Hi, friend of Jeroen Driehuis here. 👋 As a regular visitor to the alps myself, I really enjoyed your video, and well done on completing such a vertiginous hike! Looks like you really lucked out with the weather, too. For first-time backpackers, it certainly looks like you have all the gear. Can you talk a little about your equipment (shoes, rucksacks, clothes etc.)?
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it. 😄 We definitely lucked out with the weather, I think we wouldn't have completed the hike otherwise. Since we knew this was a serious hike and we were inexperienced, we did a lot of research. We ended up buying the 50-liter backpacks from Decathlon, which are excellent for their price, highly recommended! We packed as light as possible (12-13 kg of weight) and the backpacks never were an issue/struggle at all. It turned out Decathlon had a ton of great gear for a great price, so we also ended up buying our trousers (long and zip-off), walking sticks, hats, water bottles, and rain gear there. We mostly bought the Merino wool products in other places like shirts (Dilling), socks, and buffs (Stoic). We even took enough climbing slings and carabiners to make a simple safety harness to snap onto a steel cable beside the path if we felt we would need it, but we didn't use them in the end. We didn't have "real" and expensive walking shoes - I had a pair of Ecco ULT-TRN shoes which were very nice and light! If you're interested in a more detailed list, let me know. 👍
This is a really beautiful film with great detail especially the tricky (scary) bits. You filmed and edited it really well. I think you walked it like experts and didn't 'stumble' along at all. Great job well done. (liked and subbed for your next hiking adventure.)
Seeing you stumble along that hiking trail, it has obviously been sheer luck, that you didn't injure yourself. Just because it's one of the most touristy high hiking trails, doesn't mean, it is suitable for everybody....
We were very very lucky with the weather, yes, else we wouldn't have done it. There's a disclaimer in the description of the video stating that we know this is no beginner's route and we warn others if they consider the trail. I wouldn't say we were in any danger though, we did our research, had the gear and deliberatly picked the short trails so we could take our time, we were very careful and years of bouldering experienced definitely helped. But we agree that this trail is marketed as very do-able and even suitable for beginners on some websites and that's potentially dangerous.
Hi, friend of Jeroen Driehuis here. 👋
As a regular visitor to the alps myself, I really enjoyed your video, and well done on completing such a vertiginous hike! Looks like you really lucked out with the weather, too.
For first-time backpackers, it certainly looks like you have all the gear. Can you talk a little about your equipment (shoes, rucksacks, clothes etc.)?
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it. 😄 We definitely lucked out with the weather, I think we wouldn't have completed the hike otherwise.
Since we knew this was a serious hike and we were inexperienced, we did a lot of research. We ended up buying the 50-liter backpacks from Decathlon, which are excellent for their price, highly recommended! We packed as light as possible (12-13 kg of weight) and the backpacks never were an issue/struggle at all. It turned out Decathlon had a ton of great gear for a great price, so we also ended up buying our trousers (long and zip-off), walking sticks, hats, water bottles, and rain gear there. We mostly bought the Merino wool products in other places like shirts (Dilling), socks, and buffs (Stoic). We even took enough climbing slings and carabiners to make a simple safety harness to snap onto a steel cable beside the path if we felt we would need it, but we didn't use them in the end. We didn't have "real" and expensive walking shoes - I had a pair of Ecco ULT-TRN shoes which were very nice and light! If you're interested in a more detailed list, let me know. 👍
This is a really beautiful film with great detail especially the tricky (scary) bits. You filmed and edited it really well. I think you walked it like experts and didn't 'stumble' along at all. Great job well done. (liked and subbed for your next hiking adventure.)
Ah, thanks! 😊
Indrukwekkend!!!!!
Seeing you stumble along that hiking trail, it has obviously been sheer luck, that you didn't injure yourself. Just because it's one of the most touristy high hiking trails, doesn't mean, it is suitable for everybody....
We were very very lucky with the weather, yes, else we wouldn't have done it. There's a disclaimer in the description of the video stating that we know this is no beginner's route and we warn others if they consider the trail.
I wouldn't say we were in any danger though, we did our research, had the gear and deliberatly picked the short trails so we could take our time, we were very careful and years of bouldering experienced definitely helped.
But we agree that this trail is marketed as very do-able and even suitable for beginners on some websites and that's potentially dangerous.