Walking Across New Zealand In a COMPLETELY Straight Line!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Firstly, We highly recommend watching with subtitles! They make the video a lot better as some parts are a little hard to catch things we say due to the nature of the adventure!
Kia Ora!
Welcome to the straight line mission across New Zealand, a project Finn and I spent months working on after being inspired by Tom Davies (@GeoWizard on TH-cam), one of the most entertaining video makers on the internet! full credit to him for inspiration for the whole project, editing and music style. We both had a lot of fun and are really proud of our adventure - we hope you enjoy watching the series as much as just a fraction of how much we enjoyed doing it!
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Many thanks to our support crew, as without them this would not have been possible, Our supporters on Givealittle ( who helped us raise 2.4K for Forest and Bird!), all the land owners who knowingly allowed us to cross their property, all the landowners who unknowingly allowed us to cross their property, @MikaHarris_ (check him out on YT) for giving some feedback on the episode, Isabelle Faulkner for lending me a microphone, Finn for doing all the subtitles like a trooper, and to every single one of you for following along and enjoying our adventure!
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May I ask, what kind of shoes/boots were you both wearing?
@@leeartlee915 I believe we were both just in trainers/trail running shoes for the first bit, I chucked on some tramping boots later on for the mountains.
@@ollie_taylor So are you guys just wearing really long socks or something? They look like some kind of wading boots or something…
@@leeartlee915 We had Gaiters on which are tubular things you can wear to protect your socks/shins and prevent getting sticks and debris in your shoes
@@otay456 Oh right. Those sound familiar. Haha, i thought they were some kind of nifty shoe from south of the equator.
…. I need to get out more.
Great start lads. Cheers for the nod. Envious of that chill farmer. Looking forward to those mountains!
Super glad you enjoyed! Means a lot you watched it :)
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@@zi8gzag yo zig wassup
Tom’s started a movement. A very strange, odd little movement.
nice clip
NZ nature is so alien (to a Northern European such as me), varied, and beatiful. It blows my mind, honestly.
Was amazed at the camera quality, planning and editing on this one, bravo. Also the Geowizard motifs in the music was pretty cool
"The one bad thing is that on Google Earth, cows are not marked as features" 🤣Brilliant.
Love the effort put into this and how chill both of you are. The cows (especially the lone one) were so funny... the way they just stare at you and do their thing, LOL.
Glad you enjoyed 😎
Can't imagine how much time and effort you have put into this, but this final result is really very impressive and reminds me of a proper documentary. Can't wait for the next episode! PS 8:55, really nice transition.
This is well edited, there should be way more views due to the quality of the filming and not having very many boring parts.
Just got recommended your channel as I've been watching some other straight-liners. Cannot wait to watch through this series! I cannot believe enough people are insane enough to do this /light-hearted haha
Impressive mission and video of the journey!
As a former Onslow College student, I can relate to the desire to challenge yourselves.
In the early 1980’s we used-to do the Khandallah Venture Unit “Night Drop”
Teams of two Get dropped in series anywhere in a north island forest, with a list of destinations and back to Wellington.
It was a race, of hiking and hitch hiking, we would cover substantial distances in 2-3 days,,
That sounds incredible!
As an adventurer myself this is what it’s all about. Come up for a plan and execute even if people think you’re mad. Well done guys on the adventure so far. Enjoyed the peaks into the planning, rules, and the banter.
You boys are putting out A+ straight line content. Great job!
Thanks!
Got ep 2 recommended by TH-cam last night and now started watching this from the start. Great start
The quality of the video is insane! The start of the video was a little bit abrupt, but overall Im very very impressed with this video. Keep up the good work!
Excellent effort guys....both the mission and the film production. Watch how ducks do the straight line crossing of a river to perfect your ferry gliding techniques!
I just happened across this video tonight. Although I am a lover of hiking, scrambling and outdoor adventuring in general I had literally only discovered straight lining yesterday when a UK video came up of two lads doing the same in Wales ( the YT channel is Archie Fieldhouse). Such a great challenge and I can genuinely say that from this first video I am really impressed by your tenacity and calm “can do” attitude. I am based in the UK and had had some close unwelcome encounters with cows in the Peak District National Park. I have to say your calmness with a seriously large number of cows stampeding around was impressive! The Peak District over here is full of dry stone walls which helped me bail out of the way of running cows a few times 🤣 That is a great first video of your adventure, well filmed and narrated. New Zealand looks stunning and I would love to explore it at some point! Been in awe of it since the Lord of the Rings films. You have a new subscriber from the UK 👌 Looking forward to watching the rest of this adventure 👍
Came for the straight line, stayed for the budding cow relationship. They're generally pretty tame if you're chill and steady; though that's easier said than done when a few dozen half ton animals are staring you down ^^'
That was fantastic lads. Can’t wait for part 2 👍👍
Great start to the mission. Looking foward to the next episodes!
Should have way more views, it'll come boys
You guys get a like because of the reference to the great book "We are going on a bear hunt". I loved the book as a child and think it partly is a great description of straight line missions :D
I toughly congratulate you for embarking on such an adventure. It's more than adventure, it's exploration in the true sense. The early explored were guided by the weakest line through the country towards their goals. You are throwing that principle aside and taking a line that follows a different set of rules. Even though you can see a lot on the map/sat images, you still really don't know what is ahead of you. Your mission deserves a lot more recognition. You will learn a lot about yourself, determination, and what you are capable of, and have a greater and more interment understanding of our country. I think you could have done a with a few days living and working on a farm which would have help understand the body language of cows, and how to cross electric fences with a lot more ease. I take my hat off to you both. You are inspirational.
Epic journey so far. Love that Tom has inspired so many
Really impressive vid. What an adventure! Looking forward to the next installment.
Really, REALLY enjoyed watching this first episode. Looking forward to the rest of your adventure! Well done :)
Good on you both! Good to see kwis getting out there doing it, you chose some tough country to walk across and good on yas for not taking an easier route, Watching from down in Invercargill
Awesome stuff guys! Can't wait for episode 2
Cool video lads! Just started my straight line journey!
What an amazing adventure so far!! Well done to you both
Excellent videos fellows, really enjoyable to watch (especially after your enabled video stabilization mode :P). Walking between all the cows was a highlight for me.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Looking forward to continuing the journey.
amazing effort lads. Fantastic planning, great production and editing as well.
Loved the video ! Can't wait for part 2 !!!
Good stuff, guys. makes we want to visit again. Greetings from Germany
Great video, really quality stuff! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
This is awesome! Great and novel landscapes haha^^ Waiting for your update
Gotta love that Main Highway of the entire country... 2 cars go by 😁😂
Weirdly, even though this is mostly just farmland, my main takeaway from even the first episode of this is how much I miss New Zealand.
Absolutely awesome
Cool to see that others are doing this challenge. There is something very pleasant about drinking warm chocolate while watching someone in a fierce battle with brambles.
Good adventure lads. Great to see.
Amazing. I would have called this a transect.
enjoyed, dudes. having been chased by cows myself it always fills me with glee seeing it happen to somebody else!
Awesome video! Looking forward to the next one :)
Outside the square mission, very interesting boys, go hard
Legends. Looking forward to the next episode.
I've seen you a couple of times,tooted out to you,also seen a guy trekking with a big wooden cross,good on yah
Fantastic adventure, editing, captions. Pae rawe
Only 1 minute into the video and it already looks awesome :) I'm from Australia, and as such could never do this to my home country. Go you boys!
wow such an amazing idea can't wait for episode two
Dear Ollie and Finn, great to see a couple of stupid young New Zealanders taking up the call for this pointless challenge. My Mum passed away last year at the age of 97; it's a pity that I had not discovered this Gem when you first released it, she would possibly have laughed herself to death. My Mum grew up close to Edmund Hillary, and she had no shortage of crazy stories about some of his mad adventures, and although a bit more tame, your activities are no less story worthy. Cheers.
12:38 - was so happy when you turned on this feature.. 👍
Hahaha sorry it took so long!
@@ollie_taylor I was definitely resigned to it not being on (have watched a few beginner straight line missions where it wasn't used) but for sure helps a lot... 😂
Those cows were terrifying. well done!
the beauty of Aotearoa lies outside the cities!
easy way to check if a fence might be electric: see if there are an plastic insulator piecec where the wire is attached to. if its nailed straight to the wooden posts its not electric.
The real "easy way to check if a fence might be electric" is to have your mate touch it.
Loved the video!
cow tip: grab a big stick. obviously don't use it as a weapon, but brandish it and give a light tap on the nose if they get right up. never usually comes to that but sometimes it's calfing season and they're extra antsy.
Can't wait to watch this!
Can't wait either!!!!!
Great adventure boys. Good to see the NZ terrain as well. I would not have liked them cows one bit myself
big respect for anyone doing this
Amazing video! The mission looks about as tough as I imagined but the video is much better than I expected :D And good on you for going in well-equipped, good teamwork etc. Glued to the screen and looking forward to epi 2.
Cheers mate, means a lot!
This is the craziest concept I've seen in a while. I'm only 10 minutes in, but I can't believe how strong and efficient you two are. Incredible work!
Can't wait to see how you beat the mountains!!
Omg those cows are unbelievable, I can't imagine what that was like.
Thanks Michael!
@@ollie_taylor at least they weren't highland cows lol.
the ones over here have horns that are like 3 feet long.
they're super docile but they still scare the crap out of me when they follow me thinking i'm their handler because i wear a green jacket XD
There lots of places in Northland where there are some really short line possible. If anyone wants to do an urban challenge, the thinnest section of the Auckland isthmus is only 2 km wide haha.
Amazing
Nice video guys!!
With the cows I think making yourself bigger and raising your voice - telling them to back off - would likely get they to give you some space. The encounters were genuinely intense though.
One of the best missions inspired by GeoWizard so far!
Keep it up fellas
Bang up job lads, I would have loved to do something like this when I was your age.
Straight line walking has existed for decades. Geologists and related professionals have gone in straight lines while claim staking, rock sampling, soil sampling, and geophysical surveying. While not crossing narrow parts of countries was not the purpose, the difficulties were real and there was not the ability to set a preferred line as the line and lines were based off a specific location. So you got what you got. And deviations were basically close to 0 metres but realistically more like +/- 1 metre as you go around trees. A good day in mountainous terrain would be 5-10 km.
Great Video Cheers
Cow's are usually just extremely nosy, so they normally don't attack you unless they have a calf and feel threatened. But yeah, they are big and if there is a bunch I would crap my pants too :D
I'm from Australia. Few fellas tried the same thing here but died before making to their neighbours house...
Awesome video.
Waited a long time for someone to do one in New Zealand
Sorry I am so late to the party, but great stuff! I don't mean this in a derogative or negative way, but you two are so adorable!
yeah! more straight line mission content - great! where is part two?
Slight delay sorry! I finished the majority of he editing tonight! Just need to add some music and overlay :) be on the look out in a few days time
@@ollie_taylor nice, first part was great. gave me the geowizard slm vibes :)
Good stuff guys, I wondered how a NZ one would go. I live in Taranaki and always thought the backcountry would be too intense 😂
You guys crossed over Te Araroa somewhere near Scotts Road.. you should look into Te Araroa I think it may be your kind of adventure.
Actually it was Richard Ashcroft who pioneered the concept.
You’re a ave to the money then you die
I love that I could tell you were from New Zealand just by seeing your faces and outfits in the thumbnail 😂😂
Great video
Feel bad that you only have 50k views for this, very good experience it must have been!
Looks like an adventure. Did you just walk on after the water “obstacles”, I mean, that must have felt gross, squelching in wet shoes…..?
amazing journey lads!
A bit late to the party but sick idea fellas. NZ is probably not the easiest country to do it in.
Wish I’d seen this sooner but you can squeeze through the lower wires if you’re skinny enough on those fences.
Good luck!
Just foukd this now, well done video.
Farmer say to his wife, strangely met to lads, walking in a straight line. She said was one of them name Forrest Grump. Awesome challenge guys.
Heroic x
Try that in qld and you’ll have a snake bite in 15 mins spiders in your shirt, wasps stinging your eyeballs and ticks stuck in your shins
this is cool! but hey, be careful with how you touch electrified stuff. your muscles want to contract when they get zapped so if you grab it from your palm, the electricity could end up forcing your muscles to grip it even tighter. if you have to test it with your hand, use the back and only touch it briefly!!
Can you pl post another video. Been waiting. Thanks.
This is the most New Zealander thing I've ever seen.
legends
me tooo
waiting fro them to get to a highway that aligns perfectly with thier sraight line so they just have to walk in the middle of the road.
Great work, love the planning that went into this. Have you ever thought about a career in GIS?
I have not! Definitely something I will now look into 👀
@@ollie_taylor GIS = Geographic Information Systems in case you were wondering. Your respect for the land and the people who work it is inspiring. Loving the content.
Ha, I was planning on doing this from when I saw the original video, but I live in Auckland, so it would literally just have been walking down Portage Road...
well done boys !