180km across Corsica on the GR20 Hiking Trail

[@syncrosimon]

Stunning, a school teacher did this in 1984 or so, been on my mind ever since. Been to Corsica twice but not for hiking. Thanks for sharing.

[@karlheinz4059]

this video inspired me to do this trail in june this year. i have 3 weeks hollyday and i was not sure what to do but now i know

[@butwhatsoutthere]

That’s so great to hear. Enjoy your adventure!

[@aliwannigerry2060]

Like 16, Great impressive footage capturing the beautiful alluring scenery that entice some of the viewers to keep on watching, thanks for sharing and bringing us to this wonderful relaxing place and stay safe always.

[@dixieschwab4422]

Very beautiful landscape. Always love your adventures Finn

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Thanks Dixie!

[@paularuotsalainen979]

Thank you Finn, for this very interesting, and so beautifully filmed video! My only wish was that it would have been a longer one 😉 In addition to the splendid views, I also enjoyed very much of the details of the nature. You got a new subscriber from Finland 😊

[@butwhatsoutthere]

I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed the nature details :) Thanks for your feedback!

[@KhurshidsChannel]

Wow!! Beautiful video. Thank you for taking us with you on this hike.

[@ervinslens]

Amazing work, cinematography at its best! Love it 🔥🔥

[@MoritzBaldes]

This for sure is one of the best videos about the GR20 on KZbin. I really liked the storytelling.

[@wufflenuts]

Great video , did this in 2003 , good hardcore trek .

[@andreasweber7828]

Oktober '21 sind wir auch in Calenzana gestartet. Aus der Kälte Deutschlands noch einmal zurück in den Sommer, mit einem Glücksgefühl und Überwältigung. Ich werde nie vergessen wie schön es war. GR20 immer wieder

[@GiorgiaElli]

This video is poetry! Thanks man for the inspiration, leaving in 10 days to embark on this adventure 🙂

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Thank you so much :) I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time, enjoy the adventure!

[@pagliaorba9958]

Nádherné video .... 🤩

[@ClydeBuilt]

Great photography of a superb route. I have walked over the GR20 a number of times both the complete route and parts with additions of the Mare a Monte and Mare a Mare routes too. I never tire of the Island......

[@rileyluck2079]

Woah this made me even more excited for my Corsica trip!! Awesome landscape and editing :)

[@Maxi-333]

What a dude! Just subscribed, thought this was beautiful mate & I am so adding this to the bucket list 🌟

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Thanks a lot! Hope you get to do it too some day :)

[@christinaklessmann7596]

Ein unglaublich schöner und ganz toll gemachter Film, Finn! Ich bin sehr berührt von dieser wunderbaren Natur und wie Du sie genossen hast!

[@davidschauer8861]

cant wait to do this hike over the summer.

[@philhamann420]

Oh yea, mega schön Finndus ❤

[@ronniekuhn2026]

Great video. Looks like you had great weather the whole time. What was the dates you hiked? Also how did you keep your phone charged to take all the videos? I am planning this trek in June 2025.

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Hey, I started the trail on the 29th of August and finished 15 days later in September. I was quite lucky with the weather, the sun was shining every day. But precisely on the days before I started the trail and after I finished it, there were massive thunderstorms with lots of rain. The sunny weather also helped me keep my electronics charged, because during the whole trip I charged all my devices with a portable solar panel from Anker. Worked really well. At the refuges there are also some electricity outlets, but often there’s not enough of them for all the hikers. Cool that you’re also planning on doing the trek! I think the weather in June should be great. Good luck with that!

[@sabinenyc]

Wonderful movie you made. I am planning to do it in August. How big was your fuel container a 100 gram or 227 gram for heating up you meals?

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Thank you! You don’t necessarily have to bring a gas can, or just a small one to be safe. All the refuges have gas stoves where you can cook, and next to these stoves a lot of people leave their own gas cans for others to take. So I was able to cook my own food every night without having to bring my own gas. Wish you all the best for your hike!

[@lucy_orangina]

Heya, This was super nice. I love fact you hitchhiked. I always wonder why such good content creators have so little subs. I appreciate hard work with filming going back for camera and story telling. Hoping do this trail maybe in october. Can I ask editing question, how you make those little maps on side with tracking. Is it through map app or you make it from scratch? I always want to do one but my app on map doesnt allow me do animation like this. Thank you. New subs. All best Lucy

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Hey Lucy, thanks for the kind comment and feedback! I’m happy you enjoyed the video and the editing. I actually made the maps from scratch, using a simple painting tool in a photo editing software. I used a GR20 map from the internet as a template in a layer which I later removed. For each day on the trail, I painted the distance that I hiked on that day in the map. In the end I exported the map as a PNG file, so that you can still see the video through the map. I have never properly learned how to do this kind of stuff, so there’s probably better ways to do it, but I was happy with the result :) I hope you can make it to Corsica this year for the GR20! It can look quite different there in October compared to when I did the trail in early September. You could check out the KZbin video from my friend Phil Hamann (it’s also his name on KZbin) who did the GR20 in the middle of last October.

[@lucy_orangina]

@@butwhatsoutthere Thank you so much for your reply. It looks great(the maps), sounds like lots effort to do. But I like enjoying this kind of editing and now I even more appreciate your video. Thank you for your tip I will have look on your friends video. All best Lucy

[@lucy_orangina]

@@butwhatsoutthere just looked for your friends video and it was actually first video i watched on gr20 and when i seen he did it october I started thinking maybe i can make it this october 😄

[@mothsjunkyard]

Hey I’m thinking about hiking 5/6days of the GR20, would you recommend hiking mostly the northern or southern part of the route? I’ve seen people hike vizzavona to conza in 5 days

[@Bejdabi]

Hey! I really enjoyed your video, great job!! I'm walking the trail now in July, and I'm curious about how you managed with the accommodation and what your experiences with this were? I have booked tent spots for the first six nights, as I have been told that this is nowadays required. I think this was also the case in 2023? Did you book tent spots in advance or did you pay when arriving? Or if you did it in some other way?

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Thank you! Maybe you’re already on the trail and have figured everything out by now. I didn’t know about the booking until I arrived at the first refuge 😅 so I had to book the other places while on trail. Alternatively you can pay double the price when you didn’t book beforehand. Or camp wild which I did sometimes, but during high season it’s more likely that you’ll be fined by the rangers

[@CasPelders]

What did you do for food? Was it just the refuges where you could buy it or was there farmers stalls along the way too?

[@butwhatsoutthere]

You can buy food items and dinner at the refuges, but I avoided doing this as it is extremely expensive. So I carried almost all my food for the first section. In Castel de Vergio is a small store where I stocked up a bit. In Vizzavona, which is roughly the halfway point of the hike, I took a train to Corte where I went to a big supermarket and bought all the food that I needed for the second half of the trail. You can also shop food in Vizzavona itself at a campground, but again, quite expensive. here and there I bought some snacks or drinks at the refuges. Sometimes there are Bergeries (mountain farm huts) along the way, but very few actually have food. I usually ate oatmeal for breakfast, dried bread with peanut butter or soups for lunch and for dinner I usually had couscous with lentils. Hope this helps :)

[@curryking7663]

did you have a water filter? any trouble with finding water?

[@butwhatsoutthere]

Yes I did bring my Katadyn befree filter which I used every now and then to filter river water in the valleys. But I wouldn’t say that it’s necessary to bring one. On most days you pass several clean water sources on the GR20, and of course the Refuges have clean water. But you always have to check the map for water sources before you start hiking. Often you have to hike for many hours without water sources, so it’s always smart to fill up at least 2L when you pass a source