Hiking the Paparoa Track | New Zealands Great Walks | Episode 5

[@ginac4153]

Fantastic vid guys. I’m hiking the Paparoa Track soon and this was super helpful!

[@ChrisandDanya]

Enjoy! Hope you get better weather across the ridge 😅

[@millerplanet8971]

Made my day guys ❤

[@ChrisandDanya]

You made our day by watching and commenting! 😄

[@blairmartin7984]

Just came across your stunning video, great job thanks!

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thanks for watching Blair!

[@corinnelacroix5796]

What à marvelous Track ! Tanks à lot for this vidéo...

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you for watching 🙏❤️

[@RofilinHim-j9r]

So beautiful natural. Thank you for yr video 👍👍👍

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thanks for watching 🙏❤

[@steveruss84]

Love it!!! by far one of my favourite places on earth cant get enough of the incredible Paparoa National Park!!

[@ChrisandDanya]

Would love to bike it some day! Besides the climb up to Ces Clark, the rest of the track would have been a lot of fun on a bike! Was great walking it too though 😊 Would love to paddle the river at the end as well, but we didn't have time unfortunately

[@virtualstockholm]

Great video, stunning greenery, brilliant footage 🌸🌸🌸

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you ❤️🙏😊

[@thomassch.4110]

I love your videos ❤ The hikes are amazing and you really nail it to capture and portrait the beauty of nature 👍 💪 ❤

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you for the kind words Thomas, it means a lot! 😊🙏❤️

[@rich3124]

At the end you went through a 'kissing gate' separately!! A missed opportunity!😊

[@ChrisandDanya]

I'll get her now 😂

[@petersadler1163]

Thanks guys awesome video as always :)

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you Peter 🙏❤️

[@ervinslens]

This is amazing my friend, absolutely stunning scenery! Shots and music are phenomenal!

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you Ervin🙏❤️😊 Great to hear from you again!

[@masodimontagna3771]

In nature seeing the change of weather is always special, every cloud/fog changes anything and shape.. the forest is beautiful 😊👍💪

[@ChrisandDanya]

We spent a good 2 hours walking through that forest on the morning of the 2nd day

[@epesampaga9894]

Wow so beautiful place

[@ChrisandDanya]

Video doesn't so it justice!

[@johnhallford239]

That was the first time I've seen you demoralized. I'm glad conditions improved. Beautiful views. My compliments on the musical scores. I typically prefer the ambient sound for footage like yours, but these were complimentary to the scenes; very pleasant additions. Great choices. Thank you for the memory. I lucked out with a nice, sunny day for the part of this one I did. Wonderful video.......again. Thank you for sharing.

[@ChrisandDanya]

We were pretty demoralized on that first day to be honest! We were really looking forward to this tramp, specifically that first day across the ridge and the weather was pretty brutal. We thought we might have to turn around and head back, but luckily the wind calmed down a bit and we could safely cross. The next day was beautiful with the fog through the forest and spirits were back up 😁 NZ Mountain Safety Council contacted us recently to use some of our footage crossing the ridge in bad weather, so it was worth it! 😅 Thanks again for your kind words John!

[@johnhallford239]

@@ChrisandDanya Very cool! That's a nice feather in the cap!

[@debs_hiking_journey]

Always love your videos, adding this one to the list now 😊

[@ChrisandDanya]

Definitely worth it 🙏

[@janakotrcova2790]

The weather is always unpredictible but everyone has their own charm,thank you for sharing and congratulations to another succesful ,challenging route.

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you for watching! ❤🙏

[@gabenrita1151]

New subscriber, my first time to watch and now really enjoying the view. Lovely scenery and great shots. Its like watching those movies shot in NZ but much more beautiful sights.

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thanks for watching GabeNRita and welcome to the channel! Hope to see you lots around here 😄

[@gabenrita1151]

@@ChrisandDanya ur welcome

[@alanbrassil5074]

Well done team! A hard day in the office though I'm sure the experience & end product was worth it. Echoing an earlier comment, your footage is always high quality - think you have a great eye. Once again, thanks for sharing...we love your output.

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you as always Alan. Great to hear from you again! ☺

[@falvz4197]

Did you find it all the more rewarding after the suffering?! The woodland shot alone was epic. Where are you now, Perth? You should seriously get in touch with Tourism Australia. Your cinematography is some of the best on KZbin and way better than some hikers with 200k+ subscribers. One day… !

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thank you for your kind words, it means so much to us ❤☺🙏 We spent a couple 2-3 hours walking through that forest on the morning of the 2nd day, it was so beautiful. We're moving back to Perth this week and will be there for about a year, before we move back to Canada for a few years. Still got a good years worth of videos from New Zealand to get through 😅

[@sal8527]

Noticed the stinging nettles warning. No joke you wanna stay away from those. I slipped once in the Tararuas and grabbed a branch to catch myself - a branch covered in them. The initial pain like electric shocks was intense and lasted so long. Then the arm swelled and began to ache and for the next two days it was like I had the flu. So awful, from just contact with my palm and fingers!

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thanks for the warning! We had never seen it before, but people have told us how bad it is. Doesn't sound like a good time. Glad you are alright!

[@sal8527]

Oh yeah it’s bad. Has killed a few people who, stumbling home drunk from the pubs, stumbled into a nest of it and got entangled. Can even kill horses! Serious neurotoxin. But on the bright side there’s a Uni in Oz looking into using it for a new class of painkillers so …. Maybe good stuff after all!

[@ChrisandDanya]

@@sal8527 Thank you for the info!

[@shinji112]

Gee.. you're keen to go out in that weather but I guess that's just part of the game in the West Coast. Really loved how you captured the rain forest at 7:00 👌

[@ChrisandDanya]

The forecast for the first day didn't look that bad, but it ended up being a lot worse; classic New Zealand 😅. We seriously considered staying at Ces Clark hut and then turning around the next day. Luckily we soldiered on and the weather gods were nice to us

[@MelmacAlienLifeForm]

Classic NZ most of the year regardless of the area. Wet, cold, mouldy and miserable. West Coast is just a place you cannot find a sunny day to shoot a welcome to NZ video as in Auckland or Napier. Greenery comes at the price.

[@ChrisandDanya]

We definitely got lucky during our 2 month trip up the West Coast. Besides this trip, it mostly rained during the week while we were working and then the weekends were mostly sunny. It's definitely a different part of the country that's for sure! Especially compared to the East Coast

[@sal8527]

Ngl it was worrying seeing you on that ridge line in the wind!!

[@ChrisandDanya]

We're pretty careful. If it wasn't safe we would have 100% turned around. I think it looked worse in the video

[@OutdoorsmanDave]

Beautifully presented, great audio quality in the wind, what are you using to achieve that, please?

[@ChrisandDanya]

Thanks Dave! 🙏 I've got a wind sock/buff that wraps around my GoPro and then I make sure to face away from the wind 😅 There's also a voice isolation feature in Davinci Resolve 18 that helps a lot

[@robbaskerville253]

Great video. I was thinking of doing Old Ghost Road, but now I think this might be better.

[@ChrisandDanya]

By all accounts, the Old Ghost Road is supposed to be absolutely stunning, but definitely more of a challenge. One of our only regrets for our time in NZ is that we didn't carve time out to do it. Regardless of what you choose, you won't be disappointed!

[@pgoldsbury]

Can you please advise how you attach your DSLR camera to your pack strap. Enjoyed your trip. Thanks

[@ChrisandDanya]

I use a Peak Design Capture Clip, but it's probably one of the more expensive models now. There's some other companies that make cheaper versions now

[@NicolasJaegergaard]

Absolutely amazing video! What do you recommend to do, if the car is parked in one end? Just getting a cap when done? :-D Thanks for all the great videos.

[@ChrisandDanya]

Her Nicholas, thanks for watching! 😁 We generally prefer to hike to our car so it's there when we finish. In this case there is a transport company that operates from Punakaiki. You can drive out there on the morning, leave your car and get transport back to the start of the track