Solo Hiking 60 Miles in Hornstrandir Iceland

[sarayuthr.]

No exotic edm song.
No swoop pan and cut.
No VHS effect.
No Orange and Teal looks.
No "Welcome Back Guys!!" shout to the camera.



10/10

[egillaxelsson]

I´m from Iceland and my grandmother was born and raised in Hornstrandir.
She was born there in 1922 and raised there with her 7 siblings and parents. Her aunt lived in the adjoining house with her husband and 13 children. All 21 children of both families were born in Hornstrandir, the oldest born in 1918 and the youngest 1945. The house where they lived was a 2-3 hour hike from the next house, and the closest village was a long boats trip away. They survived there by eating fish, birds and they kept a few sheep, and with the area being so far north they get 24 hour sunlight in the summer, and 24 hour darkness in the winter. The darkness was indescribable, walking out of the house you couldn´t see your own hands, even if you held them in front of your face. This darkness made the winters very difficult, and along with that there were snow storms and freezing cold temperatures. She had a couple of encounters with polar bears which had travelled on drift ice or swam from Greenland, the families were never injured but the polar bears would still come up close to the house and look through the windows for food. She moved to mainland Iceland with her cousin Jakobína (Jakobína Sigurðardóttir, known Icelandic author) at 16 to work and eventually met my grandfather. Her parents left Hornstrandir in the late 1940´s and were the last inhabitants in the area. The house has been dismantled but you can still find their old stove there in the grass 70 years later.
My grandparents were happily married for 50+ years and she passed away in 2004, she was a wonderful loving grandmother with an incredible upbringing.

[StudioAnnLe]

Thank you for not playing club music as your background music of choice 🙏 This makes it so much more enjoyable!

[max-njvs]

It has been about 3 years since this video was released and it is my favorite Youtube video ever. Every time I feel sad or I need to deeply relax I come to this video since it gives me a sense of comfort I love. One day I wanna visit Iceland and make the same hike he did so I could see all the beautiful scenery with my own eyes. I love this video.

[koofdome]

Why does everywhere in Iceland look like the edge of the world. It is truly stunning.

[mernik]

Don't forget to appreciate the efforts that it took to get back the camera.

[ashc.]

This video inspired me so much that I actually did this exact hike last summer, 2021. It was the most difficult thing I've ever done in my life, but absolutely breathtaking. It's a very unique feeling, being the only person for miles and miles. It was truly stunning and I will never forget it.

[MarkHachem]

Beautiful filming! This is the most zen meditative mindful vlog I've seen. Very peaceful.

[spamhr]

Since he's hiking alone, whenever I see the camera capturing him walking away, I imagine him running back to fetch the camera that he positioned to get that shot from behind. Ha ha ha... Also the aerial shot of the nature and himself from a drone...pretty amazing...

[trvrtcl]

When he said “____”


*i felt that*

[aranda]

Every scenes cost 3x more energy because he needs to record the walk and get back to take the camera and then back to walk again. He deserve a subscribe!

[Wil_Dasovich]

wow this was different. So simple yet, different!

[bowhammer]

Anyone just want to go there and sit with your eyes closed and listen to the sounds of nature and peek with your eyes every now and then. No cars, no surrounding people, no technology. Just your mind, body and soul.

[JackWCox]

Probably another 10 miles for all the times you had to walk back and get your camera- Great film!

[ssdwang]

I don't even know why I cried, thank you for sharing this on the internet.

[skyscourge]

9:57 Holyyy crap that is an amazing sight looks like a fantasy

[telephant]

It’s like Earth was set on peaceful mode and single player

[mohicanmowl]

"Today, you have to buy even silence" Jean Baudrillard

[PriyanshuKumar-bloe]

Forget the world, politics, people.. here just you & nature. I can’t imagine how beautiful that track would be.

[arjunyadav]

Not a single word spoken...yet one of the best videos of hiking. So pure and peaceful. Here in India, there's an environment of panic, uncertainty, anguish everywhere. We all are afraid right now. This was very helpful.