Crossing Tusheti - A Bikepacking Adventure Through Northern Georgia

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Tusheti National Park in northern Georgia and its trails are better known among hikers but Sabine Schipflinger and Henna Palosaari decided to try bikepacking through it with full-suspension mountain bikes. “Crossing Tusheti” documents their 180km journey over the 3000m high mountain passes, lush green meadows, pristine beauty, remote mountain villages and countless switchbacks.
Made possible by:
@bikeonscott
Riders - Sabine Schipflinger & Henna Palosaari
Production - litschifilm.com
Direction - Fabian Spindler
Cinematography & Editing - Fabian Spindler
Photography - Moritz Ablinger
Our route: www.komoot.com...

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28 сен 2024

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@scottsports 7 месяцев назад

Packing our bike bags as we speak - Georgia looks absolutely stunning! Bonus points for all the doggos featured. 😎 Another great story, Henna!

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!! And yes doggos are always important part of the journey 😎 Georgia should be on everyone’s bucket list!

@rachylmac 5 месяцев назад

Awesome storytelling!! Your adventurous spirit, resilience, and genuine connection with locals shines through every frame of this film. Bravo to both of you and the film crew for showcasing the beauty of human connection and the breathtaking landscapes you encountered along the way!

@hennapalosaari_ 2 месяца назад

Wow, thank you! Really appreciate you saying this 🙏🏼🌼

@samuelklassen9685 5 месяцев назад

Great film, great country! Thanks!❤

@hennapalosaari_ 2 месяца назад

Thanks and I agree! 🌼

@SimplyBllisss 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful film. Absolutely stunning scenery. Fantastic adventure. Chapeau ladies!

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it 🙌🏼

@rasmus_mattsson 7 месяцев назад

This was perfect! It's difficult to find a great bikepacking film after a while. There are lots of bikepacking stuff on youtube but not all that much that's this great! Well done by the film crew and it's lovely to see the two of you and the your joy of riding!

@litschifilm 7 месяцев назад

thanks, appreciate it!

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Ah thank you so much!! So nice to hear you enjoyed it 🤗🤗

@AdrianScoffham 7 месяцев назад

Great adventure! It turns out that the great riding is inside Tusheti and on the Abano Pass from Omalo to Phsaveli (Kakheti side) - you did a lot of schlepping up over those passes - respect!

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Yes Chaukhi pass was quite tricky with the new built trail and deep switchbacks at least the way we did it but the other way around it could be better 🤔 and yes this route def required quite a bit of hike-a-bike 😅

@dietmarbloech2780 7 месяцев назад

Amazing and inspiring!

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Glad you think so!

@yetirider77 7 месяцев назад

We did the same backpacking route 2 years ago but from Omalo to Stepasminda. Think was easier that way haha

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Local gave us a tip that it would be easier to do it this way, but I don’t know lot of climbing both ways 😅😅

@tezeli9514 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for visiting ❤️

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Our pleasure!

@mariammikhelidze8630 7 месяцев назад

Hey, actually this adventure is in Khevi (Juta part), Khevsureti (Roshka-Datvisjvari pass-Shatili-till Abano pass) and last one - Tusheti. Nice movie! 🎉

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

@AlignmentCoaching Месяц назад

Love Georgia. Have run the trails there and stayed in random villages. So you hired a new pro photographer to join you locally? I’m not sure if you mentioned anything about them.

@hennapalosaari_ Месяц назад

It is so beautiful! We had a filmer and photographer biking with us the whole trip, info about that can be found at the description and at the end of the film :)

@drujo4ek 7 месяцев назад

Where's your water, girls? :) Bikes on the back - funny thing. :) Comedy hitchhiking. :)

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

There was plentiful rivers along the way so we only needed to carry a bottle or two of water at times :)

@hynekbernard836 7 месяцев назад

Maybye too much Scott product placement, I would like to see more action instead a statements, but it is a fantastic and beautiful story. Very inspiring. Thank a lot.

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated! 🙌🏼

@singletrack-mountainbiking7677 7 месяцев назад

Great film 📽️ I'm glad Tusheti leaves the guests so impressed and happy 🎉 Greetings from georgia.

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! We definitely hope to come back to Georgia one day :)

@dimml0r 7 месяцев назад

i see henna post. i click

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

😂😂🙌🏼

@eivissastef 7 месяцев назад

did you miss the local culture and people? for example the warm bath place at Abano pass? The super-friendly and inviting people from the beautiful villages of Dartlo and lower Omalo?

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Ah a warm bath? That one we missed but luckily not the super-friendly people, met so many lovely locals in every town we stopped by or stayed over. Meeting all of them, hearing their stories and enjoying the delicious georgian food was definitely one of the highlights of the trip 🫶🏼

@eivissastef 7 месяцев назад

@@hennapalosaari_ sorry... I am saying that I miss all that in the film. locals, their places, their culture, that would be then real storytelling, including them. less self centred, narration could be done on top of additional images.

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Ah I see, thanks for the feedback 🙏🏼 this was done with a different approach but that would be nice approach for future projects to try to include more of that in them as well!

@eivissastef 7 месяцев назад

@@hennapalosaari_ please don't be offended, but that approach is so mainstream and 95% of these videos are the same. suffer talking, why we ride our bikes, and how beautiful it is. yes it is beautiful, very! but the rest is so repetitive.

@jozefantala3391 7 месяцев назад

@@eivissastefnot sure what were your expectations regarding people and culture. What we have here is a couple of foreigners, who obviously do not know the language, following a rather touristy trail. You shouldn't expect some deep cultural dive in this kind of a movie, it was not the goal - the goal was to show the trail and personal struggle. Personally, I am fine with it - there are very few bikepacking movies about this route, only "Trail to Kazbegi" comes to my midn right now.

@blutch222 7 месяцев назад

Orange font for title cards. So hot right now.

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Good color for making the text visible 🙃

@blutch222 7 месяцев назад

Ever since Wes Anderson series on Netflix, everyone is jumping on the trend. If I could describe 2022-2024: - film simulation - yellow font - serif

@litschifilm 7 месяцев назад

@@blutch222 actually we reused the titleanimations from another project from 2020. but dont tell anyone ;)

@AntiDEDok 2 месяца назад

Fix your mtb skills maby? you can't even corner)

@hennapalosaari_ 2 месяца назад

That would for sure help! But I’m still happy that being new to mountain biking and thus having still very limited skills didn’t stop me from doing this trip :)

7 месяцев назад

ooohhh my goooodd!! Mayby some day I have opportunity go place like that!! Thanks for the video!!

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!! Georgia is definitely a bucket list place 🙌🏼

@AdventuringtheWild 7 месяцев назад

Super awesome video, mountains look amazing! How do you find other rad women who want to go on crazy cool biking adventures?

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much 🙌🏼🙌🏼 it’s not always easy but Instagram has turned out to be a great way to find like-minded people 😊

@WesternSpiritCyclingMoab 7 месяцев назад

WOW! What a fantastic production! Bravo to director, producers, editors and of course the riders. We've been guiding mountain bikers for 30 years and this is one of the best features we've ever seen. Be sure to visit us here in Moab, UT if you ever come through. Would love to show you around!

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Ah thank you so much, that’s great to hear 🙌🏼🙌🏼 oh I need to check that out and keep you in mind! Thanks!

@1washyourhands 7 месяцев назад

I saw you when I was descending from the Atsunta Pass)) I fell behind two friends. I talked a little with Moritz and Fabian, and moved on. I was glad to see you, your film made me nostalgic for those wonderful places!💔

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Ah nice yess we remember you!!! And boys mentioned about the talk they had with you and we chatted with your friend’s at the border station! Hope the rest of your trip went well 🫶🏼🫶🏼 such a beautiful country and place!

@1washyourhands 7 месяцев назад

Yes, everything was great🤌This is one of the best bikepacking trips of my life! I wish you great adventures in the future and unforgettable experiences! By the way, Moritz promised to send me a photo))) I forgot, but now I remember😅

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Thanks I wish you the same! 🙏🏼 haha good that you remembered he for sure has the photo still! Maybe send him a message on IG (@moritzablinger) with your email so he can send it to you.

@maueddie8343 5 месяцев назад

must be weird to play adventure with the film crew around? very friendly & pleasent ladys 👌

@hennapalosaari_ 5 месяцев назад

luckily don’t need to play just do everything we would do anyway without a filmer 🙂

@Fliewatuut 6 месяцев назад

A little voice in me says that nature in these places is so fragile that it’s better not to go there with bikes…

@hennapalosaari_ 5 месяцев назад

that’s a good thing to keep in mind wherever travelling by bike but they do a lot of horseback riding on these trails as well so I think biking won’t do additional harm to the trails :)

@wendyindra220 7 месяцев назад

What an epic adventure mountain bikepacking,cheers from indonesia

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much !

@cyclekab 7 месяцев назад

Superbly done! The views, adventure and positive vibes through out the journey - that puts a smile on a face :)

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

@smauli6134 7 месяцев назад

Just wow! Must have been amazing despite the excessive hikeabike sections. Stunning scenery!

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Indeed! The incredible scenery made up for a lot of the suffering 😁😁

@mangallama4060 7 месяцев назад

You should come and ride in Nepal I'll be more than happy to help you out namaste 🙏 @@hennapalosaari_

@chitochelebadze6168 7 месяцев назад

Proud of you girls! You really are inspiration and motivation !! Greetings from Georgia! I wish I could make this route one day ❤

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Ah thank you so much! 🫶🏼 Georgia is sich an incredible country, I truly hope you get to do this route one day. It’s hard but so beautiful 😍

@GiorgiBalkhamishvili-rk4dz 5 месяцев назад

სიყვარულით საქართველოდან ❤

@matthieuv.1526 7 месяцев назад

Why did you do all these travels ? What is your idea behind it ? Thanks for sharing, it's great ! I hope the best for you.

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

I love discovering new places by bike and sharing my experiences hoping that it will inspire someone to get outside and do something they didn’t think of they could!

@betterdays123 4 месяца назад

Thank you for this wonderful film. I love watching what inspires others.

@hennapalosaari_ 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! 🌼

@kenprice1047 7 месяцев назад

Wow! Great adventure in a beautiful place! Good job ladies and crew. 🤙🏼🚴🏼‍♀️

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot 🙌🏼

@eduardherak8599 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful bikepacking video ⛺️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♀️❤️💪🏽👍👍👍⛰️🏔️⛰️

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks! 🙏🏼

@danielernst9926 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic video, inspired to explore the region now. Ignore the haters.

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much 🙏🏼 and I highly recommend exploring the area, so stunning!

@Jasper.black1995 6 месяцев назад

Awesome video! Can anyone tell me what handlebar bag they use?

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

I had one from restrap and Sabine had one from syncros :)

@mattc3061 7 месяцев назад

Superbe!! 😂 really awesome to watch and so inspiring. Cheers

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Haha thanks so much, nice to hear! 🙂🙂

@matthieucapdevielle3205 7 месяцев назад

Nice trip! Lolks hard to carry the bike! Which part of the year were you there?

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

Let’s just say that carrying the bike didn’t make it faster at least 😄 we were there mid July!

@Mountainbike-GuiLin 7 месяцев назад

If you come to Guilin to ride a bike, you will like it.

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Need to check that out!

@GiorgiBalkhamishvili-rk4dz 5 месяцев назад

Love From Georgia ❤

@hennapalosaari_ 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! 🙌🏼

@GiorgiBalkhamishvili-rk4dz 5 месяцев назад

@@hennapalosaari_ 😍

@marekkobylinski5095 2 месяца назад

Beautiful views and all trip😘

@hennapalosaari_ 2 месяца назад

The views were amazing, thanks! 🙌🏼😊

@Lucridebikes 7 месяцев назад

what the name on the film transition?

@litschifilm 7 месяцев назад

what kind of transition do you mean? would be happy to help on that one ;)

@Lucridebikes 7 месяцев назад

@@litschifilm the 16mm film over lay and the swipe transition

@litschifilm 7 месяцев назад

@@Lucridebikes we've used a mixture of an slide projector animation and super8/super16 overlays. basically its not just an drag and drop effect but several overlays stacked on top of eachother..

@holgerfrank4876 7 месяцев назад

sehr schönes Video und ein super Land

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

Thanks and yes amazing country! 🙌🏼

@SilverSurfer8 7 месяцев назад

Damn u missed lakes on roshka side? When u went down from chaukhi pass, there are three lakes there green blue and one white Abudelauri colorful lakes

@litschifilm 7 месяцев назад

yes we knew about the lakes but sadly the rain wasnt very pleasing that day ;)

@travelingwithranger 7 месяцев назад

Looks like a lot of fun and fun to watch!!

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

It was extremely fun trip, tough but fun 😊😊

@L4Y_SP 7 месяцев назад

phenomenal/ so brave

@hennapalosaari_ 7 месяцев назад

thanks - I must admit I was a bit nervous before the trip 🙌🏼

@IsaacAdler 7 месяцев назад

Bummer that this video doesn't actually show any biking, traveling, or adventuring. Bikepacking in Georgia, where the locals believe "a guest is a gift from god" and the food is the best in the world, not even one shot of khinkali, Khachapuri, or even the famous wine. I'm really supposed to believe that the truck pulled over to offer a ride, just as the film crew happened to be set up there? Just pretty but staged shots with a professional support crew, not to tell a story better, but for advertising purposes. Shame.

@Pavloun 6 месяцев назад

That's right... on electric motorcycles. Time degrades...

@litschifilm 6 месяцев назад

@@Pavloun funny that you think it would help anyone to carry an electric motorcycle up these passes..

@litschifilm 6 месяцев назад

yes you are right in a lot of ways. we had an timewindow of 9 days in total for the trip, and used 6 on the bike, aswell as 2 to get on and off the route. i would have loved to spend more time there to dive deeper into the culture and the prople. but in the end we simply did not have enough time to capture more than the stuff we've shown in the video. and the truck was honestly not staged and neither was there a "filmcrew". just two guys with heavy backpacks und regular bikes.. but i think it's always easier to judge from the outside ;)

@hennapalosaari_ 6 месяцев назад

As you said in Georgia locals believe ”a guest is a gift from god” and this is exactly what we got to experience with the truck stopping when we waved and offering us a ride, Georgians must be some of the friendliest people we’ve had pleasure to meet 🙌🏼 Sorry to hear that you got this impression from the film that was put together by our 4 person team consisting of two riders, one photographer and one filmer who all carried all their gear the whole way, except when the friendly Georgians offered us a ride 🙂 and I can promise that we consumed plentiful khinkalis and khachapuris!