I Made it to The Alps! - Hiking the Hexatrek 10
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: starting to hike the Northern Alps! There are some seriously beautiful views in this section of the Hexatrek.
Stage 2: kms 20- 95
I pass one month on trail and what a way to celebrate!
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Putting together this episode made me emotional! I was soooo excited to start this section and the wait was so worth it!
Awww ❤⛰
Loving these vids! Beautiful trail ❤
Thank you!!
Today I finished editing my first episode from the Alps and is the same part of the trail from your video. Nice to see you and Deny. I don't know where you find that place from min 11:54 because I didn t see it. Hugs!
Oh yay! I’ll have to check it out! Hope you’re enjoying being back at home :)
I’m surprised you didn’t find that Abri! It was just listed on our map, but maybe this was one of those times we deviated from the GR5
Guess you have seen even bigger mountains since that. Your videos are getting better all the time but without falling into being too cheesy or too dramatic. Well done!
Haha yes they just get bigger and harder to hike as I go along!
Thank you :) I’m glad they’re coming out well, it’s hard to make them on a small screen with limited resources!
Another well-made video, keep it up! Nice cliffhanger to keep everybody hooked!
(Not that that would be necessary though 😊)
Thanks so much! Hoping I don’t keep you all in suspense too much longer
This video has been served.
The mouth fulls of views and adventure leave me feeling content.
This is just the entree.
In the Alps it sure goes up and down and up again! 😊 But you already found that out for yourself!!
Keeping your stuff dry is a bit of a hard one!
Wow, still snow.... Early in the saison you can still het quite a bit!
Keep going and enjoy your trip!
All the best, Kaat
When I saw the patch of snow, I teared up I live in texas, and the heat had been 41 degrees Celsius here I. Buring up lol the snow just gave me hope, lol. I enjoyed the video
Ah that’s so hot! I’m missing the snow already haha. It’s now 35°C here as I keep heading further south 🥵 hope you stay cool!!
@LaurenRoerick oh wow. I would never have imagined it would be that hot there, orch safe travels
omg what a cliffhanger!
Haha! You’ll have to wait and see :)
looks so nice!
It’s so beautiful!
I am speechless guys, what a breathtaking cinematic experience. Shots are simply incredible and brilliantly edited! 👏👏
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it :)
So excited for these videos in the Alps! So crazy beautiful!
They’re so pretty!!
Unfortunately, bad weather again with a large thunderstorm cell. It looks like you are in the middle of it. I also have one here already and the one from France I get later🥴. Good luck! Happy trails!
Ah interesting! No storms over here (I’m nearly halfway through stage 4) but hope you do okay in them!
@@LaurenRoerick Oh, good for you! I barely survived the first one from early morning today. I was on a campsite when at 04:45am the first thunders were heard, fast approaching. I immediately fled to the sanitary building. At 06:05 with the second storm cell, a lightning struck a tree 50 meters away. SCARY MOMENT, AND LOUD AS HELL. From this moment the entire campsite was wide awake. My tent was just a little further away.
Glad you were in a campsite! Storms like that are scary in a tent!!
Gorgeous, for sure. Excellent presentation of the Alps and story telling, Lauren. Enjoying your journey and pretty good teaser at the end … Ruh Roo!!
PS Maybe a dumb question … what is your trail name?
Thanks so much!
On the PCT I went by Longway, but here trail names aren’t really a thing so I just go by Lauren
hope you got that fly fixed so that it doesn’t leak in rain. my heart broke a little for you when it got ripped up. almost nothing worse than dealing with a leaky tent on cold, wet, rainy, stormy nights. even a small drip can drive a hiker almost insane. plus, those tents are not inexpensive. those views make me want to hike in the alps.
I patched it up quite well and after a dozen storms it’s still holding strong! Because yes, it is not a cheap tent and I’m very attached to it!
I would absolutely recommend hiking in the alps :)
Congrats on these great videos!
I love you personality and the way you share your hike, experience.
I've never heard of hexatrek before, but thanks to you it's made it on my list now.
I hope you become the next Kraig Adams! 😅
That’s so kind!! I really appreciate it :) I’m so glad you’re enjoying the videos.
Please put the german North-South-Trail (NST) on your list as well. Not as spectacular as the Alps, but diverse and varied landscapes and insights into German culture
Oooh I’ll have to look into it!
I can also recommend the Hungarian Kéktúra to everyone. Compared to Hungary, it's spectacular, but not even close to these ones. It is perfect for getting to know the country, the culture and the people!
The alps are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the views. (The scenery here in WA/BC is pretty amazing too but it’s cool to see what the hexatrek is like)
They just get better and better! ☺️
ending with a cliffhanger 😂
Haha you’ll just have to come back for the next episode!
@@LaurenRoerick ok ok, you convinced me 😁
Loving all the videos & the adventure! They are so great! Definitely bucket list worthy♥️
Thank you!! It’s such an incredible trail :)
Your vidoes are getting better and better. Seeing some other trekkers and some locals add a great persective. Can I ask how do manage to not buy too much food. Is peanut butter availabe as i heard it is hard to find in France. Merci Beaucoup
Thank you so much! It’s always a bit of trial and error. Mostly I look at how far my next resupply point is, how many days I estimate that will take me, then I have a good idea of what I eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and add some snacks in between, and multiply by how many days! I don’t always get it right but close enough.
Glad your little tent survived! How long do those water filters last (how do you know when they're done)? At the beginning of this video I was wondering if you were the only woman on the Hexatrek! Evidence to the contrary. Those Alps are very Sound of Music! If you know what I mean. That roof in the storm was a little bit of cosmic help. So much goodness in this episode!
I’m so glad my tent is still alive and well! Water filter does like a thousand litres I think? Probably even more if I backflush it. But I barely filter out here cuz so much of it is from springs or taps.
Only 5% of people on the hexatrek are solo women this year! (The girl in this video is just a friend of Deny’s who visits for a couple days, so not a thru hiker)
20:31 Do you really eat salami with the peal on it? When I was young, my parents told me to remove the white stuff before eating it. Most efficiently you can do this when the salami is one piece, afterwards you can cut it into pieces. But hey no offence, if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger, overall the food quality is for sure better in Europe and it also shows on your sandwiches.
Yep, always remove the saucisson skin!
Adult beverage research fund!
😆 🍻 thanks!!