Silent Hiking in New Zealand for 7 days
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
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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 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
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.
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!
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 🎥
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!
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
Dude, you gotta win some awards for this stuff. This is a new level.
Wild! Birds, bushwhacking, waterfalls, greenery...Great video! Stay safe, Harmen and thanks for bringing us on your hikes!
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!
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.
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!
Your cinematography is my trail Bible!!! Always pray for you and the viewers. Stay blessed ❤
That's so kind of you, thanks!
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?
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 (;
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!
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. 😊
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
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 magnificence. Majestic views. Stoic silent man. Wide open spaces. The place of dreams. Being an old codger and getting ready for a hip replacement, after years in African mountains, this stuff is deeply connecting. We need more Harmens. Silent calm strong people who do the doing and let nature talk for itself
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
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!
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!
Traveling the world with Harmen, thanks for showing all the beauty on our planet!
My pleasure!
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.
Such a Wonderful Journey you took us with! Thank you Harmen🙂
The filming of the little birds is amazing!
The shot at 7:05... holy moly. May literally be the best shot I've ever seen on a UA-cam video. Harmen has somehow outdone himself again. The whole video is amazing.
Nothing beats making coffee (:
This shot made me to pause the video for think about my presence in this vast world✨ What greatest shot 🔥
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. (:
This is the most beautiful hike video I have EVER had the pleasure of watching. My friend sent me your Blue Mountains hike this morning but THIS… this is just spectacular! Thank you for sharing. Absolutely love your work. ❤
I live here in NZ and I would have to say this is one of the best put together short films of our back country out there that I've seen, footage and editing perfect true credit to ya well done .
Ditto
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!
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!
I’m a New Zealander and also an outdoor lover. I’ve been so busy with life & work and almost forgot the beauty of this incredible land. Thanks for your amazing video it reminds me to grab my gears and get out to embrace the nature. Many many 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!
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!
I’ve never wanted to go to a place as badly as the trails in this video..absolutely beautiful. Thanks for bringing us along.
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 🙏🙏
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 (:
I am obsessed with your videos. Every time I watch your masterpiece, it makes me realize how beautiful my Earth is, how lucky we are to live on this amazing planet. The way you share the breathtaking beauties of earth is no parallel to any other; the cinematography is unparalleled. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us and reminding us how lucky we are. Thank you
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. Please keep making more!
Best youtuber bro! Im actually going to yosemite this weekend and your videos get me so excited!
Harmen it would take pages to tell you how superlative this film is. I have just watched it twice it's so enjoyable! The cliff with the roiling clouds and you walking along the edge of the world are the ultimate (7.04). Great choice of route and story telling. I noticed you have trained your camera to pan, well done! I don't think a camera team with a million dollars can improve on what you did by yourself, magic my friend.
Thank you for your kind words, Eddy! I'm glad that you found the film so enjoyable and captivating. That moment on the cliff with the roiling clouds was truly mesmerizing for sure. Thanks for you support!
Thank you very much for upload all this beautiful masterpiece of filmmaking, sound, cut, scenery, landscape, everything 🥇🏆. What a blessing for all that didn't have the money, time, or are disabled to travel. ❤
Glad you liked it!
I am just in awe at your photography. Every composition is prefect. The rainbows....... the hilarious birds........ the breathtaking hikes over shale and step terrain. Thanks again for taking us along on your epic journeys. You're AMAZING!
Thank you so much! (:
Another awesome video! Thanks again Harmen for sharing your journeys with us!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Love to watch your videos. And literally you are doing best in UA-cam Arena with your cinematography skills and a lot of patience for making videos and above all your peaceful walks . You are showing the beauty of nature and being natural, rather than showing man made so-called glamorous world.
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.
Harmen, this has to be your best ever film! Stunning natural beauty, so skillfully captured, inspired editing, wonderful sound and subdued yet utterly appropriate background music. Best of all, you seem to have left your drone at home this time! Many, many thanks,
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a Kiwi, I'm used to seeing pictures and footage of amazing scenery, but THIS ... I can't recall any more beautiful representation of NZ than this vid.
(this is my first time seeing your channel)
You are a magician in capturing magical moments !🌞🍀
Thanks! (:
Every production doesn't come easy. Thank you taking the efforts to bring us effortless natural wonders through your artistic eyes.
I'm glad you noticed, thanks!
Gosh, you are such a hardy outdoorsman. This is a film of buffeting wind and water, fierce gradients and progress through scratchy tangles. My favourite moment was the rainbow-hued cascade at 14.54, and the instant cut to you having a crushing deluge of a shower in it. I loved the keas (of course), and all the other birds. Amid all the strenuous activity, there is such a strong balancing element in all those shots of you sitting looking - the camera often shooting over your shoulder, or on your face as you look away from it to the view. The stills you put at the end of your videos seem to gather up these moments of looking, saying 'and this is what I saw'. Another formidable achievement in many dimensions of endeavour.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and detailed feedback! I'm glad to hear that you appreciated the balance between challenging outdoor activities and moments of quiet contemplation in the video, that's definitely how I experience backpacking (the never-ending roller-coaster of ups and downs) and try to capture it. Thanks!
What a gift this video is. The artistry, the scenery and the audio is outstanding. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us. I'm home bound with an illness right now and the video brightened my day. Thank you.
Thank you for the compliments!
And get better soon!
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 (;
you make absolutely awesome films!
The various terrains you cover, including the local fauna and flora, the long shots and the close ones ... but sincerely appreciate the ambience of your vids ... thank you so much!
Once again you've done it; stunningly beautiful, incredible photography, you convey as closely as a person can what it's like to be there, thank you!
Thank you so much 😀
_Damn_ mate, gotta give you infinite credit for not making the New Zealand wilderness into your narcissistic little stage for performing and flogging ‘merch’ like other outdoors / camping ‘Tubers . . . Also, the vistas that you capture here are superbly framed and completely breathtaking. I’m truly envious of your wild peregrinations and I hope to follow in your footsteps before too long 👍
Hey harmen. I wanna say thanks for the video, it was highly inspiring and beatiful.
Additionaly I wanna say how greatful for you. The videos you work ao hard on help a lot of people to find peace with themselves, and just calm the mind with the pure nature. Be blessed dear harmen and wish you to continue with this amazing hikes
I'm glad you like it! (:
Wow New Zealand so beautiful❤❤❤
Yes it is! Hope you enjoy this one!
Yes i enjoy now This video
Your videos made me want to go out there and live! Thank you so much Harmen
I'm so glad! Go outside I would say!
Fantastic trip and well captured. Great to see my country looking so beautiful!
Much appreciated!
Thank you very much for this cinematographic masterpiece, Harmen 😍 I've had the great pleasure to watch all of your so far 21 hiking videos in the YT. Each of them is a visual gem, result of certainly a lot of planning, walking back and forth for the camera, sweating and getting tired. And the results as your videos are wonderful! Thank you for sharing your adventures 💕
My pleasure!
Finally the video is posted❤ I'm still waiting for the next video
Thank you! More to come soon!
Harmen is my favorite hiker on this globe.
Thank you (:
I go hiking every other weekend in Appalachia, and it is my #1 hobby. Your videos scratch my “hiking itch” when I’m not able to hit the trail. Easily the best hiking content creator doing it right now. The birds at your campsite had to be such a fun experience. They would have kept me entertained for hours.
That is awesome! Hope you can get out there soon again!
Those birds definitely made up for the horrible weather, so much fun!
Thank you so much 🥰from Georgia too! I watch almost every night before sleep ... nature sounds, nice music, amazing landscapes... you give us opportunity to see and hear all this beauty ... so thankful for this! also very inspiring for me ... as I love and often hike here in Georgia ... wish you many, many interesting and nice journey ☺
Hello Harmen! Watching in Lisbon airport on my way to Bilbao. So happy to watch your new hike in NZ!
Hope you enjoy it! Thank you!
Love it. The birds curiosity got me laughing
I’m traveling in Spain 🇪🇸 for the next two weeks with my daughters. Izzy is studying in Bilbao.
I enjoy watching your videos showing the beauty of mother nature. Around the world but when I saw New Zealand it brought back memories when I visited the South Island and some of the areas that you hiked. You take beautiful photos of each area of the world. I look forward to seeing new videos
So happy to bring back your memories of New Zealand! Thanks for sharing!
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!
Another masterpiece !
You never cease to amaze me with your beautiful films.
Noone can compare to you (not even Craig Adams). Your films are work of arts not simply nice hiking films.
New Zealand really seems gorgeous. Glad to travel there in your company.
Thanks for sharing
Wow, thank you!
I have travelled around 30 countries on my own (not hiking like this rather usual tourist travelling). There is an unique feeling/ sensation of solo travelling that is very difficult to express in words. You are the only person I have come across on youtube who could express that feeling through an art form (i.e. videos). Your videos go beyond just amazing landscapes or video frames in terms of providing an inner message.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Solo traveling is indeed something special. Makes me take in the moment a lot more.
He is quietly helping us see again.the Wonders!!
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 :)
Another cinema masterpiece of composition, motion, color, nature, man and story.
Thank you!
Nice selection of tracks, I've done most of them except that little trip though what I assume was Lennox Pass. Did you go all the way up to Lake Wilson from the Routeburn? Those peaks are not very good camping spots indeed ;)
Yes, I went all the way up. If it wasn't so windy, it would have been beautiful for camping!
More than vidéos...poetry. And the sound recording is an important part of this feeling.
Glad you think so (:
this is amazing
❤ this is breathtaking, wow.
wonderful scenery
Thanks for this masterpiece!
Outstanding as always!!!
Absolutely fantastic video!!! Loved it. My sister worked with a couple of lab workers from University of Utrecht that invited her to help with their lab in New Zealand many years ago. She has since retired. So I emailed this video to her to remember her time there. Thank you.
That is awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!
멋진 자연 풍광 감사합니다.
Thank you for the experience.❤
Harmen, every scene, every frame, another masterpiece. You are in a class by yourself.... Amazing!
Thank you for the compliments (:
I've toured NZ in a campervan, a truly amazing place, great film as always.
Thanks!
Your videos are an absolute joy to watch! Perfectly mesmerizing music to go along with your beautiful experiences. I don't see anyone's cinematography that compares to yours. May you always be safe on your wonderful treks across this World!!!!
Wow, thank you! (:
Thank you for another great NZ video. It’s my favourite place on Earth and I’m on the other side of the world so thanks for letting me watch and join you on your adventure. Love the calmness and scenery in your videos. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow wow wow so beautifully filmed. It’ had such spiritual feel to it. This was on a whole new level for me. Award winning filmmaker in my opinion.
Thank you so much for your kind words! My pleasure
just brilliant
magic...thank you harmen
Spectacular scenes Thanks Harmen
These NEVER disappoint!
Wow nature and cinematography at its best …wonderfully captured..
Thank you for making this movie!!!
Harmen knows how to capture the essence of any place he visits.
Thank you (:
Just amazing. Always ❤