Note – 2024-08-15 06:57
Must say, I'm really enjoying putting together short 3 minute videos of my hikes. Adding a new dimension to my day in the hills. I'm certainly no expert, but In the old days it used to take loads of e...
Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain
Must say, I'm really enjoying putting together short 3 minute videos of my hikes. Adding a new dimension to my day in the hills. I'm certainly no expert, but In the old days it used to take loads of e...
Short clip from today's hike. Crossing the Paso de las Guias in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Sorry for the dramatic music. Couldn't help it 🤣

One week traditional hut to hut trekking on the Alta Via 2 and one completely different week "making it up as we went along" heading south at a lower level
15 min video - "Wanderings on and off the Alta Via 2 trek in the Dolomites" One week of traditional hut to hut trekking and one completely different week "making it up as we went along". All the time...
2/2 What a blast it has been. Apart from the dramatic scenery we have met some interesting people, stayed in incredible places & eaten great food. We are already thinking of coming back & using some r...
Just taken delivery of a new lightweight harness in preparation for the Dolomites. Replacing my Black Diamond Couloir harness (240 grams) with a Camp Alp Race (68 grams)! Said to be the lightest harne...
Short (44 secs) video of the Barranco de la Luna hike today before I dropped my video camera into the water whilst clambering down some rock steps 😱. Camera is now resting in a bowl of rice 😂 https://...
@bergmeister I don't know if you know but the crash site is marked now on Google Earth at 34°45'53"S 70°17'06"W. Also good short video retracing the route the plane took and why it ended up where it d...
A marvelous 2 day backpacking trek into the upper reaches of the Lanjarón Valley in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Still lots of snow which form tunnels through which the river flows. Beautiful scen...
@mountainmindset thanks for the encouragement. I've just acquired a DJI Pocket 2. It's an older model, (there is now a Pocket 3) but I think it shows promise with what I want to portray with my hiking...
The weather forecasts said rain/storms from early morning throughout the day. I was somewhat suspect as the norm this time of year is for cloud build up mid-afternoon and maybe some thunderstorms late...
@[email protected] @Robl that video is utterly insane man! Jeez, extreme or what!
@hikingdude like it. I am thinking about doing a short video about my hikes and have the same problem. I think I have decided to say nothing too and let the landscape speak for me
@globcoco No, I just think its an interesting concept. Personally I prefer to listen than to watch Youtube etc
OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora, a photorealistic AI video generator Scary stuff imo https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/openai-collapses-media-reality-with-sora-a-photorea...
This is a trailer for the Wilderness - Patagonia series with Simon Reeve. Brought back so many memories from 2016 as, after 3 days on the trail, he approached the Marconi Pass and the entrance to the...
A photographer's beautiful timelapse showing the onset of winter. It took him five years to shoot. Amazing! https://vimeo.com/896231378
3 Dec 2010. Patagonian Icecap. Probably my most difficult mountain day ever. I remember well the exhaustion and tiredness and also the relief when we were able to retreat the following day, albeit a t...
@aburtch @andrewbriscoe thanks for those recommendations. I've subscribed. Fantastic video makers.