always lived by the rule of wear it out till it dies, my favorite pair of shorts tragically passed away on my hike up to Yosemite falls causing my balls to hang out in front of hundreds of hikers on a 43c degree (110f) day. thank god for my sunshirt.
good on ya beau, hope more people get inspired to appreciate their cloths until its in stitches.
I am so invested in this video! I really feel the same way about so many things that I own.
Your videos are so inspirational. You've got such an amazing outlook on life, you don't seem to worry about the big things and because of that you notice all the little important things. I wish there were more people like you!
Woke up feeling bad. Watched this and felt better. Thanks Pal.
Ah Beau, you've done it again, filled my rainy day with a smile and and warm feeling of life is good. Cheers mate!
Loved seeing you in NZ, great video! Definitely shows how big of a part our gear plays in our adventures
Absolutely amazing Beau as always. Great story and message. loved it. 😀
Yes we have a lot to grateful for the simple things...
Beau. Beau. I’ve been injured for 2 years following an avulsion fracture to my ankle where the ATFL tore off the bone. I’m finally getting surgery next Wednesday and then the 2nd chance at recovery begins. I’m not going to f% it up this time. I will run again. And I will again use you as a fusing inspiration to get out there and move. Boy have I missed the simplicity of running for movement. Now I know for sure. It’s a lifetime activity.
That video is a new range of quality, the shots the music....just awesome gonna rewatch it a few times, heads up Beau great Job!!
Rest easy hat! You served us well!
Retiring your favorite hat is one of the hardest things. Youd think its just a hat but its been through souch with you, its like a friend, its there to protect you from the elements for years. And it can never be replaced, there is no way to find a hat that feels the same and the new one wont jave the memories tied to it
I'm really happy to see someone 'crazy' as me! thank you, thank you for sharing.
Beau, you’re an absolute inspiration for a young man like myself. I think when I say inspiration I truely mean it! Mate everything you show/ live for is everything I aspire to achieve. So I guess is I say, just as yourself I hold onto things that are dear to me, one of which is my hat, I love my hat. Keep exploring the backyard my man. Much love!
watching you is motivating me to run. I've been getting in shape thanks to you and your crazy energy, I hope these videos of yours never stop coming. I wish you and your family great health in the years to come.
Respect to you, keep on keeping on
Hats have feelings too. I'm guessing not so much, the holey, twig grabbing gusset. Love your work Beau. Looking forward to the, Meet & Greet with the New-Hat vid
Great story beau. I’ll miss the blue legionnaires. Loving the clean shaved look. Keep it going young man.
Yeeha! Nothing beats a good hat 🧢 an essential in life, bloody good stuff 👍👏🤙⛰✌️
Got into running because of you beauy now training for my first marathon in Tokyo
I have a sea-straw wide brimmed hat that I purchased on a vacation in Maui, Hawaii. I have taken that hat everywhere with me and I love it. I would have worn in on my wedding day, but its super gnarly with sweat stains now. So I bought one just like it, all fresh and new, and wore THAT one on my wedding day. I looked damn fine and was lovely protected.
"The hat represents time, which represents mortality" damn Beau take it easy on them feels. Amazing video as always!
I've been watching you for years now Beau and it took me a while to find the hat you were wearing because I instantly fell in love with it. I did end up finding the hat and purchased one for myself!
I hope you keep bringing us videos for years to come Beau! Much love from the U.S.
What brand is it? I'm starting to study forestry and need something similar. :)
where can I find it?
Would be interested too please 🙂
Adapt-A-Cap!
This video sent me down a rabbit hole with Beau. I hope to meet you one day you mad hatter and shake your hand. You’ve reminded me what it’s like to be a kid and be excited to explore my world. Thanks for the giggles.
Amazing how life sometimes synchronizes with the seasons. How everything seemingly falls apart at once at the very end of wintet
This one, this particular episode brought my heart and brain into a real fucking alignment. Touched on a scale that knows no bounds for a middle aged guy/man like me.
This is inspiration from an odd doppelganger we subtly feel here and there.
Take this episode and create a TedTalk for the world too here.
Thank you.
Cheers Mate!!!
Sincerely,
Deadgar Lain