GR5 from Lac Leman to Nice 2020

We startet our French Alps GR5 travers from Saint-Gingolph/Lac Leman in the afternoon on July 14th 2020.
We used our Zpack Triplex tent every night, and did not stay in any cabin.
We arrived in Nice on August 6th 2020.
Here is a link to my backpack: lighterpack.com/r/x5nsde
Link to my digital diary: www.fotoknudsen.no/vis-digital-fotobok?widgetId=1f8626c5-7770-437d-8ce2-4bb5360e0683
What is the GR5? : grfive.com/

[@delmiller4184]

You guys are amazing. Thanks for a terrific video. 💖

[@kathleenmcquaide5860]

What a stunning video! Thanks for sharing. My partner & I plan to do this. Just brilliant!

[@bernardbonnefond3728]

Magnifique! Bravo pour la performance. Les paysages sont sublimes. Quel regal de regarder votre film, un grand merci à vous.

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Thank you. I am happy to hear that you liked it :)

[@marandeprande]

Such an inspiring and beautiful video!! Thank you so much for sharing this! I would love to do this track with my boyfriend one day, just one question: do you have to use specific camping sites or did you wild camp?

[@bjrnforselv5466]

If we were in small towns, we used the campground there. Otherwise we wild camp. There were some national parks where it was not allowed to camp. In those cases we camped either at a cabin or stelth camp.

[@PMan-fn7vc]

Bravo a tous les deux, vous avez fait de très belles randonnées et je vous souhaite une encore plus belle cet été 🙂 Godt gjort til dere begge. Dere har gått noen flotte turer.

[@Hrcinator]

Amazing !

[@priyawig7946]

Wow! We are staying in Aspremont up from Nice this summer and the GR5 runs right by our Villa. Everyday we meet people like you passing along our house and some stop to ask for water. We are having such wonderful conversations. It’s the first time we’ve ever heard about this trail so I looked online and found your video. Now I am 100% inspired and so motivated to do this with my young boys who are 19 & 21. I have a question - can we take our dog along on this route ? Did you see anyone with a dog ? Warm regards x Pia

[@bcamping1]

I say one girl hiking with a dog (Welsh Corgi) on Tour du Mont Blanc trail. But, I belive that there are restrictions in national parks areas to keep marmots safe.

[@artbuehler5943]

Wow, very impressive. You've inspired me. The digital diary looks very helpful. Wish I could read Norwegian.

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Hey Art! Thanks! I'm glad to hear that the video inspired you :) I made a log every day and it is in the digital diary, in Norwegian. If you want I can send it to you, then you can use google translation to translate into your language.

[@artbuehler5943]

@@bjrnforselv5466 Thanks. That would be a big help. I looked at the diary on youtube but was unable to cut and paste it to a translator. Cheers.

[@bjrnforselv5466]

@@artbuehler5943 Send my your e-mail address to [e-mail], and I will send you the diary.

[@EpicTrailsandTales]

love the spirit

[@famillebourezak9662]

Beautiful ❤

[@annadornbusch8104]

Hello! Loved the video, thank you for sharing! My sister and I are planning on hiking the GR5 either this or next summer and I have 2 questions. From the video, it looks like there are frequent water sources, did you find they were enough to be able to refill bottles once a day? And, did you experience any storms/what did you do to avoid being caught in them? Again, lovely video, we really enjoyed watching it :))

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Thank you Anna. I`m glad you loved the video :) Yes, there are frequent of water sources and we had no issue with that. We hardly carry more than one liter each. There were days with rain and some wind, but no storms. We used poncho when it was rain and wind. There were sometimes thunderstorms coming towards us, but luckily, we did not get caught in some. We avoided camping on ridges or other exposed areas if we expected thunderstorms.

[@annadornbusch8104]

@@bjrnforselv5466 that was very helpful, thanks!

[@slymalo6261]

Well done! It's fantastic... It's my dream to do it this way... but for the moment, with the kids, very complecated to leave 3 weeks... Did you sleep well every night like this?

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Thank you. :) When the children grow up, you get the opportunity. Remember to take it. We slept in the tent every night and we slept very well every night.

[@slymalo6261]

@@bjrnforselv5466 thanks for your answer... Take care!

[@brigittegaillet5864]

Merci pour ces belles images. C'est une idée pour après la pandémie.

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Merci Brigitte! Oui, c'est un super randonneée :)

[@marlongr5claeys598]

Respect!

[@a13xyarrhythmia38]

❤

[@ikoketnu]

Hej Björn, jag kommer att vandra gr5 nu i augusti och har för avsikt att campa. Hur är det med tältplatser? Går det bra att sätta upp tältey nära en hytta? Fin film. Hälsningar Sven-Anders

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Hei. Vi campet i telt hver natt og det gikk fint. Noen ganger campet vi utenfor hytter. I nasjonalparkene måtte vi campe utenfor hyttene. Det var ikke lov å villcampe der. Det var ét sted vi hadde litt problemer. Du kan lese om det her: neverstophiking.com/gr5-dag-9-torsdag-23-juli-2020/

[@patrick0674]

un grand respect a ce couple de jeune .je vous admire et je vous remercie pour cette vidéo magnifique image prenez soin de vous et encore merci A bientôt je l'espère

[@Benton74]

Hei, jeg vurderer å gå denne nå i sommer, men litt usikker på om jeg bør booke returbillett fra Nice før jeg vet sånn ca etapper. Hvor mange timer/mil gikk dere ca hver dag og var det lett å skaffe vann underveis?

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Hei! Vi brukte 23 dager. Det ble 25 km og 1325 høydemeter pr dag i gjennomsnitt. Ja, det var relativt lett å skaffe vann, det var aldri noe problem. Jeg ville bestilt Flexi-billett på Norwegian til NOK 4180. Da ville jeg så mer fritt i tempo og dagsetapper.

[@josefanorden1417]

Super gemacht!!

[@sansfrontieres1708]

CONGRATULATION ✅

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Thank you :)

[@gilzaidat4472]

superbe vidéo un grand merci

[@stef.g5424]

Superbe, bravo 😉

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Thank you :) I´m glad you liked the video :)

[@emiliovazquez3675]

👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌

[@roberthavard6930]

👏👏👏

[@dr.pedersen9952]

Hej - Godt gaaet begge to - og i saa ung en alder :-)

[@benjaminverland7456]

Meget vakker landskap 😊

[@bjrnforselv5466]

Takk :)