This is another level of soothing, out of all the videos I've seen on mountains, streams, lakes, and trails, this one is indescribable on how it makes me feel. One minute in and I forgot all my worries and stresses completely. Amazing video.
I've been in tears since a quarter way in. Since I was 10 I knew I had to find the top of the mountain. I don't even remember my first hike. I only remember the wind. It felt likei could be a seed just dancing in the wind. After a little over 10 years in the fire service, I became ill. After four years out I was diagnosed with Lupus. I had suffered in my profession for years before..... I've don Alta, Lakes Trail, Sawtooth, Mt Whitney and more. Your video brought me to tears because I miss them so much. While I've hiked with people, I have done solo more than not. After I got sick I took up photography. It slowed me down enough that I could hike. I began really seeing the beauty I was surrounded by. I never wanted to slow another person down whether it was my disease or my love of light in the forest or on barren rock. Thank you for lighting that torch for me again. I'm determined to get out there. The Sequoia Park, wherever you are in it, is a slice of heaven. We're being ravaged by fire right now. Oddly enough, I've been hiking in these parts for 20 years. I have always taken pictures. Without knowing it, I now realize I've chronicled the look of this beautiful place. It's so much different now than 15, 20 years ago. It breaks my heart.
The footage caught is truly breathtaking! Just the colors,the different hues,it’s just..perfect. Says a lot about our Creator! He only wants the best for His Children! Look at this beautiful beautiful world he created for us…and then look at all the inner city-grimly,dirty,stinks. That is what humans are capable of producing! Thankyou for showing us this beautiful footage! I may not get a chance to backpack like I want too-so I can live vicariously through these videos! Thankyou again!!
Thank you so much for this video! I was on the CCC Backcountry Trails crew there in 1982 and have not seen it since until now! Btw, you need a starter pistol to scare bears away. They hate loud, startling noises. Bubbs Creek probably has a bridge now because it was a raging torrent the year that the NPS foreman made us cross it on a slippery log and I slipped and almost fell in. I definitely would have not survived. Oh, the stories I have of that summer in Kings Canyon! A bear ripped into our tent and almost took out my left eye (I screamed and it was GONE), a footlong millipede crossed my sleeping bag when I slept under the stars, we had to take a helicopter to get up to Paradise Valley there was so much snow! I remember the Sphinx, Mount Clarence King, Mount Wynn, and we climbed Mount Pinchot and Arrow peak. We hiked 19 miles out and saw a bear running 35 mph! We saw Bighorn (or maybe Dahl) sheep. We didn’t have smart phones back then, but I took loads of pictures with my little Olympus backpacking camera with a self-timer. I took a pic of myself standing in a field of Columbines in Paradise Valley on my birthday.
Thanks for the memories.. I did the loop back in 1979 as an 11 year old with my family.. Thinking about it still provides some of my favorite memories. Your relaxed style is refreshing in today's fast paced hiking community..
Thank you, appreciate it, I always loved to be able to take in as much as possible, so I prefer to keep my videos slow and long, so that the viewer can spend some time in this magnificent place if they chose to watch the whole thing:-)
I am so very grateful for your travels, your camera work, picking up the sounds of nature surrounding you and your narratives of the beauty and the creatures you encounter. Thank you so much.
What agrand and beautiful video you have shared with us ! Thank k you for the great times !I used to be able to do this but I am in my 80s now and can only cherish my memories.
I really appreciate your pace and the fact that you enjoy the experience and your surroundings so much. Having backpacked since the late 1960s (1-4 weeks a year and mostly with a friend I have known since childhood), it just suits my style. Many, but not all, of these current backpacking videos are about mileage, obstacles overcome, and personal ego and overlook the majestic nature that they are marching through.
Thank you, I couldn't agree more, its all about experiencing and showing people the wonderful nature for me, I was a little bummed that I had to rush through to finish the loop, the pace we had the first 2,5 days was perfect. I love being out there, very happy that you can feel that in my video:-)
Spent my whole life camping in Kings Canyon! What a wonderful video. Thank you. Mist Falls, Paradise Valley, Bubbs Creek all are so familiar. Awesome place, yes?
Great video of very beautiful country. Nice editing. I like how you minimized the amount of background music and had conversations mixed in with your video.
Philip Krauss God was invented so humans had something to explain what humans didn’t understand, these days, with our technology, does explain what we didn’t know.....sad people today still believe in campfire stories..
With all this indescribable beauty….the trees, the lakes, the waterfalls, the incredible granite peaks…the creatures…all intertwined and interdependent on one another… It’s so obvious that Mother Earth is a complex living system. And that any damage we do is pure sacrilege.
Hiked to mist falls twice. The second time went a little further to camp out one of the camp sight was flooded. So camp out near by turned around the next day. Love it! OMG! Yes I remember 🐍 by my Ankle !!
Your video and audio are indescribably amazing. Best hiking footage I’ve seen to date! Crystal clear images & can hear every footstep and bird in the background. The relaxing, slow paced nature is much like how I like to enjoy the outdoors so it really helps me feel as if I’m actually there! I spend a lot of time staring in awe and soaking it all in.. being mesmerized by our planets beauty and wonders, and your style of video makes it easier for me to do that. No talking non-stop or loud music filling my mind- just peace and quiet 😌 to experience the awe-someness. Thank you!! I just subscribed :-) and what an absolutely stunning & majestic landscape, the evergreen tree lines have always been an inspiration to me 💚 🌲
I took my son on the zumwalt meadows to roaring river falls trail. We saw a bear and on the way back noticed that a recently burned area might be starting up again! We have already talked to 911. They are sending the forestry service. But a big sequoia was down and charred and billowing smoke. We didn't notice it on the way to the falls so we do think it was growing. We dumped our water bottles on it and filled them in the river and dumped them again but the sun was going down and we did see the bear... we had to get out. No joke. It was scary but no fire, no embers... lots of smoke though. Im glad we went. We maybe stopped a forest fire. Im definitely getting bear spray. We did just like you when we saw it. We were thankfully much farther away. 60 feet or so. On the plus side, we think we can do longer hikes without too much strain. And we will try. Thank you for everything you do. You and your videos are an inspiration. Really.
Logger & cowboy logged Washington Oregon Idaho Alaska 1970 t0 1989 Alaska southeast jim cambul logging prince of Wales to Mt Saint hellins red zone . Death & life iv seen 💔.
There is one thing you can learn from what happened with that bear that Jarl help scare off. Notice how the bear kept sticking its tongue out (another is a very audible popping of the jaw) then it would bluff charge. These actions show that the bear is stressed and the more stressed they get the more unstable they become. Black bears generally will run grizzly is another thing altogether. Jarl said no bear spray allowed here so you can use an air horn to drive them away if you get in a tight situation. How to handle bears would make for a whole book. There is know simple statement that answers that question. Start with park protocols on how to handle food so your not inviting bears into your camp to start with.
This was awesome! I can't wait to hike the JMT in a few more weeks. I am using my iPhone 11 pro max also. If you don't mind my asking, what app are you editing with? And when you save video, do you save in 4K/60 also? I use KineMaster and am having issues with saving the video to my phone in 4K/60 - it keeps telling me error saving video (file too large maybe?). But if I decrease to 1080 it works but that messes up the image quality. It's frustrating. Your videos look wonderful! Great job!
Thank you, I edit in Final Cut Pro, or iMovie on my mac, no issues there. I def save in 4k60fps in Final Cut Pro, I think iMovie reduces it to 29,97 fps (you can not adjust frame rate in iMovie) but it still looks good.
@@NorwegianXplorer thank you! I started with iMovie with my old iPhone 7 then upgraded to KineMaster to have more options with editing. Maybe I should try iMovie again and see how that works. I'll keep experimenting. Thanks so much. :)
Who is here in 2024 Lolol!
I will never be able to make this trek, but thanks for taking me along into the beauty of my beloved state.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Why not
WOW absolutely Beautiful this is something I have on my list now. Thank you
Thanks Jon!
This is another level of soothing, out of all the videos I've seen on mountains, streams, lakes, and trails, this one is indescribable on how it makes me feel. One minute in and I forgot all my worries and stresses completely.
Amazing video.
Thank you so much, really appreciate it🙏
I've been in tears since a quarter way in. Since I was 10 I knew I had to find the top of the mountain. I don't even remember my first hike. I only remember the wind. It felt likei could be a seed just dancing in the wind.
After a little over 10 years in the fire service, I became ill. After four years out I was diagnosed with Lupus. I had suffered in my profession for years before.....
I've don Alta, Lakes Trail, Sawtooth, Mt Whitney and more.
Your video brought me to tears because I miss them so much.
While I've hiked with people, I have done solo more than not.
After I got sick I took up photography. It slowed me down enough that I could hike. I began really seeing the beauty I was surrounded by. I never wanted to slow another person down whether it was my disease or my love of light in the forest or on barren rock.
Thank you for lighting that torch for me again. I'm determined to get out there.
The Sequoia Park, wherever you are in it, is a slice of heaven.
We're being ravaged by fire right now. Oddly enough, I've been hiking in these parts for 20 years. I have always taken pictures. Without knowing it, I now realize I've chronicled the look of this beautiful place. It's so much different now than 15, 20 years ago. It breaks my heart.
Thank you for your wonderful coment🙏❤️
It’s really God’s country...speechless! Awesome! Aloha!
It is amazing for sure!
The footage caught is truly breathtaking! Just the colors,the different hues,it’s just..perfect. Says a lot about our Creator! He only wants the best for His Children! Look at this beautiful beautiful world he created for us…and then look at all the inner city-grimly,dirty,stinks. That is what humans are capable of producing!
Thankyou for showing us this beautiful footage! I may not get a chance to backpack like I want too-so I can live vicariously through these videos! Thankyou again!!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I was on the CCC Backcountry Trails crew there in 1982 and have not seen it since until now! Btw, you need a starter pistol to scare bears away. They hate loud, startling noises. Bubbs Creek probably has a bridge now because it was a raging torrent the year that the NPS foreman made us cross it on a slippery log and I slipped and almost fell in. I definitely would have not survived. Oh, the stories I have of that summer in Kings Canyon! A bear ripped into our tent and almost took out my left eye (I screamed and it was GONE), a footlong millipede crossed my sleeping bag when I slept under the stars, we had to take a helicopter to get up to Paradise Valley there was so much snow! I remember the Sphinx, Mount Clarence King, Mount Wynn, and we climbed Mount Pinchot and Arrow peak. We hiked 19 miles out and saw a bear running 35 mph! We saw Bighorn (or maybe Dahl) sheep. We didn’t have smart phones back then, but I took loads of pictures with my little Olympus backpacking camera with a self-timer. I took a pic of myself standing in a field of Columbines in Paradise Valley on my birthday.
Awesome, thanks for the memories, must have been great time, I will pass on the millipede though😳
Wonderful!
Absolutely beautiful country.
indeed!
Thanks for the memories.. I did the loop back in 1979 as an 11 year old with my family.. Thinking about it still provides some of my favorite memories. Your relaxed style is refreshing in today's fast paced hiking community..
Thank you, appreciate it, I always loved to be able to take in as much as possible, so I prefer to keep my videos slow and long, so that the viewer can spend some time in this magnificent place if they chose to watch the whole thing:-)
I am so very grateful for your travels, your camera work, picking up the sounds of nature surrounding you and your narratives of the beauty and the creatures you encounter. Thank you so much.
Wow, thank you!
What agrand and beautiful video you have shared with us ! Thank k you for the great times !I used to be able to do this but I am in my 80s now and can only cherish my memories.
Glad you enjoyed it:-) Thank you!
Awesome adventure enjoyed this video extremely much! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
A video masterpiece. Thank you. BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you so much:-)
My husband and I really enjoyed your breathtaking awe inspiring video. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Judy!
I really appreciate your pace and the fact that you enjoy the experience and your surroundings so much. Having backpacked since the late 1960s (1-4 weeks a year and mostly with a friend I have known since childhood), it just suits my style. Many, but not all, of these current backpacking videos are about mileage, obstacles overcome, and personal ego and overlook the majestic nature that they are marching through.
Thank you, I couldn't agree more, its all about experiencing and showing people the wonderful nature for me, I was a little bummed that I had to rush through to finish the loop, the pace we had the first 2,5 days was perfect. I love being out there, very happy that you can feel that in my video:-)
Want to wake up with the view! Amazingly gorgeous place!!!
It really is!
the video quality is impressive. Gorgeous water.
Thank you very much!
Outstanding video. Incredible hike. Very well done, my friend.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing footage of the Sierra backcountry, well done!
Glad you liked it!
Wow its-so beautiful i wish I could visit it one day.. thanks for the upload
Thank you, it is an amazing place!
This is so absolutely beautiful! Even just the thumbnail alone, the water green as it is, with this blue sky behind it. It is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, its an incredible place for sure!
Excellent!! Stunning beauty. Watching this was a spiritual experience. Thank you! 🙏💗
Awesome, thank you!
Wow these places are beautiful!
They sure are!
Now this is where the real gold is in the heart of Kings Canyon all those secret places theres no end to it!
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Thank you so much!
You had spectacular weather, saw tons of wildlife. I am remarkably jealous.
It was incredible indeed
Gorgeous landscapes! Thanks.
Thank you!
Three great guys on a great trip. Thanks to you all.
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh my, so beautiful. 💚 That clear water looks so refreshing.
Regardless of the issues the U.S. has, it's still amazingly beautiful.
I totally agree! It is America the beautiful!
The National Parks are the U.S. at its best.
Yes, and public lands!
@@jamesbadham9665 Yes! Thanks to the foresight of Teddy Roosevelt.
@@higherlove8886 ...and the needling of John Muir. Hard to believe they used to go camping together.
it's amazing beautiful!! I will never make this far but with your video, I saw all the beauty God created! Thanks for this great video!
Thank you!
Spent my whole life camping in Kings Canyon! What a wonderful video. Thank you. Mist Falls, Paradise Valley, Bubbs Creek all are so familiar. Awesome place, yes?
It is! Thank you very much:-)
amazing video!! This place is sooooo beautiful
Awesome hike. And 25 miles in one day through the Sierras. Wow. Thanks for filming this, it was beautiful and interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very grateful for this
Thank you!
Super amazing. One of my favorite hikes of all time.
Mine too!
This place is stunning.
Yes it is!
Woooooow stunning!!
Thank you!
Thanks for nice and gorgeous record of nature, One of buckets list.👍
Thank you for watching, its an amazing loop!
Beautiful and peaceful from beginning to end. This got to be one of my favorite videos of all time.
Thank you so much!!
Wow! best I've seen.. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you! 😊
Seriously beautiful nature. Thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
The water quality is so clean being glacier water it actually looks like glass its amazing!
Amazing work ! Thank you !
Thank you too!
The Earth the land the mountains absolutely paradies beauty 🌴🌲🌳🍀🌿🍁🏵️🌺🌼🌷🍃🍂
Yes, thank you!
Wow! Incredible backpacking video.. another brilliant video...) 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it, than you!
Beautiful! Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
Wow , you have reached a new level with your videos !!! So needed this in this crazy upside down World !!! : )
Wow, thank you! Thats awesome of you to say!
Hiking and industrial music, love it.
lol!
Such a beautiful, wonderful, gorgeous adventure. GREAT VIDEOGRAPHY!!!! You guys did a great job!!!!!! Love it!!!!
Awesome, appreciate it so much!!
Beautiful country!
It really is!
Gosh - that was stunning! Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Brilliant. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
so gorgeous!! thanks for sharing
You are so welcome!
Beautiful.!!!!!!
Amazing!!!!!
Wow.
Thanks for this video too.👍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍
Most welcome 😊
Wow, just wow. This region of the sierras looks very dramatic. Totally different from what I saw in Yosemite.
Yes, its a stunning place, I was so happy to get to join Chuck and Matt for this, way better than I expected, I was blown away!
What a great adventure. Brings back memories. Great job
Thanks Larry!
Heroic efforts with the bear there.
Thanks! 🙏
Stunningly glorious! THIS is what we need to protect, not zooming off to Mars, this beautiful precious earth. Thank you for this gorgeous video.
Couldn't agree more!
Great video of an epic hiking trip! Both the quality of the picture and the editing made it enjoyable to watch right to the end. Bravo!
Thanks a ton! Really appreciate it:-)
Amazing thanks for sharing 👏🏼
Thanks for watching!
Great video of very beautiful country. Nice editing. I like how you minimized the amount of background music and had conversations mixed in with your video.
Thank you very much!
It looks just too beautiful to be real...
Yeah it does:-)
Amazing scenery! Would love to go there too😍 Hopefully soon🙏
Its a beautiful place for sure!
Awesome beautiful need to visit some day thanks
Thanks!
I was just at mist falls this past weekend! So beautiful!
It really is!
I'll always keep my dream alive and one day. I'll B walking those paths. Thank for sharing your adventures 👍✌
Thanks for watching!
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of your video. Say Hi 👋 to the bear for me!
Thank you! Will do lol if I see her again!
The water at Rae lakes is absolutely gorgeous! 😲
Its is!
It’s nice that the deer have had no bad experience with humans and so not troubled by them, amazing scenery and trek, thanks for sharing.
Marc’s Fx really? God put deer on the earth for mAny reasons
Philip Krauss God was invented so humans had something to explain what humans didn’t understand, these days, with our technology, does explain what we didn’t know.....sad people today still believe in campfire stories..
Yes, I agree, they are very comfortable with seeing humans, makes for some magic moments when they look into your eyes and acknowledge you.
Excellent. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks, my pleasure!
Beautiful vistas at every turn! Your filming, editing, and music were wonderful! Great job!
Thank you very much!
ive seen that exact bear about 8 years ago , the color is so distinctive , im happy to see em out there up to now.
I think it is a well know bear in the area
Amazing video! Beautiful trip and awesome scenery! You really covered a lot of great trail! 🏕
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
With all this indescribable beauty….the trees, the lakes, the waterfalls, the incredible granite peaks…the creatures…all intertwined and interdependent on one another…
It’s so obvious that Mother Earth is a complex living system.
And that any damage we do is pure sacrilege.
Agreed!
Hiked to mist falls twice. The second time went a little further to camp out one of the camp sight was flooded. So camp out near by turned around the next day. Love it! OMG! Yes I remember 🐍 by my Ankle !!
Oh wow!
Unreal scenery ! What a spot! I’d love to visit sometime and hike that route! Cheers guys! From the white mountains NH.!
Thank you:-)
Bear 2 was either really hungry or trying to get your autograph. Adrenaline pumping for sure
awesome video, beautiful!!!
Thank you so much!!
oh my goodness, that's in my neck of the woods. i didn't know it was so gorgeous, such a spectacular mountains and trails
It is an amazing place indeed!
Your video and audio are indescribably amazing. Best hiking footage I’ve seen to date! Crystal clear images & can hear every footstep and bird in the background. The relaxing, slow paced nature is much like how I like to enjoy the outdoors so it really helps me feel as if I’m actually there! I spend a lot of time staring in awe and soaking it all in.. being mesmerized by our planets beauty and wonders, and your style of video makes it easier for me to do that. No talking non-stop or loud music filling my mind- just peace and quiet 😌 to experience the awe-someness. Thank you!! I just subscribed :-) and what an absolutely stunning & majestic landscape, the evergreen tree lines have always been an inspiration to me 💚 🌲
Thank you so much, and welcome!
Thanks for this. I found this trip on the maps and it looks like a good intro to the area.
It is indeed
I took my son on the zumwalt meadows to roaring river falls trail. We saw a bear and on the way back noticed that a recently burned area might be starting up again! We have already talked to 911. They are sending the forestry service. But a big sequoia was down and charred and billowing smoke. We didn't notice it on the way to the falls so we do think it was growing. We dumped our water bottles on it and filled them in the river and dumped them again but the sun was going down and we did see the bear... we had to get out. No joke. It was scary but no fire, no embers... lots of smoke though. Im glad we went. We maybe stopped a forest fire. Im definitely getting bear spray. We did just like you when we saw it. We were thankfully much farther away. 60 feet or so.
On the plus side, we think we can do longer hikes without too much strain. And we will try. Thank you for everything you do. You and your videos are an inspiration. Really.
Good job, thank you!
Logger & cowboy logged Washington Oregon Idaho Alaska 1970 t0 1989 Alaska southeast jim cambul logging prince of Wales to Mt Saint hellins red zone . Death & life iv seen 💔.
Beautiful! I hiked in that area 35 yrs ago.
Thank you, its an amazing place!
6:46 holy moly that's unreal beauty
😊
Fabulous photographic skills. Very impressive.
Thank you!
Gorgeous trip! I'm looking forward to getting out there whenever the boarders open up. For now I'm stuck in the Canadian mountains :)
Thank you! Not the worst place to be stuck, hope you get some good trips up there:-) Cheers!
So beautiful.
Thank you!
That was the best documented big loop from Onion Valley to Rae Lakes to Bubbs Creek and back that I've seen. I'm subscribed now. Thanks!
Awesome, thank you! Appreciate it:-)
Great video! So beautiful!
Thank you!
loved this video! makes me want to start planning something similar....how many miles was this loop for you?
Thank you, it was around 50 miles I think
New sub here, amazing scenery. Can't wait to hike there. Just paradise. Thanks for the video and stay healthy.
Thanks and welcome!
So beautiful the land we live so grand is GOD'S design.
Truly!
Amazing video. love seeing the beautiful scenery thank you.
Thank you!
5:49 how did Chuck take care of the bears? I’m learning and building up courage to backpack this area and not be terrified of bears.
He was joking 😂😂😂
Norwegian Xplorer 😂😂😂 I was triggered 😂😂😂BEARRRR, did someone Say BEARRRR???? 😂😂😂😂
Hahaha, the bears will come later in the video🐻🐻🐻
There is one thing you can learn from what happened with that bear that Jarl help scare off. Notice how the bear kept sticking its tongue out (another is a very audible popping of the jaw) then it would bluff charge. These actions show that the bear is stressed and the more stressed they get the more unstable they become. Black bears generally will run grizzly is another thing altogether. Jarl said no bear spray allowed here so you can use an air horn to drive them away if you get in a tight situation. How to handle bears would make for a whole book. There is know simple statement that answers that question. Start with park protocols on how to handle food so your not inviting bears into your camp to start with.
This is good info from Jon!
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
Thank you!
This was awesome! I can't wait to hike the JMT in a few more weeks. I am using my iPhone 11 pro max also. If you don't mind my asking, what app are you editing with? And when you save video, do you save in 4K/60 also? I use KineMaster and am having issues with saving the video to my phone in 4K/60 - it keeps telling me error saving video (file too large maybe?). But if I decrease to 1080 it works but that messes up the image quality. It's frustrating. Your videos look wonderful! Great job!
Thank you, I edit in Final Cut Pro, or iMovie on my mac, no issues there. I def save in 4k60fps in Final Cut Pro, I think iMovie reduces it to 29,97 fps (you can not adjust frame rate in iMovie) but it still looks good.
@@NorwegianXplorer thank you! I started with iMovie with my old iPhone 7 then upgraded to KineMaster to have more options with editing. Maybe I should try iMovie again and see how that works. I'll keep experimenting. Thanks so much. :)
My pleasure, hope it works out!
All in one Word: perfection.
Thank you!
what a great trip! your videos are incredible. how much vacation time do you have?? haha....
Hahaha, thanks!
Wow, incredible view in the Law Lake trail. so nice quality of the video.. watch out the bear.. thanks for sharing your video
Thank you