Alpine Photography I The Challenges and Rewards 

May sound odd….but I’m a sucker for the entire journey. Meaning the hiking, camping, gear, cooking, and photography. Dig the entire adventure! Thanks for filming all the mundane work that goes into it.

Very well done Mr. Gibbs! The wilderness over there is so beautiful!

Beautiful scenery and very relaxing video. Thanks for your work

Nick Page has done a few vlogs where we just watch him set up camp, cook, set up the camera, no vocal content, and background music, and I get totally intrigued. I love watching where you set up your tent, what you eat, what was the problem this time around, and so on. Then of course, your epic photos. This was a great vlog for me. Just felt like I was sitting high on that peak enjoying the epic views, too. Thank you.

Wonderful mountain views 👍 It's very nice captures .

A man after my own heart: whenever my partner and I have gone to Scotland we always take a little flask of whisky with us to enjoy in picturesque locations when hiking...when we went to the Bavarian Alps we changed it up to some schnapps, which was equally enjoyable. Looks like a great spot to enjoy yours and looking forward to the next edition!

Adam, it take courage and determination to hike alone. Hats off to you my friend, be safe and continue on your travels. You deserve the very best. Thank you for sharing your life's work and your travels with us all through your RU-vid channel. Louis Ruth Photography

Really enjoyed this one. Liked the music only start and then the more camping centric story. Thanks for sharing!

Great stuff! Thanks!

I love to see the journey that leads to the photography

The secret to making trail meals tolerable is to make it spicy. You can get sriracha powder and tap a little bit in and suddenly the cardboard beef isn't such a bother, the heat masks it and you might even enjoy it!

Wicked location Adam and with images to match. Sadly it’s another week to wait for part 2. Stay safe 🇦🇺

I really enjoyed this, Adam. A quiet and relaxing adventure with a couple of wonderful Alpine views. Thank you, Nick

25 year old Macallan😉 with mediocre freeze dried pasta on a stunning mountain top! Does it get any better? 😎 Priceless👍👍 Well done Adam.✌

Just beautiful buddy👍🏻 really enjoy these types of videos

Always so relaxing to watch your videos, Adam. Really looking forward to the next instalment. 👍🦘😄🇦🇺

Gorgeous as always. I appreciated the lovely intro in particular, and I liked the intricacies of how and where you stayed too. Very nice.

Loved the video and the two shots of the peaks trailing off in to the distance. The van conversion seems to be coming on; I particularly like "Her Maj." sat on the dashboard!

Awesome. Fantastic shots !

I make my own dried meals for the backcountry (ingredients mostly from Famous Foods, Vancouver). Chilli, Curry, spag bol, carbonara, and mac & cheese. They are *so* much better can what you can buy commercially. Recipes available on request. :)

Loved the vlog. Such stunning photos!

I’m a big fan of your videos as well as your photography. Thanks for this Adam. Maybe I was just me but the ending kinda caught me by surprise. Can’t wait to see part II.

The pink shot was beautiful! Great vlog Adam. Really makes me want to move to BC

Thank you Adam. I needed this video today. I cant go out and photograph this weekend. So this video helped me sooth myself. :)

Those views, wow..!

That was beautiful the hike, as well as the layered photos! The only thing that would have made it better would have been some native flute music!! I can't wait for part 2 and the sunrise!!

Enjoyed that Adam.

Great video Adam, I felt like I was out in the wilderness again. Beautiful scenery and wonderful photography. I do miss backpacking into some of my favorite places here in Oregon, so many of them have now been burned out and are inaccessible, and many of the remaining ones now have limited entry from overuse. My car camping trips in recent years have been smoky ones due to all of the fires in the western US and Canada. Looking forward to the next video.

Another enjoyable video. That pinkish glow at sunset is known as the Belt of Venus.

great scenary adam !!!

Love the mountains. It's about time for me to get up in the mountains here where I live. The leaves will change color around the end of October.

Fantastic as always Adam, jealous of Sheffield here. I love the upright tent concept by the way.....

Another top quality production Pal ! The hike up was great to watch for some reason .. maybe because you weren’t talking :-) :-) J/K .. the layers on layers on layers was sublime and great practical advice on sun flare !! Dinner didn’t look over inviting tho .. looking forward to the next installment

Ready wise is the worst of the worst. Good vid, Adam!

Adam give Good To-Go backpacking meals a try. A little pricey but they have all natural ingredients. Like all dehydrated meals they need a little extra to make them taste better. I usually do some peanut butter with their Pad Thai and it's great! Cheers!

Huge pack... hence the Poles... such a peaceful start,,, who needs a camera... except so we can share the beauty of the wilderness... great to see the how the hand lens hood works, looking forward to a review of the adaptive lens shade you discuss... that old dried out tree branch at 8:20 looks like a Japanese dragon figure... Canadian Tire for supper???? not like carboard, more like old snow tires, complete with road salt... beautiful closing evening alpine glow... Thank You

Island mountaineer and hobby photographer here.I cringed when you pulled out that freeze dried meal.As I also got that same one from Canadian Tire in Parksville.It was soooo bad,that I had one bite and couldn't eat another.I had a great trip to Tom Taylor though.I really enjoy your channel,thank you.

🇨🇦/🇺🇸... Lovely short video, Adam. I don't get the opportunity to camp, unfortunately. And I live in the flat country of southern Michigan. HOWEVER, you are inspiring! Cheers bro!

I need this life.

I have been making my own dehydrated food for my backpacking trips for more than 15 years now and they are so much healthier than those commercial freeze dried foods. You know exactly what is in the food and can most definitely regulate the sodium content.

That dune shot on the front of the calendar is a killer. Adam, forget the cardboard pasta, you need to get yourself some Mi Goreng

Remarkable... Please be careful...

in regards to the freeze dried food, if it's cold out, you can put the whole packet in your jacket so it doesn't lose too much heat to the outside.

I'm partial to the layers in blue, lovely shot. Nice to join you out, grounded here due to 🔥 😥

seem close to 60k so here is a new sub, Enjoyed this

Buying dinner at Canadian Tire will always be a bit risky! Enjoyed that Adam! Cheers!

The blue and pink opposite sunrise and set is called The Belt of Venus.

I was looking up that freeze dried food on the Canadian Tire website her in Sudbury, ON and they go for 12.99 each (all of them suppers, breakfasts, soups), but if you buy The 56 Multi Pack which has suppers and breakfasts it goes for 264.99. Divide that by 56 servings and they go for $4.73 each. What a mark up!!!

Looks like you're going to need to do some research on camp food before your venture out again? Thomas Heaton seems to like the brand he uses. Love the subtle and pleacful images from your alpine vantage point. Looking forward to the next installment Adam.

try the lee hood !

Make a cozy out of reflectix. Slip the food packet into it for the 20 minutes, it'll be fairly hot when you chow down.

Camp stoves were not the main topic of this video, but there are times when BTUs and calories matter more than pixels. Maybe a year ago on impulse at REI I bought an MSR PocketRocket Stove Kit. The stove turned out to be a big disappointment, unsafe, with the pot teetering unstably over the burner, and inefficient, with warnings against adding a wind screen to improve matters. I'm a long time user of MSR products. In fact in my youth volunteered to test prototypes on outings organized by MSR founder Larry Penburthy. The trouble with impulse purchases is they are not preceded by research. I subsequently discovered and purchased a JetBoil stove. It is amazing. It will bring a half liter of water to full rolling boil in 1 minute flat. Your video tipped me off that MSR does make a line of JetBoil-like stoves (I had not done my research). The specs for the WindBurner Personal are 0.5 liter boil time 2.25 min. A 0.5 liter boil time for the 1 liter Reactor is not quoted. To their credit MSR offers quite a wide range of sizes and styles in their JetBoil-like stove line. What is in the pouch you pour the boiling water into is another topic...

I tried freeze dried beef stroganoff and NEVER AGAIN!! But I might brave it for those layers😍😍😍 Gorgeous views!

Great view and image with the pink sky. Your videos are always so calm and relaxing, particularly compared to another BC-base photographer. I've got a non-photo related question and that's about your Black Diamond tent. Wonder how it works in rain. Is the door designed so you can get in and out without getting the inside wet. I've used an I-tent and it doesn't work well in rain unless I use an optional vestibule (and then it's not light anymore).

Adam, been watching your videos on RU-vid for 3-4 years now. I find that I will be in that part of the country (Seattle/Vancouver/Vancouver Island) next spring for 3-4 days and would love to get some recommendations for photography.

Watching your video is so much fun because it's good, attractive and engaging. Thank you. For a very enjoyable experience. You are so wonderful. Wishing you success and good health. Beautifully beautiful. I really like people like you. My good friend.@-/‘

I also really loved the camping addition to the story and enjoyed the video more because of it. Though would have liked to see your sunset / dawn shots! Next video I guess. Can I also ask what program/how you added the location markers? I really thought that was a great way to point out POIs. Cheers !

I goofed and watched part 2 first. This adventure seemed pretty rugged. The landscape in BC looks similar to the videos I see of Scotland.

Adam, It is good to see you are using Shimoda X70 for backpacking. I'm doing what you are doing but sometimes throw in toploader as I have found my lenses coming off the small ICU. It will be great to see how you pack it. I'm in the process of making a video but mine takes ages with full time job and family commitments etc. Aslo, have you noticed X70 sitting more on the shoulder while going up quite quickly compared to other packs?

Ah yes, the man of many cameras.... you must own a zillion cameras, everything you walk past and up to there's one sitting there recording. Do you have a proximity transmitter on you so they know when to wake up, turn on and record, or do you have to filter through all the "not you" video when editing ? ;) Seriously - another great piece :)

Canadian Tire for supper? Blech! Too much trouble to go down to Nanaimo? Loved the video though.

XO Cognac is my choice!! LOL

Next time, take some smoky Single Malt with you and poor a little into your pasta. Trust me, it'll be good :)

Thank you so much for filming your trip! I haven’t been able to get out in some years, so I am living through you and others on You tube for right now! I am so inspired to make some videos and photos, when I do get out again! How fun. One question…how much does your pack weigh with all the photography gear in it? I don’t know how much gear weighs these days. In the old days my pack would weigh 35 pounds for a week trip with no photography gear…but gear has come along way since then! Just curious…

Your profile picture looks like night’s king from game of thrones :)

Love the blue hour shots. Usually you show the edited versions as well, did you decide against it?

Adam, have you seen the new KASE 77mm and 82mm lens hood that just came out around last week? I got a message from Jim Brompton that they were available through him and I also saw them on B&H but believe it was still pre order through them. Anyways, a 4 position magnetic hood that of course receives the nd filters.

How do you like the BD Hilite tent? Better than the RAB? Cheers.

Watch your back UG. Looks like you’re carrying it very low. 🥴👍

Hi Adam, create video again. What computer are you using, mine is quite slow handling medium format images? Thanks

I despise all dehydrated backpacking meals... except Three Sisters Stew from Backpacker's Pantry, I've been trying to put together a copycat recipe for it lol.

What camera did you use to shoot the video?

I like your videos in general (particularly as I live across the border in the PNW... but have a non photography question. You've got a Japanese van?? And you are on Vancouver Island BC. What do you do when it breaks down?? As I have a Mini (don't laugh) and it broke down while on a photography trip at Glacier NP, US. I'd been think of getting a "real car" for trips like these but had always liked the old Landrover Defenders... which seem similar to your van conceptually (but different requirements). That being said a non-native car species therefore difficult to repair?? Per my immediate needs I did find a rental so have resumed the trip but... no clue when the Mini will be fixed (nearest dealer is a timezone away). But that comes back to your choice of vehicle (which I think THeat has as well per your recommendation). I don't think I'd get a Delica (sp??) but getting something not with a GM/Ford/Dodge(etc)/Toyota brand name has me thinking what do you do when it needs fixing in the middle of no where?? Thanks in advance.

Ooooo love that shot with the pink sky. I’m a sucker for pastel skies. Beautiful! You know, it’s too bad a person couldn’t create their own freeze-dried meals. I suppose you’d need a food dehydrator. You just never know what kind of chemicals they put in those meals. 🤮. I suppose it’s a lot of work to make just a few meals once every so often. Easier to just buy them at your local tire store I would imagine. 😬. Thanks for sharing your excursion with us.

Calendar is sold out 🙁 Currently particularly enjoying the pic of this month's calendar from your 2021 calendar.

More of a cooking program

Single malt and pasta, well there's a new recipe. I'll just stick to the malt thanks.

But what single malt?

No pano?

I don't think you will gain weight from that food😂😂

Are you gonna change the tipe of your vlog? I think you're gonna speake about cooking hahahahaha

Whaaat? A clear night and no milky way images? Disappointed!