Mt Owen, New Zealand: 3-day solo hiking adventure through The Lord of the Rings country 

Is visiting Mt Owen now on your list?! Or have you already been? Hope you enjoyed watching, let me know what you think of the vid in the comments.

In the 70's and 80's I used to carry an original Olympus OM with a 135mm prime, and have a number of treasured shots from it. Film forced you to make each click of the shutter count. Even now with digital I'm still no fan of sifting through dozens of shots just to find one good one. And seeing that same tightly framed, flattened, layered effect of shade and tone across ridgelines and cloud is dramatic and perfectly done. Especially useful as you say when cloud or harsh lighting makes it hard to get interesting framing otherwise. Mt Owen was always on my hit list, but sadly an autoimmune condition means it's unlikely I'll ever be strong enough to get to these places now. So I'm extra grateful to people like yourself for making it possible to have a glimpse. Many thanks.

It's really a fascinating presentation, a thrilling exploration of those magical places !! Greetings from India.

There were moments I was really expecting the Fellowship of the Ring to appear :-D Amazing views, and this sunset ❤ Thanks for sharing!

Really loving the more vlog approach mixed in with your traditional gorgeous landscape videography Daniel!

I have climbed up there many times. It was great to watch and remember. Thank you.

Really enjoyed that Daniel, Well put together & what a magnificent place.

I lived and worked for a year in Nelson Lakes National Park and looked across to Mt Owen on many occasions but never had the chance to visit. Now back in UK it was great to see this wonderful video. Thanks so much.

Great video and amazing photographs. Thank you.

Excellent video Daniel, with beautiful composition !. Thank you very much. I hiked up Mt. Owen in 1958 with a friend when working in Murchison. All we took with us were a few peanuts! Of course we didn't make the top, but thoroughly enjoyed it. Nelson has magnificent mountains, forests, and beaches. I'm lucky to have lived there. Cheers. Old Pete

Incredible footage! I love the way you’ve filmed this, it really feels like we’re tagging along on the journey with you!

Thanks for sharing your adventure so beautifully. . As a Wildcamper and LOTR fan, this was excellent

Always good to see your adventures and efforts to get the great places like Mt. Owen. So good that the fog went and the sunset colours performed for you.

That's a tremendous film, thanks so much for sharing. Did lots of tramps in my NZ time and always had this on my list but never made it. Kahurangi absolutely full of less busy treasures. Keep up the wonderful work.

Your photography is mesmerising. I particularly enjoyed the historical narrative of this a stunning area. I love your videos for a visual reconnaissance for trips into the hills!

Wow! I’ve been to your country many times and I still get impressed. Great adventure and beautifully captured 👏🏼👏🏼

Woohoo loved this video. Beautifully portrayed and I'll think I'll add Mt Owen to my trip list. Great content, not many channels I follow on both YT and Insta. Well done Daniel.

Watching on a big screen was good advice! Fantastic scenery beautifully filmed Dan.

Beautiful video, mate. Such a surreal landscape at the top. This is getting me super pumped for some tramping over there this year.

Thank you for this magnificent video! It reassured me to try my best to visit New Zealand one day!

absolutely beautiful stuff mate!! What an adventure! And you certainly came away with some stunning images.

Absolutely breathtaking episode bud, this whole area looks stunning! Love it 🥾

Stunning! Thank you for this beautiful video. I truly hope to be able to return to NZ one day.

Thank you for sharing your glorious adventure, such a magnificent landscape. Truly awe inspiring!

I hope one day I would have as nice hike there as you had. Thank you for this great adventure and see you in the next one!

Wonderful!

Beautiful video nicely done. I’ve been to the top twice - both times staying at Granity Pass Hut and then doing the day walk. Cloud came in and stole the view the first time. Second time was gorgeously clear. I’m impressed you carried 21 kg up that steep ascent! Thanks for the great footage that transported me back to Mt Owen.

Beautifully shot ❤

Amazing video as always. Looks like a phenomenal place to visit.

Very beautiful landscapes and you are so lucky to visit this part of New Zealand . I am not in a position to be able to do that but I can at least visit Wollemi National Park in NSW Australia and it is nice . I guess I have to make it my goal to visit New Zealand in the future . Thank you for this amazing video !

Stunning 👏👏👏

Stunning view! Cheers from neighborhood country

Amazing hike and video!

Nice! Love the light in the clouds. I was supposed to visit here this month, but weather postponed it, nice to visit virtually until I can get out there. I've started making videos of my tramps, but on my 7 year old phone. What did you use to shoot your video? - the quality is amazing!

Huge shift!! Great work mate

Fantastic! Well done and thank you for letting us all tag along. I can only dream!

Another great video. I enjoyed the little bit of history you added about the area. Don't all the layers look so good in your final photos too?!

A nother great video of an area I haven't spent much time in - never been up Mt Owen. You canunderstand why various scenes from LOTR were filmed in the area. Peter Jackson never saw a landscape he couldn't improve and he tried, quite obviously!

Awesome vid bro. And your pronunciation on point. Will try this same route one of these days cheers

Great journey, Nikon on song throughout, close many times to getting there, can I do it at plus 80, YES! Thanks...........

That Radix meal shown at 5:34 probably contains about 400 calories. You would only need to eat eight of those each day to maintain your energy. The Real Meal shown at 12:18 probably contains about 600 calories so you could eat five of the Radix and two of the Real Meal each day and survive. Better would be four Radix and three Real Meal to prosper!

Walk looks amazing, and spectacular filming, but wow a 20kg+ pack? Why was it so heavy? Cameras?

Incredible 🔥🔥 but how u know which route to take to get to ur destination? Was this trip planned months in advance? What's the heaviest thing in ur backpack?