im 22 years old and ive always loved being outside in nature. i have trouble with depression and social anxiety and have had it for a few years now. Being in nature helps alot and even seeing videos like this makes me feel less stressed. Sarek has been a dream of mine to visit. Thank you for sharing your journey across Sarek with us.
You're always welcome here. There are nice places in Jämtland too, you should definitely look it up. I hope you will find solace there. And don't go there in the winter unless you know what you're doing ;-)
Kvikkjokk where he started the hike had a whopping -46.8C this last winter! Considering they can get temps up over +30 to +35 in the summer it's an amazing temp span of 75-80 degrees :O
I've done Kungsleden (2018) and Padjelantaleden (2023), and in between two trips to more southern parts of the same mountain range (around Grövelsjön). This summer I will finally go to Sarek for a 10 day solo hike. Watching your beautiful video makes me just tingle with anticipation. Thanks for sharing it!
I've been fairly housebound due to health problems over the past few months (I'm 23) so I just want to say thanks for documenting and sharing your journey, it was a pleasure to watch.
Hello 😊 Well, this is going to be my first comment on TH-cam ever! But I just want to say, that I REALLY enjoyed this video, and that it brought a lot of amazing memories aflive. About 30 years ago I trekked Sarek 4 summers in a row, and at least one of them more or less followed your route, allthough in the opposite direction. I feel so lucky to have experienced this amazing nature. So: a big THANK YOU for a trip down memory lane. 😊👍👏 Hanne, Denmark
In addition to being my handsome doppelgänger, what a lovely trip! I've now added it to my list of places to go to. Thank you for hauling all that gear to show us what it's like. Cheers from the USA.
I was there in 2022 and to this day I cannot shake the imressions I had about myself, nature, and the beauty of it all. Will be back next year, hopefully-
Nice to follow your journey! Sarek’s tough and rewarding. I live in Norway not too far from this area, and visited Sarek twice in wintertime in the late 80s. In many ways easier to visit during the winter (walk on rivers instead of crossing them…) although of course winter has its own challenges. Thanks for the video!
Stunning, thank you for making/posting this. Always say this part of Europe is like Scotland on steroids and great to see other people from the UK exploring it. It's hard to understand the vastness until there and then especially if you consider the run into Abisko National Park and then over the border into Ovra, Reisa and Stabbersdalen on the way upto Nordkapp. Great vlog really enyoyded it! The only thing i would say and not sure if you had one i'd always take a good bivy, as the winds can be savage up there and well to be fair the MSR would soon collapse. As for river crossings and more for your other viewers for larger rivers that are there just about as dangerous as it gets when solo, worth spending time to find the best crossing point (generally upstream), and don't wade into fast flowing water that's above the knee, so much safer with two people if you know the correct technique but yea walking poles or a good log vital to scout ahead. It's also worth scouting the crossing without the Bergan first to know not suddenly going to meet an underwater ledge with a bottomless drop (had it happen to me few times, especially on glacial rivers that carve over time deep channels in flood literally from 2 foot of fast flowing water to not being able to feel the bottom with 2 poles lasted together)! All the best - there is literally an endless amount of terrain up there, you could spend a lifetime and still find new sites to enjoy. Edit - sorry you probably got what i meant, but a bivy for an emergency shelter so can drop the tent and let the storm pass (there are some lightweight one's these days such as event/pertex, far cry from the goretex bags of 90's albeit not as durable).
Great video! I trekked through Sarek with 2 friends in 2015. It was such a beautiful landscape and great experience. I remember thinking: „I have to come back here every year“ yet didn‘t make it back since then. Your route is pretty interesting, we approached Sarek through Rappadalen/Skirfe and made our way through to Alggavagge/Padjelanta and then back to Kvikkjokk. We encountered a lot of traces of wildlife (elk, bear and wolves) and had the strongest / most surreal northern lights at night. I‘ll come back - maybe this time taking your route.
What a wonderful video! I especially appreciated that you describe the ups and downs of each day, and that you show your route so clearly on the map, including information on the distance you hiked each day.
Nice video! Good job. I've been relatively near Sarek during some of my fishing trips all over Northern Sweden but never trekked thru on these trails. I should really do that. Northern Sweden is such a great place for those who enjoy to spend time in nature, there's so much pristine and beautiful areas up there. And it helps that Sweden has great laws allowing for harvesting from nature and camping. It's a great place to spend summer:)
Second time I’ve watched this, a great record of a great trip; hope to complete a similar route myself in the next year or two, have walked the northern part of the Kungsluden and all the Padjelanta Trail, but longing for the wilderness of Sarek. Hope you still adventuring 👍
Thank you very much for this splendid video, Gwilym. For many decades ago I did a similar long hike to Sarek, and then some years later, to Padjelanta. Both of those hikes took about 10 days each. So following your excellently documented video, I got many dear memories. You got a new subscriber from Finland. Wishing you and yours all the best, and many new adventures 💕
I really liked this video! As a swede it's easy to forget just how wild my own country can be. I must compliment you on your pronunciation of the Sapmi names on the map. I lived up north (not this high up) for a year and I can't do much better with these tongue-twisters😄
Thanks you - I'm glad for that feedback. I did as much reserach as possible around how to pronounce the place names. Hopefully I didn't butcher them too much. I also chatted with a Swedish couple towards the end of my walk and they said that as Swedes they still struggle with the Sapmi names!
Always fun to see the our Norwegian Real Turmat on adventures. They produce our army rations too - same meals but about 20% bigger. Available in stores here, not a single clue elsewehere. Paused at day 4, to say I'm enjoying the video. Norway next, eh?
If that's the orange freeze-dried food bags you're talking about, I've bought them on XXL here in Sweden. Which I suppose makes sense, since XXL is also from Norway if I remember it correctly.
It's weird how you hate it and then you love it. That area is the only place I'd like to revisit. Usually it's been there done that but that place keeps coming back to me. Hi from Finland.
Gwilym - I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you so much for uploading. You seem like quite a thoughtful individual, and I'm sure that this trip gave you plenty of time for introspection. The scenery really is something else. I love getting into nature but I'm not sure if I could stomach 10 days alone in the wilderness with no phone signal so, hats off to you
Watched a little bit of this video, every lunch time while at work. Just finished watching such an amazing adventure. Gwilym thankyou so much for sharing! Liked and Subscribers
Great video! I stand in awe though at the amount of kit you are carrying. I started at Ritsem on Padjelanta and then onto the Priests' Trail last August and did so with not much more than 15kg to start with (6kg food). I was happy with that lighter load as I barely had enough strength left in the end to reach Duottar Mountain Station to call an ambulance heli due to a burst appendix (yes, shit happens - especially when you are in the place furthest away from a paved road in Sweden). The flight across Sarek was rather special though 😀 So, I am quite happy having taken on board some of the (ultra) light backpacking tips by Jorgen Johansson e.a.
Ecstatic the sun finally braved it's way thru to greet you. Fine eye and feel for capturing the true cold north trail,how desolate and lost an older traveler and reindeer must have felt...no one's got your back.To survive,you have to do it all...and you did.Kudos...there is a sadness when leaving the wilderness,part of you let's go what you really are,yet you long to embrace civilization and those you left behind.Honor both
For a one-man army production, this is superb! Beautiful landscape and well told. Give this man some support and give him a sub
Agreed and done. Great cinematic quality and a thoughtful narrative. Looking forward to watching more.
Agree
Seeing he only has 350 subs shocked me, would have thought he had 100k+
@@elje0ett881 now !
im 22 years old and ive always loved being outside in nature. i have trouble with depression and social anxiety and have had it for a few years now. Being in nature helps alot and even seeing videos like this makes me feel less stressed. Sarek has been a dream of mine to visit. Thank you for sharing your journey across Sarek with us.
You're always welcome here. There are nice places in Jämtland too, you should definitely look it up. I hope you will find solace there. And don't go there in the winter unless you know what you're doing ;-)
Kvikkjokk where he started the hike had a whopping -46.8C this last winter! Considering they can get temps up over +30 to +35 in the summer it's an amazing temp span of 75-80 degrees :O
I've done Kungsleden (2018) and Padjelantaleden (2023), and in between two trips to more southern parts of the same mountain range (around Grövelsjön). This summer I will finally go to Sarek for a 10 day solo hike. Watching your beautiful video makes me just tingle with anticipation. Thanks for sharing it!
I've been fairly housebound due to health problems over the past few months (I'm 23) so I just want to say thanks for documenting and sharing your journey, it was a pleasure to watch.
"Ive become fully immersed in the rhythm of my journey" - beautifully said
Hello 😊
Well, this is going to be my first comment on TH-cam ever! But I just want to say, that I REALLY enjoyed this video, and that it brought a lot of amazing memories aflive. About 30 years ago I trekked Sarek 4 summers in a row, and at least one of them more or less followed your route, allthough in the opposite direction.
I feel so lucky to have experienced this amazing nature.
So: a big THANK YOU for a trip down memory lane. 😊👍👏
Hanne, Denmark
In addition to being my handsome doppelgänger, what a lovely trip! I've now added it to my list of places to go to. Thank you for hauling all that gear to show us what it's like. Cheers from the USA.
This was splendid mate. Never knew about the "Alaska of europe" before today. Cheers
I was there in 2022 and to this day I cannot shake the imressions I had about myself, nature, and the beauty of it all. Will be back next year, hopefully-
This is epic. Brilliantly shot, not many people realise just how hard it is to document something like this, amazing job! 👏
Nice to follow your journey! Sarek’s tough and rewarding. I live in Norway not too far from this area, and visited Sarek twice in wintertime in the late 80s. In many ways easier to visit during the winter (walk on rivers instead of crossing them…) although of course winter has its own challenges. Thanks for the video!
Great trip, great pictures. Thanks for taking me with you.
Kiitos! (thank You) greetings from Finland
I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Thank you for taking us along your journey.
Stunning, thank you for making/posting this. Always say this part of Europe is like Scotland on steroids and great to see other people from the UK exploring it. It's hard to understand the vastness until there and then especially if you consider the run into Abisko National Park and then over the border into Ovra, Reisa and Stabbersdalen on the way upto Nordkapp. Great vlog really enyoyded it! The only thing i would say and not sure if you had one i'd always take a good bivy, as the winds can be savage up there and well to be fair the MSR would soon collapse. As for river crossings and more for your other viewers for larger rivers that are there just about as dangerous as it gets when solo, worth spending time to find the best crossing point (generally upstream), and don't wade into fast flowing water that's above the knee, so much safer with two people if you know the correct technique but yea walking poles or a good log vital to scout ahead. It's also worth scouting the crossing without the Bergan first to know not suddenly going to meet an underwater ledge with a bottomless drop (had it happen to me few times, especially on glacial rivers that carve over time deep channels in flood literally from 2 foot of fast flowing water to not being able to feel the bottom with 2 poles lasted together)! All the best - there is literally an endless amount of terrain up there, you could spend a lifetime and still find new sites to enjoy.
Edit - sorry you probably got what i meant, but a bivy for an emergency shelter so can drop the tent and let the storm pass (there are some lightweight one's these days such as event/pertex, far cry from the goretex bags of 90's albeit not as durable).
Excellent video, spectacular views. Thanks for sharing!
Great video! I trekked through Sarek with 2 friends in 2015. It was such a beautiful landscape and great experience. I remember thinking: „I have to come back here every year“ yet didn‘t make it back since then. Your route is pretty interesting, we approached Sarek through Rappadalen/Skirfe and made our way through to Alggavagge/Padjelanta and then back to Kvikkjokk. We encountered a lot of traces of wildlife (elk, bear and wolves) and had the strongest / most surreal northern lights at night. I‘ll come back - maybe this time taking your route.
Amazing!! I’ve never even heard of this place - it’s so beautiful and serene ❤ brilliant video!
Really nice trip and pretty tough hike. It's so beautiful in the Sarek wilderness. You made a fantastic video of this amazing hike.
It looks absolutely wonderful. Thank you for taking me visually on this hike. I could almost smell your coffee❤
What a wonderful video! I especially appreciated that you describe the ups and downs of each day, and that you show your route so clearly on the map, including information on the distance you hiked each day.
Nice video! Good job. I've been relatively near Sarek during some of my fishing trips all over Northern Sweden but never trekked thru on these trails. I should really do that. Northern Sweden is such a great place for those who enjoy to spend time in nature, there's so much pristine and beautiful areas up there. And it helps that Sweden has great laws allowing for harvesting from nature and camping. It's a great place to spend summer:)
Great approach, Gwilym! Great video, nice storytelling and very humble!
Great video! Sarek is amazing! 😊
I watched the entire movie, as a father of two young children, I took a break, thank you.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed it!
Second time I’ve watched this, a great record of a great trip; hope to complete a similar route myself in the next year or two, have walked the northern part of the Kungsluden and all the Padjelanta Trail, but longing for the wilderness of Sarek. Hope you still adventuring 👍
Thank you very much for this splendid video, Gwilym. For many decades ago I did a similar long hike to Sarek, and then some years later, to Padjelanta. Both of those hikes took about 10 days each. So following your excellently documented video, I got many dear memories. You got a new subscriber from Finland. Wishing you and yours all the best, and many new adventures 💕
Pro-level camera work and story-telling. Well done!
Nice film, it's a simple life, hiking in the mountains gives the soul some rest. Did 7 years 1999-2005, good memories. Thank you so much for sharing.
Great footage! I want to walk the Kungsleden from Kvikkjokk to Abisko this summer, cant wait!
Great video👍 Greetings from Sweden🇸🇪
Absolutely fantastic movie! Very good narrative. Soothing and mesmerizing. 10/10
Lovely job sir! Did very well in means of production too!!
Nice movie about your journey out there. I really enjoyed it. Stunning landscape and camps. Well done.
Thank you for sharing. ✌️
Thank you for bringing us along on your journey. I enjoyed your combination of filming your paths and showing it on the map.
Very nice video. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Great film. I watched the whole thing in one go!
The British Accents always make things feel like a BBC documentary. Great work, mate!
Beautiful hike, very nicely captured and narrated. I hope to do something similar next summer (though through rather less wild landscapes).
I really liked this video! As a swede it's easy to forget just how wild my own country can be. I must compliment you on your pronunciation of the Sapmi names on the map. I lived up north (not this high up) for a year and I can't do much better with these tongue-twisters😄
Thanks you - I'm glad for that feedback. I did as much reserach as possible around how to pronounce the place names. Hopefully I didn't butcher them too much. I also chatted with a Swedish couple towards the end of my walk and they said that as Swedes they still struggle with the Sapmi names!
Always fun to see the our Norwegian Real Turmat on adventures. They produce our army rations too - same meals but about 20% bigger. Available in stores here, not a single clue elsewehere. Paused at day 4, to say I'm enjoying the video. Norway next, eh?
If that's the orange freeze-dried food bags you're talking about, I've bought them on XXL here in Sweden. Which I suppose makes sense, since XXL is also from Norway if I remember it correctly.
@@FinnishLapphund Correct on both counts! Orange is the civilian version, olive green army size ration size. Yellow for soups.
It's weird how you hate it and then you love it. That area is the only place I'd like to revisit. Usually it's been there done that but that place keeps coming back to me. Hi from Finland.
Very good video! Best I have seen about Sarek! Well done! So inspiring!
Thanks for sharing! I did a similar trip in Sarek last year, my video is in swedish however... Can't wait to go back
Gwilym - I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you so much for uploading. You seem like quite a thoughtful individual, and I'm sure that this trip gave you plenty of time for introspection. The scenery really is something else. I love getting into nature but I'm not sure if I could stomach 10 days alone in the wilderness with no phone signal so, hats off to you
this is the end you get no bells no whistles... i enjoyed that phrase, amazing video hope you enjoyed this experience!
I must say: What a interesting and beautiful video, very well done. I am truly impressed! A professional made video very exciting
Really enjoyed watching your travels through the National Park. Really well filmed and edited and congrats on a great video. Thanks for sharing!
Really enjoyed watching your adventure, Gwil. Fantastic scenery, brought to life with quality videography and editing.
Thank you for sharing the beauty of Sapmi, my home!
Great work! Thanks for carrying all the recording gear so you could share it with us!
Top quality video
Vakkert! Takk för att du visar Sverikes ödemarker :)
WOW! Absolutely beautiful!
Gorgeous, thanks for sharing!!!!
Really enjoyed your video. Thank you very much.
Whole-heartedly enjoyed your video! I'm looking forward to seeing more from you in the future.
Congrats ! What a wonderful tour.
Watched a little bit of this video, every lunch time while at work. Just finished watching such an amazing adventure. Gwilym thankyou so much for sharing! Liked and Subscribers
This was great!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Great video! I stand in awe though at the amount of kit you are carrying. I started at Ritsem on Padjelanta and then onto the Priests' Trail last August and did so with not much more than 15kg to start with (6kg food). I was happy with that lighter load as I barely had enough strength left in the end to reach Duottar Mountain Station to call an ambulance heli due to a burst appendix (yes, shit happens - especially when you are in the place furthest away from a paved road in Sweden). The flight across Sarek was rather special though 😀 So, I am quite happy having taken on board some of the (ultra) light backpacking tips by Jorgen Johansson e.a.
Great adventure 👍
Great film, Gwil. Appreciate all the effort you put into it. Incredible absence of other people along the way!
Much appreciated!
Thankyou for shareing this. This was reaaly good to watch, stunning scenery.
Wow, meraviglia!
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Thank you, great video
Loved it!
Amazing Gwil, I feel chilled having watched your artic adventures. 🤩
What a lovely journey, thanks for taking us along!
Great video!
Wonderful film. Thank you 🙏
"Bucket list" for sure thanks for sharing.
A brilliant video and to take all that equipment so as to share with the world this journey is a great feet of endurance.
Thanks a lot for the effort for bringing us with you on the trip! Amazing views and a great accomplishment!
Good camera work, good balance of narration to ambient sounds / music, good storytelling. It was a pleasure, thank you!
Awesome! A very well made film! Very inspiring.
What an adventure. Awesome video.
Ecstatic the sun finally braved it's way thru to greet you. Fine eye and feel for capturing the true cold north trail,how desolate and lost an older traveler and reindeer must have felt...no one's got your back.To survive,you have to do it all...and you did.Kudos...there is a sadness when leaving the wilderness,part of you let's go what you really are,yet you long to embrace civilization and those you left behind.Honor both
Lovely video Gwylim. Thanks for sharing it - Andrew.
Truly grateful for you.
Super beautiful part of our world.
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Great movie 👍. Well done!. So nice to follow.
Beautiful place. Fantastic hike. Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting! Thank you for a very nice video!
Breathtaking Scenery
As a swede I'm very happy for you. Amazingly well done.
Excellent video! Really enjoyed your adventure! Can you tell me what type and brand of hiking boots you wore? How they held up...Thanks for posting
Great video❤
Nice video and very good tour! 👏👏👏
I enjoyed your video, mr Gwilym.
Beautiful! I'll have to make my way there someday!
phenomenal video!
It's a beautiful hike Gwilym!
Excellent video, genuinely enjoyed it 👍🏻
Wow..what a great adventure mate.👍
Great videography and great narration. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
A great adventure, and very well filmed. I enjoyed your video very much. Congrats.
Pack had to be heavy. Well done!
Amazing video!
Thank you for bringing us with you on this wonderful Journey, eben If it ment that you had to carry so much mire weight 😊