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I don't hike as much in winter due to short days and bad weather, and I definitely don't go backpacking. I often turn to YouTube to watch backpacking and hiking videos while I wait for spring. Below are some of my favorite channels. What are yours?
- Second Chance Hiker
- Dan Durston
- Darwin on The Trail
- A Stray Life
- Homemade Wanderlust
- Fight For Together
- Seeking Lost
- Wilderness Prime
Hike: Pacific Crest Trail, U.S. Total Run Time: 21 hours and 30 minutes Watch If: You want an inspirational, feel-good story and have burned through your collection of Lifetime movies Synopsis: Cory McDonald hardly fits the thru-hiker stereotype. When he set foot on the PCT in January 2019, the former Florida day trader weighed almost 400 pounds. D...
Hike: Great Divide Trail, Canada Total Run Time: 1 hour and 5 minutes Watch If: You’re inspired by beautiful views and empty spaces more than someone’s personal journey Synopsis: America’s triple crown gets all the hype, but hiding away across our northern border is a trek that’s arguably more scenic than them all. The Great Divide Trailwinds 700 m...
Hike: TGO Challenge, Scotland Total Run Time: 33 minutes Watch If: You’re looking for advice and a practical look at trail life, with a backdrop of the Scottish Highlands Synopsis: “Darwin” is best known for his hikes of the PCT and AT and his ultralight-gear reviews, but his trek across Scotland is by far this vlogger’s most unique adventure. The ...
Hike: Te Araroa Trail, New Zealand Total Run Time: 1 hour Watch If: You want to tour the most beautiful parts of one of the world’s most beautiful countries—without the 16-hour flight Synopsis:You’d be hard-pressed to find a more diverse thru-hike than the Te Araroa, which takes trekkers the entire 1,800-mile length of New Zealand through the count...
Trail: Camino de Santiago, France and Spain Total Run Time: 3 hours Watch If: You want to see a hardened thru-hiker out of her element Synopsis: The affable Alabaman known as “Dixie” is no stranger to hardship: she’s completed the AT, the CDT, and the PCT. So walking Camino Frances, one of the seven routes of the well-known Camino de Santiago, was ...
Trail: Appalachian Trail, U.S. Total Run Time: 1 hour Watch If: Your kids are complaining about how hard life is in quarantine Synopsis: The eight-member Crawford family, with kids ranging in age from 2 to 16, dealt with some challenges that went beyond the norm of what other thru-hikers experience, including having child protective services called...
Trail: Continental Divide Trail, U.S. Total Run Time: 7 hours and 15 minutes Watch If: You want to feel like you’re viewing an action movie instead of just a guy walking for hours on end Synopsis: “Famous” frames his 3,000-mile journey from Mexico to Canada like an epic video game. His 31-part series begins and ends with stats about his “mission,” ...
Trail: Great Himalaya Trail, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet Total Run Time: TBD (as it’s still ongoing); 2 to 10 minutes for each release Watch If: You’re the type of masochist who prefers a series that’s released over time rather than binge-watching the entire thing at once Synopsis: The 2,800-mile Great Himalaya Trail makes the other t...
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Sintax77's older videos are also worth watching if you haven't seen them already, the newer ones are ok but not as good as they used to be. If you're looking for a focus on the scenery, Adventure Archives and MyOwnFrontier are interesting as well.
Backpacking TV, hosted by Mike Fink, is the premier source for backpacking instruction, gear reviews, action segments, and more.Produced by Heliconia: www.he...
