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YouTube Video UCZie4FOb9SUkcaQPEdPM00A_1rnLGp8fpGg In this video, I will be providing information and commentary over my previous video Hiking 150km Across Madeira, also known as the #MIUT or #Madeira Island Ultra Run, which I completed in early November 2021 and took us 6 days to complete. 👍 Please like and subscribe if you found this useful If you haven't seen it yet, or you'd prefer to just enjoy the full visuals without the commentary, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLsoiWYhXr0 Start of Commentary on the Trail: 3:20 Covid 19 Protocol When I Went November 2021: 39:17 For the list of all the gear I carried on this hike: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i 150km Route, which will match up with my distance tracking from the video, includes hiking back to the camera, getting lost, etc: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/hiking-across-madeira-7f2be1b 115km AllTrails Route: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/portugal/madeira--2/madeira-island-ultra-trail?u=i Requesting permission to use campsites: Click on Agrictultura, Ambiente, Pescas, then the down arrow next to Ambiente E Florestas, then Campismo. We found that the English translations changed the name of all the campsites and the translations were funny, so you couldn't actually find the right campsites. We had to figure it out in Portuguese. You are required to set up an account before booking the campsites, which consists of some basic info/passport info. Getting caught camping without your Free Permission is a $2,000 euro fine: https://simplifica.madeira.gov.pt/simplifica/service/101?idSubTheme=25 Madeira Safe - Governments Covid-19 vaccine registration so you can avoid quarantine upon arrival: https://madeirasafe.com/ Where we stayed: Start of Hike in Porto Moniz - Hotel Aqua Natura Madeira 1st Night - Stealth Camping but check out Nature Inn Madeira(closed on our visit) 2nd Night - Camping - Caramujo 3rd Night - Hotel Encumeada 4th Night - Refugio - Casa do Ruivo 5th Night - Hotel - Casa do Ribeiro Frio If you have any other questions that I didn't cover or any suggestions to include in future videos, please let me know in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/
In this video, I will be providing information and commentary over my previous video Hiking 150km Across Madeira, also known as the #MIUT or #Madeira Island Ultra Run, which I completed in early November 2021 and took us 6 days to complete. 👍 Please like and subscribe if you found this useful If you haven't seen it yet, or you'd prefer to just enjoy the full visuals without the commentary, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLsoiWYhXr0 Start of Commentary on the Trail: 3:20 Covid 19 Protocol When I Went November 2021: 39:17 For the list of all the gear I carried on this hike: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i 150km Route, which will match up with my distance tracking from the video, includes hiking back to the camera, getting lost, etc: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/hiking-across-madeira-7f2be1b 115km AllTrails Route: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/portugal/madeira--2/madeira-island-ultra-trail?u=i Requesting permission to use campsites: Click on Agrictultura, Ambiente, Pescas, then the down arrow next to Ambiente E Florestas, then Campismo. We found that the English translations changed the name of all the campsites and the translations were funny, so you couldn't actually find the right campsites. We had to figure it out in Portuguese. You are required to set up an account before booking the campsites, which consists of some basic info/passport info. Getting caught camping without your Free Permission is a $2,000 euro fine: https://simplifica.madeira.gov.pt/simplifica/service/101?idSubTheme=25 Madeira Safe - Governments Covid-19 vaccine registration so you can avoid quarantine upon arrival: https://madeirasafe.com/ Where we stayed: Start of Hike in Porto Moniz - Hotel Aqua Natura Madeira 1st Night - Stealth Camping but check out Nature Inn Madeira(closed on our visit) 2nd Night - Camping - Caramujo 3rd Night - Hotel Encumeada 4th Night - Refugio - Casa do Ruivo 5th Night - Hotel - Casa do Ribeiro Frio If you have any other questions that I didn't cover or any suggestions to include in future videos, please let me know in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/
In this cinematic hiking video, I hike the #MIUT also known as the #Madeira Island Ultra Run in early November of 2021. Our trek was a total of 93 miles and 30,000 feet of elevation gain (150 km and nearly 10,000 meters of elevation gain). We backpacked, camped, and hiked a total of 6 days, 5 nights, as we made it through a huge variety of terrain near the ocean, through the cloud forests, and onto the peaks of Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo the highest peak on the island. The hike should have been about 115km long, but somehow, between getting lost, and also doing my back and forth with my filming, I clocked 150km. That's a nice big number, so I'm going to go with that instead. 👍 Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed it! I will actually be doing a commentary version of this video which will include my thoughts on the trail shortly. Please let me know in the comments below what were your favorite parts! My Route, including getting lost: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/hiking-across-madeira-7f2be1b Alltrails Route: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/portugal/madeira--2/madeira-island-ultra-trail Intro: 00:00 Day 1 - Porto Moniz to Seixal : 03:40 Day 2 - Seixal to Caramujo : 11:15 Day 3 - Caramujo to Encumeada : 17:19 Day 4 - Encumeada to Pico Ruivo : 23:54 Day 5 Pico Ruivo to Ribeiro Frio : 30:00 Day 6 Ribeiro Frio to Machico : 34:33 List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/
In this cinematic hiking video, I hike an 80km loop in the Tushar Mountains of Utah. I camped and backpacked a total of 3 nights as I made my way through some extremely challenging terrain with many sections seeming to be fairly undocumented. The hike was beautiful, including a few highlights such as the steep climb up Delano Peak, the beautiful Bullion Pasture as well as Bullion Falls which is a pretty great waterfall tucked away in a canyon. We did the hike in September so we were able to avoid all snowfields, but it was pretty dry, and looking at the pictures, it may have been better to shoot for late July in order to have more green and wildflowers. 👍 Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed it! Kraig Adam's asked me what I knew about the Tushar Mountains and sent me a link talking about the Tushar Mountain Runs. I honestly had never heard of the Tushar mountains but I was able to gather some info regarding the trial from their website, but there really wasn't too much info regarding longer hikes in the area. I was heading out to Utah a few weeks after our initial text and decided it would be a good hike to try and do. On the mountain run website, there were a few longer runs, a 70km, and a 100km, I chose the 70km run as the 100km looked like it just had a couple offshoots that didn't really go anywhere, just something to add miles or in this case kilometers. I was able to download the GPS coordinates from their website, grabbed a hiking companion, and was off. We drove down from SLC in the morning started our hike just afternoon from the Eagle Point Ski Resort parking lot. After working our way up through the resort we were greeted with amazing views of what was to come over the next few days. We definitely felt the altitude the first day as most of the hike hovers above 10,000 feet. The next day we worked our way past mountain goats as we climbed the highest peak of the hike, Mount Delano. This day was super challenging. After a steep and nearly unmarked trail up Mount Delano in the morning, we had another really steep climb in the afternoon as we worked our way up to Bullion Pasture. Our final full day had our last major climb from Bullion Falls, a roughly 75-foot waterfall, up to the top of Mount Brigham. At nearly 5 miles and 5,000 feet of elevation change, it was exhausting. To add to that, about two-thirds of the way up the mountain it turns into a nearly invisible trail that we could only navigate by following our GPS. The wind was so bad that we had a very difficult time keeping our footing at the top and we were pretty happy to get down the other side as it was a ton of effort keeping our balance as the wind was constantly shifting. On our final morning, we enjoyed the best sunrise as we finished up a quick 5 miles back to our truck where we drove to Beaver to enjoy some tacos and of course my DQ Blizzard. My thoughts on the trail, gear, and food are at the end of the video. Please let me know in the comments below what were your favorite parts! The Tushar Grand Loop: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/the-tushar-grand-loop-d6a2be6 Kraig Adam's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/kraigadams Tushar Mountain Runs: https://www.aravaiparunning.com/tushars/ Start of Video: 00:00 Trail Overview: 2:19 Thoughts: 26:18 Gear: 29:29 Food: 31:31 List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/ If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
A fun solo day hiking in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. I drove from SLC towards Mirror Lake in the High Unitas Mountains to park at Trial Lake and start my hike past Wall Lake, over Notch Mountain, and then finishing at Meadow Lake in September. It was roughly 13 miles round trip and took me about 7 hours including a quick nap at meadow lake. I plan on coming out and doing the Highline Trail one and this gave me a good taste of some of what I should be seeing. The weather was bluebird skies and a little cooler, great hiking weather as long as you had sun protection. It was pretty dry up there and much more brown than I expected from the pictures I saw, but plenty of water sources. Notch Mountain Trail to Meadow Lake: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/evening-hike-8d7628d--10 List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/ If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
This hike was insanely difficult, dangerous, and fun. In this video, I go over a hiking and camping trip I did in early July in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Starting at Pinkham Notch, we hiked Mount Washington via the Huntington Ravine Trail which includes the infamous Huntington Ravine Headwall, Mount Jefferson, Mount Madison, the Great Gulf Wilderness, and even parts of the Appalachian Trail. Huntington Ravine is the most dangerous and difficult trail in the white mountains and was honestly the most difficult hiking trail I’ve ever been on. Ropes and a harness would have been welcome. It was definitely the highlight of the hike. I think doing it as a day hike rather than backpacking would have definitely made it a lot easier as our bags threw off our balance and definitely got in the way a few times. White Mountains: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/mount-washington-via-huntington-ravine-and-lion-head-trail-2c463df OG Breakfast of Champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J37u_usbJHc Start of Video: 00:00 Trail Overview: 3:40 Thoughts: 19:22 Gear: 22:02 Food: 24:40 List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/ If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
In this video, I go over my hike and camping on the Mohawk Trail, a roughly 50km/30 mile trail found in the NorthWest of Connecticut near the Appalachian Trail. It is part of the Blue-Blazed Trail System, which has approximately 825 miles of trails maintained throughout CT. I cover the trail as well as some new food and gear I used on the hike. Mohawk Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/mohawk-trail-2f25f6e I'm back at it again, exploring more of the blue trails here in CT. After doing the Tunxis trail, I was really hoping to find something with a bit more diverse terrain that better represented some of the trails I had been on in the past in Connecticut. The Mohawk Trail ticked off an awful lot of the boxes of what I thought a Connecticut trail should be. I hope you enjoy the video. Trail Overview: 1:05 Thoughts: 13:57 New Gear: 16:40 Food: 19:03 List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i Misc: Batteries for Camera/Drone/Phone iPhone 11 Pro Max Jabra Elite Active 75t Headphones Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/ If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
In this video I go over my solo hike and camping trip on the Tunxis Trail, a roughly 60km/40 mile trail found in the North West of Connecticut, USA. It is part of the Blue Trail System and represents 825 miles of some of the best hiking in Connecticut with the highlights being Satan's Kingdom, the ridge next to Barkhamsted Reservoir as well as the Indian Council Caves. I cover the trail as well as some new food and gear I used on the hike. Tunxis Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/tunxis-trail-cb7c403 COVID definitely through a wrench in my travel plans and forced my family back home. After a couple of months of hunkering down, I am finally getting out and starting to stretch my legs again. The Tunxis Trail is part of the Blue-Blazed Hiking trail system, which I have seen for years I have been exploring different parts of CT. Trail Overview: 1:50 Thoughts: 18:10 New Gear: 23:37 Food: 30:25 List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i Let me know if you found this video helpful and if I missed anything in the comments below. The next video will be on the Mohawk Trail which I think is a better representation of the northwest corner of CT. -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/ If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
I went winter hiking last week on the Thunder Mountain trail in Dixie National Forest just outside Bryce Canyon in Utah, being National Forest instead of National Park, I could use my drone. There were some slight miscalculations made on just how much snow we would be experiencing on the trail which made for a challenging hike but an overall great experience. Thunder Mountain Loop: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/utah/thunder-mountain-loop The trail is just a few minutes outside of Bryce, Utah and rather than make the drive in the morning from Salt Lake City, we stayed in Bryce at the Best Western. Camping is an option, but it was going to be 2° F out so a warm bed and breakfast at Off-Peak prices won out. We woke a bit before sunrise and were on the trail just a few minutes after the sun came up. We walked counter-clockwise and overall trail conditions were what we expected for a late February hike for the first half of the trail. Red Canyon was amazing as expected. After we passed the midway point, things got a little more challenging as the snow started getting deeper with a thick crust on the top that sometimes held our weight and other times didn’t. The hike was great overall and I think with a pair of snowshoes and poles it would have been a perfect winter hike. But, using breathable trail runners and light convertible pants was probably a pretty poor decision. On the bright side, I still have ten toes. New adventures coming up soon so be sure and subscribe to see what's next. List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz/ If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
Just a quick video on some of the camera settings and shooting tips I picked up while hiking with Kraig Adams on the Maclehose Trail in Hong Kong that hopefully will improve my filmmaking. My Video on the Maclehose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrgxVl1eEW0 Kraig’s Video on the Maclehose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqbhVTRbADA Camera Settings 0:59 Camera Tips 2:25 Drone Settings 5:39 Drone Tips 6:16 If you have any other questions let me know in the comments below and I will do my best to answer them. Thanks! List of Current Gear: https://lighterpack.com/r/2bsr8i -- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.j.schmitz If you want to check out my family travel videos, you can see them here: Ragged Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdRRKH7i7yYSu9ig2_OPsKQ
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