Just GREAT. Amazing visuals and editing mate, also love how you used the voice message idea to keep track of the storyline/movement. Keep up the awesome work Chase.
My late uncle loved to travel and hike; last year I 'stole' a proper old school map and guidebook ring file sort of thing of the GR11 from what used to be his room in my grandma's house. You've put great moving image to the topo maps. I'm definitely putting this route down on my to-do list.
Beautifully filmed and edited. Brought back some memories from my HRP hike in 2003; those special little moments! Good luck on your journey and will look forward to the next chapter.
Beautiful shots! Really enjoyed this one. Talk about motivation and getting out there this one definitely inspiring. I like how you added in elements of towns and food it’s truly important in my prospective.
Great work Chase. Was good to follow along on Instagram, but this is just beautiful. Excellent choice of music, brilliant cinematography, right decision to add the phonecall clips. Really added to the film. Can't wait for the next part.
Man, this...? it's John Z level. I'm so proud of you. This shot @2:03 is a gut punch, and I'm just weeping - missing a bag on my back. How do explain to anyone how this feels? Long distance hiking is the best drug in the universe because you are in that moment... every single moment. Sending love and light my brother!
Wonderful, just astonishing at any breath and in any moment, it's a pity most people don't aknowledge what a beautiful planet we're living on but maybe that's better because most stay home or in their cities and thereby don't pollute or destroy the nature. Especially 7:52 and 9:04 were super inspiring to see it with my own eyes one day (and hopefully sooner that than late)
Love. Love. Love. This. But I sorta wish I didn't watch because now I have the Pyrenees on my Hiking Bucket list along with so many other places. So many hikes, so little time. I can say, when I get to Europe the Pyrenees with be first. Thank you for sharing and I look forward to your other installments.
Ty for your video man. I hiked this trail this year too and i was amazing. I have only pictures so your video is rly nostalgic for me. I love ultralight like you so good luck for next hike and thank you again for beautiful videos what you add. I wanna be back on the trail....
Gorgeous! I wanted to do GR11 this year but with all the corona situation I ended up postponing it. I saw you were hiking even with thunderstorm? Would be interesting to know your though process in those kind of situations. I got cough in one thunderstorm once and I even started talking to God (atheist here). Now I have a lot of respect when I hear thunder.
Hey dude just starting watching this series now they’re all out. What can I say other than, beautiful! Looks a stunning hike, your filming and edit is top notch dude 👌
It is super resourceful! Wonderful making. I really enjoyed and inspired at the same time. Is it possible to hike along GR10 and GR11 from the mid of March? I have vacation in last 17 days of March. And so, I was thinking that if it is covered by snow or not in late march. Do you think that it will not be risky in March?
Hi Chase, Inspiring stuff. I'm planning a similair trip next year. I hope you might be able to answer some questions. What made you decide walking west to East, the opposite direction seems more common? I'm personnally leaning towards taking an alcohol stove, but it all depends. Where were you able to find cannisters along the way? I still have to start researching the route in detail, where there any long stretches with limited restocking option or do you have a pointer for a resource on this topic? Thanks, looking forward to the next episode. Maybe you can do a more practical re-cap of your trip and answer some of my questions that way for the wider audience.
I wanted to feel as if I was walking home, also the guide book that I have describes the trail from West to east. Every 3 days or so there was a supermarket and gas was available I'm several of them. I'd really recommend the Cicerone guide book, you can get it on your phone!
Oh Sweet! Hey man! you've got a really nice little website there. And yes it was very useful info! I'm just watching your GR20 video... awesome! Do you think its harder than the high sections of the GR11?
So you hiked from mountain hut to mountain hut ? If so i am guessing that you just carried food for a day or two ? Looks great fun and very relaxing. I looked into doing the High Route in 2003 but concerns over carrying a week or more food at a time eventually made me re-think. I love the tops but the GR10 / 11 look much more do-able
Hi Chase, Thanks for the nice video's. I really like them alot. Nicely done mate! I was looking into the liteway equipment and was curious if you have the 2 person mesh or the one person mesh inside the pyraomm. Can you advide me please? I would like to go get one but I do not like a walking pole sticking in my mesh inner. You have it in your vestibule as I see.. :D Cheers mate! Regards Mike Tikaani Outdoor
@@ChaseMountains thanks very much Chase! I am one pwrsin with a 40 kg Malamute dog. You recon we can fit in.. (no I do not want to have sex like you sayd in the earlier gear video... 🤠🐺Hahaha)
Very nice movie. Thanks for sharing your hike. A few practical questions : how many hours do you walk by day ? And how many days do you plan for the whole crossing ? Is it easy to find places for your bivouac at night ?
They certainly are. Hierro v5. They are very wide, very cushioned and an 8mm drop. I'll go into more detail in my gear video, should be out in a week or two!
Great video, I'm looking forward for the next videos! What is your experience with the gear from liteway? I'm thinking about buying their gear for my next longer hike. Right now I'm really enjoying the elements program, it's fun to do even for a couch potato like me :D And I can already see improvements in my hikes and endurance! Really glad I found your channel, thank you very much! Greetings Michael
Hey!! Well, spoiler alert for the gear video but the Liteway bag is awesome, I love it! Glad you're enjoying elements and getting something out of it!!
Hey dude, how was hostel/ refugio/ hotel infrastructure along the way? I plan on camping almost all of it, but was wondering if things are open or closed due to Covid.
Yeah right, it isn't the Basque Autonomous Comunity, but Navarre, but it certainly is the Basque Country as a cultural region. Basque is spoken in that part of Navarre and the people identify with Basque culture. Also, to clarify the French side of the border is also Basque Country and Basque is spoken there. So Basque Country, Navarre, who cares? It's the same. Navarre was the sovereign state of the Basques. Just to clarify, although I'm sure you know but you can't stand admitting that there's a nation existing there for centuries regarless of the ruling powers of the time
@@diarmaidryan9486 This is my friend. I know very well the history of the old kingdom of Navarra and the Basques. You are right that in the cultural sphere the borders are diffuse, but it would have been nice if you had named Navarra (if only in case some traveler wants to find it on the map). I said, a very nice video.
Beautiful Video! I love your content - it's really well made and you provide great tips for training and hiking. Keep up the good work! :) I'm planning to hike the GR11/10 as well next year. Would you recommend the GR11 or the GR10? Maybe I can inspire you as well. I thru-hiked the Alps on the L1 Route and have a film on my channel. It's a wonderful route far off civilization for most parts and physically demanding. Check it out :) Greetings from Germany
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Helped me through some depressive thoughts and feeling stuck. Was able to relax watching this. Loved the voice files you played
I'm really glad to hear that it was helpful 👊🏼 the real wilderness helps even more!
Wondering could this trip be done using allergies type accommodation? Is there any parts of the terrain that is challenging from a height perspective.
I like the format with the "calls". Looking forward to the next part!
I wasn't sure how it would come out but I'm glad people have enjoyed it! Fills the gaps a little.
More creative and intelligent than the average travelvid. A pleasure to watch.
Something to truly enjoy while I on the dreadmill
Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing
can't wait to se more of your adventure :)
This trip ended up on my wishlist last fall. I'm excited to watch this series! Very well done with the video. :)
Great film! You had the perfect mix of scenery vs talking. Really inspired by this one.
Just GREAT. Amazing visuals and editing mate, also love how you used the voice message idea to keep track of the storyline/movement.
Keep up the awesome work Chase.
Love the gr11. Ochagavia and isaba. Zuriza and candanchu. Beautiful country and people.
Stunning scenery
My late uncle loved to travel and hike; last year I 'stole' a proper old school map and guidebook ring file sort of thing of the GR11 from what used to be his room in my grandma's house. You've put great moving image to the topo maps. I'm definitely putting this route down on my to-do list.
Basque/Norwegian here checking in. Awesome stuff. Safe travels 😊
Thank you for sharing this journey with us!
Awesome, im recovering from a heart surgery and this is so therapeutic to keep me focused and not discouraged.
Awesome vid
yes, inspiring.............a sweet gift...................
That was fantastic Chase, so great to watch and so well done. Aren’t you clever 😊😉😘
Beautiful video of your journey Chase. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to the next segment!
Got to love the sound of that storm starting up! Awesome stuff man. Keep it up.
So beautiful and inspiring. Sometimes I just want to try this even at my age. Can't wait to see the other 3 parts. Keep on young man.
@jmonster097 I will be 69 in january.
Beautifully shot and edited!!
Another fantastic achievement! Enjoyed joining you.
Love it! I´m from Navarre, love the way you captured our landscape! :)
What a beautiful piece of work, and hike.
Gran video, estoy esperando el capitulo 2 !!!
Gracias tío! ❤️
So beautiful! congratulations on your journey ⛰🍁🙏
This video and place are stunning. Thank you for creating and sharing 🙏🏻☁️
Beautifully filmed and edited. Brought back some memories from my HRP hike in 2003; those special little moments! Good luck on your journey and will look forward to the next chapter.
Hey chase..nice to see some footage of your trip.
Waiting for more ..nice one
Beautiful movie Chase! It was pleasure to watch :))
Beautiful! Wow. thank you for taking us along.
Very nice video, love the silent hiking style. Going to watch part 2 now. Thank you
I'm watching your channel! Hahah
Beautiful shots! Really enjoyed this one. Talk about motivation and getting out there this one definitely inspiring. I like how you added in elements of towns and food it’s truly important in my prospective.
Awww this first video is beautiful, Chase! Love the music & camera setup! Can’t wait to see the other videos!
Great work Chase. Was good to follow along on Instagram, but this is just beautiful. Excellent choice of music, brilliant cinematography, right decision to add the phonecall clips. Really added to the film. Can't wait for the next part.
Man, this...? it's John Z level. I'm so proud of you. This shot @2:03 is a gut punch, and I'm just weeping - missing a bag on my back. How do explain to anyone how this feels? Long distance hiking is the best drug in the universe because you are in that moment... every single moment. Sending love and light my brother!
Beautiful work mate. Superb. Well done fitting that filming into your days.
I like the way you filmed this bigtime. Really nice to watch. Some swell shots in there. Fantastic effort on your walk too. Kudos!!
Well done Chase, great footage and editing, look forward to future instalments.
Your cinematography and editing are on point. Really nicely done 👏
Can’t wait to see the whole series.
Been waiting on this one for a while! Love the way you captured your thoughts during the hike with the sound snippets :)
I really enjoyed this - I'm living vicariously through your hike as I endure extended Melbourne lock-down and dreaming of doing the GR11 one day!
Wow! This is fantastic!
Great Video, very cinematic and beautiful :) Love your channel!
Wonderful, just astonishing at any breath and in any moment, it's a pity most people don't aknowledge what a beautiful planet we're living on but maybe that's better because most stay home or in their cities and thereby don't pollute or destroy the nature. Especially 7:52 and 9:04 were super inspiring to see it with my own eyes one day (and hopefully sooner that than late)
This is so beautiful, thank you!!
Nice work mate, that was my escapism for the day 🌄
Love. Love. Love. This.
But I sorta wish I didn't watch because now I have the Pyrenees on my Hiking Bucket list along with so many other places. So many hikes, so little time. I can say, when I get to Europe the Pyrenees with be first.
Thank you for sharing and I look forward to your other installments.
Absolutely stunning man, nice work!
Ty for your video man. I hiked this trail this year too and i was amazing. I have only pictures so your video is rly nostalgic for me. I love ultralight like you so good luck for next hike and thank you again for beautiful videos what you add. I wanna be back on the trail....
AHH you and me both man! What's the plans for next summer!
@@ChaseMountains I wish hike PCT one day but covid-9 does it harder. See you on trail! :D
Happy to see your new video! I hope you’re doing well.
Magical 🙏 😊. I watch the PCT etc in the US and we have this trail on our doorstep!
Great video. Full of respect for you.😊
The editing just keeps getting better! Safe travels man
Loved it dude! Well done 😁 Gratefulhike approved 👌
Beautiful, relaxing and envious at the same with our current stage 4 lockdown in Melb 😢
After reading The Nightingale, I have a great desire to hike the Freedom Trail through the Pyrenees!
Chase picked up a few things from Kraig Adams. Nice!
Yep, he's obviously the master at this stuff, hence the hap tip at 2:55 haha
also takes a moment to pat a dog! Kraig would be proud 😄😉
Wonderful film, you are very lucky to be able to hike now, well done
Great film! Congrats! Thank you!
Incredible video! I just crossed the Alps on the E5. This looks like a nice next trip 😄⛰
Gorgeous! I wanted to do GR11 this year but with all the corona situation I ended up postponing it. I saw you were hiking even with thunderstorm? Would be interesting to know your though process in those kind of situations. I got cough in one thunderstorm once and I even started talking to God (atheist here). Now I have a lot of respect when I hear thunder.
Damn... that’s beautiful
Hey dude just starting watching this series now they’re all out. What can I say other than, beautiful! Looks a stunning hike, your filming and edit is top notch dude 👌
Oh cheers brutha! Enjoy the show! All on the M50 👊🏼
@@ChaseMountains is looks unreal dude. Ice shot you a message over on insta 🤙
Beautiful walk and it must have been so special with not too many people around... is it part of the Camino?
Beautiful thanks.
It is super resourceful! Wonderful making. I really enjoyed and inspired at the same time. Is it possible to hike along GR10 and GR11 from the mid of March? I have vacation in last 17 days of March. And so, I was thinking that if it is covered by snow or not in late march. Do you think that it will not be risky in March?
Hey man. Good videos, but your play lists seem to que up backwards. Starting at the last video in a series and working towards the front.
Am feeling trapped at the moment going to have to live my walking through you.
Good luck tho I'm sure you don't need it!
Смотрелось с удовольствием!
Сразу же оформил подписку! 😉👍🏻
Thank you this was just what I needed? 👍
Inspiring
Brilliant video, its going to spur me on when my knee injury gets better. Hopefully do it next year, By the way, what's the guitar music ?
Great video! Love your style. Check out the Lycian Way in Turkey. You will love to do that one too.
Hi Chase, Inspiring stuff. I'm planning a similair trip next year. I hope you might be able to answer some questions. What made you decide walking west to East, the opposite direction seems more common? I'm personnally leaning towards taking an alcohol stove, but it all depends. Where were you able to find cannisters along the way? I still have to start researching the route in detail, where there any long stretches with limited restocking option or do you have a pointer for a resource on this topic? Thanks, looking forward to the next episode. Maybe you can do a more practical re-cap of your trip and answer some of my questions that way for the wider audience.
I wanted to feel as if I was walking home, also the guide book that I have describes the trail from West to east. Every 3 days or so there was a supermarket and gas was available I'm several of them. I'd really recommend the Cicerone guide book, you can get it on your phone!
@@ChaseMountains Excellent, I've just order the hardcopy.
Nice !
Ahhhh this brings back memories! I'm the guy from casehikes.com and I just read your comment. Hope the info helped!
Oh Sweet! Hey man! you've got a really nice little website there. And yes it was very useful info! I'm just watching your GR20 video... awesome! Do you think its harder than the high sections of the GR11?
Nice
Do you have a fitbit? I'd love to follow your steps and see how many you're getting lol
So you hiked from mountain hut to mountain hut ? If so i am guessing that you just carried food for a day or two ? Looks great fun and very relaxing. I looked into doing the High Route in 2003 but concerns over carrying a week or more food at a time eventually made me re-think. I love the tops but the GR10 / 11 look much more do-able
Mostly I wild camped. Usually I had 3-4 days of food with me. The trail passes through towns and refuges as you'll see soon!!
Hi Chase, Thanks for the nice video's. I really like them alot. Nicely done mate! I was looking into the liteway equipment and was curious if you have the 2 person mesh or the one person mesh inside the pyraomm. Can you advide me please? I would like to go get one but I do not like a walking pole sticking in my mesh inner. You have it in your vestibule as I see.. :D
Cheers mate!
Regards Mike
Tikaani Outdoor
Hey Mike, I have the half mesh, but soon I'll be buying the full mesh as well for 2 person trips. It's a great setup!
@@ChaseMountains thanks very much Chase! I am one pwrsin with a 40 kg Malamute dog. You recon we can fit in.. (no I do not want to have sex like you sayd in the earlier gear video... 🤠🐺Hahaha)
Good vid 🤩
very well done video and editing. Was all video just with DJI camera? What editing software did you use? Please do more like this. Thanks
Got a few more coming. This was all shot on a Canon M50 with a kit lens and edited on premiere Pro :)
Very nice movie. Thanks for sharing your hike. A few practical questions : how many hours do you walk by day ? And how many days do you plan for the whole crossing ? Is it easy to find places for your bivouac at night ?
This is probably the video you're after. I go into all that stuff here. th-cam.com/video/YZo9Am1t9qw/w-d-xo.html
@@ChaseMountains Yes. Great ! Thanks again for sharing.
Hi, are those New balance shoes? If so, any thoughts? If not, what are they? Wide foot noooo or maybe? Like the vid a lot, thanks!
They certainly are. Hierro v5. They are very wide, very cushioned and an 8mm drop. I'll go into more detail in my gear video, should be out in a week or two!
Last week must have been fun with the bad weather... I guess that's why we have a video.
A little risky to film in the rain so I didn't capture much of it but yeah!
I see some borrowed techniques from Craig A. hehehe... Great video, Chase!
Good audio and a solid tripod!
Great video, I'm looking forward for the next videos!
What is your experience with the gear from liteway? I'm thinking about buying their gear for my next longer hike.
Right now I'm really enjoying the elements program, it's fun to do even for a couch potato like me :D And I can already see improvements in my hikes and endurance! Really glad I found your channel, thank you very much!
Greetings Michael
Hey!! Well, spoiler alert for the gear video but the Liteway bag is awesome, I love it! Glad you're enjoying elements and getting something out of it!!
magnifique
Hey dude, how was hostel/ refugio/ hotel infrastructure along the way? I plan on camping almost all of it, but was wondering if things are open or closed due to Covid.
Hey,I’m planning to hike 2 weeks in Pyrenees which part will you recom? Where are u hiking this summmer?
Nice video, just clarify that from minute 05:15 it is not the Basque Country, it is the Foral Community of Navarra
Yeah right, it isn't the Basque Autonomous Comunity, but Navarre, but it certainly is the Basque Country as a cultural region. Basque is spoken in that part of Navarre and the people identify with Basque culture. Also, to clarify the French side of the border is also Basque Country and Basque is spoken there. So Basque Country, Navarre, who cares? It's the same. Navarre was the sovereign state of the Basques. Just to clarify, although I'm sure you know but you can't stand admitting that there's a nation existing there for centuries regarless of the ruling powers of the time
@@diarmaidryan9486 This is my friend. I know very well the history of the old kingdom of Navarra and the Basques. You are right that in the cultural sphere the borders are diffuse, but it would have been nice if you had named Navarra (if only in case some traveler wants to find it on the map). I said, a very nice video.
How many times have you walked back and forward to place the camera...
A couple of hundred 🤣
:*) beautiful
Chase, the things you wear on your hands, what are they called?
Thanks
They are the straps, kind of like gloves that attach to my trekking poles!
@@ChaseMountains thanks!
what camera are you using?
MANbun vs. WILD
Manbun wins every time
So you are listening to Kyle as well?
I actually laughed when I heard his voice, even Chase needs his dose of backpacking BS
What is the name Of your tent?
Liteway PyraOmm. Check on my gear videos, I have an in depth review on the tent coming in the next week or two
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Beautiful Video! I love your content - it's really well made and you provide great tips for training and hiking. Keep up the good work! :) I'm planning to hike the GR11/10 as well next year. Would you recommend the GR11 or the GR10? Maybe I can inspire you as well. I thru-hiked the Alps on the L1 Route and have a film on my channel. It's a wonderful route far off civilization for most parts and physically demanding. Check it out :) Greetings from Germany
you just got yourself a new sub hahaha
@@ChaseMountains haha awesome! thanks dude