Pamir to Karakoram - cycling the world's highest roads
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Follow us on a journey across the roof of the world - the Pamir and Karakoram Highways. Eight weeks, two bicycles and four largely unexplored countries. An adventure into the most remote and rugged landscapes on our planet. Discover yaks, 8000m peaks, frozen lakes and the world’s friendliest people. Battling snow, altitude and fatigue this trip was tough enough without the added consideration of film-making. Completed in total autonomy this film captures the very essence of why we travel - an incredible feat of filmography. Adventure cycling at it’s finest.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Chapter 1 : Dushanbe - Kalaikhum
09:25 - Chapter 2 : Kalaikhum - Khorog
12:50 - Chapter 3 : Khorog - Murghab
21:04 - Chapter 4 : Murghab - Kyrgyzstan
28:18 - Chapter 5 : Kyrgyzstan
35:13 - Chapter 6 : China
41:54 - Chapter 7 : Pakistan - Chapursan valley
50:05 - Chapter 8 : Sost - Gilgit
55:17 - Chapter 9 : Gilgit - Islamabad - Jhelum
59:44 - Credits
Clare and Antoine Cottet present :
PAMIR TO KARAKORAM
cycling the world’s highest roads
Supported by Halti
Filmed and directed by Antoine Cottet
Starring : Clare Cottet, Antoine Cottet
Additional cinematography : Clare Cottet, Adeel Amer
Post production : Gautier Spiser, Juliette Dravigney
Animations : Gautier Spiser
Voice over and subtitles : Clare Cottet, Antoine Cottet
We would like to thank our families and our friends.
In particular :
Waheed & Mashal Mahmood and their family
Cyril & Armony Cavalli
Thibau Lejeune
Simon Marchal
Adeel Amer
Halti for their great clothes : halti.com
MNBike for your bike check and advices : mnbike.fr
Instagram : @cottisch & @docgonewild
Website : docgonewild.com
For more details of ours adventures go on : docgonewild.com
Music in order of appearance :
Desert Winds - Jon Sumner - Epidemic Sound
Russian Dance - Joey Pecoraro - CZcams Audio Library
Oud Dance - Doug Maxwell - CZcams Audio Library
Fear the Island - Rune Dale - Epidemic Sound
Aurore’s Dream - Rune Dale - Epidemic Sound
Good Days - Cody Francis - Epidemic Sound
Golden Sea - Jon Sumner - Epidemic Sound
Synchrotron - Guy Copeland - Epidemic Sound
Remote Locations - Edward Karl Hanson - Epidemic Sound
Cherry Blossom Fall - Joseph Beg - Epidemic Sound
Humid - Ellie Davide - Epidemic Sound
An Ordinary Day - Deskant - Epidemic Sound
Shimmering Sands - Jon Bjork - Epidemic Sound
Desert Life - August Wilhelmsson - Epidemic Sound
Around the World - Deskant - Epidemic Sound
Nomadic Sunset - Alexander Nakarada
You Can See Us From the Moon - Christian Andersen - Epidemic Sound
Plastic Dragon - Jon Algar - Epidemic Sound
Rain Will Fall - Philip Ayers - Epidemic Sound
A Strange Shadow - Damon Greene - Epidemic Sound
Sacred Grounds - Christian Andersen - Epidemic Sound
Yin and Yang - Damon Greene - Epidemic Sound
Back to Beijing - Christian Andersen - Epidemic Sound
Origami Sky - Edward Karl Hanson - Epidemic Sound
Teri Akhiyan - Ruhan Kapoor, Sidhant Kapoor - Audi Network Limited
Guide Us - True Messenger - Epidemic Sound
Skilled in The Arts - Yi Nantiro - Epidemic Sound
In a Thousand Years - Christian Andersen - Epidemic Sound
Rose of Sharon - Edward Karl Hanson - Epidemic Sound
Beyond Kings and Emperors - Christian Andersen - Epidemic Sound
New Rituals - Leimoti - Epidemic Sound
Mehendi Rachnewali - Sidhant Kapoor - Audi Network Limited
Nuptse - Darren Leigh Purkiss - Audio Network Limited
Pamir 🇹🇯 ♥️ Karakoram 🇵🇰
I wish I saw this video some 30 years ago. At 70 years old, the only way for me to travel would be via a 4-wheel drive. We intend to do this trip in mid 2022, insyallah.
Good luck. It's never too late to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Have to wait until Ukraine has settled.
This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen on CZcams full stop.
What a wild beauty this Karakol
As an endurance cyclist myself, i have nothing but respect for what you both have achieved... I felt i was part of your journey the entire time.. thank you from the Philippines..
Not really😂
This gave me a new appreciation for life and nature,
Qu’elle aventure vous m’avez fait découvrir. Extraordinaire.
Merci beaucoup !
What a superb film. Beautifully shot. Such a great adventure too. The Pamir Highway looks epic and the Pakistan section reminded me of my trip there way back in 1997.
My friends used to cycle these roads from Dushanbe to Islamabad back in 1990 as parts of REI bike trips. I am glad things remain the same as things don't change drastically in these regions.
Such a beautiful journey ❤️ thank u so much for visiting Pakistan 🇵🇰
Spectacular! One of the best cycling docs ever. Claire’s narration is magical.
great music, great landscape, great brave hearts
Thank you 😊🙏🏻
This is done in such a professional way. I could watch hours
Très beau film avec des belles images et certainement un gros travail de montage. Intéressant de voir la Pamir Highway tôt dans l'année et assez verte sur les parties basses. J''ai fait le même trajet en septembre, à vélo aussi, et tout était bien plus aride! J'ai reconnu des magasins! L'arrivée sur Kara Kul est easy going avec le vent dans le dos. Le no man's land ensuite pour passer de l'autre coté est impressionnant. A Sary Tash ce fut tout droit pour Osh au lieu de tourner à droite comme vous. Bravo et merci :-)
Merci Marc ! Oui sur la Pamir au mois de mai on ne manque pas d'eau, tout les névés de neiges fondent et la nature est verdoyante :)
I watched this yesterday whilst cycling indoors. Thank you. It was wonderful.
Welcome to Tajikistan we love guests
Thank you, we saw that when we were there - such a wonderful and hospitable country :)
@@cottisch. thank you, come again
Soothing music... serene nature... wonderful adventure... Life time experience...great... 👏👏👏🎉🎉
Thank you 😊
WOW - just WOW! Respect Clare and Antoine. Loved every second.
Thank you :)
Thank you Sebastian !
Bravo à tous les deux pour ce périple hors du commun ! grâce à vous nous avons découverts des contrées si éloignées de nous mais si magnifiques. Nous ne manquerons pas de vous suivre dans vos prochaines aventures. Didier et Mireille
Merci Didier et Mireille, à bientôt :)
This is just amazing, I loved it too much ❤️, I mostly liked the part in Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan (my beloved country) wish you best of luck for future endeavors, love 💕 from Pakistan.
Music is excellent. Particularly between chapters 4 and 5 insofar. Great adventure Clare.
Thanks Phil, the last chapter was our favourite for music!
Back in 1989, I spent several years criss crossing these parts and your video brings back so many memories. These places are explored and rugged. There are many of us visited these areas.
Is this the greatest cycle touring video of all time? Probably!
Wow, thank you 😊🙏🏻
Wonderful - thank you for taking me on that incredible bike trip! Very impressive in every resprect
Thank you David :)
Profound greetings from the Roof of the World #pamirhighway. Thank you for your amazing work.
Dear friends welcome to Pamirs and visit us. ✌️
Thank you everyone for joining us for the first showing of the film. It has been a long journey to get here and it has meant so much to us to be able to share it with you all. If you like the film, share it with everyone you know ! If you want to follow our next adventures in East Africa (hopefully starting on Friday! Yes in 3 days) then be sure to follow us on instagram @cottisch and @docgonewild or check out the blog at docgonewild.com :)
Australia SEES
It was really good to see your journey, hope you find what you were looking for. Great video and effort by both of you.
Well done! A joy to watch, not only for the cinematography but also the accompanying soundtrack. Thank you for introducing me to corners of the world I knew so little about.
Does beauty can make your heart weep...yes..it can!!!
Brilliant, what an achievement, what a trip, so many memories
Wow magnifique les paysages et quel voyage ! Waaaa la mésaventure avec le drone, j'imagine la pression pour le retrouver et puis les images... Bravo
Merci Julien, oui pour le drone et la perte des images c'était très dur moralement, après le crash je ne voulais plus entendre parler de film pour ce voyage. Un an après le crash, le projet a commencé et le résultat n'est pas si mal, même sans les images du drone.
This is by far one of the best if not the best bikepacking adventure I saw on CZcams, I admire the dedication and courage you guys have put to this wonderful journey. I wish, as a bikepacker, do the same thing in the future. Thank you for inspiring me.
What a spectacular journey, thank you for bringing us along
Envoûté de A à Z. Merci pour ce fabuleux film !
Merci Pixeldeter :)
Thank you very much for sharing, such a beautiful journey, through the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world. Hope to see your next adventure soon. Stay safe, stay blessed.
Fantastic insight into such beautiful landscapes and hidden cultures
Thank you :)
Amazing journey, quality video, great music and people, probably best on CZcams. There is something about the pace of this bike trip that you could not get from a motor trip and every part of it seemed too short, like the hot spring, I felt the bumps, the cold, the pain...well as much as is possible sitting in a comfy chair, your pain is our gain, thank you.
Salut Antoine,
Tu réussis toujours aussi bien tes sauts de cabri et tes dérapages. Super votre façon de filmer et la gentillesse de Clare. Ta forme est toujours aussi bonne et j'espère pouvoir skier avec toi cet hiver.
Je vous souhaite une belle ballade en Afrique,
Pascal E.
Salut Pascal,
Merci beaucoup, je ne sais pas si tu te rappelles des moments passés à me montrer tes photos d'Alaska et tout ses endroits si sauvages où tu as été. En tout cas je m'en souviens parfaitement, et ce fut une grande inspiration pour moi, j'en parle encore souvent à Clare. Tu es le bienvenu à Chamonix cet hiver :)
Antoine
Can't wait and popcorn at the ready
Awesome epic journey guys we felt your joy and pain throughout. The camera work was breathtaking and you really captured a perfect snapshot of the cultural life as you passed through.
Lovely bit of filming, in fact rather inspiring - needed to turn on subtitles though for the Scot's lassie (kidding, I'm from Glasgow)..,. It seems the Chinese have finally nailed down their paranoid instincts - when I spent three months travelling there in 1988, when they had the instincts but not the mechanisms. I'm glad I saw it when I did, and doubt I'd tolerate that kind of state interference in my holiday there today. La Vieille Alliance!!
Thanks for you comment, yes I can imagine it was a very different experience then- much more pleasant!
Some Westerners gave up the right to be trusted. It is not our fault. Your think tanks, media and other forces are behind the stigmatization of China. Our government can no longer tell who is good and who is bad. I can only apologize and wish you a safe and pleasant journey!
Merci à tous les deux pour avoir partagé le récit télévisuel de vos aventures. En cette période de restriction des libertés de déplacement, cela permet de voyager - au moins en rêve...
Que les vents du monde entier vous soient favorables :)
Bravo! What an extraordinary achievement, and a really really good film. Thank you so much for posting it on here,
Thank you, we are so glad you enjoyed it :)
Very good and full of interesting knowledge video with local songs mandi and etc live long and happy
Je vous ai entendu sur Spotzle, je me suis précipité pour voir le film. Et finalement je suis scotché par la beauté du trip. Mention spéciale à la bande son. Merci et bravo pour ce partage.
Merci Adouki, n'hésite pas à le partager autour de toi :)
What a spectacular trip and experience of a lifetime tho definitely not for everyone. It’s tough. Scenery is just wild.
I am amazed at their physical fitness. Sort of super human achievements. Wish I can also travel these roads but in a small Honda Monkey mini trail bike, not a bicycle.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful adventure- truly an epic journey for the mind, body and soul!
Guys, what a video! Great work, thanks for sharing and safe trails!
Молодцы,Ребята.😚
Je vous adore I love you not just for the Herculean effort mais pour l'humilite et l'empathie et l'internationalisme de votre reportage ❤❤❤❤❤
This trip was so amazing! I travelled together with you watching this video! Thank you for sharing
Fantastic ! Magnificent !! Congratulations !!! Love and respect from Bangladesh. Fabulous video, story, photography and, above all that adventure of yours !!!
Et aussi, merci pour la langue francaise. Maintenant, j'apprends cette langue a l'alliance francaise a Dacca. Felicitations, encore !!!
Thank you so much :) et bonne chance avec le français 😉
Beautiful journey! Respect and admiration from NY! Thanks and Merci!
Commendable. Pakistan is the best place for tourism and they are quite hospitable. Food is amazing. Perhaps the best in the world.
Superbe voyage et images !!!
I had the chance to cycle the Pamir nearly 2 years ago now. What an incredible adventure and it brings very good memories watching your movie. Thank you for that.
It makes me want to come back and continue to the Karakorum this time :)
Oh you definitely should! I'm glad we brought back some good memories for you :)
Really enjoyed watching your adventures, especially in Chapursan valley, Pakistan.
What an amazing experience this trip must have been. I get a sense of it by hearing the narration and seeing the images. Only a distant reflection of what you experienced, I am sure. Great to hear of your wonderful experiences with the peoples of these countries. The humanity and kindness shine through. Simple and difficult living conditions in many cases yet kindness and hospitality shown to the visitor. I will take it as an example and do better in my own life going forward. Thanks! :-)
Love from Pakistan
Thank you for the best film depiction of cycling through these countries to date! Fantastic quality, yet raw enough to show folk the difficulty and reality. Brought back many great memories from my Pamir experience last year.
Thank you so much, that is what we were aiming for. We wanted to show all the beauty, but also the fact it's not an easy place to travel. But boy is it worth the effort. So glad it brought back good memories for you.
Absolutely fascinating. Envy you but really, well done. Thanks a ton for sharing. Best wishes for many more such adventures.
Antoine, je te félicite pour ce magnifique film sur votre périple. Il est de qualité et cela donne envie. Bonne continuation à vous 2. Bises, Marc et Muriel ESSIG
Merci beaucoup Muriel et Marc ! A bientôt :)
Amazing 🤩 journey, thank you for sharing it with us 🙏
Vraiment excellent, bonne chance dans vos prochaines aventures !
best travel Blog for me watching my life. This tour longer and historical. Me watching Bangladesh.. Best couple best bloger love From Bangladesh. ❤❤❤❤❤.
Merci à tous d’avoir regardé la première projection du film. Ça été un long voyage pour arriver ici et ça représente beaucoup pour nous de pouvoir le partager avec vous tous. Si vous voulez suivre nos prochaines aventures en Afrique de l’Est (nous espérons commencer ce vendredi ! Oui dans 3 jours) et suivez nous sur instagram @cottisch et @docgonewild et pour plus de détails, regardez notre blog docgonewild.com :)
Wauw, amazing!
Thanks for sharing, and very well done.
Love your video 🤩
God bless both of you mashallah very existing jurny and I love soofiyana song
Just fab to watch and listen. The Karokoram highway has improved since a1993 when I rode it down from the boarder with china..it was more of track then. Great film and so nice to see you met so much kindness on your travels. It gives hope for the world.
Les musiques sont vraiment excellentes!!
Merci :)
Un grand bravo pour cette belle aventure , demain je montrerai , la vidéo à mes enfants pour leur montrer tous ces jolis paysages !
Merci Christian :)
Hats off !! Thank you for sharing an amazing adventures trip from Tajikistan to Karakuram Pakistan. I wish I was part of it too. Loved it fully!!
Ok. This is ridiculously good. Thank you for sharing this incredible adventure.
What an amazing adventure! And such an inspiring movie that you shot. The lost drone movies were compensated by the superb time lapse filmed landscape. You are such a couple of human beings! Keep the pace!
Thank you so much! :)
This was amazing...I am in awe of both of you and the peoples you met on your travels. Be well!
Loved it! Those mountains are just mesmerizing - gorgeous! I would love to visit Pakistan and just bike around such areas.
After long considerations, I think for these kinds of gravel tracks, trails and mountains on the top of the world, I would have chosen mountain bikes.
... with fenders. ;-)
If not then at least wide tires with low pressure for comfort. It seems mountain bikes are underrated nowadays but are really very versatile with strong frames and good climbing gears.
Mother Nature at it's best, purest. Amazing video 👌👌👌👍🙏
One of the best videos I have watched on CZcams. Thanks for sharing your amazing journey.
Thank you for giving us an opportunity to visit these places which would otherwise be out of reach for most of us .
We are so glad you enjoyed it :)
Such well documented and edited journey. The musical arrangements were genius. I cried when Clare was struggling with the cold. I felt so involved. Well done guys!
Incredible. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful journey.
The world needs to see this ... Add short clips as well
I have watched your journey and it was greatly done, you two are not only very tough individuals but
You brought us to places, geniusly filmed, with sound. This region is very singular. I had more fun
wathing your filmed journey than looking at a movie. This level of persistance reached by both.
You are in my top 10 adventurers since this measured pace becomes also the best way to prevent
casualties.
Very admirable everything you did, thanks for the passion and the spirit you put on it
The best adventure video I ever watched. Thanks a thousand.
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏻
Incredible film... hoping do bikepacking this route in 4 years
We recommend it ;)
Love the music, such a great video, thanks for sharing
Thank you :)
A wonderful choice of music. I wish subtitles (transaction of the song during chapter 7 Pakistan) could be added in the video for the larger audience. this is the message of peace the people of Pakistan are giving to the rest of world through our music, mountains, rivers, and hospitality. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us.
Message of peace.........ha ha ha ha !! Joke of the century !!
Lol peace and Pakistan 😂😂😂😂
@@yatharthchaturvedi2874 We already saw the messangers of peace and statements by their countrymen during the India vs Pak match.
L*ndus coming 👇
Brilliant show of endurance
That was incredible, thank you so much
Stunning scenery, great effort of yours and I am happy for you that you made it back safe, it is not always that way.
Thank you, and yes we feel very lucky 🙏🏻
Belle aventure, sa donne envie, moi je voyage plutôt seul enfin quand je voyageais, je viens de changer de véhicule de la gyroroue je passe au FAT TRIKE et les endroits où vous êtes passés sont très intéressants niveaux franchissement, je vais prochainement tester cette machine en Europe pour commencer puis vers des contré plus éloignés, BRAVO 👍
Merci et bon courage pour tes futures aventures :)
Super trip and a super job on the video. Well done
Great trip. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much for showing Pakistan to the world.
A documentary deserves to be watched millions and millions of times
Bravo Antoine et Clare pour vos aventures haut perchées dans les massifs d'Orient!
Steph trouve que, je cite: "il a bien évolué depuis son passage en section sportive ce petit". C'est le moins qu'on puisse dire!
Avec tous mes encouragements et bonnes routes à tous les deux. Chapeau!
Christian Leon
Merci Christian ! Et oui le temps passe vite et un grand merci à vous deux de m'avoir transmis le goût de l'effort et de l'aventure (à la maison Oberlin) dès le plus jeune âge. Encore merci et à bientôt :)
What exhilarating landscapes they are. Greatly appreciate you documenting your adventure, and especially something produced as well as this. The voice over narration is well written, and the choice of soundtrack music is perfect.
Thank you so much, your feedback means a lot 😊
Amazing journey through highest mountains of the world
Amazing epic!!!.. Merci..Thanks... for sharing with us guys.. ❤❤❤
Thank you guys to show us such beautiful nature.
This was one hell of an adventure. Really motivated me to grab my bike and travel around the world.