Backwoods Bikepacking
Backwoods Bikepacking
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Bikepacking and snowshoeing to the wildest place
Back in the 90s, I had a few years as a triathlete. Well, my swimming was so poor compared to my cycling and running abilities that I actually enjoyed duathlons more. This morning, I was on my way on a rather special duathlon, involving a fatbike, snowshoes, a tent and a sleeping bag.
The early bird gets the worm, the saying goes. Well, this bird wasn’t searching for a worm, but for the wild. My early morning start was important if I was to stand any chance of having enough daylight to get me, my bike and a bunch of camping gear within striking distance of the wildest place in the commune where I live
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3 days bikepacking my local backwoods in autumn
Просмотров 6 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Bikepacking my local backwoods in Norway with my pal Sverre in autumn, pondering about local adventures, camp fires and calm while we enjoy one of the last bikepacking trips of the season. How well do you really know your own backyard? If you look at the map, how many white spots have you yet to discover? How many of the lakes or rivers have you swum in, paddled on or fished in? How many of the...
6 days bikepacking in Telemark
Просмотров 92 тыс.Год назад
Bikepacking along the Telemark canal, or Telemarkskanalen, as it is known in Norway, riding for a total of 6 days in Telemark. In late summer 2021, I had somehow convinced my editors at a newspaper magazine that it would be a good idea to write an article about riding the Telemark Canal, the more than hundred year old waterway linking the coast of southern Norway with the interior of Telemark c...
The Ride Back: Bikepacking 714 km in less than 48 hours
Просмотров 51 тыс.Год назад
One day, I found an old map with a 700 kilometer long cycle route from my home in Oslo to Copenhagen. I remembered making the route as a young teenager, 30 years ago, dreaming about doing the ride in less than 48 hours. I never did it. I’m no stranger to the joys of bikepacking: The campsites, the sunsets, the wind in your face, the sound of the sea, the shifting seasons, the campfires. Still, ...
The sub-24 hour bikepacking movie challenge
Просмотров 10 тыс.Год назад
The short bikepacking overnighter, this time with a little challenge. There’s no denying, I love the short, local overnighters, regardless whether you call them S24Os (sub-24 hour Overnighter), as Grant Petersen from Rivendell Bicycle Works, or microadventures, as round the world bicycle adventurer Alastair Humphreys call them. Short enough to squeeze in between weekdays, long enough to give yo...
6 days bikepacking across Denmark with our dog: Denmarks wild side
Просмотров 37 тыс.2 года назад
Follow along as we cycle coast to coast on a bikepacking journey across Denmark in search of Denmarks wild side with our Jack Russell terrier, Banjo the adventure puppy. Now, you might wonder, why leave the forests and mountains of Norway behind to ride bikes in Denmark? A whopping sixty percent of Denmark is made up of farmland. Only a minuscule 13 percent of Denmark is covered by forest. In o...
Winter bikepacking to a mountain peak: A fatbike adventure on snow
Просмотров 20 тыс.2 года назад
Can you bikepack to a snowy mountain peak on a fatbike? I don’t know what I would have done without the bike. The bike is my freedom machine. And the bike that gives me the most freedom, is hands down the fatbike. What other bike enables me to ride almost anywhere I want? Though, even the fatbike has its limits. You can’t just ride anywhere. Well, actually, under certain conditions, you can. At...
10 days bikepacking to the mountains of Norway
Просмотров 143 тыс.2 года назад
Family summer vacation 2021. In our family, summer vacation means packing the tent and heading outdoors. This year, we wanted to go to the mountains. The question was just how to get there. With the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus spreading rapidly through Norway, public transport didn’t really tempt us. Living without a car, we would have to get there under our own steam. Our goal simply b...
Bikepacking with Banjo the adventure dog
Просмотров 12 тыс.2 года назад
Bikepacking with Banjo, our adventurous Jack Russell Terrier, to one of our favourite bikepacking campsites in our neighbourhood while philosophising about what really matters in life. Can anything good come out of the Covid pandemic raging through the world? Does a Jack Russell Terrier have anything to teach us about how to live life? And what has biophilia to do with it all? Self filmed while...
Three day bikepacking and snowshoeing photo reportage trip
Просмотров 7 тыс.3 года назад
#bikepacking #photography Join me and my youngest daughter on a three day bikepacking and snowshoeing photo reportage assignment in Norway searching the old growth forest for that perfect tree to save the article: That cliché tent landscape photograph of a tent glowing orange in the dark blue night. Read the reportage (in Norwegian) and see the photos here: www.terrengsykkel.no/bikepacking/derf...
Winter bikepacking to a local mountain in Norway
Просмотров 25 тыс.3 года назад
#bikepacking #fatbike Join me bikepacking on my fatbike to a local mountain in winter while I'm pondering about why I bikepack. … Do you remember that feeling way back when you learned to ride a bike? I had just begun school when I got my first bike. Day in and day out I would sit on the seat and push myself along the roadside curb with my right foot. My strides became longer and longer until o...

Комментарии

  • @pawel8365
    @pawel8365 11 часов назад

    Wonderful video, one of your friend's bike setups caught my eye - two Carradice camper longflaps?!

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 3 часа назад

      Thanks, glad you liked it! 😊🙏🏻 You’re right, my wife rode with two Carradice Longflap Camper’s. I have removed the side pockets on one of them so it fits better between the handlebars.

    • @pawel8365
      @pawel8365 3 часа назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking Thank you for explaining! I enjoy seeing what people use as their setups, and this certainly is an original one. I also appreciate the work put into filming, I've tried it myself and it's just crazy how much effort one has to put in to get nice shots.

  • @louiskirby4266
    @louiskirby4266 7 дней назад

    Onya team pushie

  • @hondaryder3779
    @hondaryder3779 19 дней назад

    Interessant, i've not yet heard of this part of the world, truly worth visiting. Prachtige documentaire, groetjes uit Nederland.

  • @peterdrastrup
    @peterdrastrup 22 дня назад

    Yoooo! This was amazing!

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 21 день назад

      Hey, thanks Peter, happy to hear you enjoyed it! 😊🙏🏻 I know you’ve got a soft spot for the X-Pro1. The daytime photos are actually shot with the X-Pro1. I still love that camera and will probably use it for photography this summer.

    • @peterdrastrup
      @peterdrastrup 21 день назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking Hey. Hah, funny. How did you know that? Yes, I love the X-Pro1 and still use it regulary! Had the the first one die on me some months ago, after an insane amounts of actuations. So now I am on my #2 X-Pro1.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 21 день назад

      I remembered reading an article about you with some great photos on Fuji X passion. I used to shoot Nikon D600/D750, but disliked the size of the camera bodies, and especially the new Z-line. I had been eyeing the Fuji X-series for a while and got a super deal on an X-pro1 back in 2015. I later ended up with an X-T3 and the X-E4, but there is just something with the images from the X-pro1 with the XF18 and XF35 f1.4.

  • @simonstal8800
    @simonstal8800 25 дней назад

    I saw that you use Lumafusion to edit. May I ask which unit you use to edit it on? an ipad? How does that work for you? I have been thinking about doing the same while I start traveling later this year. Best regards Simon

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 25 дней назад

      Hi Simon. All the movies on the channel has been edited in Lumafusion on an iPad Pro 13.2 inch 2020 model. Just to give some background: I started playing round with video editing around 2010, learning basic skills in Sony Vegas. In 2013, I transitioned to Mac and FCPX, but I think I can count on one hand the number of movies I’ve edited in FCPX. The editing itself was fine, but as I only occasionally edited movies, I disliked how the data had to be organized in libraries, events and projects. That’s obviously great for pro use, but made things cumbersome for me. Lumafusion seemed to have the features I needed the most, and I really, really like the recent version. I guess the only feature I miss is the ability to play with colour curves to create my own funky LUTs and presets in the app. At the same time I switched to Lumafusion, I also began using the iPad as my main work tool. It’s not for everyone, but for me, the positives outweigh the downsides. As a newb, I tended to go for pro solutions, but nowadays, I enjoy keeping things simple and focus on what I find fun. For me, that’s storytelling, not technical perfection. Best regards, Mikkel

    • @simonstal8800
      @simonstal8800 22 дня назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking Thank you for taking the time to reply. I think I will give it a try as I am not a pro and it might be useable for my needs. Have a good day

  •  26 дней назад

    What a lovely video, thanks for sharing. Great work and I'm sure a lovely experience.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 26 дней назад

      Thanks, happy to hear you liked it! 😊🙏🏻 Apart from a few sections of road with sketchy traffic it was an absolute blast 😊

  • @ABAKORSKIY
    @ABAKORSKIY Месяц назад

    DO YOU TRY SALSA BLACKBORROW?

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking Месяц назад

      I haven’t tried it, but it looks like a great dogpacking bike 😊

    • @ABAKORSKIY
      @ABAKORSKIY Месяц назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking DOGPACKING? )))) THIS MODEL OF SALSA IS MORE BALANCED BY AXES (WHEELS). MORE SMOOTH RIDE AND BIG RACK. EXCELLENT FOR TOURING. VIDEO: ruclips.net/video/u0F-4YRcqgI/видео.html

  • @jamesh3534
    @jamesh3534 Месяц назад

    Im glad I stumbled across your channel, I really enjoyed watching your adventures around Scandinavia

  • @mikaelljungberg1019
    @mikaelljungberg1019 2 месяца назад

    Love your content. What kind of bike do you use and what kind of front rack

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks, glad to hear you enjoy the content! 😊 The bike is a Surly Moonlander, and both the rear and front rack are som older Old Man Mountain Sherpa racks. Really light and super strong.

  • @Ivankahanchik
    @Ivankahanchik 2 месяца назад

    Good shots

  • @2pinttony719
    @2pinttony719 2 месяца назад

    Another amazing video. Thanks for sharing. I could happily watch your videos all day long. So well done and presented. This has to be my favourite cycling RUclips channel 👍👍👍👍

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for the kind words, Tony, really appreciated! 😊🙏🏻

  • @ian_thomas
    @ian_thomas 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely beautiful... Gorgeous video and peaceful narration... just lovely 😊

  • @tonypaddler
    @tonypaddler 2 месяца назад

    Yaayyy, another BB video 😃 I always smile when I see that wooden luggage crate on your bike, such a contrast to the modern materials used on a bike 🙂 More excellent footage and narrative, your videos are so special, and that final shot was stunning 👌 Thanks very much for that 🚲⛺❄️👍

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks, great to hear! 😊 I guess that wooden crate is better suited for shopping than bikepacking, though it was nice to get my pack of my back and into the crate 😄

    • @tonypaddler
      @tonypaddler 2 месяца назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking It gives your bike set-up a lot of character, I like it 🙂 Oh yes, I'd use anything not to wear a backpack whilst cycling!

  • @CanadianSledDog
    @CanadianSledDog 2 месяца назад

    Top notch filmmaking, bravo! I always feel the pull of the wildest places around myself, to look for the old trails to clear and mtb with the dogs, and where I might be able to camp, fish and canoe. It's completely essential that the scars left by man on the landscape are given enough time to heal before they're gouged out again or we find ourselves living in an extremely depressing, "used up feeling" world.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks, really appreciate the feedback! 😊🙏🏻 I guess we’ll never understand what we had until we lost it. Hopefully, we can put the brakes on here in Norway soon.

  • @mortenmoldrup4783
    @mortenmoldrup4783 2 месяца назад

    I love your channel. Probably my favourite. For a real challenge try finding a wild spot here in Denmark ;-)

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for the kind words! 😊🙏🏻 As a half Dane, I really appreciate Danish nature, though it is “langt mellem snapsene”. I had a video about Denmarks wild side in the making, but a double hard drive failure have so far put a stop to that movie. I think one might consider some of the west coast of Denmark as Denmarks wild side, though it is only a thin sliver of land 😊

  • @omare_biketonature
    @omare_biketonature 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely love your videos and the message you convey through them, fantastic! Hilsen fra Trøndelag!

  • @cyclingsi
    @cyclingsi 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for sharing another great film, I absolutely love your video's and I actually get excited when I see a fresh one out, coffee and biscuits at the ready!

  • @royunderwood7514
    @royunderwood7514 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful country and video edit.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks, glad you liked the movie. And I agree, despite all the lost wilderness, Norway is still a beautiful country 😊

  • @feedfacedeadbeef
    @feedfacedeadbeef 2 месяца назад

    I understand and appreciate the effort that goes into this. Seriously, your channel is my favorite YT channel. Thank you for sharing.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Wow, thanks for the kind words, really appreciated! 😊🙏🏻

  • @TapioBlue
    @TapioBlue 2 месяца назад

    Well done. How cold did it get and how much daylight did you have?

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks! 😊🙏🏻 This was late December back in 2021, so I only had about six hours of daylight. I think the temps went down to -13 degrees Celsius or so on my way back home, but it was single digits on most of the trip and pretty comfortable.

    • @robertmedlen8289
      @robertmedlen8289 2 месяца назад

      I grew up in the redwoods of Northern California, heavily logged, but if you know where to look there are first growth Redwood Groves that were spared. They are truly Majestic and wild. Beautiful mini documentary, keep it up!

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Ah, the redwoods, I’m so envious. The trees don’t grow to those dimensions in Norway, but they’re still a far cry from former glory. Almost everything has been logged at one point or another.

  • @jameshowat1396
    @jameshowat1396 2 месяца назад

    Nice - I enjoy your internal dialogue. Being grateful for what you have is the way to contentment.

  • @joannetorre4127
    @joannetorre4127 2 месяца назад

    Can you share your route? I want to bike with my 13th yr old son :)

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      I recommend checking ridewithgps.com to search for bicycle routes in Denmark. The page udinaturen.dk is great for finding places to camp. The possibilities to make your own routes are almost endless 😊

  • @jessiehammond7833
    @jessiehammond7833 2 месяца назад

    Hi just out of curiosity is the fat tyres on a peddle powered bike easier to deal with in all conditions and repairs very interested to know as your out there on the job kind regards Jessie ps i have a dog as well blue healer love your content 😊

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Glad to hear you like the content! 😊🙏🏻 The fat tires help smooth out the bumps and coarse gravel. That’s extra important riding with Banjo. The wide tires of the fatbike is great on the trails and riding on compacted snow. On tarmac or smooth gravel, the fat tires are overkill 😊

  • @dougrault2608
    @dougrault2608 2 месяца назад

    Mike Linder

  • @Ucanbikexc
    @Ucanbikexc 2 месяца назад

    Ah, all those moments sounds great!! I have done some of the ones you mentioned and of course there are different ones as well. Thank -you for your stirring video. :) Yes I ride a fatbike most of the time.

  • @wojciechnowakowski1803
    @wojciechnowakowski1803 2 месяца назад

    You created a truly beautiful story. It is very moving. Thank you and wish you all the best.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 2 месяца назад

      Thanks for the kind words, glad you liked it! 😊🙏🏻

  • @simonwiltshire
    @simonwiltshire 3 месяца назад

    Great film, beutifully made and very enjoyable, thankyou!

  • @simplybydon2193
    @simplybydon2193 3 месяца назад

    Amazing!!

  • @Gert-DK
    @Gert-DK 4 месяца назад

    I really don't get it. The predominant wind here in DK is West to North West. Wind from the East is rare, if it is in the winter it will get very cold, in summer very hot. You should have had tailwind towards Aarhus. I live right out towards an eastern coast, I can't remember such a period with eastern wind last year. Anyway, very good video. Edit: Try the West coast of Denmark. If you have the time, you can extend your tour to the German coast too. In the cycling season, you will meet many other cyclists in the shelter camps. A good place to exchange tips and tricks.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 4 месяца назад

      This was back in 2021, not 2023, and I agree, we felt a bit out of luck with the wind compared to what we usually encounter (I think we have cycled across Denmark six or seven times). I believe I mention that it was in 2021 in the very beginning of the movie, but I can understand your confusion if you thought it was 2023 😊 We haven’t been further west than Løgstør yet as these trips also function as a transport to Copenhagen to visit family and we are often a bit limited on time in spring or autumn. The west coast sure is tempting, though. I have been winter bikepacking a few times along the west coast between Slettestrand, Løkken and Skagen. Good times.

    • @Gert-DK
      @Gert-DK 4 месяца назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking That explains why.

  • @DameEdnaBrown
    @DameEdnaBrown 4 месяца назад

    A great video guys and such beautiful scenery

  • @fooslinger
    @fooslinger 4 месяца назад

    Very nice

  • @mojojojo6852
    @mojojojo6852 5 месяцев назад

    Yes, that is the spirit!!! Thank you for sharing your attitude! Good luck to you on all your ways!

  • @Evanpsk
    @Evanpsk 6 месяцев назад

    awesome video and great commentary! 🔥

  • @STar-qt8gg
    @STar-qt8gg 6 месяцев назад

    Например в Сибири сталкиваемся с теми же сложностями, очень много снега, не проехать.

  • @gantiplex
    @gantiplex 7 месяцев назад

    good stuff, backwoods 🌻

  • @jaysteels
    @jaysteels 7 месяцев назад

    Another great and inspiring video. What a treat to have a long breakfast while watching this. I love the photojournalistic style. You inspire me to ride roads less travelled here in beautiful Jæren. Having travelled extensively for work this year, including a total of 8 weeks in USA, has made me realize how incredibly priviliged I am to be able to call Norway home. I am on the verge of tears every time anonymous rocks begin to turn familiar on the return flight from one of Europe's many international flight hubs. Once I step off of the plane and onto the tarmac, I am overwhelmed by the freshness of the air. I am an eager amateur entomologist and can at times be drawn to exotics and bored by the familiar, but you're quite right - how many local species have I actually seen? Last year, I saw both a slow worm and european adder for the first time in my life, though they are fairly common here. Both times riding my bike. I can't even remember the last time I saw a water strider. All those wonderful spiders I've yet to see with my own two eyes. Thank you for another quaint yet thought-provoking video. All the best.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for your wonderful comment! As a hobby entomologist, I guess you have a whole miniature world to discover right at your door step 😊

  • @pizaliasta8369
    @pizaliasta8369 7 месяцев назад

    Typically I have a great deal of respect for the way Scandinavian or Nordic countries govern, but protecting a forest so much that you cannot cycle through it is something California or Michigan would do.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 7 месяцев назад

      I know it might seem strict, but you are usually allowed to cycle in forest reserves and national parks as long as it is along gravel roads or the odd tractor road. One has to check before riding, Riding on trails is not allowed in some (most?) forest reserves, but in some of the newer ones, you are. I’m a bit divided, I love to ride in the forest, but I also love the quiet 😄

  • @JohnDoe-zw5jr
    @JohnDoe-zw5jr 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful place

  • @pizaliasta8369
    @pizaliasta8369 8 месяцев назад

    Liked and subscribed. Well done!

  • @PeacefulNomad
    @PeacefulNomad 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing your words and ideas with the world

  • @rustybrockmann2344
    @rustybrockmann2344 8 месяцев назад

    I'm always happy to see one of your videos pop up on my subscription list. This one, as usual, was excellent and I was especially taken by your perspective on finding the beauty in one's own backyard. As you were talking I was thinking about all of the special places that surround me, and all of the spots I've yet to explore. Thank you once again for taking me along with you and reaffirming the joy to be discovered in one's own "backyard".

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      That’s great to hear, hope you get to find some nice hidden gems in your backyard! 😄

  • @sonja9001
    @sonja9001 8 месяцев назад

    I like this trip! Maybe next time bring your fishing rods and add some fishing to the trip?? Great video!

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      Thanks! 😊🙏🏻 I do like to bring a fishing rod on local trips, but we didn’t have much time for fishing this time and would need a bunch of permits in the different waters 😊

  • @kninetranr1
    @kninetranr1 8 месяцев назад

    Your Videos and content are absolutely amazing . We appreciate you sharing you beautiful country and " back yard" thanks again for sharing can't wait for more ... Ken

  • @2pinttony719
    @2pinttony719 8 месяцев назад

    Brilliant 👍👍👍👍

  • @mickilkr
    @mickilkr 8 месяцев назад

    Excellent videos

  • @Bikepacking
    @Bikepacking 8 месяцев назад

    What camera did you use and editing gear

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      I shot this with the Fujifilm XT3 and the XC15-45. The clips were edited in Lumafusion on an iPad. I switched from Final Cut Pro last year. Not because there was anything wrong with FCP, but I enjoy the simplicity and workflow on the iPad better.

    • @Bikepacking
      @Bikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      @@BackwoodsBikepacking yeah i switched from MacBook Air and Final Cut Pro to iPad Pro lumafusion editing throu external hard drive love it much more and it faster using lumafusion

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      That’s cool to hear! I’ve been trying to downscale and just using the bare minimum, it’s kind of liberating 😄

  • @Bikepacking
    @Bikepacking 8 месяцев назад

    Great filming

  • @SvenfromKiel
    @SvenfromKiel 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks a lot. So relaxing in nature and inspiring this is. I plan now a trip looking for an undiscovered 😊spot for overnext weekend with my bike…

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      Wow, that’s wonderful to hear, hope you have a great trip! 😄👍

  • @garryshirreffs9517
    @garryshirreffs9517 8 месяцев назад

    Stunning vid thanks for posting 😊

  • @simonwiltshire
    @simonwiltshire 8 месяцев назад

    So inspireing, beutifully put together, thankyou for all the time and effort you put into making this film.

    • @BackwoodsBikepacking
      @BackwoodsBikepacking 8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the kind words, glad to hear you enjoyed the movie! 😊🙏