You created a video that would take a production crew of 10 people to achieve in TV land . Utterly amazing . Brilliant video . Your best ever . Merry Christmas
I don’t want to be mean but: lol you have not been on UA-cam long have you? Go and see what ppl do with their travel channels...no shade to Thomas but this is amateurish at best in comparison.
I went to Katmandu in 2001 in my early 20's as part of a round the world trip. I remember walking out of the airport doors scared as I've never been to a place like it. After three days I fell in love with Katmandu and Nepal and even now when I think about the place I have a smile on my face.
Sorry for you because of the altitude sickness thing…. But I think, it is still one of your best vlogs. Amazing, how did you manage to film this all while hiking quite hard … We really appreciate and love your work.
Nepal has sure changed since I was there - I can't believe how large Namche Bazaar and the other towns in the Khumbu region have grown. Back then, the Lukla airstrip was just a grassy field full of boulders...
Brilliant episode Tom on what must have been a tough but epic adventure. I’m looking forward to the next. All the best to you and yours for the New Year xx
Only just found this. Did that trip 14 years ago. Experience of a life time. After Gokyo we entered Khumu via the Cho La and the glacier. This brings back wonderful memories. Looking back at my own photographs in a new light!
Thomas, you are one of the first landscape photograph influencers I have subscribed on UA-cam and you just made my day with this video and increase my urge to visit nepal and do EBC and annapurna trek. I am also a trekker and travel cinematographer and vlogger, my love for mountains is immense that I can't stay long in plains long. I always want to go mountains and experience the nature, the people the drama over there. I would like to share my photographs and videos with you once. I know you are super busy with your stuff but it will be great to share my thought and work with like minded people. Thank you, love from India
My dear Thomas, before even watching a second, I liked the video, put my headphones, made the resolution to 1080p and now I can enjoy it. ❤❤ Sorry for the late comment and watch, I was waiting for this second since 4 hours, now after my kids are sleeping I'm here for watching it 😅
I think you had a bit to high expectations. There is loads to work with if you just forget the fact that you are among the grandest landscapes in the world. It is so big and beautiful that it is actually getting hard to capture it and focus on the small details that exist everywhere like small streams, weird pines and bamboo forests... Awsome video as always....
I think you’re being a bit harsh about the area around Namche. You might not have got that killer landscape shot but the area has so much potential. The people are fascinating to photograph from the little kids running around to the porters carrying the massive loads on the trails and the people in traditional Tibetan dress. If you happen to be there when the market is on that is also rich pickings. The Buddhist influence on the area with the Monasteries, Stupas, prayer wheels and Mani stones are also great photographic subjects. I don’t know if you went up to the Tenzing Norgay Memorial area but you have great views from there of the trail you take. You get Everest and Lhotse and Ama Dablam with Tengboche in the mid distance, watching the sunrise light up Everest and then the other peaks from there is magical and the long lens landscape photography is great. You also get the views over Namche to the snow covered peaks in the west. Sorry I just love Nepal and wouldn’t want anyone to think it didn’t have photographic potential. Looking forward to the rest of the videos. All the best Ian.
Totally agreed. There are so many things to capture around that area. And his timing of the visit is not that right as well. Himalayas are usually hazy during monsoon and late winter. Late September to Early November is the best time to visit the Himalayas. Hoping to see much more on the rest of the Everest videos. All the best.
Thank you, Thomas, for all the hard work you put in your vlogs and photography. I am inspired by you to go higher and higher with photography every day.
I'm sure it's already been said by many, but I think this is some of your best work. Thoughtful, deliberate, well-produced. I was enthralled by the journey and felt included, and that's a difficult thing to achieve. Very much looking forward to your next video. Thanks Thomas!
Agreed... I stopped bracketing when I got comfortable with my α7Rii; now using the Riv, and its dynamic range is such that I rarely, if ever, need a second capture to make it work.
Beautiful video, absolutely beautiful! I was surprised how well the GoPro 360 footage looked. Not surprised about the lovely X-T3 movie and image quality ;) You have reached a level of quality and authenticity with this video that I prefer to anything I have ever seen on TV.
xt3 user from China here. Glad to see your new videos coming and the first episode turning out so amazing! Maybe someday you can try China. We have some beatiful landscapes here, too.
Loved this video. I can see such a big difference in your videography from a year or so ago and I love watching your new techniques. And as always, the photography is top-notch!
One of your best videos and even though the photo opportunities were limited, you managed a couple of great shots. The street photography potential looked immense but guess you chose to capture the scenes on video and some of the video footage is stunning quality! The storytelling is superb. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.
You are doing the same trek I did ten years ago, but I first went up the Kumbu valley, then down the Gokyo valley . Wonderful trek! Waiting for next videos, so nice to see these landscapes again!!!
It’s a stunning, beautiful and hard place and I really miss it! The people are wonderful and influenced me hugely. It’s not an easy place to take photos but highly rewarding when you get it right. I’ve still got some pics on my walls from good old film! I’d love to go back there with the potential that digital can provide.
I was looking forward to this video and it turned out to be better than i expected. Great work Thomas and wonderful images as always. Can't wait for the next one.
13:11 would have made such a beautiful photo (with a composition a bit more to the right I think), with the hikers on the path and the snowy mountains in the background
Thomas, hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you think it's hard to breath at 4,000 meters just wait 'till you get higher! My guess is that by trip's end you are going to be in awe of photographers like Galen Rowell who used to run up these same trails. High altitude hiking is hard but compared to high altitude climbing it's a piece of cake. Really helps you appreciate what it took for Galen and other high altitude climber/photographers to get the great images they got with what by today's standards were very crude film cameras.
Amazing stills for sure, but your video had me from start to finish! Your new setup is working great for you and wow, what a videographer you've become as well! Well done!
Beautiful and fascinating I would start looking for "The One" after filling a card or three on everything else. Then that being done calming down take a deep breathe. Start the photographer part of my brain. Great video
Lots of water and an aspirin at night. That will help you with the altitude. Going too fast and dehydration are the biggest contributors to having a problem. I just returned from Nepal end of November and had cracking images. Have to second what Ian says below. Make sure you spend a bit of time at the Tenzing memorial.
Out of breath just watching. Been waiting for this since your sneak preview. Stunning landscape. Can’t wait for more. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Namaste 🙏, Thank you for covering my country Nepal, was looking for this ever since when u annouced that you were going to cover nepal . Beautiful small country laid in the lap of mt everest and dozens of other small mountains. Hope u take breath taking images ..( which u always do ).. and enjoy nepal to the fullest. Cheers mate ..👍👍👍
Thomas, I knocked my iPad by mistake & off went my email. I was there only for a few days in early Dec. 1978. Enjoyed watching the sunrise & sunset from the roof of St. Xavier’ College. Kathmandu looks rather more developed now. Headaches not unusual there. I thought you were going to tell us how monkeys pinched fruit from out of your hand; they do it quite skilfully. I look forward to seeing more of your adventure.
Hello Thomas , thanks for visiting Nepal and showing our culture and the beautiful himalayas to millions of people worldwide . I hope you enjoyed. I welcome everyone watching to visit nepal in the year 2020. Happy Holidays !!
What are it they expecting those who dislike your videos. They are inspiring, entertaining and educational. Looking forward to many new videos in 2020. Happy new year Thomas.
I like that ending part, when you said "Namaste", its gives family vibe 🤭 I hope you will visit again, and if you do try Spiti Valley path. Land of Desert and Snow together. ✌🏻
Tom, fantastic "vlog", but to be honest I felt I was watching a documentary. The B roll is bang on, editing is bang on and content speaks for itself. Stunning place, felt like I was there but without the sickness. I recon this quality is worthy of broadcast. Thankyou.
Nice Video Thomas, and seeing the trials that organised camps endure to get to base camp - makes me wonder what used to drive pioneers like Sir Edmund Hilary, way back in the day, to do that without the trails and the modern equipment technology we have today. Amazing. One day... one day! Regards Ewan (NZ)
Thank you for sharing your adventure. I experienced altitude sickness in Costa Rica several years ago, so I empathize with you. I pray the best for you as the adventure continues.
Hi,Thomas. I watch your video about two years and I learned a lot of knowledge about photography from your video. I want to say very thanks of you i hope you shot picture about my country(china). There have very beautiful mountain lack and sky. absolutely stunning!
We were Nepal in 1995 and 1997. Hard going for sure altitude makes a huge difference. That was back in the film days and most of the 35mm transparencies I shot have chemically deteriorated and are useless. Never complain about digital, you don't know you are living. :)
@@jvcarvay Back then my Olympus OM2 was about as light as they come, of course you also had to consider the wheel barrow full of 35mm film canisters. At 67 I can't see me ever going back to Nepal, I stick to Scotland's wee mole hills these days. :) Funny thing altitude sickness; youth and fitness are not reliable indicators of how well you will cope, you just don't know until you try it. It's amazing how fractious normally mild mannered people often become.
Just to be mentioned at 5:51, it’s 3140 metres above sea level and a mixed vegetation like in the Alps from 0 (Ligurian Riviera) to 400 (Lake Constance) above sea level. Telling you are at tropical latitude. In the European Alps, at this hight you hike already in a lunar landscape
Hi Thomas, Hope you have had a great Christmas and that 2020 goes well. I am not shire if its my screen but to me the still image not up to your normal hi standard. Now your back home are you switching back to Canon kit.
Many moons ago I climbed Imja Tse and trekked the Khumbu. Glad/Sad to see how little has changed but It's a wonderful place with marvellous people. I've lost most of my images but the memories will be with me always of the pink/orange/red light on the Lho Tse wall
You created a video that would take a production crew of 10 people to achieve in TV land . Utterly amazing . Brilliant video . Your best ever . Merry Christmas
Or one crazy passionate photographer from UK
Agree fully!!!
His story telling ability and selecting the right footage to support the story is second to none.
I don’t want to be mean but: lol you have not been on UA-cam long have you? Go and see what ppl do with their travel channels...no shade to Thomas but this is amateurish at best in comparison.
I went to Katmandu in 2001 in my early 20's as part of a round the world trip. I remember walking out of the airport doors scared as I've never been to a place like it. After three days I fell in love with Katmandu and Nepal and even now when I think about the place I have a smile on my face.
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Sorry for you because of the altitude sickness thing…. But I think, it is still one of your best vlogs. Amazing, how did you manage to film this all while hiking quite hard … We really appreciate and love your work.
Thomas: Neeh, there is nothing to photograph here.
Me: I'll overload my SD card of random shots of everything.
I can’t believe I was hiking on EBC trek less than one month before...and now Thomas one of my favorite photographers is there...
Xenonsanjayy it’s not...
Every video, your story telling and quality gets better and better. Thank you for 3 years of entertainment and inspiration!
The mountains look absolutely beautiful
Nepal has sure changed since I was there - I can't believe how large Namche Bazaar and the other towns in the Khumbu region have grown. Back then, the Lukla airstrip was just a grassy field full of boulders...
Merry Christmas to you and your family Thomas. I hope you're having a good one.
Brilliant episode Tom on what must have been a tough but epic adventure. I’m looking forward to the next. All the best to you and yours for the New Year xx
Only just found this. Did that trip 14 years ago. Experience of a life time. After Gokyo we entered Khumu via the Cho La and the glacier. This brings back wonderful memories. Looking back at my own photographs in a new light!
I like to watch these because I could never imagine vlogging infront of a group of people so im glad others do it
Maybe it`s Fuji or the place or editing but Your photos got even more amazing! Like 4D experience of colour, space and story. wow!
Thomas, you are one of the first landscape photograph influencers I have subscribed on UA-cam and you just made my day with this video and increase my urge to visit nepal and do EBC and annapurna trek. I am also a trekker and travel cinematographer and vlogger, my love for mountains is immense that I can't stay long in plains long. I always want to go mountains and experience the nature, the people the drama over there. I would like to share my photographs and videos with you once. I know you are super busy with your stuff but it will be great to share my thought and work with like minded people. Thank you, love from India
Thanks. Make sure you go to the 5th lake at Gokyo. The best place I have ever been
Saw two girl wearing the same college uniform that I did years ago. Stunning images. Fantastic video. Homesick. Nostalgic.
Honestly, so far the most exciting content you've released. I've loved a lot of your other stuff but this is very inspiring!
My dear Thomas, before even watching a second, I liked the video, put my headphones, made the resolution to 1080p and now I can enjoy it. ❤❤
Sorry for the late comment and watch, I was waiting for this second since 4 hours, now after my kids are sleeping I'm here for watching it 😅
I think you had a bit to high expectations. There is loads to work with if you just forget the fact that you are among the grandest landscapes in the world. It is so big and beautiful that it is actually getting hard to capture it and focus on the small details that exist everywhere like small streams, weird pines and bamboo forests... Awsome video as always....
I think you’re being a bit harsh about the area around Namche. You might not have got that killer landscape shot but the area has so much potential. The people are fascinating to photograph from the little kids running around to the porters carrying the massive loads on the trails and the people in traditional Tibetan dress. If you happen to be there when the market is on that is also rich pickings. The Buddhist influence on the area with the Monasteries, Stupas, prayer wheels and Mani stones are also great photographic subjects. I don’t know if you went up to the Tenzing Norgay Memorial area but you have great views from there of the trail you take. You get Everest and Lhotse and Ama Dablam with Tengboche in the mid distance, watching the sunrise light up Everest and then the other peaks from there is magical and the long lens landscape photography is great. You also get the views over Namche to the snow covered peaks in the west. Sorry I just love Nepal and wouldn’t want anyone to think it didn’t have photographic potential. Looking forward to the rest of the videos. All the best Ian.
Totally agreed. There are so many things to capture around that area. And his timing of the visit is not that right as well. Himalayas are usually hazy during monsoon and late winter. Late September to Early November is the best time to visit the Himalayas. Hoping to see much more on the rest of the Everest videos. All the best.
You must understand he came for landscape photos.
Ian Slingsby actually he dont know abou Nepal
Thank you, Thomas, for all the hard work you put in your vlogs and photography. I am inspired by you to go higher and higher with photography every day.
I'm sure it's already been said by many, but I think this is some of your best work. Thoughtful, deliberate, well-produced. I was enthralled by the journey and felt included, and that's a difficult thing to achieve. Very much looking forward to your next video. Thanks Thomas!
Agreed... I stopped bracketing when I got comfortable with my α7Rii; now using the Riv, and its dynamic range is such that I rarely, if ever, need a second capture to make it work.
So with that one shot do you expose as far to the right without clipping your highlights?
Happy Christmas Thomas and family. Wish you a fab 2020 photography year
This has to be the best video I have seen of yours, Thomas. And I have seen all of them. Fantastic. I can't wait for next week.
Superbly artistic results!
Your best yet, it is about time that somebody in TV land signed you up. There are no photography shows on TV ffs
Great video! I love this beautiful Country. Next year I will go there for the third time 🏔✈️
Greetings from Austria ✌🏻📸
Beautiful video, absolutely beautiful! I was surprised how well the GoPro 360 footage looked. Not surprised about the lovely X-T3 movie and image quality ;) You have reached a level of quality and authenticity with this video that I prefer to anything I have ever seen on TV.
It must be good to visit Nepal, meet the locals, see My Everest, and get to Base Camp... Brilliant... Oh ! ....and get some great images too...
Amazing, I loved this video but one question I have is... his did you charge your batteries 🤣
xt3 user from China here. Glad to see your new videos coming and the first episode turning out so amazing! Maybe someday you can try China. We have some beatiful landscapes here, too.
Absolutely excellent, Thomas. You and your buddy, Brendan, are outstanding videographers, and have given us viewers a fine glimpse of Nepal.
Great video! Can't wait to see the rest!
Loved this video. I can see such a big difference in your videography from a year or so ago and I love watching your new techniques. And as always, the photography is top-notch!
One of your best videos and even though the photo opportunities were limited, you managed a couple of great shots. The street photography potential looked immense but guess you chose to capture the scenes on video and some of the video footage is stunning quality! The storytelling is superb. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.
You are doing the same trek I did ten years ago, but I first went up the Kumbu valley, then down the Gokyo valley . Wonderful trek! Waiting for next videos, so nice to see these landscapes again!!!
absolutely love the b-roll.. esp the slo-mo...stunning photography
Thanks for sharing this with us Thomas! Simply amazing!
Fantastic, as usual Tom. You are without doubt my favourite videographer, and stills master, lovin' it...
Thanks for taking us along on your Nepal adventure. Twenty-plus minutes flew by quickly, as I watched your amazing video.
It’s a stunning, beautiful and hard place and I really miss it! The people are wonderful and influenced me hugely. It’s not an easy place to take photos but highly rewarding when you get it right. I’ve still got some pics on my walls from good old film! I’d love to go back there with the potential that digital can provide.
Wow just the heaven proud to be Nepali u make me feel it
Nepal is a great country, I had a great time
I was looking forward to this video and it turned out to be better than i expected. Great work Thomas and wonderful images as always. Can't wait for the next one.
The long wait is over and its always beautiful to see photographs from own home country .
नेपाल आफैमा सुन्दर छ त्यसमाथि तपाईंको प्रस्तुति सुगन्ध थपिदियो । धन्यवाद । 🙂
Your story telling and voice over, documentary-like, video is great!! Good stuff, dude!!
13:11 would have made such a beautiful photo (with a composition a bit more to the right I think), with the hikers on the path and the snowy mountains in the background
Thomas, hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you think it's hard to breath at 4,000 meters just wait 'till you get higher! My guess is that by trip's end you are going to be in awe of photographers like Galen Rowell who used to run up these same trails. High altitude hiking is hard but compared to high altitude climbing it's a piece of cake. Really helps you appreciate what it took for Galen and other high altitude climber/photographers to get the great images they got with what by today's standards were very crude film cameras.
Amazing stills for sure, but your video had me from start to finish! Your new setup is working great for you and wow, what a videographer you've become as well! Well done!
Thanks for visiting! It is a developing country but in terms of natural beauty it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Great storytelling, beautiful video! You've captured the scenes in the best way you could with the light conditions you had, great job.
Beautiful and fascinating I would start looking for "The One" after filling a card or three on everything else. Then that being done calming down take a deep breathe. Start the photographer part of my brain. Great video
I am really looking forward to this one, totally awe inspiring.
I think this is my favorite video you've ever done, Tom. Can't wait for the next one!
Lots of water and an aspirin at night. That will help you with the altitude. Going too fast and dehydration are the biggest contributors to having a problem. I just returned from Nepal end of November and had cracking images. Have to second what Ian says below. Make sure you spend a bit of time at the Tenzing memorial.
Thank you for taking us along on your journeys.
Out of breath just watching. Been waiting for this since your sneak preview. Stunning landscape. Can’t wait for more. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thanks buddy
Love from Nepal 🇳🇵
Loved this video. I trekked to Everest Basecamp three months ago and your video took me right back to being there.
You may not have gotten the stills that you were hoping for, but the video was stunning....very much looking forward to the next upload.
Another fab video. Happy New Year!
Best video yet Tom! My mate Steph was probably climbing Ama Dablam as you were trekking past...!
Cracking vid Thomas!! That 360 degree works so well that you’d think that a Sherpa was shooting those parts.
Namaste 🙏,
Thank you for covering my country Nepal, was looking for this ever since when u annouced that you were going to cover nepal . Beautiful small country laid in the lap of mt everest and dozens of other small mountains. Hope u take breath taking images ..( which u always do ).. and enjoy nepal to the fullest. Cheers mate ..👍👍👍
Excellent video, felt like I was right there, out of breath with you. Photography is chasing the light. And, the invisible stick is hilarious.
Hi Thomas, excellent work. Try pushing out as much air as possible from your lungs before inhaling the next time the head aches come at high altitude.
Thomas, I knocked my iPad by mistake & off went my email. I was there only for a few days in early Dec. 1978. Enjoyed watching the sunrise & sunset from the roof of St. Xavier’ College. Kathmandu looks rather more developed now. Headaches not unusual there. I thought you were going to tell us how monkeys pinched fruit from out of your hand; they do it quite skilfully. I look forward to seeing more of your adventure.
Literally no words to say , amazing video ,great
Hello Thomas , thanks for visiting Nepal and showing our culture and the beautiful himalayas to millions of people worldwide . I hope you enjoyed. I welcome everyone watching to visit nepal in the year 2020.
Happy Holidays !!
Tom, didn't think I could get much more envious of you... I was wrong.
What are it they expecting those who dislike your videos. They are inspiring, entertaining and educational. Looking forward to many new videos in 2020. Happy new year Thomas.
I like that ending part, when you said "Namaste", its gives family vibe 🤭 I hope you will visit again, and if you do try Spiti Valley path. Land of Desert and Snow together. ✌🏻
What a great cinematic work 🙏
Tom, fantastic "vlog", but to be honest I felt I was watching a documentary. The B roll is bang on, editing is bang on and content speaks for itself.
Stunning place, felt like I was there but without the sickness. I recon this quality is worthy of broadcast. Thankyou.
Thomas says "the last of the light" after the scene with a crow and a huge mountain. Feels like he's taking an expedition to reclaim Erebor ;)
Recalled wonderful memories of my own treks in 1989 and 1991.
That fuji for vloging is your best investment in a while Thomas! Loved that hiking video. Keep going :)
One of your best videos to date.
Hey Thomas, may I know what lens did you use to make this video? I'm inspired!
Honestly, I love Kathmandu. Great movie, thank you!
Nice Video Thomas, and seeing the trials that organised camps endure to get to base camp - makes me wonder what used to drive pioneers like Sir Edmund Hilary, way back in the day, to do that without the trails and the modern equipment technology we have today. Amazing. One day... one day! Regards Ewan (NZ)
Thank you for sharing your adventure. I experienced altitude sickness in Costa Rica several years ago, so I empathize with you. I pray the best for you as the adventure continues.
Thank you so much, you took a lot of effort to show how exactly this would be. Love you man
Beautiful photos and a fantastic video as well. Your video quality is as good as your photography skills. Good to see the Fuji is working for you. 👌
Thank you for visiting our country.
You are one of my favorite photographer .
Increíble video, Thomas! Algún día espero estar por ahí....
Hi,Thomas. I watch your video about two years and I learned a lot of knowledge about photography from your video.
I want to say very thanks of you
i hope you shot picture about my country(china). There have very beautiful mountain lack and sky. absolutely stunning!
We were Nepal in 1995 and 1997. Hard going for sure altitude makes a huge difference. That was back in the film days and most of the 35mm transparencies I shot have chemically deteriorated and are useless. Never complain about digital, you don't know you are living. :)
Now you have to go back... with much, much lighter gear ;-)
I went hiking and my digital cameras failed so I only had my Nikon F3 and it worked :D I will always take both with me.
@@jvcarvay Back then my Olympus OM2 was about as light as they come, of course you also had to consider the wheel barrow full of 35mm film canisters. At 67 I can't see me ever going back to Nepal, I stick to Scotland's wee mole hills these days. :) Funny thing altitude sickness; youth and fitness are not reliable indicators of how well you will cope, you just don't know until you try it. It's amazing how fractious normally mild mannered people often become.
Thanks for going where most of us can't. Its great to see the world thru your videos. Travel safely and Merry Christmas.
That’s one hell of an adventure and a pretty amazing anecdote for the kids in the future. Beautiful colours in this film too.
WOW... Thank you Thomas for visiting NEPAL.
Just to be mentioned at 5:51, it’s 3140 metres above sea level and a mixed vegetation like in the Alps from 0 (Ligurian Riviera) to 400 (Lake Constance) above sea level. Telling you are at tropical latitude. In the European Alps, at this hight you hike already in a lunar landscape
So inspiring, thanks for all your amazing contributions to photography
Merry Christmas Mr. Thomas! I can't wait to watch more! Great job!
I really enjoyed this video. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a great new year Thomas.
You must Visit Ladakh and Pangong lake. It will be one the best compositions you have ever photographed.
true, you snatched my words
Hi Thomas, Hope you have had a great Christmas and that 2020 goes well. I am not shire if its my screen but to me the still image not up to your normal hi standard. Now your back home are you switching back to Canon kit.
Many moons ago I climbed Imja Tse and trekked the Khumbu. Glad/Sad to see how little has changed but It's a wonderful place with marvellous people. I've lost most of my images but the memories will be with me always of the pink/orange/red light on the Lho Tse wall
Following the videos for so long it's amazing to see where things have led