Solo Hiking 60 Miles in Hornstrandir Iceland 

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When he said “____” *i felt that*

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

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

It has been about 3 years since this video was released and it is my favorite RU-vid 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.

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...

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

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!

wow this was different. So simple yet, different!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I’m really digging the silent film. It feels more beautiful and peaceful for me. Very nice.

I really like the way you film : no extra words, minimalist music, only the landscape an you. Beautiful !

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

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.

Seeing stuff like this makes me want to give up on civilization and go raise goats on the side of a mountain.

I cant stop watching this video. I've watched it at least 5 times in the past two weeks. It's just so beautiful. Craig please dont stop traveling and making great contents like this. Thanks!

The drone shot at 10:29 is just 🙌🏾, it literally gave me chills. And seeing you walk on the edge, it really puts in perspective just how small we are, loved it!!👍🏾

This Death Stranding trailer looks so real.

sometimes at night, in complete darkness i hike to the kitchen and hunt my own food

No words. Just feelings.

Whenever I'm stressed out and depressed I always come back to this Video. It keeps me calm and I sleep better. This video is number one on my Playlist. Thank You so much.

for nature lovers, this is pure heaven.

The fact that he had to run back an get the camera everytime he filmed a scene

Your videos are seriously the best. No talking. Just experiencing the sheer beauty of it all. Thank you for inspiring so many to realize that there is an entire world just waiting to be explored outside our cramped little cities. I grew up in the Rockies, so I know how difficult it can be to change a city dweller's mind, and yet you have done just that for so many. From one explorer to another, cheers.

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.

When you take the Death Stranding cosplay to the next level.

This has got to be the best drone footage ever captured.

So peaceful and heavenly ♥️♥️♥️love from India

To be honest I always get blown away everytime I rewatch any Kraig Adams videos. The amount of effort that Adam spent - just to capture these moments for the world to see - is insane. Imagining climbing rocks, walking through muds, snow.. with cameras and equipment all around.. And it’s his passion of filming these simple things - that makes Adam’s videos so freaking special. It’s like watching arts to me thb, and should be stored into “the library of Earth footage” - in the last basement of humanity - in case of apocalypse lol 🔥

You gotta appreciate how he pretty much walked double the distance, he walks first, sets up a camera angle shot, films himself walking, then walks back to pick up the camera, and walk that same distance, and repeat.

This is the best thing I've seen all year. You're living the life man.

It feels like you're the only person living in this world.

After 2 years still my favorite hiking video. I’ll never forget the feeling when I saw the cliff and was shocked by how tech change individual’s life (views) totally. Nature is amazing. Human, as part of it, too.

4:53 poor guy had to walk 3 times through the cold river insead of 1, just for us :D That deserves my like!

The song is : Spiriteaux - Tony Anderson (put a like so that others can see)

Stunning, moving, inspiring piece of art. Thank you for taking the time to do it so well. Godspeed. ⛰🌻😊

This is my best hike vlog ever. I come back here to watch this whenever i feel a bit down. Thank you for this.

This is simply mindblowing. This should be the new format for all vloggers/youtubers. Just silence, let the scenery do the talking. Absolutely amazing, can't wait seeing your other videos.

Nowadays, this is what is considered as real luxury : alone time with mother nature. 🌲🌏

Mate, you totally nailed this! What an incredibly awesome video. Thank you so much for taking the obvious time and effort to put this together. It’s a genuinely beautiful piece of art, honestly it is!

These are the kind of vids on RU-vid that I keep coming back to. I love that it was a silent film. It was very zen and peaceful. Thank you for making this!

This makes me want to save up and do this too, you’re living the life man.

That place is so perfect that the footage does not need any color grading.

I love this!

Breathtaking. Love ur choice of music to match these majestic locations. Couldn’t b more fitting👌🏼. U just got one more subscriber!

"You were gone for a while brother, where have you been?" Oh, you know.. around.

It's 120 miles actually if you count the times you went back to get your camera.

A happy person. Incredible Earth scenery. Beautiful music. Pure happiness.

I just rewatched this after month of not seeing it and when you cut to the top down drone shot at the way along the edge at 10:20... I freaking had a little seizure of joy in my chair. I literally physically had to let out the energy because that shot was PHENOMENAL.

Pretty sure Kojima did this and then made Death Stranding.

it's like... that place from howl's moving castle but in real life

Bless you for using quiet and chilling background music, that actually matches the scenery you show us

Thank you for posting, I enjoyed every bit of it. What a wonderful experience to do that walk. Iceland is magnificent. The camera footage and music are jaw-droppingly stunning...well done!!

I really hope the world isn't about to end so I can hike there one day.

I was in such a rage after an argument; watching this actually calmed me down. Thank you

Absolutely amazing. The beauty of the nature is incredible. Hiking and photography brilliant.

Incredible! i am sitting here with headphones lights off watching this beautiful video almost makes me feel like i am there. thank you sir!

How my grandparents went to school 1924 colorized

How I imagined my parents going to school.

I've only just started watching but already, this is beautiful. I'm inspired by the way you share your experience.

Loved seeing Hornstrandir again! I did a day hike there with a few people three years ago. Have wanted to go back

I was so chilled out watching, the ad break nearly gave me a heart attack.

Probably one of the best and most surreal videos I have watched in 2019. I live vicariously through this video as I waste my life away in an office.

I didn't know how stunning Iceland is. Thank you for these great scenes.

This is perfect, just such a nice sense of peace. I feel very relaxed watching this.

i cant stop thinking about he sets up the camera then walks back and films himself walking across the screen and then goes back for the camera

you can only imagine what the first people thought when they arrived here

I'm freaking jealous... Beautiful landscapes and great film as always!

Man your heart must be so fulfilled when you’re taking in these amazing scenes 🙌🏾😭

I imagine how he has to place the camera everytime, then walks by, and goes back to get camera again.

I haven’t seen a video this perfect on youtube for a VERY long time

I often go to walk and climb the incredible mountains of Chapada Diamantina, in Bahia, Brazil. Such a heavenly experience!

I love your videos. They are exactly what I expect from a nice hike - just calm and peaceful, beautiful nature.

This is some Planet Earth quality stuff. You've got your stride, keep up the amazing work!

I cant resist a smile seeing all the comments going crazy over how beautiful my country is🤗

Absolutely stunning videos, taking off for TMB this weekend, and have been watching your hiking videos non-stop since yesterday. *****

Months ago, your video in Torres del Paine appeared on my recommendations and I had a blast watching it. Even shared it on the chilean subreddit and we all loved how you (a foreigner) managed to capture the beauty of our country and its landscapes. I didn't subscribe back then, but oh boy...I won't repeat the same mistake. Hope you can still make tons of content after the pandemic is over.

This is my favorite place on earth, my grandfather used to live there until he was 14 years old and then everybody left and started living in the city, my family has renovated the house he used to live in and use it as a summer house now, its incredible being there with no phone connection, no electricity and drinking water from the lake so relaxing, the best feeling i know

the cinematography is absolutely stunning 10/10 video

Incredible scenery. I would find such inner peace in such a beautiful place all alone like that. If food weren't an issue, I could spend years there and be truly happy.

Beautiful!! Serene! Astonishing! The music score is suits so well. Thank you.

The majority of content I see on RU-vid is mediocre at best. This was a genuinely good video.

*"I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only"*

There’s such an ethereal vibe to the way you present these videos, the shots and lightning and music, I love it, just you and the landscape…and what LANDSCAPE. Iceland is such a beautiful country, only been once back in 2013 on a week long school trip from my home in England. We did the southern coast as far as Vík, the Thingvellir National Park and the Blue Lagoon of course, but that was it. I’m so keen on going back to explore it more it’s killing me! Great video!

Very inspirational! Thanks for sharing your phenomenal but reflective adventure -- makes me wanna go to Iceland more now. Keep it up! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

what an amazing documentary vlog.

Thank you Kraig for this..you truly have helped a lonely depressed ,overweight,middle aged man "believe" again....sincerely, thank you for putting the hope and wonder back in my heart!!!

Love your solo trekking videos. Reminded me of some incredible memories, and gave me ideas of next projects !!! Good luck in your endeavours.

I graduated high school last night and this is just what I needed this morning! Thank you

Absolutely breathtaking.. The silence with just the calm music on the background made it magical.

Finally an Extended trailer for Death Stranding... Iv'e been waiting so long for it!

Your videos and soundtrack is amazing. The music makes feel free. Thank you. I love your video in Acatenango, Guatemala. Just being above the clouds ☁️ ☁️🏞️🌋 and Volcán de Fuego erupting in the background was amazing as well.