Arctic Horizons: Ten days alone across Europe's largest wilderness area
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- On this expedition, I ventured into the remote Arctic wilderness of Sweden, tackling one of the toughest challenges I've yet to undertake: a solitary, 130-kilometer journey through the rugged landscapes of Sarek National Park. This region, known as 'Europe's Alaska,' is situated in the secluded heart of Sweden's Arctic north. Part of the Laponia UNESCO World Heritage area, it represents the largest expanse of pristine wilderness in Europe. Characterized by its rugged beauty, the landscape is a tapestry of broad valleys and imposing peaks. This journey promised moments of majestic beauty, interspersed with challenges that would push my endurance to its very limits.
For a one-man army production, this is superb! Beautiful landscape and well told. Give this man some support and give him a sub
Agreed and done. Great cinematic quality and a thoughtful narrative. Looking forward to watching more.
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Seeing he only has 350 subs shocked me, would have thought he had 100k+
@@elje0ett881 now !
im 22 years old and ive always loved being outside in nature. i have trouble with depression and social anxiety and have had it for a few years now. Being in nature helps alot and even seeing videos like this makes me feel less stressed. Sarek has been a dream of mine to visit. Thank you for sharing your journey across Sarek with us.
You're always welcome here. There are nice places in Jämtland too, you should definitely look it up. I hope you will find solace there. And don't go there in the winter unless you know what you're doing ;-)
Kvikkjokk where he started the hike had a whopping -46.8C this last winter! Considering they can get temps up over +30 to +35 in the summer it's an amazing temp span of 75-80 degrees :O
I've been fairly housebound due to health problems over the past few months (I'm 23) so I just want to say thanks for documenting and sharing your journey, it was a pleasure to watch.
"Ive become fully immersed in the rhythm of my journey" - beautifully said
I've done Kungsleden (2018) and Padjelantaleden (2023), and in between two trips to more southern parts of the same mountain range (around Grövelsjön). This summer I will finally go to Sarek for a 10 day solo hike. Watching your beautiful video makes me just tingle with anticipation. Thanks for sharing it!
I was there in 2022 and to this day I cannot shake the imressions I had about myself, nature, and the beauty of it all. Will be back next year, hopefully-
Hello 😊
Well, this is going to be my first comment on UA-cam ever! But I just want to say, that I REALLY enjoyed this video, and that it brought a lot of amazing memories aflive. About 30 years ago I trekked Sarek 4 summers in a row, and at least one of them more or less followed your route, allthough in the opposite direction.
I feel so lucky to have experienced this amazing nature.
So: a big THANK YOU for a trip down memory lane. 😊👍👏
Hanne, Denmark
Excellent video, spectacular views. Thanks for sharing!
Kiitos! (thank You) greetings from Finland
Nice to follow your journey! Sarek’s tough and rewarding. I live in Norway not too far from this area, and visited Sarek twice in wintertime in the late 80s. In many ways easier to visit during the winter (walk on rivers instead of crossing them…) although of course winter has its own challenges. Thanks for the video!
Stunning, thank you for making/posting this. Always say this part of Europe is like Scotland on steroids and great to see other people from the UK exploring it. It's hard to understand the vastness until there and then especially if you consider the run into Abisko National Park and then over the border into Ovra, Reisa and Stabbersdalen on the way upto Nordkapp. Great vlog really enyoyded it! The only thing i would say and not sure if you had one i'd always take a good bivy, as the winds can be savage up there and well to be fair the MSR would soon collapse. As for river crossings and more for your other viewers for larger rivers that are there just about as dangerous as it gets when solo, worth spending time to find the best crossing point (generally upstream), and don't wade into fast flowing water that's above the knee, so much safer with two people if you know the correct technique but yea walking poles or a good log vital to scout ahead. It's also worth scouting the crossing without the Bergan first to know not suddenly going to meet an underwater ledge with a bottomless drop (had it happen to me few times, especially on glacial rivers that carve over time deep channels in flood literally from 2 foot of fast flowing water to not being able to feel the bottom with 2 poles lasted together)! All the best - there is literally an endless amount of terrain up there, you could spend a lifetime and still find new sites to enjoy.
Edit - sorry you probably got what i meant, but a bivy for an emergency shelter so can drop the tent and let the storm pass (there are some lightweight one's these days such as event/pertex, far cry from the goretex bags of 90's albeit not as durable).
This was splendid mate. Never knew about the "Alaska of europe" before today. Cheers
I watched the entire movie, as a father of two young children, I took a break, thank you.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed it!
In addition to being my handsome doppelgänger, what a lovely trip! I've now added it to my list of places to go to. Thank you for hauling all that gear to show us what it's like. Cheers from the USA.
Great trip, great pictures. Thanks for taking me with you.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Thank you for taking us along your journey.
Great video! I trekked through Sarek with 2 friends in 2015. It was such a beautiful landscape and great experience. I remember thinking: „I have to come back here every year“ yet didn‘t make it back since then. Your route is pretty interesting, we approached Sarek through Rappadalen/Skirfe and made our way through to Alggavagge/Padjelanta and then back to Kvikkjokk. We encountered a lot of traces of wildlife (elk, bear and wolves) and had the strongest / most surreal northern lights at night. I‘ll come back - maybe this time taking your route.
This is epic. Brilliantly shot, not many people realise just how hard it is to document something like this, amazing job! 👏
I really liked this video! As a swede it's easy to forget just how wild my own country can be. I must compliment you on your pronunciation of the Sapmi names on the map. I lived up north (not this high up) for a year and I can't do much better with these tongue-twisters😄
Thanks you - I'm glad for that feedback. I did as much reserach as possible around how to pronounce the place names. Hopefully I didn't butcher them too much. I also chatted with a Swedish couple towards the end of my walk and they said that as Swedes they still struggle with the Sapmi names!
The British Accents always make things feel like a BBC documentary. Great work, mate!
Nice film, it's a simple life, hiking in the mountains gives the soul some rest. Did 7 years 1999-2005, good memories. Thank you so much for sharing.
What a wonderful video! I especially appreciated that you describe the ups and downs of each day, and that you show your route so clearly on the map, including information on the distance you hiked each day.
Always fun to see the our Norwegian Real Turmat on adventures. They produce our army rations too - same meals but about 20% bigger. Available in stores here, not a single clue elsewehere. Paused at day 4, to say I'm enjoying the video. Norway next, eh?
If that's the orange freeze-dried food bags you're talking about, I've bought them on XXL here in Sweden. Which I suppose makes sense, since XXL is also from Norway if I remember it correctly.
@@FinnishLapphund Correct on both counts! Orange is the civilian version, olive green army size ration size. Yellow for soups.
It's weird how you hate it and then you love it. That area is the only place I'd like to revisit. Usually it's been there done that but that place keeps coming back to me. Hi from Finland.
Amazing!! I’ve never even heard of this place - it’s so beautiful and serene ❤ brilliant video!
Really nice trip and pretty tough hike. It's so beautiful in the Sarek wilderness. You made a fantastic video of this amazing hike.
Great video👍 Greetings from Sweden🇸🇪
It looks absolutely wonderful. Thank you for taking me visually on this hike. I could almost smell your coffee❤
WOW! Absolutely beautiful!
This was great!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you very much for this splendid video, Gwilym. For many decades ago I did a similar long hike to Sarek, and then some years later, to Padjelanta. Both of those hikes took about 10 days each. So following your excellently documented video, I got many dear memories. You got a new subscriber from Finland. Wishing you and yours all the best, and many new adventures 💕
Gorgeous, thanks for sharing!!!!
Thanks a lot for the effort for bringing us with you on the trip! Amazing views and a great accomplishment!
What a lovely journey, thanks for taking us along!
Wow..what a great adventure mate.👍
Very nice video. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Amazing.
Congrats ! What a wonderful tour.
Loved it!
Thank you for bringing us along on your journey. I enjoyed your combination of filming your paths and showing it on the map.
Great approach, Gwilym! Great video, nice storytelling and very humble!
Thank you, great video
Great movie 👍. Well done!. So nice to follow.
phenomenal video!
Legend of a trip
Amazing video!
Wonderful film. Thank you 🙏
Enjoyed that mate..good editing
Amazing Gwil, I feel chilled having watched your artic adventures. 🤩
Great video
What an adventure. Awesome video.
Very good video! Best I have seen about Sarek! Well done! So inspiring!
Nice video! Good job. I've been relatively near Sarek during some of my fishing trips all over Northern Sweden but never trekked thru on these trails. I should really do that. Northern Sweden is such a great place for those who enjoy to spend time in nature, there's so much pristine and beautiful areas up there. And it helps that Sweden has great laws allowing for harvesting from nature and camping. It's a great place to spend summer:)
Very interesting! Thank you for a very nice video!
You deserve more subscriber brother. Great video!
Hopefully you'll create more like this in the future.
"Bucket list" for sure thanks for sharing.
Great footage! I want to walk the Kungsleden from Kvikkjokk to Abisko this summer, cant wait!
Thankyou for shareing this. This was reaaly good to watch, stunning scenery.
Great videography and great narration. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
Nice movie about your journey out there. I really enjoyed it. Stunning landscape and camps. Well done.
Thank you for sharing. ✌️
Whole-heartedly enjoyed your video! I'm looking forward to seeing more from you in the future.
Excellent video, genuinely enjoyed it 👍🏻
Wow, meraviglia!
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Really enjoyed your video. Thank you very much.
Impressive, thanks..
Breathtaking Scenery
Thank you for sharing the beauty of Sapmi, my home!
Great video❤
Great video!
Really enjoyed watching your travels through the National Park. Really well filmed and edited and congrats on a great video. Thanks for sharing!
Pro-level camera work and story-telling. Well done!
Good stuff. Well done.👌
Most excellent hike 👍
Awesome! A very well made film! Very inspiring.
Very nice work! You are really strong carrying that much gear.
Vakkert! Takk för att du visar Sverikes ödemarker :)
Absolutely fantastic movie! Very good narrative. Soothing and mesmerizing. 10/10
Beautiful! I'll have to make my way there someday!
Beautiful place. Fantastic hike. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent video! Really enjoyed your adventure! Can you tell me what type and brand of hiking boots you wore? How they held up...Thanks for posting
A brilliant video and to take all that equipment so as to share with the world this journey is a great feet of endurance.
Great video, well produced, good job!
Envy you mister Morisson , this is very nice trek.... so verry nice nature
Great film. I watched the whole thing in one go!
Great work! Thanks for carrying all the recording gear so you could share it with us!
It's a beautiful hike Gwilym!
Nice video and very good tour! 👏👏👏
Truly grateful for you.
Super beautiful part of our world.
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Really enjoyed watching your adventure, Gwil. Fantastic scenery, brought to life with quality videography and editing.
this is the end you get no bells no whistles... i enjoyed that phrase, amazing video hope you enjoyed this experience!
Good camera work, good balance of narration to ambient sounds / music, good storytelling. It was a pleasure, thank you!
Gwilym - I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you so much for uploading. You seem like quite a thoughtful individual, and I'm sure that this trip gave you plenty of time for introspection. The scenery really is something else. I love getting into nature but I'm not sure if I could stomach 10 days alone in the wilderness with no phone signal so, hats off to you
A great adventure, and very well filmed. I enjoyed your video very much. Congrats.
Fantastic. Regards
I enjoyed your video, mr Gwilym.
Great video watch and editing well done , splendid achievement
Lovely video Gwylim. Thanks for sharing it - Andrew.
Lovely job sir! Did very well in means of production too!!
Great video man