@@NHTesla wait, you actually took a look at my channel and thought I was posting for anyone but myself and my friends, and then thought I would get mad if you called my subscriber count out? :VV You're an actual fiend. Time to spend some more time on the trails to get some perspective on life, my clout hungry friend. _Edit: exactly the kind of person I thought you were from checking the docu btw: fake, selfcentered and ego driven to the core. I guess that's why you put a heart on every single positive comment, you hope it'll help _*_your numbers_*_ in the future. Clout, whether begotten in bad faith or not, is worth more than honesty in the end...right?_
Mental health! Started doing this to handle my anxiety, depression and sadness, now it's part of me, lifestyle, I really feel part of the nature, it's awesome how hiking by myself are healing my broken soul.
I grew up in the mountain of northern italy and no such things calm me than just walking in the woods... alone. I'm just in peace.. i'm control of my self.. no one can scares me.
Very inspiring. Nature in my warm, weighted blanket. It heals me like nothing else. Everyday, it leaves me awestruck. One day, I still want to do the Appalachian Trail so others can witness how healing nature truly is, to encourage exploration. It was my intention in '21- a mental health and conservation awareness walk- but i could never save enough no matter my effort. I tried to get sponsors. I reached out to sporting companies for a loan. I'm not one of those lucky, charismatic or noticeable people and saving even $5 grand to hike for awareness is not in my stars. So thanks for your video so i can smile as i dream ❤
I love hiking, especially long-distance hiking, although I know I have my physical limitation. After 10 years of long-distance hiking, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, was rushed into 6 hours of emergency surgery in 2020. Throughout the last two years, I drew my hiking experience, I switched my mind to pure survival instinct - I want to live! it was a long journey, but I instinct of staying alive outlive all. Today, I have been cancer-free for more than a year. I thought of nothing but live. Planning to do a three-day hiking again soon, can not wait to return to the open space of life, that will strive in any condition, and so do our lives.
When I was on the Camino, I met a man who has had a brain cancer with almost no chance of survival. He promised to do the Camino if he survived and after the successful brain operation and chemotherapy, he did started the camino, slowly, step after step
having spent time with many long-distance hikers like myself, men, women, older, young, and children, I guess we all have many common thoughts about our own physical limits and sometimes understand other hikers' physical limits. It's amazing to learn a Brain Cancer survivor started slowly hiking again, I am certain he knows his own physical abilities well enough to start doing something he felt right about it. After surviving a life and death surgery experience, it did make me cherish life more and find a way to reach out to people to share life. Camino trail is a spiritual awakening journey, if I find a chance I would walk the trail, I just would like to do this walk for the right spiritual experience for me, and I am sure I will define one that will be right for me. Catch up with you all on the trails.
Great comment! Routine is a graveyard for your spirit and soul. Get outside, get wet, dirty, smelly, hungry, thirsty and exhausted and learn something about yourself!
@@NHTesla No, I have to thank you. It has been way too long, since I packed my bags. Years ago, I was hiking Wadi Rum, Jordan. It is the most beautiful place, I have ever seen on earth. But life has gotten to me, struggles, doubts, fears. It is time, to take time again and your film strengthend my choice.
People create civilization and then what we miss is nature, it’s a great wisdom. :) Thank you for this video. I am a Buddhist and I went to Plum Village in France, for the sense of community, serenity… Now I find that I have those more when going hiking in the nature. :)
Estimado Nikola Horvat, He visto tu documental con gran admiración. Creo firmemente en la belleza del senderismo y, como mencionas en tu video, un día malo en un sendero puede convertirse en el mejor día de tu vida. Comparto completamente este sentimiento y me ha recordado muchos chascarros que he vivido. Son esos momentos, los que parecen difíciles en el momento, los que terminan siendo los más memorables. Ya sea el sonido del viento en los árboles o el dolor de las piernas acalambradas, reírse de ello es algo que solo el senderismo puede ofrecer. Gracias, amigo, por compartir tus experiencias y por recordarnos la alegría y la belleza que se pueden encontrar en cada paso del camino.
To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!!!!
I have dealt with anxiety and depression and nature always heals me so much. I hike daily at every place I can nearby with my Goldendoodle. Hoping to be able to plan a bigger trip so I can get out into complete silence and wilderness and go longer distances. The stillness and simplicity connect me with my soul and God and it is so peaceful and I feel more myself than anything else.
I’m on a 1000km thru hike in the southwest corner of Western Australia called the Bibbulmun trail. Breathtaking Kari forests, grey rock wallabies, stunning sunsets on top of granite outcrops, inky black nights peppered with and explosion of stars and and the untamed wild southern ocean. Hiking distills life down to what’s important. On this journey I’ve learnt that ‘the trail takes from you what you didn’t know you didn’t need and gives to you what you didn’t know you needed’.
I love this. I literally daydream of walking and hearing the crunch of rocks and dirt beneath my feet on almost a daily basis. I can feel a dire wanderlust inside of me, and I’ve been ignoring it for now, it’s making me crazy, and making me feel like my life is getting away from me. The community portion of this video does make me sad because I am worried that I won’t fit in with other hikers since I’ve always been sort of a loner.
I lived out of my car this summer and just camped and hiked for like 3 months around the Smoky Mountains and Pisgah National Forest. I used to do heroin and sell drugs. Now I just hike and drink a lot of water. 😜👍
I think a name Change to "Bright Star King" might be in order? As a practising alcoholic I can relate to what you have been through.. But I am booked in for a detox in a couple of weeks. Thank you kindly for the inspiration!
Watched this as I prepare for departure for Kilimanjaro tomorrow. Having "discovered" hiking this year during preparation for the trip, I can identify with everything in this documentary. Excellent.
Spending days in the desert on my own, feeling like the last remaining man on earth, I melted into all existence. Whenever I blink, even years after, those images come back into my mind, the boiling sand, the flickerin heat, the absolute omnipresence of everything. This changed my life, and trust me: I actually have a massive life, that didnt feel like it had to be changed at all.
Inspiring, a lot of the reasons most people in this documentary say they hike is because of depression. I think it's why I hike too, it gives me a sense of freedom that I just don't get anywhere crowded.
I once met a young gentleman at a church dinner I will never forget him. I asked him what made him want to hike the trail. This is exactly the reason he said. He had depression and he said his dad wanted him to go to college I said you know what I admire you. You are doing something positive. That all that matters ! I hugged him.
I wanna hiking cause i love nature, i have no depression, but i have an anxiety disease, that's blocking all of my probable adventures, cause i see danger everywhere. I'm afraid of bears, wild dogs, sleep deprivation etc. It's hard to live with this. I even have no job, because any job demands to be in time in particular place, causing me nervous and I can't sleep all night due to the tomorrow routine. Sleep deprivation caused high blood pressure and other symptoms. It's just a bad circle, and i'm in it. Write this comment just to improve my english, but all true.
@@TheWanderingIrishman I think diet doesn't help me. In my situation medicine or psycologist can help and after that for a time. It's all genes, and i can't fool them.
Writing a paper for my university on a community I am apart of- I picked hiking. I had to provide a picture, quote, video, etc. that I felt described my love for hiking. This was perfect.
Just started my journey as a hiker last year, after a few bad years of anxiety, depression, and alcoholism, nature has really brought me back to life. This video gave me goosebumps, I work seasonally and I’m itching for November to come so I can get back out!
Nothing cures alcolholism like being 20 miles from the shops. My wife suffers, and your comment got me thinking perhaps that would work for us if I could get her far enough away from any commerce for a few days.
During last year through pandemic, I went through lot of stress with no work, break up, DAD passing away. I started hiking, overcoming my fear of being alone at unknown paths away from chaos of this selfish, egotic world. Hiking heels me from inside, takes me closer to my soul and God. Nothing in this world is ours except for our soul and God. Please bring more videos like this.
I'm Japanese. I watched your video as a beginner in mountain climbing. I don't understand English because I use a translator. I can't even read comments. I want to tell you. Thank you for the best view. I think mountain climbing is the best sport to connect with people all over the world.
There is something completely wonderful about hiking alone without anyone judging you or expecting anything from you or needed anything from you at all, no stress or sadness. where your only goal is to keep walking and get to the otherside. Swallowed in beauty and nature and just your own thoughts as company. For me being in the forest is where I feel at home most. Great documentary
For some reason the times I’ve been happiest and and that are most memorable to me are times when I’ve been out in the wilderness by myself. I just don’t carve out time in my life to make that happen often enough. Have to work on that.
@R M I agree. God wants us to Be still & know He is God in our mind but we are always busy, hurrying, & stimulated by our surroundings, people,… & Silence, nature,…is freeing!
I loved hiking too, the birds are singing, the wind breeze, the flowing river, the tall trees, it’s amazing, We thanks God for all of that, Thanks for this film I inspired watching it.
@@NHTesla you are always alone ,even if you are with people or without people , you are born alone and die alone , Meditation is a way to realize it , being alone doesnot mean you are alone but thinking all the time about something or someone , You can only enjoy yourself if you are meditative .
I cried T_T, I remembered a few years ago when i first came to Japan for my graduate study. I was depressed, struggled to adapt in new country, lost my confidence and self esteem cause I had bad experience with my supervisor. Then I started to hike at the nearest mountain and I am addicted to hiking since that. Nature healed my depression, helped me gained back my confidence and made me feel stronger and live again. Thank you for reminding me once again
I am on gap year and trying to find my purpose and am taking an intro to backpacking course! I am so glad to hear backpacking helped your graduate studies!
My son would say that nature could care less about us. And in that, we can see our utter insignificance. That is the austerity that nature provides. The knowledge of how little we actually matter in the grand scheme of all lasting things. We're actually pretty chipper people. 😄
Thank you. So beautiful. Reminds me of my sister Linda who just passed away and who was an avid hiker and nature lover. I imagine her at peace in all these places for all eternity. Grateful to you for sharing this.
Having hiked the 200 mi Nepal Thorong la Pass and almost all trails in Washinton and Oregon, I fully appreciate all your feelings about separating from 'civilization?' and seeking the primal spirit that originally enabled humans. I, too, shed a tear, for at 77 I'm a little more limited in my outdoor hiking, but camping, short walks, and stopping to admire, contemplate and photographically record the moments that spoke to m e.
What’s Up? Hope your doing well. Yup..still living the dream. I’m setting out on my Triple Crown Hike in March of 2021. I’ve been shakin & moving ever since 2012. Glad you liked the Documentary. I met TESLA on the PCT in 2016. He needed a little help getting around Colorado & happen to live here so it was a no brainer to help however I could. TESLA was kind enough to put me in his film. Take Care...Happy Trails
@@chrisstiles7155 hi Chris... Wow didn't expect such a quick reply! When we met you were walking with Wounded Knee, Woods and a young woman, didn't catch her name. Fun group. Still remember your story, the wrestling match and fall from the balcony. In case you're wondering, I kept notes on a digital recorder... All the best on your hike next year!
@@Albaby321 TESLA sent me a screenshot of your comment this morning! did I tell you my story into your recorder? I was just talking about how people remember me. My story & the sling is a big giveaway. I’m pretty good @ remembering hikers but I seem to get recognized quickly. I’ve met so many people on long trails over the years that it’s really hard to remember everyone. Look me up on FB.
I love hiking as it’s done wonders for my mental health. A few years ago I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and was in a really bad place but thankfully got the help that I urgently needed. I then had another relapse and decided to give hiking a try and I can honestly say I am the happiest that I’ve been in years. I hike with my partner and in September we are hiking up Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia for the first time and will be doing it on our 20 year anniversary too. Whether it be with my fiancée or on my own I just love escaping from everyday life and I really feel alive. Fantastic video. Well done 👏🏻
I've been hiking with my wife too, on quite walks with no talking and it's great to help calm you down. No music, headphones or anything. Just enjoy the hike.
I to have just had a relapse with anxiety and I have just started hiking to help. Reading this gives me alot if hope. I done Garth mountain on the weekend all tho small (gotta start somewhere) it was still chellenging on my mental health but I know in the long run it will serve me good
We love Snowdon, my daughter and I did the Watkins Path with the rock scramble to the summit in the fog which was pretty disorentating. We want to keep progreessing with Snowdon and were going to try a winter ascent this week in the hope of having a view of the snow covering, but the wind at +50mph combined with some rain I thought was just too much. We'd also like to be confident enough to do the Crib Goch route (in the summer) which I understand is rated as one of the best/diffecult ridge walks in Europe. There's so much to do up there. I also know that wild camping isn't detered, so there are some 2 day circular routes to do as well. Such a great mountain, I'm glad you enjoyed it and it helped your mental health.
@@ZJT-hi8gq rock on. Sometimes you just have to find something you enjoy and go with it. I'm planning some hiking in the US for this summer. I need to get my permits and book some plane tickets. You get a lot of pleasure looking forward to trips once you get the plans made.
Walk without identifying with thoughts. An easy way is to log into the 5 senses. Notice the sensations in the feet on every step, notice the sensations in the face of the sun and wind, notice the breath. Notice the sounds of the birds, notice the smell of the plants. When our attention is logged into the sense fields we are out of the incessant thought stream and this is bliss ❤
So well put! I feel so at peace in nature. All my anxiety just disappears. Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts. I especially loved the end where you said “I am the author of a piece of eternity.” Really puts life into perspective.
It’s 12.45am here in the UK and I’ve just completed a 22 mile hike around the Lake District mountains , this makes me want to put my boots back on right now 🤝
Wow..you've put in words what I have felt all through my hiking journey. In Kenya, we have so many hiking destinations and I have barely scratched the surface..thanks for the inspiring video!!
Hi Nikola. I've hiked the Colorado Trail six times and I'll bet I could identify 90% of the locations in your video within 2 seconds of seeing the footage. It scares me! I've seen lots of trail videos over the years, but this is the best one by far. You have done a wonderful job of putting this together and expressing what draws me to the trail over and over again. Congratulations on an exceptionally well done video!
A lot of ppl asked me "why"im doing it Its hard to explain with words for me But now I can send ur movie... Love it it shows so much emotion in me Its so good to see again ppl like me😊
Such amazing documentary, well done. We all can agree that society has long forgotten it's roots - nature. We became independent on so many useless stuff, addicted to materialism, dehumanized by tech and internet, depersonalized from our own selves. While life can be so much simpler, fulfilling and profound, just by disconnecting from fake and artificial world and connecting to the nature, where we belong. Personally, I love hiking through forests and spending time exploring the nature in solitude. It definitely clears up my thoughts, energizes spirit, and brings calmness to my soul. I'd recommend everyone to spend more time outdoors, you never know what you might discover about yourself. Greetings from Cro. Pozdrav :)
I have a hiking group and we hike all over Northern California. This weekend we hiked Pinnacles on a very hot day, but as someone already said in the comments "even a bad day hiking is one of the best days in my life". I hope I can hike in Bosnia and the region sometimes in the near future. I am from Bosnia. Pozdrav :)
5 years ago I shattered my left heel bone badly, still limping n in winters lot of pain. But I started enjoying my life after that; trekking, reading books, listening music, spending more time wid my kids n wife, appreciating little beauties of life. And guess wt, in a country like Pakistan, where I m not sure in evening I ll get back to home alive. Beautiful documentary, superb, nature
@@NHTesla it's not trekking which is dangerous in Pakistan. Pakistan's North is one of the most peaceful region of the world, in some areas the crime rate is almost zero. It's overall law n order situation in rest of Pakistan. Actually we r paying the price for so called war against terrorism. War Capitalism of USA.
The sentiments expressed in the video remind me a lot of those I experienced while treeplanting in the Canadian summer. Not that any treeplanters here really support logging industry practices, but most become addicted to it I think, for the same reasons hikers become addicted to hiking. Spending months at a time away from modern conveniences in a natural deprivation chamber with just your thoughts and good wild company. Thanks for sharing your experience.
You find yourself, you find the limitless life beyond the civilization, you meet your strength, your weaknesses, you start believing in the incredible limitless Nature instead of life goals! ❤️
“We’re not eternal” Yes we are. Our bodies are not, but our souls are. It transcends time and space. Reconcile it to your maker, and this earth will pale in comparison.
The only thing you can reconcile with is your atoms, they’ve been here forever and will be. But your atoms are not love, empathy, amazement, joy, discovery, kinship... those are gone with your conscience. Seems sad, but the only thing that makes it beautiful is that it’s not forever.
@@KnezBranimir879 If you can sell yourself the idea of eternal life, by all means go for it. I wish I could trust that I'll see my parents and my dog in heaven. I just can-t
@styloetpapier styloetpapier the breath of what? The breath of LIFE. “Soul” is immaterial. The soul does not reside in our lungs or anywhere in our body for that matter. Our soul IS our immaterial life, which God “breathed” into existence. Hence , His Breath of Life gave us life way before we had a physical form. And when we die, the soul lives on , and depending if you’ve chosen the Light over the darkness, will determine your soul’s fate. You can choose Life, or you can choose Death. Life IS God. And Life IS GOOD. Any subtraction from that, is Death. There is no middle. Choose Life. Choose Good. Because Life is Good (God). And in time, our earthly bodies will be resumed - will be re-unified to our soul. Therefore, treat your body with respect. Do not mutilate your gender organs for example.
Such a beautiful documentary. I was in tears the whole time because I want so badly to do that, but my body won't let me. I realize you do not believe as I do from some of your commentary, but I want to share this anyway because it's the only hope I have ever being able to do what you do. I believe this scripture is talking about earth, not heaven, and that we will be given another chance to live on this stunningly beautiful planet without ruining it: "With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.” Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” Revelation 21:3-5
so amazing, All my life I have been told what I can and can not do. Sixty four and I am going to do what I want HIKE!!!!!!! I know I can. Thank you for this doc.
I started hiking later. Research trekking poles, they'll make your journey all that much better and keep you going longer for years and years to come :)
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It's healthy to be ok with being alone. If you can't stand yourself how can you stand anyone else
Loud music + some positive quotes about hiking = award winning documentary 🤪
Show your 2 subscribers (mom and dad?) how documentary should look like 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@NHTesla wait, you actually took a look at my channel and thought I was posting for anyone but myself and my friends, and then thought I would get mad if you called my subscriber count out? :VV
You're an actual fiend. Time to spend some more time on the trails to get some perspective on life, my clout hungry friend.
_Edit: exactly the kind of person I thought you were from checking the docu btw: fake, selfcentered and ego driven to the core. I guess that's why you put a heart on every single positive comment, you hope it'll help _*_your numbers_*_ in the future. Clout, whether begotten in bad faith or not, is worth more than honesty in the end...right?_
Mental health! Started doing this to handle my anxiety, depression and sadness, now it's part of me, lifestyle, I really feel part of the nature, it's awesome how hiking by myself are healing my broken soul.
It really helps if you are in need of help. It is doing miracles for so many people. Thanks for watching.
Me too
I hike because it makes me feel good.
@@PeterCrosbyIII thats legit
Marunthuvazhmalai ❤
I grew up in the mountain of northern italy and no such things calm me than just walking in the woods... alone. I'm just in peace.. i'm control of my self.. no one can scares me.
I love hiking
Anything in the woods
Fresh air rain or shine
Puts a smile on my face !
Happy trails
The real art is finding this kind of peace of mind whilst balancing work, children/elderly parents and health problems
I agree. Not an easy task. Thank you for watching.
Have my own place & job but no wife & kids. So always easier to pack up & go
I'm loving watching this
Very inspiring. Nature in my warm, weighted blanket. It heals me like nothing else. Everyday, it leaves me awestruck.
One day, I still want to do the Appalachian Trail so others can witness how healing nature truly is, to encourage exploration. It was my intention in '21- a mental health and conservation awareness walk- but i could never save enough no matter my effort. I tried to get sponsors. I reached out to sporting companies for a loan. I'm not one of those lucky, charismatic or noticeable people and saving even $5 grand to hike for awareness is not in my stars. So thanks for your video so i can smile as i dream ❤
@@TheRandomINFJ keep on keeping on. Don't loose hope. Thanks for watching.
I love hiking, especially long-distance hiking, although I know I have my physical limitation. After 10 years of long-distance hiking, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, was rushed into 6 hours of emergency surgery in 2020. Throughout the last two years, I drew my hiking experience, I switched my mind to pure survival instinct - I want to live! it was a long journey, but I instinct of staying alive outlive all. Today, I have been cancer-free for more than a year. I thought of nothing but live. Planning to do a three-day hiking again soon, can not wait to return to the open space of life, that will strive in any condition, and so do our lives.
When I was on the Camino, I met a man who has had a brain cancer with almost no chance of survival. He promised to do the Camino if he survived and after the successful brain operation and chemotherapy, he did started the camino, slowly, step after step
having spent time with many long-distance hikers like myself, men, women, older, young, and children, I guess we all have many common thoughts about our own physical limits and sometimes understand other hikers' physical limits. It's amazing to learn a Brain Cancer survivor started slowly hiking again, I am certain he knows his own physical abilities well enough to start doing something he felt right about it. After surviving a life and death surgery experience, it did make me cherish life more and find a way to reach out to people to share life. Camino trail is a spiritual awakening journey, if I find a chance I would walk the trail, I just would like to do this walk for the right spiritual experience for me, and I am sure I will define one that will be right for me. Catch up with you all on the trails.
How have you been lately
Death is a sweet release, it is the great equalizer and it is inevitable.
@@andreawang8649 yeah well this wouldnt be quite like how you described for those who dont want to live in general
"If u think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it's lethal."
Great comment! Routine is a graveyard for your spirit and soul. Get outside, get wet, dirty, smelly, hungry, thirsty and exhausted and learn something about yourself!
@@cameronmilne5319 thank u bro, well said from u
So true!
For some a routine is good and for others like me it’s a death sentence.
True
Everyone should come back to this video from time to time to be remembered, that the world is a place worth fighting for!
@@MaximilianSittich thank you for supporting right cause and for watching! It truly is worth fighting for.
I have a question, can you please answer?@@NHTesla
@@NHTesla No, I have to thank you. It has been way too long, since I packed my bags. Years ago, I was hiking Wadi Rum, Jordan. It is the most beautiful place, I have ever seen on earth. But life has gotten to me, struggles, doubts, fears. It is time, to take time again and your film strengthend my choice.
@@MaximilianSittich you got this! Keep on keeping on!!!!
That s a fantastic movie over the hike. Thanks for sharing.
@@FjällenSkogen-em8xt thank you for support!!
I hike because it makes me feel alive..
I hike to honour my ansistors. Who hiked to survive, and thats why I am here today!
People create civilization and then what we miss is nature, it’s a great wisdom. :)
Thank you for this video. I am a Buddhist and I went to Plum Village in France, for the sense of community, serenity… Now I find that I have those more when going hiking in the nature. :)
Gorgeous photography. Great people! Thanks for a memorable experience.
Thank you Jeanne for nice words.
Nature is the only place where I don't feel useless.
Nature is truly the best medicine ❤
“Even a bad day hiking is probably one of the best days of your life” amen!
yes, it is!
This is beautiful. Sending love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Amen indeed!!!
ah its pain in the ass but amazing.
I liked when Homemade Wanderlust said “even a bad day on the trail is better than a good day at work “
Estimado Nikola Horvat,
He visto tu documental con gran admiración. Creo firmemente en la belleza del senderismo y, como mencionas en tu video, un día malo en un sendero puede convertirse en el mejor día de tu vida.
Comparto completamente este sentimiento y me ha recordado muchos chascarros que he vivido. Son esos momentos, los que parecen difíciles en el momento, los que terminan siendo los más memorables. Ya sea el sonido del viento en los árboles o el dolor de las piernas acalambradas, reírse de ello es algo que solo el senderismo puede ofrecer.
Gracias, amigo, por compartir tus experiencias y por recordarnos la alegría y la belleza que se pueden encontrar en cada paso del camino.
Time on the trail feeds my soul. I don't have to go into the mountains. Every trail is precious. Thank you... this is beautiful.
Thank you for watching 😊
C'est tellement ça ... 🤩🤗❤
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
- Gary Snyder
To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!!!!
I have dealt with anxiety and depression and nature always heals me so much. I hike daily at every place I can nearby with my Goldendoodle. Hoping to be able to plan a bigger trip so I can get out into complete silence and wilderness and go longer distances. The stillness and simplicity connect me with my soul and God and it is so peaceful and I feel more myself than anything else.
I’m on a 1000km thru hike in the southwest corner of Western Australia called the Bibbulmun trail. Breathtaking Kari forests, grey rock wallabies, stunning sunsets on top of granite outcrops, inky black nights peppered with and explosion of stars and and the untamed wild southern ocean. Hiking distills life down to what’s important. On this journey I’ve learnt that ‘the trail takes from you what you didn’t know you didn’t need and gives to you what you didn’t know you needed’.
Hope it went well! That sounds very interesting, going to check out that trail online now
Thanks and greetings from Hungary 🇭🇺
Cheers soul mates
I hike because I can feel my existence in this world.
I love this. I literally daydream of walking and hearing the crunch of rocks and dirt beneath my feet on almost a daily basis. I can feel a dire wanderlust inside of me, and I’ve been ignoring it for now, it’s making me crazy, and making me feel like my life is getting away from me.
The community portion of this video does make me sad because I am worried that I won’t fit in with other hikers since I’ve always been sort of a loner.
If somebody is loner it is me. And yet I did find people here and there.
I lived out of my car this summer and just camped and hiked for like 3 months around the Smoky Mountains and Pisgah National Forest.
I used to do heroin and sell drugs. Now I just hike and drink a lot of water. 😜👍
This comment made me smile so big! Happy hiking, Dark Star King!
Dark Star King - that was a beautiful post from you and I wish you every happiness in your future. Well done mate.
I think a name Change to "Bright Star King" might be in order? As a practising alcoholic I can relate to what you have been through.. But I am booked in for a detox in a couple of weeks.
Thank you kindly for the inspiration!
You have a good solution. Good luck 🍀 on your journey. It can be done.
Wow. Really???
Watched this as I prepare for departure for Kilimanjaro tomorrow. Having "discovered" hiking this year during preparation for the trip, I can identify with everything in this documentary. Excellent.
Glad you like it. Thank you for watching 😊
after watching this...I'm more and more reminded of John Muir, "the mountains are calling and I must go."
I feel like the great nature in your video.
Thank you. You are right. Great nature of Colorado indeed.
Spending days in the desert on my own, feeling like the last remaining man on earth, I melted into all existence. Whenever I blink, even years after, those images come back into my mind, the boiling sand, the flickerin heat, the absolute omnipresence of everything. This changed my life, and trust me: I actually have a massive life, that didnt feel like it had to be changed at all.
Inspiring, a lot of the reasons most people in this documentary say they hike is because of depression. I think it's why I hike too, it gives me a sense of freedom that I just don't get anywhere crowded.
I once met a young gentleman at a church dinner I will never forget him. I asked him what made him want to hike the trail. This is exactly the reason he said. He had depression and he said his dad wanted him to go to college I said you know what I admire you. You are doing something positive. That all that matters ! I hugged him.
@@rhondabaroli2683 lovely story, we all need hugs when we are down ☺️
I wanna hiking cause i love nature, i have no depression, but i have an anxiety disease, that's blocking all of my probable adventures, cause i see danger everywhere. I'm afraid of bears, wild dogs, sleep deprivation etc. It's hard to live with this. I even have no job, because any job demands to be in time in particular place, causing me nervous and I can't sleep all night due to the tomorrow routine. Sleep deprivation caused high blood pressure and other symptoms. It's just a bad circle, and i'm in it. Write this comment just to improve my english, but all true.
@@alexaxel2953 sorry to hear your story. A doctor won't tell you this but a good diet can cure anxiety.
@@TheWanderingIrishman I think diet doesn't help me. In my situation medicine or psycologist can help and after that for a time. It's all genes, and i can't fool them.
Writing a paper for my university on a community I am apart of- I picked hiking. I had to provide a picture, quote, video, etc. that I felt described my love for hiking. This was perfect.
That is awesome! I hope your colleagues will like it.
Is it not supposed to be your own material for Uni course work ?
340 people who dislike this never experience outdoors ... and they are all obessed
No matter where you go or how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. The answers we seek are within.
Just started my journey as a hiker last year, after a few bad years of anxiety, depression, and alcoholism, nature has really brought me back to life. This video gave me goosebumps, I work seasonally and I’m itching for November to come so I can get back out!
Nothing cures alcolholism like being 20 miles from the shops. My wife suffers, and your comment got me thinking perhaps that would work for us if I could get her far enough away from any commerce for a few days.
Good for you!!
During last year through pandemic, I went through lot of stress with no work, break up, DAD passing away.
I started hiking, overcoming my fear of being alone at unknown paths away from chaos of this selfish, egotic world. Hiking heels me from inside, takes me closer to my soul and God. Nothing in this world is ours except for our soul and God.
Please bring more videos like this.
Your soul is not yours.
Yeah, its mine
@@einnutzer2883 Ok then tell me when did you created it and how?
16:43 " even a bad day of hiking, is the best day of your life " 👊
It says it all :)
That's one of the best quotes about hiking I've ever heard 🙏
I fell in love with the nature
I'm Japanese. I watched your video as a beginner in mountain climbing. I don't understand English because I use a translator. I can't even read comments. I want to tell you. Thank you for the best view. I think mountain climbing is the best sport to connect with people all over the world.
Thank you for watching 😊 If you send me an email I can send you narration in English. Have a great day.
There is something completely wonderful about hiking alone without anyone judging you or expecting anything from you or needed anything from you at all, no stress or sadness. where your only goal is to keep walking and get to the otherside. Swallowed in beauty and nature and just your own thoughts as company. For me being in the forest is where I feel at home most. Great documentary
Thank you for the comment and for watching.
For some reason the times I’ve been happiest and and that are most memorable to me are times when I’ve been out in the wilderness by myself. I just don’t carve out time in my life to make that happen often enough. Have to work on that.
@@PBTfpv Same here. I mostly hike on my own. It's a different experience to being in a group. My mind is more free when I am alone in nature 😊👍
@R M I agree. God wants us to Be still & know He is God in our mind but we are always busy, hurrying, & stimulated by our surroundings, people,… & Silence, nature,…is freeing!
❤❤❤danke
I loved hiking too, the birds are singing, the wind breeze, the flowing river, the tall trees, it’s amazing, We thanks God for all of that, Thanks for this film I inspired watching it.
the video is nice but the narration sounds harsh.
Could have been more warm
"Why do I" because is beautiful, challenging rewarding, and breathing taking.
Thank you for watching 😊
Mountain Goat here (PCT Northbound 2016)!Wonderful hiking with you, Tesla! Beautiful documentary!
Being alone is the best thing you can do for yourself.
For some time for sure. But in the end we all need our tribe by our side.
@@NHTesla I agree
I agree, it’s medicine for the soul
@@NHTesla you are always alone ,even if you are with people or without people , you are born alone and die alone , Meditation is a way to realize it , being alone doesnot mean you are alone but thinking all the time about something or someone , You can only enjoy yourself if you are meditative .
Most people are alone 6 hours a day at least. How’s it beneficial if everyone does it naturally?
Man so much respect for your search for the purpose of hiking. Such spiritual thoughts!
Thank you 😊
I cried T_T, I remembered a few years ago when i first came to Japan for my graduate study. I was depressed, struggled to adapt in new country, lost my confidence and self esteem cause I had bad experience with my supervisor. Then I started to hike at the nearest mountain and I am addicted to hiking since that. Nature healed my depression, helped me gained back my confidence and made me feel stronger and live again. Thank you for reminding me once again
Thank you for this beautiful comment and testimony. Take care!!!
I am on gap year and trying to find my purpose and am taking an intro to backpacking course! I am so glad to hear backpacking helped your graduate studies!
@@sarahjohnston6509 how are you doing? Did you backpack or hike? :)
Go on .. make yourself strong .. from sensitivity .. you are what we need in the world !!!!
odličan dokumentarac.Inspirativan , iskren ljudski
Hvala, Maja🙂
Hiking in nature: an endless monastery for the soul.
Very well put.. you must b hiker ?
I just love this - Sending love from Ireland 🇮🇪
well said!
Exactly! Love it!
Thank you for this wonderful movie! The more people hike the more happy they become! I love hiking❤️
“Wilderness heals with its austerity” this quote hit me right in them feelings 🙏🏼
oh yeah that one hit me in the sweet spot too, love it!
This hit me so hard, i got my feelings back
Wow what an incredible line. And truth!
My son would say that nature could care less about us. And in that, we can see our utter insignificance. That is the austerity that nature provides. The knowledge of how little we actually matter in the grand scheme of all lasting things. We're actually pretty chipper people. 😄
Excelente documental!!! 😉
@@setomunoz thank you!!!!
A bad day outside is still better than a good day in the office
Thank you. So beautiful. Reminds me of my sister Linda who just passed away and who was an avid hiker and nature lover. I imagine her at peace in all these places for all eternity. Grateful to you for sharing this.
Stay strong and thank you for watching. I am glad it helps.
the only way i get through my days between hikes is videos like this, thank you for letting people know who we are.
Having hiked the 200 mi Nepal Thorong la Pass and almost all trails in Washinton and Oregon, I fully appreciate all your feelings about separating from 'civilization?' and seeking the primal spirit that originally enabled humans. I, too, shed a tear, for at 77 I'm a little more limited in my outdoor hiking, but camping, short walks, and stopping to admire, contemplate and photographically record the moments that spoke to m e.
Thanks for watching. I am so glad this film of mine is watched by young and old, happy and sad, rich and poor.
@@NHTeslaIt should be required before entering college or career.
@@pprehn5268 I agree. A human needs to extend experience with wilderness before entering world of work or business.
My son enjoyed watching and listening to this
Good job 👍 I really enjoyed
@@tripmoodtv thank you. Support is highly appreciated.
I convert my hobbies from hunting to hiking in the age of 52 and now I am very happy.
Absolutely perfect. Now that's what I like hearing. Congrats
Good4u
I’m sure the beautiful animals look forward to your return gadro Khan
You put a smile on my face
I met Caveman Chris on the AT in Maryland in 2012... Wonderful to see him in your documentary and know he's still out there living the dream!
What’s Up? Hope your doing well. Yup..still living the dream. I’m setting out on my Triple Crown Hike in March of 2021. I’ve been shakin & moving ever since 2012. Glad you liked the Documentary. I met TESLA on the PCT in 2016. He needed a little help getting around Colorado & happen to live here so it was a no brainer to help however I could. TESLA was kind enough to put me in his film. Take Care...Happy Trails
@@chrisstiles7155 hi Chris... Wow didn't expect such a quick reply! When we met you were walking with Wounded Knee, Woods and a young woman, didn't catch her name. Fun group. Still remember your story, the wrestling match and fall from the balcony. In case you're wondering, I kept notes on a digital recorder... All the best on your hike next year!
@@Albaby321 TESLA sent me a screenshot of your comment this morning! did I tell you my story into your recorder? I was just talking about how people remember me. My story & the sling is a big giveaway. I’m pretty good @ remembering hikers but I seem to get recognized quickly. I’ve met so many people on long trails over the years that it’s really hard to remember everyone. Look me up on FB.
I love hiking as it’s done wonders for my mental health. A few years ago I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and was in a really bad place but thankfully got the help that I urgently needed. I then had another relapse and decided to give hiking a try and I can honestly say I am the happiest that I’ve been in years. I hike with my partner and in September we are hiking up Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia for the first time and will be doing it on our 20 year anniversary too. Whether it be with my fiancée or on my own I just love escaping from everyday life and I really feel alive. Fantastic video. Well done 👏🏻
Thank you :)
I've been hiking with my wife too, on quite walks with no talking and it's great to help calm you down. No music, headphones or anything. Just enjoy the hike.
I to have just had a relapse with anxiety and I have just started hiking to help. Reading this gives me alot if hope. I done Garth mountain on the weekend all tho small (gotta start somewhere) it was still chellenging on my mental health but I know in the long run it will serve me good
We love Snowdon, my daughter and I did the Watkins Path with the rock scramble to the summit in the fog which was pretty disorentating. We want to keep progreessing with Snowdon and were going to try a winter ascent this week in the hope of having a view of the snow covering, but the wind at +50mph combined with some rain I thought was just too much. We'd also like to be confident enough to do the Crib Goch route (in the summer) which I understand is rated as one of the best/diffecult ridge walks in Europe. There's so much to do up there. I also know that wild camping isn't detered, so there are some 2 day circular routes to do as well. Such a great mountain, I'm glad you enjoyed it and it helped your mental health.
@@ZJT-hi8gq rock on. Sometimes you just have to find something you enjoy and go with it. I'm planning some hiking in the US for this summer. I need to get my permits and book some plane tickets. You get a lot of pleasure looking forward to trips once you get the plans made.
Walk without identifying with thoughts. An easy way is to log into the 5 senses. Notice the sensations in the feet on every step, notice the sensations in the face of the sun and wind, notice the breath. Notice the sounds of the birds, notice the smell of the plants. When our attention is logged into the sense fields we are out of the incessant thought stream and this is bliss ❤
When you lost yourself in your life, just go hiking.
So well put! I feel so at peace in nature. All my anxiety just disappears. Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts. I especially loved the end where you said “I am the author of a piece of eternity.” Really puts life into perspective.
Thank you for watching.
This Documentary is inspiring and amazing. When I feel stressed, I go to the lap of Mother Nature. Love you all Nature lovers ❤️❤️❤️❤️ from India 🙏🙏
I never appreciated the beauty of Nature enough, but now I want to explore it for the first time cause I know there is so much out there
I am glad film inspired you. Thank you for watching.
This is hands down one of the best videos about hiking I have ever seen!
@@MoritzBaldes thank you so much for such a nice comment. It is appreciated.
a tourist want to escape the life but an traveller wants to experience the life
I agree. This is why I preffer to travel trough life 🙂
It’s 12.45am here in the UK and I’ve just completed a 22 mile hike around the Lake District mountains , this makes me want to put my boots back on right now 🤝
I am so happy that my movie inspired you to go on another hike :)
I'd love to do that!
@@amiewalter9860 your welcome to join in if your local 🏔
Can you help,me plan a route around the lakes?
@@crunchypancake66 anytime
Wow..you've put in words what I have felt all through my hiking journey. In Kenya, we have so many hiking destinations and I have barely scratched the surface..thanks for the inspiring video!!
I am glad you like it 😁 thanks for watching
@Ole Akivaga that's awesome! Start with the Aberdare range...amazing views there
Hi Nikola. I've hiked the Colorado Trail six times and I'll bet I could identify 90% of the locations in your video within 2 seconds of seeing the footage. It scares me! I've seen lots of trail videos over the years, but this is the best one by far. You have done a wonderful job of putting this together and expressing what draws me to the trail over and over again. Congratulations on an exceptionally well done video!
I've been hiking cdt in 2022. and in various occasions I was like: oh yes, I remember, I was camping here 😁
Thank you for watching.
A lot of ppl asked me "why"im doing it
Its hard to explain with words for me
But now I can send ur movie...
Love it it shows so much emotion in me
Its so good to see again ppl like me😊
To film it and put it on youtube of course.
I hike to escape society. To think. See beautiful landscapes.. To feel human. Because i hate traffic. I hate my job.
We don’t know what we love until we find what we hate.🙂
I did my first hiking in East Timor. Loved it.
If you hate your job you must quit ASAP .
Who enjoys working? I think having a “dream job” is a reach, no one dreams of labor, do they?
I hate the whole system putting money on the first place, enslaving people, destroying nature...
Such amazing documentary, well done. We all can agree that society has long forgotten it's roots - nature. We became independent on so many useless stuff, addicted to materialism, dehumanized by tech and internet, depersonalized from our own selves. While life can be so much simpler, fulfilling and profound, just by disconnecting from fake and artificial world and connecting to the nature, where we belong. Personally, I love hiking through forests and spending time exploring the nature in solitude. It definitely clears up my thoughts, energizes spirit, and brings calmness to my soul. I'd recommend everyone to spend more time outdoors, you never know what you might discover about yourself.
Greetings from Cro.
Pozdrav :)
I have a hiking group and we hike all over Northern California. This weekend we hiked Pinnacles on a very hot day, but as someone already said in the comments "even a bad day hiking is one of the best days in my life". I hope I can hike in Bosnia and the region sometimes in the near future. I am from Bosnia. Pozdrav :)
I keep coming back to this. So well done! Thank you!
@@soggybottomhikes6915 thank you for keep coming back. So glad you like it 😄
5 years ago I shattered my left heel bone badly, still limping n in winters lot of pain. But I started enjoying my life after that; trekking, reading books, listening music, spending more time wid my kids n wife, appreciating little beauties of life. And guess wt, in a country like Pakistan, where I m not sure in evening I ll get back to home alive. Beautiful documentary, superb, nature
Keep on truckin. Why is it so dangerous to go hike in Pakistan?
@@NHTesla it's not trekking which is dangerous in Pakistan. Pakistan's North is one of the most peaceful region of the world, in some areas the crime rate is almost zero. It's overall law n order situation in rest of Pakistan. Actually we r paying the price for so called war against terrorism. War Capitalism of USA.
For a second the heartbeat at the beginning made me think the background music was going to be Dark Side of the Moon
The sentiments expressed in the video remind me a lot of those I experienced while treeplanting in the Canadian summer. Not that any treeplanters here really support logging industry practices, but most become addicted to it I think, for the same reasons hikers become addicted to hiking. Spending months at a time away from modern conveniences in a natural deprivation chamber with just your thoughts and good wild company. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks for a great comment.
WOW!! This video is as close as I have ever found to capture how I feel about hiking. Well done!!
You find yourself, you find the limitless life beyond the civilization, you meet your strength, your weaknesses, you start believing in the incredible limitless Nature instead of life goals! ❤️
Me encanta esto la única vez qué me siento libre es cuando estoy en una montaña
I keep watching this documentary 😊 it just reminds me why I love hiking so much. One of the best videos I've seen.
“We’re not eternal”
Yes we are. Our bodies are not, but our souls are. It transcends time and space. Reconcile it to your maker, and this earth will pale in comparison.
The only thing you can reconcile with is your atoms, they’ve been here forever and will be. But your atoms are not love, empathy, amazement, joy, discovery, kinship... those are gone with your conscience. Seems sad, but the only thing that makes it beautiful is that it’s not forever.
@@JavierBonillaC reductionism? Thanks, but no thanks. 😉
@@KnezBranimir879 If you can sell yourself the idea of eternal life, by all means go for it. I wish I could trust that I'll see my parents and my dog in heaven. I just can-t
@styloetpapier styloetpapier the breath of what? The breath of LIFE. “Soul” is immaterial. The soul does not reside in our lungs or anywhere in our body for that matter. Our soul IS our immaterial life, which God “breathed” into existence. Hence , His Breath of Life gave us life way before we had a physical form. And when we die, the soul lives on , and depending if you’ve chosen the Light over the darkness, will determine your soul’s fate. You can choose Life, or you can choose Death. Life IS God. And Life IS GOOD. Any subtraction from that, is Death. There is no middle. Choose Life. Choose Good. Because Life is Good (God). And in time, our earthly bodies will be resumed - will be re-unified to our soul. Therefore, treat your body with respect. Do not mutilate your gender organs for example.
Such a beautiful documentary. I was in tears the whole time because I want so badly to do that, but my body won't let me. I realize you do not believe as I do from some of your commentary, but I want to share this anyway because it's the only hope I have ever being able to do what you do. I believe this scripture is talking about earth, not heaven, and that we will be given another chance to live on this stunningly beautiful planet without ruining it:
"With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.” Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” Revelation 21:3-5
i often pray that heaven will be filled with beautiful hiking trails that women can finally go on without any fear and in complete peace.
Brilliant!
Hiking is my life !! I greatful for all nature 🙏 thank you god
Well done. Many ask why I hike. Now I can forward them the answer
so amazing, All my life I have been told what I can and can not do. Sixty four and I am going to do what I want HIKE!!!!!!! I know I can. Thank you for this doc.
I started hiking later. Research trekking poles, they'll make your journey all that much better and keep you going longer for years and years to come :)
I hear you sister! I love nature and being outdoors...it lets you feel free and unencumbered.
Wish u good luck
@@saurabhshaha7371 same to you hon.
I'm 63 and doing the same the last several years. Go for it👍
Nothing can measure time better than counting your breaths, that was candid.
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A pure detox ♥️
I found myself disappointment when the video ended..... I wanted it to last longer. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Think I will watch it again....