Creating Videos While Thru Hiking
Here’s a bunch of tips and recommendations I came up with for anyone who’s aspiring to create videos from a future thru hike or even an extended travel trip. Hopefully, it’s helpful to someone out there. I hope I don’t sound too braggy in the beginning, I was only trying to qualify myself as someone who’s done some hiking/traveling and has a little experience with creating videos for YouTube. I really do hope someone finds it helpful and please feel free to leave me a comment below or ask me any questions…I’ll try to answer all of them as usuals. Thanks for watching!
What happened to Max Patch in North Carolina you ask? (I eluded to this at the 17:15 mark)
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/nfsnc/...
My entire PCT vlog series I released from the trail can be found here:
• 2021 Pacific Crest Trail thru hike
My PCT documentary "The Pacific Crest Trail Fail" can be found here:
• The Pacific Crest Trail Fail
My Larapinta Trail series can be found here:
• Larapinta Trail | End to End Walk (Ep. 1 o...
Also, all of my Australia and New Zealand videos live here (beware of the cringe intro I thought was cool at the time in all the videos lol):
• Starting my Australia Work and Holiday Vis...
My Appalachian Trail thru-hike series can be found here:
• No Pain, No Maine (AT thru-hike Ep. 1 of 26)
Another "Tips" video I did after my 4.5 month "Around the World" Trip through Europe and Southeast Asia. This isn't related to video creation, but there's a lot of solo travel advice in this video that you might be interested in:
• Around the World Trip Review
Here's a playlist of all of my "Informational Videos" that I've made over the years. They're in a similar format to this video if you're interested. It is here:
• Guess the Place from the Air
I also wrote an article for The Trek (a long time) ago on this topic, but it looks like it's still up on their site. The information in the article, in my opinion, is dated, but some of the basics are still in there if you want to read through that old article:
https://thetrek.co/recording-your-thr...
Music Used:
At the 2:31 mark:
Artist: ELPHNT
Track: Gently Onwards
Found in the YouTube Audio Library
At the 17:22 mark:
Artist: Destiny and Time
Track: COAST
Found in the YouTube Audio Library
Bell Miner / Bellbird image at the 23:56 mark:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_miner
By AllisonDRoberts (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], via Wikimedia Commons
00:00 Introduction
02:53 Why Do You Want to Make Videos?
03:32 Will This Impede Your Thru-Hike?
04:30 Option 1: Upload Videos Post-Trail
05:16 Option 2: Upload Videos From the Trail
08:00 Option 3: Pay Someone to Edit Your Videos
08:32 Option 4: Have a Mobile Support Crew
09:37 I Think You Should Edit/Upload AFTER Your Hike
10:29 Just Use Your Phone
11:13 Use a Windscreen (for the love of God)
11:56 Think About Your Video Titles/Numbering
12:22 Organize Your Footage On the Trail
13:25 Be You
14:13 Set Boundaries With Your Videos
14:50 Be Familiar with Leave No Trace
17:32 The "Being On A Phone" Controversy
21:11 Filming People
21:56 How Much Are You Willing To Share Online?
22:19 Social Media Is NOT Real Life