Hiking 150km Across Madeira Island on the MIUT - Madeira Island Ultra Trail
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- In this cinematic hiking video, I hike the #MIUT also known as the #Madeira Island Ultra Run in early November of 2021. Our trek was a total of 93 miles and 30,000 feet of elevation gain (150 km and nearly 10,000 meters of elevation gain). We backpacked, camped, and hiked a total of 6 days, 5 nights, as we made it through a huge variety of terrain near the ocean, through the cloud forests, and onto the peaks of Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo the highest peak on the island. The hike should have been about 115km long, but somehow, between getting lost, and also doing my back and forth with my filming, I clocked 150km. That's a nice big number, so I'm going to go with that instead.
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I will actually be doing a commentary version of this video which will include my thoughts on the trail shortly.
Please let me know in the comments below what were your favorite parts!
My Route, including getting lost: www.alltrails.com/explore/rec...
GPX Route: www.miutmadeira.com/pt/prova/...
Intro: 00:00
Day 1 - Porto Moniz to Seixal : 03:40
Day 2 - Seixal to Caramujo : 11:15
Day 3 - Caramujo to Encumeada : 17:19
Day 4 - Encumeada to Pico Ruivo : 23:54
Day 5 Pico Ruivo to Ribeiro Frio : 30:00
Day 6 Ribeiro Frio to Machico : 34:33
List of Current Gear:
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Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below.
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Instagram: / ryan.j.schmitz
Wow I'm excited to see the nest video
Great, let me know what you think when you finish it.
Kraig would be proud 👏
wonderful movie! (the shots, the pacing, the absence of words, the mood, the soundtrack)
Glad you enjoyed it!
This stuff is off the charts.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, really nice video, I loved the composition/framing (cadrages) and colours of the scenes.
I laughed at the 'pat a cat' segment, what a good reference to Kraig's dog encounters.
Definitely different than I was expecting.
Ein wunderschönes Video ohne unnötiges Gelaber. Die grandiosen bewegten Bilder sagen mehr als tausend Worte. Ganz toll!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I was amazed at how many Germans we saw once we got to Funchal. I had no idea it was such a popular hiking destination for Germans.
@@RyanJSchmitz Its cheep and belongs to Europe so is nearby and Germans love nature and hiking
Simply breathtaking video. What a landscapes, what a fantastic video. Love it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
awesome pease of art you made!
Excellent Video! You've collected some beautiful impressions here 👍😊. we wish you a nice day! Best wishes Up'n'Down-Traveling
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it.
Good to see you back out there. Looking forward to more content!
Felt good to get back out there. Definitely made me confident enough to continue taking bigger hikes after the injury. Thanks for watching.
Awesone - Really happy for you guys to pull of this hike! wet trails and a lot of nice views! looking forward for next vid!
Much wetter than expected. Most hiking videos seemed to be along the ridge and much dryer than what we experienced. Thanks for watching.
Glad you come back on the trail. The scenery, the vegetation, the aerial footage, and mixed up with the color grading always be incredible. For me, this is such a comfortable film this week. Great job !!!
Good to be back on trail and glad you enjoyed it.
Great job on the video, you captured some amazing footage!
Thanks! It was a great trip.
Great vid, looks really wet & dramatic! Such a varied landscape. Really looking forward to your commentary for this.
Much wetter than anticipated! The fun of only downloading a map and having a basic idea of where we’re sleeping.
Amazing cinematic view, thank you for sharing this with us, keep going my fellow traveler.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing! Outdid yourself on this one. Looking forward to the follow-up videos.
Thanks, a bit rusty but felt great to be out there again.
Hi Ryan
Congrats, the video went out quite fast :-)
Do you remember me, we meet in refuge of Pico Ruivo,
was a pleasure to meet you.
I do! It was a pleasure meeting you. You’re living a life I envy! Hope you are still enjoying your travels.
Brilliant hiking and sharing! Zindabad! Lot of love and respect from a solo mountain hiker from the Lower Chitral District of Pakistan!
Pakistan is on my list. What’s the best 50-100km route out there? Thanks for watching.
You must have had a LOAD of drone battories with you. lol Love the damp jungle feel. Reminds me of Oragon. Ill have to put it on the tv later today and finnish it. Keep em comming bud.
We were lucky, this hike dipped into little villages and we were able to recharge a couple times. Hardest thing was keeping everything dry. Let me know how you enjoy the full vid on the tv.
Love how you frame it you both and the scenery, very cinematic, hope you enjoy the trail as I enjoy both videos
Glad you enjoyed it.
As you mentioned the bike trails, major bike brands go to Madeira to test new bikes, since there's different type of terrain...in one place
The white globe is a military radar
@@luisvasconcelos1053 I bet. Couldn’t believe how many mountain bike trails there were. May go back for that.
@@RyanJSchmitz th-cam.com/video/l2XAySEt2pE/w-d-xo.html
Okay, I force myself to stop watching for now and add it to my watch list. This is something I have to watch with my family on TV on the upcoming weekend.
Yeah it’s a beast and i didn’t realize how wide my shots were until I tried watch it on my phone. Let me know your thoughts once you see it on the big screen.
I love this video and your family video in Paris! What were your picture profile settings for your video in Paris? It seemed like a lot of details in the highlights for it to be Standard/No Picture Profile. Could you please tell me which LUT you used in the Paris video?
Great Video and recording, we know how much work it is🙈☺️
The area looks really amazing! We also use every opportunity to shoot new videos outdoor for YT, there is simply nothing better than being outside ☺️
best regards👋🏻
Lilia & Kai
It was definitely a few extra miles to get all the shots. I’ve been looking at going to Ecuador next year and finding a trek, any suggestions?
This is exceptional good. Thank you.
One questions, who eats cake and after that pizza :)))?
A hungry boy
Beautiful video Ryan :) I particularly enjoyed the woodland shots... really mystical and definitely not what I expected from an island off the coast of North Africa!!
I have had friends visit Madeira from the UK and they rave about the trails out there so it's high on my list and I hope to visit in the coming years. Did you encounter other trails you hope to return and complete or would you just recommend the MIUT for those looking for a great hiking experience on the island?
Also great to hear of your speedy recovery from your injury. I hope that you only continue to get stronger in that recovery.
Best wishes,
Will
I agree, that whole side of the island with all the moss was not what I expected at all. I don't think that side of the island gets the same amount of attention as the Pico to Pico area. 99% of the hikers, all day hikers, we saw on the trail were between those two peaks.
The concentration of trails on that island is really incredible. So many trails to choose from. There is so much of the world out there, I don't know if I'll return just because I love experiencing completely new places. I did love the island, trails, and food, so for anyone who hasn't been there, it should be high on their list. I may go back for the mountain biking, I was very impressed with the work they had put in to build well-designed and marked mountain bike trails.
I don't know if the MIUT is the best trail, it was just the longest continuous trail I could find online. There are some sections that were not my favorite. I feel like the section between Encumeada to Pico Ruivo was not as good as if we had just stayed on the ridge between those two spots...We seemed to go down just to go back up. It was pretty, but I have to assume staying on the ridge the entire time would have been better. I also wish we had a little more time along the coastline. It's just so dramatic and we only had a few miles along it.
I really needed that hike to jumpstart the last bit of my recovery, I'm probably about 95% of the way there but I feel confident in scheduling just about any hike I want after completing this one!
Let me know what trails you hike and what you think of Madeira when you get out there!
@@RyanJSchmitz thanks Ryan. Really helpful 👍
Good to be traveling again. Although Madeira is well known in many countries, it's relatively unheard of in the USA. I'm looking for other destinations like that, what do you suggest?
Did you check Jackson Groves blog, to see the hikes, he did. There's around 3000km of hikes
@@luisvasconcelos1053 that’s actually how I originally found the route. I watched @jackson groves video on the MIUT and thought it looked like a longer route on Madeira that I could film my way. If it was closer I could certainly see going back again, just so much more of the world I want to see that’s within that 10-15hour travel time from me.
This looks truly amazing! I want to go hiking there myself and was wondering how camping goes, I read everywhere that wildcamping is forbidden there.. Did you just take the risk or how did you do it?
I have an entire video on that here that should answer any questions you may have. Thanks. th-cam.com/video/1rnLGp8fpGg/w-d-xo.html
so beautiful! But to be honest, I dont like the black bars. I think its more immersive to fill the entire screen (like Imax). But nevertheless, still a awesome job!
I go back and forth. I suck at framing sometime because I get lazy while hiking and I want people to focus on a particular part of the shot. I’m going to do my best to spend a beat more on my next hike to frame the shots better. I’m still waiting for your next video, your last one was exceptional.
@@RyanJSchmitz Thanks! Next one is cloooosse. Final touch at the moment.
I think the GPX files are now missing from that link =/
Just checked and the links still look good to me. Send me a DM and I'll send it directly to you if you want.
Amazing video 😍 very good work and nice edit, dude. You have my sub. I also make travelvideos you are welcome to my channel too 😊 best regards