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HexaTrek Episode 7 : facing the Mont Aiguille, the halfway point in le Vercors
Greetings,
In this episode we're going to Die for Bastille Day (14 juillet), but before that, we'll reach the symbolic halfway point of the trek !
And all of that with the wise words of Ulric, a former member of the mountain military troops "les Chasseurs Alpins". And not a Special Force as I said in the video. My bad, it just sounded cooler.
Photos courtesy of Stéphane Gal, congrats on that climb!
Sources:
Discover the map on www.hexatrek.com/
Follow us on Instagram :
@hexatrek
Follow me on Instagram :
@cartapouille
Daily podcast I recorded every evening on the trail "in a tent with a French man":
open.spotify.com/show/0P8RD04...
These documentary videos though are made entirely by me on my own time/funds. If you want to help or have ideas to share you can reach me at cartapouille@gmail.com
I am no longer part of the HexaTrek team following internal incidents, and I cannot advise you to support the HexaTrek Association the way it is going right now. That being said, the trail itself is amazing as long as you don't follow blindly the lines on the gpx. Use it as a global recommendation, but stick to the GRs as much as possible would be my advice. And enjoy, it's good out there.
Music:
[NCM] Jazz Cafe Music, Coffee Relax, Jazz Bgm (Relaxing Jazz)
LoFi of the Kingdom
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom ~ Relaxing Piano
'Call To Adventure' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
In this episode we're going to Die for Bastille Day (14 juillet), but before that, we'll reach the symbolic halfway point of the trek !
And all of that with the wise words of Ulric, a former member of the mountain military troops "les Chasseurs Alpins". And not a Special Force as I said in the video. My bad, it just sounded cooler.
Photos courtesy of Stéphane Gal, congrats on that climb!
Sources:
Discover the map on www.hexatrek.com/
Follow us on Instagram :
@hexatrek
Follow me on Instagram :
@cartapouille
Daily podcast I recorded every evening on the trail "in a tent with a French man":
open.spotify.com/show/0P8RD04...
These documentary videos though are made entirely by me on my own time/funds. If you want to help or have ideas to share you can reach me at cartapouille@gmail.com
I am no longer part of the HexaTrek team following internal incidents, and I cannot advise you to support the HexaTrek Association the way it is going right now. That being said, the trail itself is amazing as long as you don't follow blindly the lines on the gpx. Use it as a global recommendation, but stick to the GRs as much as possible would be my advice. And enjoy, it's good out there.
Music:
[NCM] Jazz Cafe Music, Coffee Relax, Jazz Bgm (Relaxing Jazz)
LoFi of the Kingdom
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom ~ Relaxing Piano
'Call To Adventure' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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I just did the first 50km with two of my friends from the Appalachian Trail. It’s such a great trail, we loved it. Especially since we can camp in the indicated sections and rest assured that it’s allowed (something that we don’t have in Germany). Eventually I will hike more of it, but it was a great sneak peak. Thanks for putting this project together! 🏕️
Thank you so much for your informations and the way you do it. Makes me laugh so much 😄
Wouhouuuuuu being informative and entertaining was exactly my goal :) So it's cool when it works!
You definitely reached your goal 👍🏻🥳
Lovely ! Good on you guys. Bit worried about the navigation aspect, so you download a bunch of maps to your phone is that it ! And they work offline ? Also as a someone who would have to fly in to France from the southern hemisphere, is the trail start hard to get to ?
Thanks buddy! So you can download the gpx file and follow all maps offline as there is no need for connection to use the GPS, saving your battery a lot. And France is one of the most developed countries in the world vis a vis its wilderness, you can access pretty much any point super easily, so clearly beginning and end are very easy to reach via bus/train/hitch hiking, etc :) No worries there!
Hi Andy, we started in Wissembourg and got there very easily by train from Strasbourg (ca 55min direct regional train). Cheers and happy hiking 🏕️
Such a milestone on Day 69 !
Oooooh ddn't realize actually it was on day 69 :D well, good catch ;)
It is brilliant how Ride of the Valkyries play when the helicopter enters ! Hexatreck NOW :)
Ahah I was hesitating a lot to use that track or another, I'm glad I went for that one. Other option was this : ua-cam.com/video/a0DbzUe-r4Q/v-deo.htmlsi=oGdPLPOl4BPPVugC
That’s so funny, turbo folk! That could be nice for next documentary in Balkans:p
Loved this documentary and the humour in it! Also, lots of respect. Hiking 3000 km with a 5 times broken knee is not the first idea that would come to mind !
Ahahah woooooooow thank you so so so much, I really appreciate that you took the time to watch my videos :) It's a bit long to hike 3000km yes, but after all it's just one foot in front of the other :D Glad you appreciated the humor especially ;)
Really enjoyed your report of the Hexatrek, especially as I have hiked the GR 53 actually when the first Hexatrak signs have been put up. Your way of commenting is so much more fun and authentic than most of the super ambitious thruhikers on the PCT and similar trails. You deserve many more views!! I am looking forward to your take on the Pyrenees!
Ooooow thank you very much for this comment, and I'm not sure if I deserve more views but I'm super happy you are saying it :) Indeed the Pyrenees are coming but first the very warm junction between Alps and them, which is editing at the slowest rate possible :D I'm really glad you like this style :)
Merci for sharing. i wondered if you could help me understand how you organised getting new shoes while you were on the trail. mainly how you coordinated picking them up. who to post them to? Hope i am making sense. Doug
Hey Doug! Well that's quite easy actually, it's as simple as sending it to a post office in "poster restante" and they keep it for 2 weeks for you there. But there's even better : you can send it to many many "relais colis " when you buy online, like Amazon pick up points etc. Also you can send in advance to hotels/camping grounds, where they'll wait for you to come pick em up. The trail is not wild, you'll cross path with villages almost daily :)
@@cartapouille Merci Awesome thanks for your response. I’m hoping to hit the trail mid June going south to north. It does look amazing
Salut, je me rajoute à la liste....mais je veux la suite...STP
Ahah le lobbying fonctionne, je ne marche qu'à la pression sociale, donc le montage commence!
Thank you so much for all your videos and podcast episodes of the Hexatrek! Funny, honest, entertaining - you made me laugh out loud a lot of times. 😅 I'm glad you took us with you on this journey...
Owwww this comment warms my motivation, thank you very much for taking the time to follow along on my silly journeys. Right as I'm starting the editing of the next episode! Thank you soooooo much
Yay!! 🎉 I didn't dare to ask when... if... you would finish the next episodes (no pressure!).
How can I buy that hat?
Nice béret right ? Well very easy, just go there www.manufacturedeberets.fr/beret-traditionnel-homme-c2x38662183 and order one! The size of the actual head doesn't matter as it's cinchable, but the size I'm wearing for the actual diameter of protection is 10.5 (big enough for actual protection, not too big to be unwearable in cities)
Where’s episode 8?
Arf you caught me there ! Well the folder has been created, now I need to get out of my 8 months lethargy and edit it :O It's number one on my to do list :) But this kind of comment is motivation !
Haha good! So sad it ended, I was enjoying your honest review of what you were going through, the lakes were funny
@@Sunlitpickle ahah I'm glad you enjoyed that, it cost me severe criticism of "how dare you saying that about this trek?" Ahah :D
@@cartapouille😅
Well done!!!
Wouhou thank youuuuu
Is the trail marked? Or do I need a device, telephone etc. to follow the trail.
@@cartapouille that's the big shit! Ofcourse you can download the GPS.... But you are always looking on your phone or device.Why not saying with GR they used so much easier
@@Iggylux Because it's not lonly on GR sadly. Maybe you can just follow GR5 and GR10 all the way and actually be happy to walk almost the same. But Smartphone in plane mode is enough battery for a while, and as long as you avoid the non marked sections, you'll almost never have to look at your phone because France has amazing trails everywhere!
Hi, I read your in depth comments for Tales from the Trail about the endless ups and downs on the HT. As you recall, they abandoned the HT after the Alps and chose to continue along a coastal GR. The HT reminds me of the my Appalachian Trail thru hike. The AT was designed over 80 years ago as a peak to peak trail when there was no such thing as a thru hiker. It's original intent was to provide city people access to vigorous climbing for a number of days. It is a long, grueling slog. I'm 65 years old and am looking for a hike in France in 2025. I'm in great shape with a bunch of thru hikes under my belt and I just don't need to prove anything to myself with endless ups and downs. How can you avoid some of them? Did you carry a map? Did you use a different app? For example, how did you figure out how to avoid the ecrins? Is there a practical strategy to tame some of the craziness? Jeff
Where can you find these comments? And if you found something I'd be interested as well!
ah I found it - maybe that is also why cartapouille got kicked out by the hexatrek founders...
Hey man! Sorry this comment flew under my radar, let me answer you :) So it's pretty easy : don't follow blindly the trek, but follow the GRs. GR in France are amazing, especially GR5 and GR10, they are extremely well maintained, don't require to be a mountain goat and there are no sketchy sections. Put both the hexatrek and the gr10/gr5 maps on top of each other, and follow just the GR5 until you cross to the Pyrenees. This junction is safe to continue on the hexatrek as it's mainly non mountainous, so it's hard to make it hard on purpose. And in the Pyrenees GR10 all the way for smooth sailing and crossing France by foot. The GR tracks are free to find a bit everywhere on the net, and apps like Mapy.cz or Gaia are amazing to follow the road, you can boot the gpx of the hexa on it to see when to avoid those annoying parts. Les écrins is such an obvious skip as it's visually a detour yeah, and the junction is a perfect GR !
@@j.w.1079 Not really kicked out but ostracized by one man more like, from the association that I'm a co-founder of so not really by "the founders". It's been a real shitshow that I explained in a public letter, that I might eventually pin in the next videos. But yeah, that's one of the reasons indeed, being honest publicly
Bro! As an American who's been living in France for 13 years, your English is super good. You did a great job at explaining why people should do this trail. Good luck with further developing it.
Thanks for your matter of fact comments. Always happy comments are not normal. I enjoy your videos and one day I will do section 1 !
Too many rocks. I’m with you for going the direction that makes you happier and protects your knees! Merci!
I enjoy your videos so much. I am following along on my map and will make the effort to persuade my husband that it’s a foody trip! I’m hoping to do this stage 1 in about 2 years!! I need to practice my French. Merci bien!
Bonjour...:) Thank you for your Video. I like to go the Hexatrek in 4 an a half month (walking time). Witch time to start would you prefer? Best regards, Andreas
No, that's not the PCT .... it is MUCH better!
Ahahaha can't judge by experience, but by cheese availability? Hell yeah!
On veut l'épisode 8!!
@@cartapouille sans vouloir mettre la pression bien entendu ;) C'est que ça fait rêver pendant les mois de grisaille 😍 Beau travail!
Soutiens à toi Cartpouille ! Merci pour tout ce que tu as fais pour l'hexatreck, et particulièrement pour tes vidéos. Bravo, et quelque soit la conjoncture, passe de bonnes fêtes !
I love that you have created Hexa trek and your videos are great. My wife and I would like to hike a section beginning from the southern endpost. Are you going to present videos of that part as well? I understand that you hiked all of the trek but I can't find videos after this one.
Thank you very much! You are absolutely correct, I hiked it all and filmed it all! And you are right to ask, I need to produce and edit the next episodes, but it takes a lot of time and my life has been hectic in the past months, that project drained me :) But I'm on the way to the editing software, many others have been calling me out to finish that series, and I will : you'll get the whole trek for sure! And I hope before you guys start to hike it :)
Great video! I just finished walking Te Araroa in New Zealand and planning on doing HEXATREK around 2025 or 2026. I love wilderness and camping but I love having nice meals in towns and picturesque towns to visit… plus cheese is my favourite food so seems like the perfect place. A question I didn’t see on this video which I would love to know is the best months to start the hike. Congrats on finishing and participating on the trail.
This is a very good series. When will the next episode be up?
Oh thank you very very much, that's the kind of message that helps me find the motivation to continue the series :) Next episode will be ready as soon as I start editing again, I admit I lost a bit motivation and got lazy, but I'll continue now :)
@@cartapouille I can't wait 😃
@@cartapouilleyou do an amazing job with your videos! I'm also looking forward to the next one
Yaaaay thanks! @@hansakermann
@@Zackman10000 Oh that's so nice of you to say that, really helps to get more motivation here :) I'll continue then !
Fantastic work!!! I love this - such great video
Oh wow thank you very much, that will motivate me to go on with the editing of new episodes then :)
What a view, just looks so orthodox amd a lot going on. That green half pipe below the mountain, is that on trail? Being in such a beautiful area i always feel like i should hike every single trail there instead of going away from that. That little chinese wall mountain range at 06:0o also looks stunning, does the trail go on the rim or do you walk along that wall?
The foot bombing was my favorite part. Such jaunty toes!
👏👏👏 another great video with great editing (except where the subtitles covered the note on screen)! And I'm glad it ended happily even though you went from 'Vif' to 'Die' 😆
Oh thank you very much! Arf you are correct, completely forgot that subtitles would surimposed on each other! I'll think about it for the next ones :) Ahah indeed the name of the episode could announce something far more disastrous :p
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Superbe vidéo et j'ai encore plus hâte de commencer la première section cette semaine pour une semaine et de faire une plus longue randonnée sur l'Hexatrek l'année prochaine !
Merci beaucoup! Ahah ben la première section c'est un vrai plaisir franchement, ma partie favorite! Et yay faire tout l'HexaTrek, génial!
Great video you have inspired me to go here.
Amazing! I'm really glad I could have this impact, and hope you'll enjoy :)
That's one hell of a view!! Editing on point also. Formidable!
Thank you for this new episode :)
Thank you for your comment ! :)
Fun! Excited to see you make it half way :)
Well as I finished it was kinda forced for me to pass there, but damn it is my favorite memory on the trail in terms of nature moment!
Merci, maintenant je suis certain que je dois aller faire le Mont Aiguille et ses environs !
Hehe franchement le Vercors est incroyable à traverser, c'est superbe, fastoche et très très "nature". Je recommande grave! Après monter sur le Mont c'est un autre délire :D
Oui, j'y serais surtout pour la nature :)@@cartapouille
@@jtktomb8598 Alors tu vas te régaler :)
Aaaah finally! 🎉 C'est le plus bel épisode de la série (en toute impartialité 😅). Bon sérieusement c'est encore du grand cinéma c'est vraiment top! Bien joué Thomas 👍🏻
Entièrement d'accord, en toute impartialité bien sûr :D En tous cas merci pour l'accueil, le fun et ta super interview, en plus de ton soutien sur toutes ces vidéos. C'est hyper apprécié :)
You were so beautifully framed and what you said was rather inspirational! I'm curious though: did you say 'these treks and trails' (like the subtitles said) or 'these tracks and trails' (that's what I understood)? Do you remember?
@@Nynke_K i think you're right I said "trek and trails" but I obviously meant "tracks". But my English is far from perfect and when it's recorded in live it's even more difficult to find the correct words 😅
Excellent ! Quand-même , pas de bol avec ce faisan....
Llllllllove it 😂
i like your video, but why you don't talk french ?lol
Thank you! Well the point of this docu series is to show the world that France has amazing landscapes, and motivate foreigners to come say hi! And also to fight the cliche that french people only speak french and that they wouldn't be welcomed :)
@@cartapouille super!its a very good initiative you have a perfect english ☺
@@medymoreno8778 Oh thank you very much buddy, i appreciate that :)))
As a German I can't help it. I'm really sorry. I had to pause the video, check the comments and since no one else has had the urge to do what I'm about to do... Let me inhale deeply (*inhales deeply*) - GERMANS HAVE THE BEST BREAD! Ok now I can continue watching. (I'll give you french people pastries and cheese though...)
Ahahahahah well I hope you managed to get back on the viewing after this outrage! At the moment you wrote that comment other Germans actually reacted as well to this claim, in fact, 37% of the comment were about this claim. So the urge was shared it seems :p And as I stated elsewhere, it's a hill I'll die on : nothing beats a baguette to me! And every other one we do :D In fact, I never even heard about German bread before another German hiker on the trail mentioned it to me, and we spent weeks arguing over that while walking together.
You tore your ACL ligament before the trek! Wow and ouch! Thanks for showing us the mountains anyway - they are truly bewitching in relatively small doses 😅. Also: I loved your podcast outros so much! I remember that one time I listened while brushing my teeth and you wished us a happy brushing of teeth and you were finally talking to me! 😆
Ahahahah yay it woooooorked! Every time I was doing those outros, i tried to come up with something on the spot and most of the time it was random and silly. But I was secretely hoping that one day it would work for at least one person, that it would happen to be the exact activity that person was doing as they listen. And it worked on you!! Yay !!! That makes me stupidly happy ahah :D Thank you very much for this, and for listening to it actually. Also yeah the ACL is a classic with me, and now after fixing it the surgery weakened my kneecap that got fractured a month ago. This knee will be my forever nightmare :D
Bravo 😊
Merci :)
Cheers❤
Thank youuuuuuuuuu
are you french?
Yes I am :)
A french man telling us france has the best bread in the world, offends me as a german 😅😅
Oh ja 😂
Ahahah I was expecting some Germans there, as it's been an ongoing conversation with another german hexatreker I walked with for several weeks. But yes it's a hill I'll die on: we have the best bread in the world, and no weird black dense dwarf bread that stays the same for a week will change that! Baguette forever! :p
@@cartapouilleas another german, I have ro say: Italian sourdough is where it's at...
Made me laugh out loud! Also loved that you showed the hardships of a thru-hike and took us with you in your decision making. I’ll take the French thing at heart!
Finalement c'est un bon souvenir ce passage dans les combes
Ca doit être un syndrome de Stockholm avancé! Bon après t'entendre hurler de temps à autres "cheval!" était quand même super cool :D