Silent Hiking in New Zealand for 7 days
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
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► TRAVEL GUIDE for this trek: www.thatch.co/guide/eu0dwzvv7...
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Wind jacket: bit.ly/3uUAvs6 (Enlightened Equipment Copperfield)
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► ABOUT THIS HIKE
In January 2024 I hiked 200 kilometers in the heart of the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand. I combined several routes into a continuous 7-day route, including the Cascade Saddle Route, Rees-Dart, Earnslaw Burn, Routeburn and Greenstone-Caples.
Interested in doing this hike? Check out the travel guide (www.thatch.co/guide/eu0dwzvv7u3q) to explore this custom route. The guide has a flexible 7-14 day itinerary split into 6 stages. It explains everything you need to know: how to get there, where to camp, where to stay in huts, when to go, the weather, and much more. Included are Custom Google Maps and GPX files.
This is an ambient film without dialog.
► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Cascade Saddle Track
4:29 Camping with Kea Birds
7:04 Dart Glacier
8:53 Rees-Dart Track
12:47 Off-trail to Earnslaw Glacier
19:08 Routeburn Great Walk
27:54 Greenstone/Caples Track
33:04 Greenstone Valley
35:38 Outro
#newzealand #greatwalk #solohiking #camping #hiking
Harmen is one of a kind guy. I'm software engineer and every day I put one of his videos on one screen and enjoying it while working. I can't count how many times I watched your videos, it never bothers me to play it again. So basically I watched multiple times each video and I will continue with that. I'm so thankful to you because the way you presenting it to us it's just unique and nobody is even close to you(Only Craig Adams I can put in the same basket with you). Others? Nobody is even close to you my guy I repeat that again. Thank you sir and God bless you!
Thank you for sharing, means a lot!
I do the same! Especially when I feel anxious. Watching his solo hikes is so calming not to mention awe inspiring
I also have them on while I work. I can look up every now and then and sort of feel like I’m hiking.
Yup, that's how it is.....
Thanks from thailand
love the way the bird knocked his camera, I replayed many times hahaha
Were they keas? They were so adorable!
@@steffyincan They are indeed! They're adorable and not very afraid of humans, but they're also the most mischievous little bastards you can imagine lol well know for tearing rubber and wipers off cars, stealing food from in front of you, posing for photos while their friends tear your belongings apart and, most famously, they were responsible for dragging road cones to block a road every day after workers moved them to the side. They're extremely intelligent and love playing toys, but their beaks and claws are bigger than you think.
A few of our zoos have them so you can get pretty up close
Naughty and smart keas, I love them ❤
I'm 53 years old and have spent my most of my life giving everything to my family with no regrets. For the last year or so I've found hiking and starting recording my adventures on youtube for a bit of history for my children and grandchildren. Your channel had inspired me to remember the most important bits. They don't need words. You are an artist and I'm inspired!
Thank you for sharing your story and for the kind words. It's truly heartwarming to hear how hiking has brought you joy and how you're creating a beautiful legacy for your family. Keep capturing those precious moments; they're invaluable.
Dear Harmen, I'm Richard from Germany. You made a gigantic good movie about your track on the South Island of New Zealand. Your superb pictures, editing and music fit so sensitively to the theatricality of this landscape. You have honestly reproduced the relationship, human nature: the little man in an overpowering nature. I've enjoyed every moment of your movie. And I remembered when I hiked the Routeburn Track myself in 1988. Maybe, who knows, one day I will come to New Zealand again to feel this wild untamed landscape. Thank you very, very much for this film.
Thank you for your kind words! Hope you get a chance to visit again some day!
This is the ONLY YT channel that deserves to be air-played on the TV vs your phone
Thank you! I'll put that comment in my pocket, euh, on my TV.
Worthy of Imax theater 🎥
The mountains - the waterfalls - the campsite next to the waterfall - the birds - the glacier - everything was just perfect
Thanks! It's a spectacular place for sure
Your cinematography is my trail Bible!!! Always pray for you and the viewers. Stay blessed ❤
That's so kind of you, thanks!
This is the most highest effort hiking video I've ever seen. The quality, the sounds, the cinematography are absolutely gorgeous. Really glad I found this video!
I really felt the experience in this one. The cuts on your legs, the bugs, the wind, the cold. I felt the human side of this one more than just the nature.
I'm glad the human aspect came through! Thanks
All that and the bloody awful freeze-dried food. It's that that gets you in the end!
I agree! I only wonder about the navigation, I mean, that is probably not always easy?
Apart from repeating that all Harmen's videos are stunning movies, with beautiful cinematography and editing skills, what can I say?
This time we get to see Harmen as adventurous as ever, and with a humorous twist: the hilarious Kea Birds 🤣🤣
New Zealand really is my dream country. What a pity it's so far away...
Keep on making us dream with your wonderful videos and thank you Harmen!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Those feathering Kea birds were a delight for sure in the miserable weather. And yes, New Zealand is not easy to get to, hope you get a chance to visit some day, though! All t he best!
Those juvenile Kea are so curious and spend their excess energy wrecking your gear. Windscreen wipers seem to be their favourite. Don’t feed them though.
Harmen, my man. Not too much goodies for us mere mortals. The John Muir Trail Video was such an epic piece of art. I keep watching it over and over again. Or just enjoy the audio world of it while doing something else.
Thank you!
The curious bird trying to poke your camera lens was so hilarious!! My mind feels peaceful while watching your movies and I feel very good that you overcome
lots of difficult routes and return safe! Be careful out there! Always enjoy your beautiful movies!!!
Those Keas birds are the best indeed! I'm glad you're enjoying them and that they bring some peace. All the best to you
Keas are curious and very mischievous parrots. Never leave anything lying about that they can wreck!
Wild! Birds, bushwhacking, waterfalls, greenery...Great video! Stay safe, Harmen and thanks for bringing us on your hikes!
Thank you!
This is one of your best videos so far! Absolutely fantastic work! Music selection, audio recording, drone footage, composition of your camera, and overall atmosphere of the scenes is just amazing. Masterpiece!!!
Wow, thank you! The audio for this one was an interesting one. On the morning on day (the 6:57 shot to be precise) a Kea bird bit through my mic cable.. haha. I had to do internal audio recording (which sound horrible when windy) and did over 100 external recordings with the mic connected via usbc to my phone. Lot of work in post, but glad I was able to salvage it (;
You have inspired me to create videos from Himalayas. I am a small content creator from Everest region. I have watched all of your videos. Much love and namaste 🙏🇳🇵
That's awesome to hear! All the best to you!
Dude, you gotta win some awards for this stuff. This is a new level.
The sense of scale you're able to convey is one of the best parts of your work, I know it must be cumbersome to have to walk back to retrieve your camera equipment so often, but it is a pleasure to watch, thank you!
Thank you for the compliment and I'm glad you notice. It's hard sometimes to capture a place, especially of this scale. Often the best thing to do is just go wide angle and walk hundreds of meters away to put the landscape in perspective. I love those shots.
@@HarmenHoek It sure allows for beautiful introspection when you allow yourself to feel so small. The beauty of hiking, thanks once again 👍🏻
What a treat! The cuts on your leg make me realize the amount of hard work you must have gone through to capture these amazing shots! Hats off to you, Sir!
The scenery there is absolutely BREATHTAKING!! Great job with your camera work. 😊
I'm Tom from Japan. You made a gigantic good movie about your track on the South Island of New Zealand. Your superb pictures, editing and music fit so sensitively to the theatricality of this landscape. You have honestly reproduced the relationship, human nature: the little man in an overpowering nature. I've enjoyed every moment of your movie. And I remembered when I hiked the Routeburn Track myself in 1988. Maybe, who knows, one day I will come to New Zealand again to feel this wild untamed landscape. Thank you very, very much for this film
Another fantastic Harmen Hoek film. Until I saw this I never realized that New Zealand was so beautiful with majestic mountains, lush tropical style forests, abundant waterfalls & lakes & peaceful sheep. Would love to be able to travel there but the next best thing is to watch what you have experienced & documented. Great trip, Harmen. ❤👍🏻🙋🏼♀️🇺🇸
Thank you for your kind words. New Zealand is definitely diverse, and I've only seen 1% of it ... So much more to see there! Hope you get a chance to visit some day! All the best!
Magnificent
I'm 22 years old and I cry over every frame. It's something unreal and heartwarming, I don't know how to explain it. But I just sink into calmness and immense gratitude for being a part of this beautiful world. Thank you for your work, for those moments when you find and frame a scene, go to the goal and come back for the camera!
I've never had this experience, and I haven't hiked yet, but I'm sure it will become at the very least exactly my experience, and at the very most one of my favorite processes in life.
And I can't express all my gratitude to you in words..
Thank you for sharing that! I'm glad you found the film so beautiful. It's definitely great to be out there, I can recommend! (; All the best!
I’ve never wanted to go to a place as badly as the trails in this video..absolutely beautiful. Thanks for bringing us along.
Thank you Harmen for an amazing video yet again! I enjoyed this one! I loved the views, those waterfalls, the greenery, the fairytale trees... I never thought New Zealand would be that beautiful. Regardless of the weather being so windy, I still appreciate the beauty of it. Thanks for bringing it to us! :)
Thank you Nicole, glad you liked this one too. (: The weather was a little challenging at times, but I love the shots because of it. Thanks for your support!
Home turf - I'm giving this a thumbs up before the vid even dops as I know the shot quality, sound and story will be epic!
Thanks! Hope you like it!
@@HarmenHoek - absolutely brilliant. You got the full weather spectrum of NZ and I acknowledge the hard yakka on getting those wide shots. Thank you for such a great showcase of some our South Island beauty.
The filming of the little birds is amazing!
Praise God for the amazingly gorgeous nite sky.
Thanks to u Harmon too.😊
Your video brought me to tears, tears of happiness but tears nonetheless. I lived in the South Island over 20 years ago and hiked/hunted all over that terrain, I miss it more than anyone could imagine. The silence and the cinematography are utterly stunning. Beautiful work Harmen. Please keep it up. Wishing you health and happiness. Richard
He is quietly helping us see again.the Wonders!!
Harmen, you’ve visited my home country and met our Kea birds !!🤣
I was just describing your cinematic exploits to a friend on a trail this week and here you are in our country Aotearoa New Zealand! Hope you enjoyed 😀
Absolutely loved my time in Aotearoa New Zealand! Meeting the Kea birds was a highlight for sure. (:
Traveling the world with Harmen, thanks for showing all the beauty on our planet!
My pleasure!
Best youtuber bro! Im actually going to yosemite this weekend and your videos get me so excited!
The shot at 7:05... holy moly. May literally be the best shot I've ever seen on a CZcams video. Harmen has somehow outdone himself again. The whole video is amazing.
Nothing beats making coffee (:
Absolutely a hiker’s paradise. New Zealand is my dreamed place to go to. I’m 56 and I really hope that I will go someday. Thank you for taking us along. Breathtaking video once more. Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼🇻🇪
New Zealand truly is a hiker's dream, and it's never too late to make that dream a reality! Thank you!
The shot at 7:04 is the greatest thing I’ve seen this year. Incredible dedication to the shot. Great work!
Glad you liked it! Might be my favorite shot of this film. When I saw it, I couldn't resist walking all the way over there through wet grass to get that shot. So worth it!
Hello my friend. Cant wait to sip lots of coffee watching this.
Hi Joe! Thank you for the comment! Hope you like this one and hope we can meet again this summer!
@@HarmenHoek 🙏🙏
Another beautiful work of art. Love everything about this one, but in particular, the one 1-second shots of all the waterfalls matching the instrumental's beats: absolutely marvelous.
Thank you so much 😀 There were so many waterfalls around me, and I wanted to do them justice in some way. Glad you noticed, thanks!
You've inspired me to go film backpacking this year. The first video I watched was a year ago in Yosemite. I never had an interest until then, but these videos brought out something new in me. My backpacking setup is nearing completion and I should be able to use it for the first time soon. I've been video editing since I was like 10 but there's just something beautiful about this style of video.
How cool is that! Hope you get to enjoy it as much as I do!
just brilliant
Such a Wonderful Journey you took us with! Thank you Harmen🙂
this is amazing
Thank you for the experience.❤
OMG , really really Thank you so much. I'm cry because of your film. I'm so missing the mountain, wildlife, nature things, even the sandfly in New Zealand. This is the most highest effort hiking video I've ever seen!! Perfect!
Beautiful.
Thanks for this masterpiece!
Simply Beautiful. Loved it.
magic...thank you harmen
breath taking views, makes me feel peace, tks man.
These NEVER disappoint!
Spectacular scenes Thanks Harmen
wonderful scenery
I’m simply in awe of the Southern Alps and how well you captured them on video. I’m impressed with of all the extra walking that’s involved to get the camera in the right places to capture your journey. Bravo!
Thank you very much!
Enjoy the great work. HH is the most hardcore hiker guy I’ve ever seen. Nuclear power😂
Haha, appreciated (:
this is the video I've been looking for
Outstanding as always!!!
Thank you for making this movie!!!
your feeling is extraordinary
You made a absolutely awesome video, you can not imagine how much I enjoyed it, Thank you!!!
Just amazing. Always ❤
Another incredible video! So wonderful and relaxing. Thank you for sharing and taking me along. Cheers!
Your videos are a huge inspiration! I would love doing exactly that kind of adventures.
Great video you have inspired me to go here
Danke!
Great video.
I so enjoyed the scenery and the silence of it, THANK YOU!!!
Wow nature and cinematography at its best …wonderfully captured..
this channel is great
How beautiful
Love the bird scene 😊
Incredible video. this is the one of the best video I have ever seen. Hope u can continue firming.
the landscape is awesome, enjoy it.
Wonderful videos 👍
Very beautiful again! Love the details: the mosses, the birds, the insects. Proud of you!
Just down the road from where I grew up. Makes me miss home.
BEAUTIFUL NEW ZEALAND!!!
You are a magician in capturing magical moments !🌞🍀
Thanks! (:
yours videos is like a meditation to me it just calms my soul.
Wonderful!
Many thanks!
Another stunning video. Such a lightweight tent for hardcore conditions. 👋
Nature's beauty at its peak 🌱
Incredible trek! Could not ask for more variety of terrain.
It reminded me of my time hiking Te Araroa ! Thank you for a beautiful footage
😍😍😍😍😍 espectacular video.....enhorabuena
Well...I was already missing New Zealand like crazy & NOW I'm overcome with happy memories (from Routeburn/Mt Aspiring NP) & feel even more compelled to get back to NZ by any means necessary 😂
Sounds like it's time to start planning again (;
Probably one of the best docu-film I've seen in my life. Absolute astonishing, man. I'm also able to see the Fellowship above those hills :)
Yet another belter of a hike, and the background music made it that much more majestic and wholesome. Thanks.
As beautiful as it can be. Thank you for the peace brought upon my soul.
The way you capture the beauty of nature always mesmerizes me.
Incredible. I loved every second. Bravo on the determination to make it through that tough NZ bush(off trail), and for capturing those glaciers. Sadly, they likely won't be there past this decade.
beautiful, respect!
Much appreciated!
Another banger video! Hope you had a good trip 🌳🍃
Thanks! I had a wonderful time for sure!
Thank you very much for your videos, Harmen!). This is one of the best I've seen. It has been my long-time dream to visit New Zealand. And now I know that this definitely needs to be done. Be healthy dude!
Stunningly beautiful, what a gorgeous country ❤
Norway of the South. Spectacular
Finally the video is posted❤ I'm still waiting for the next video
Thank you! More to come soon!
Another awesome video! Thanks again Harmen for sharing your journeys with us!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Lovely!
Thanks!
Stunning video as always. I am truly grateful for the effort you put into making these. I hope these lands in NZ stay wild like this forever and people who may never get a chance to see this wilderness can at least get an idea of what its like for years/decades to come.
Tack!
Thank you for the support!
Thank you for showing me the true New Zealand. You are a very impressive man to do all that hiking and capturing it all on video. I cannot imagine all the running back and forrh you do to get those shots😊