HIKING MIRACLES - GR 20

The story begins in a small town named Calenzana, on the island of Corsica. A young girl embarks on a journey along the legendary marked trail, GR 20. Through her feelings, you can experience what it takes to go 180 km away from civilization, in extremely challenging terrain, and in constant weather changes. A story full of unforgettable moments is an adventure of 16 days spent in the wilderness.
subtitles: English, Czech, French
filmed by: Michal Janos
starring: Klara Kousalova
sound & music: Royal Duck Studio

[@pcmausemaus]

Thank you to take me with you . I appreciate your intution, your respect and your sense of beauty. I wish you a wonderfull here and now wherever you are.

[@Nephilim1978]

one of the best Docs about the GR20 i ever saw

[@peterpohan3850]

I saw a better one: I did the GR 20 twice, north-south and south-north

[@maxmaximov1119]

So, 1 year later in 2022 I did this unique and incredibly beatiful trek all the way from Calenzana to Conca in 7.5 days. Rewatching this video....I am thinking this is truly the best video I have seen of GR20. Thank you again for making me relive the experience! Although it was a very tough trek, I need to confess by the time I finished my legs were happy it was over, LOL!

[@markhowarth9112]

Truly inspiring. I have to say it's the best hiking documentary I have seen so far. Extremely professional compared to others i have rented on AP. What an amazingly talented lady. Absolutely loved watching this ❤❤❤

[@jontamlyn6375]

Thank you for sharing your adventure!

[@martinhoch6053]

A masterpiece! Thank you.

[@neilvaughan6675]

What a beautiful film you made! It brought me back to my own magical experiences and challenges of 2018, that the gr20 evoke in us. A time I feel will always remain special

[@danielpphoto]

Wow, this is just world class! Your drone shots and video mounting is fantastic. I did the GR20, and this reminded me so much of the beauty of this great little island. This movie is very spiritual, and your conclusions are spot on. Thank you very much!

[@klarakousalova6306]

Thank you very much , Daniel! It was amazing trip for us and we are very pleased, that you like it and we could reminded you this special moments too!

[@LBOST-zw4qt]

Juste magnifique!!!

[@priyankap1533]

Amazing video that focuses more on the beauty and wonder that the trek beholds instead of the usual bravado about 'the most difficult trek in Europe'. Klara's voice is magical, emotional at times. I am doing gr20 next week and this video is very motivational. Thanks for putting this on KZbin.

[@mikefr12]

Stunning. Inspiring and on my to go do list. I love the outdoors and this seems like a beautiful challenge. 👍🤩

[@armandfornaciari715]

Magnifique !!!! Hâte d’y être pour juillet 2021 . Une expérience hors norme qui force l’humilité et le respect face à la nature brute.

[@martinkaplan1442]

Nadherny dokument. Klobouk dolu. Je to vazne skvele, pokracujte, mate talent.

[@charlesduchatel5378]

Thanks a lot for your documentary! I hiked the entire GR20 this summer and remembering all of these places through your video made me so emotional, it truly is a great adventure.

[@beautyofadventure]

True, the whole GR20 is a very special place. Adventure of a lifetime as we say.

[@AskiiYT]

11 mins in .. now thinking when will I start on my own. You really have a talent to showcase a hike .. the awesome and the rough parts equally!

[@stephanbucher185]

I‘ve walked the gr20 4 years ago and will walk it again next sunday. Your video reminds me why. Absolutly amazing video of your journey!

[@janneviinamaki4310]

Hands down, this is the best hiking documentary I have seen on KZbin. Hard to believe you have filmed it yourself (I assume) while hiking at the same time. GR20 is on my bucket list for 2022, I just came back from TMB which was awesome too.

[@beautyofadventure]

Hi Janne, thank you for kind words. TMB is very similar to GR20 in way of logistic but very different with constantly changing microclima. Finger crossed :)

[@thomasullrich9494]

Wow, this film is amazing! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

[@beautyofadventure]

thanks for your comment :)

[@maxmaximov1119]

You are an amazing narrator. I wept as I watched this.. Seriously. Just how much I wish the quarantine was over and I could get back to trekking. Thank you, this is an amazing video!

[@klarakousalova6306]

Wow, thank you very much. It's great that you liked our story. I will never forget that journey and I am glad, that I have this memory!

[@diosdadacenidoza823]

Beautiful landscape,beautiful view..thank you so much for a chance to see those places 😍👍🏻

[@beautyofadventure]

It is one of the reasons why we did it. Thank you :)

[@amidall5234]

best film about GR20 so far. Personal and Emerging and Informative

[@klarakousalova6306]

Thank you very much for the nice words!

[@martinforrester8249]

Thankyou for your great video, loved it and you are so articulate, it created a romantic story. Although I have hiked for many years, have never done the GR20. Something I had longed to do. Now 77 years have passed and I have sadly left it too late now. Thankyou again, take care.

[@klarakousalova6306]

We are glad that you like the film and we were able to provide you with this breathtaking experience. Who knows, never say never :-)

[@astralth]

Great filming, great storytelling, and great determination to push through the bad weather !

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you, we really appreciated it.

[@danielurbani9042]

Un grand merci à Michal et à Klara pour m'avoir permis de revivre, durant ces quelques minutes, des sensations incroyables vécues en septembre 2017. Les images et les musiques sont magnifiques. Cette approche remplie d'humilité est émouvante. Klara est vraiment touchante. On vit avec elle ses moments de doutes, inévitables, lors de marches aussi longues. Et puis, surtout, on revient à un rythme plus en accord avec la nature. On MARCHE !!. On ne court pas !!. On vit la montagne. On est à son écoute. On savoure la beauté unique de ces lieux splendides. MERCI !!!!

[@beatweber3243]

Incredibly beautiful. Dreamlike nature, extreme paths, personal and philosophical texts, Corsica. Thank you, Klara and Michal for these wonderful pictures and for sharing the path. Beat Weber, Switzerland

[@klarakousalova6306]

Thank you, Beat, for such warm words :-) It was amazing and we are happy to share this beautiful experience :-)

[@RooflessCat]

amazing!!! thank you

[@andimoraru5539]

What a beautiful story !! Thank you and please create more!

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you very much, we will!!

[@zplecakiembezbiura]

A beautiful film and a touching story. My heart trembled and there were tears in my eyes. Thank you very much for that. I am going on this path in three weeks, but I will be going in the opposite direction. Thank you again

[@ynwa5363]

You’re beautiful film brought back great memories of my GR20 in June/July 2019. Thanks!

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you, so happy to hear that!!

[@SerenAventure]

wow, what a beautiful movie about the GR20 ;-) It was a really great experience!

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you so much :D

[@Marcinetta]

Just wonderful !

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you for your nice words. We really wanted to make the film like meditation. In the mountains you have just same feelings. It is like transition... reborn. This feeling we wanted to bring near for people who didn't know how good to be in nature for a longer time.

[@herteert299]

Beautiful !

[@eilrahcrn]

Amazing video. Well narrated👌 Thanks for sharing💚

[@HenningEmmrich]

I did the hike last year from the South to the North (all alone) and am going to do it again the other direction with a friend this year. Your video is the best I‘ve seen so far. It’s not only that you show the landscape in a very beautiful manner. Most impressive to me was the way you show the mood or better said the moods you’re cunning through while doing the hike.

[@onefoxstudio]

This was so funny. Thank you

[@0141D]

a truly beautiful and inspirational view of the GR20. you have fully captured the whole feeling and nature of a long distance trail, but managing to do this on the GR20 with the weight of your equipment and your commitment to the quality of the film you've produced is astonishing.

[@ujjwalendubar467]

Wonderful ...🙏

[@frankrothe828]

Sometimes, you are surprised in KZbin. Sometimes, you find such treasures of videos, when you don't expect it. Fantastic filmed accompanied with great music, and the whole time, the deep entrance into your thoughts. Congratulation and Thank you

[@silentrabbit247]

Really enjoyed your well filmed video. Did the GR20 in June 2008 - great classic trek. That May there had been heavy rains and people had got stranded by swollen rivers & some needed to be airlifted off the trail. We benefited from the water supplies not drying up and not having to carry as much water as normal. Gunter Grass & Punta Fiat.

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you. Wow, such tough conditions. Yes, too much water can be sometimes fatal to keep going. Even worse is no water. But GR20 is pretty safe in this case. Greetings from Michal and Klara.

[@hearnjack]

This video reminds me of just how small we are on the big beautiful planet. Love your voice over, you have a very soothing voice. May God bless all your journeys.

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you very much for such kind words. We are very pleased :-)

[@mantas01]

beautiful storytelling. I want to hike GR 20 now:)

[@floordenil]

This is beautiful!! I hiked the GR20 this summer. So nice to see you did the high variant just before L'Onda, that was my favorite part of the whole trail :)!

[@klarakousalova6306]

Thank you very much!!! Which part of GR20 was the most challenging for you?

[@merlin1523]

Thanks so much, what a feeling it must be. Mine will start 7-6-2020. Looking forward, with even more respect for it after seeing your documentary. X

[@beautyofadventure]

It is a feeling of freedom, joy and of course, sometimes it is a little adventure. :) Hope you'll enjoy it!!

[@nigeljones8202]

Excellent filming of a stunningly beautiful trek. Well done on a very tough hike 😀

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you, and we are glad that we were able to film this kind of beauty.

[@exAirMover]

Fantastic video, well done. This is the most inspirational GR20 video on KZbin. I'm hoping to hike the '20 next year. 👍🙂

[@JacekAmbroziak]

Truly one of the nicest movies about GR20! Photography, commentary, atmospheres -- catching well how it feels, and why is it personally important to every through-hiker. Another big part of GR20 experience, not shown in this movie (for a reason), is meeting other hikers, and all the camps (gites). Interested folks should look up classic movies by Michele Custodero (Memoirs of a GR20 hiker, on Vimeo). Advice to Klara and Michal: keep returning to this trail. It feels different each time, you can stay at different places, and there are plenty of interesting variants around the backbone of the official route!

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you for your nice comment. You are absolutely right. Sharing experience with other hikers through GR 20 is one of the most essential things, but as you mentioned ( for a reason ) we wanted more tell the story through the inner voice of the hiker... Actually, we made quite a research about other variants, but we just gave up. Because there are so many interesting places and treks along the road that we would be able to make another documentary from it :). So definitely next time. And thank you for your tip of Michele Custodero, definitely worth to watch his journey.

[@zeta2007203945]

Wonderful and beautiful shots. Impressive how you filmed this documentary so seemingly incidentally on a very challenging hiking trail.

[@thorsteneichhorst3898]

Great video! Very personal and spiritual.

[@beautyofadventure]

We filmed it with our hearts. Thank you!!

[@surbinchu]

une des plus belle video que j ai eu l occasions de voir merci

[@beautyofadventure]

Merci beaucoup, nous sommes très heureux de vos paroles!

[@cal1103]

Oh wow looks very challenging this route. Might have to try it sometime. Great video thanks :)

[@klarakousalova6306]

It's worth it!

[@IshwaraYogaNET]

Absolutely beautiful film. My plan is to do the GR20 in 2021. Thank you x

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you very much! Let us know, how was your trip and enjoy it!

[@janklucinec7320]

Úplná nádhera! Jak video, tak trek jako takový. Sám se chystám příští rok. Přeji mnoho dalších bezpečných kilometrů. Absolutely stunning! I like the video and the trek itself. I'd like to pass it next year. I wish you a lot of safety kilometres.

[@beautyofadventure]

Jsem rad, ze se Ti film libil. Trek je naprosto úžasný. Absolvoval jsem mnoho treku po svete, ale GR20 je pro mne cislo 1. Michal

[@WandererdeYoutube]

What a wonderful video and spectecular landscape.We loved it. Kind regards Hannes & Janin

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you for your comment. :)

[@davidketley5359]

Thank you.

[@jeanmichelbegoud7634]

Très belle vidéo, étant passé par le col de la solitude, le passage par le Mont Cinto , m'a fait découvrir une autre partie minérale, qui m'appelle à venir faire ce sommet.

[@X_explorer]

Excellent video!

[@ferrarix75]

HEllo, I am at 21.19 minutes, it is simply amazing, your pictures, point of view. We did the GR20 in 2019(July) with my best friends. We had exactly the same feeling with the Monte Cinto. Thank you for sharing your amazing experience. Best video of the GR20 I've ever seen.

[@beautyofadventure]

Hello Alexandre, thank you for your nice comment. Monte Cinto was for us 4th day of the journey and shooting and this mountain just got us. I think maybe If you go from south to north it is easier. You have more days behind and your muscles are in better shape. We want to try it next time 😊.

[@ferrarix75]

@@beautyofadventure Hello and thank you for your answer. We will also try it one day, but the strongest picture on this video is we had quite exactly the same path/steps. And of course yes it is easier from South to North. One of the best experience in my life. Keep doing videos!

[@jocelynmatton139]

très belle réalisation qui donne la vrai dimension des paysages du GR20

[@beautyofadventure]

Glad you like it. Thank you

[@bagaolivier724]

WHAOU VERY amazing video thanks a lot

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you, it means a lot for our team that you liked it. :)

[@thomasharriso5570]

Just brilliant well done I will do the GR20 now!

[@beautyofadventure]

Thanks! Enjoy it! It is amazing trek!

[@rupert825]

amazing.

[@roberthavard6930]

👏👏👏

[@jamesbadham9665]

Really nice story and your filmer did great work. Beautiful balance of words and images. The video makes it look idyllic, but your words extend the images to reveal the hard work, the routine, of a long hike. Your expression in English is also lovely; not quite idiomatic, which is perfect and your own. So glad you didn't give up after the hail storm. I had no idea the GR 20 was so crowded.

[@klarakousalova6306]

Thank you very much for your kind words! It's nice to hear that you like my performance. We wanted to document the journey the way we felt and it's amazing that the film has so many fans who feel the same way.

[@hichamnaruto10]

Great documentary, I did my GR20 last month and still missing being there 😔 Thanks for sharing your experience !

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you :). I am missing GR20 so much and it is now 4 years.

[@pierrem2784]

Félicitations pour avoir réalisé ce trek, très beau récit avec beaucoup d'humilité. Superbe film avec des images de drone qui nous font prendre de la Hauteur. Merci pour ce partage nous invitant à tenter l'aventure!

[@klarakousalova6306]

Merci beaucoup! :-)

[@beautyofadventure]

Merci bouque :)

[@uweburger]

Beautiful

[@hanlens_on_hiatus]

Great video.

[@fabi1224]

Very beautiful documentation 👍😄, my gr20 adventure will be start in 2 days

[@beautyofadventure]

Glad you liked it :). Enjoy your journey and take care!!

[@EdipoRave]

Congrarulations. Super video for a super girl.

[@alexandrepifelli8042]

Hello Clara! Congratulatons for this great video! You have perfectly felt the wlld of "my island"The balance between Tibetan bell and music is just amazing.I really enjoyed watching your video and i "ll follow you in your journey with pleasure..

[@klarakousalova6306]

Amazing, we are glad that we captured Corsica as it is perceived by the locals. We are very pleased! Thank you :-)

[@zahidkhan04]

Stucked in this awsome video for complete 53min,super drone shots,u earned one more subscription.👍🏻

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you very much! We are very happy, that you enjoyed it as we did :-)

[@kubacioczek2816]

Brawo, i gratulacje dla kamerzysty.

[@jean-paulcourville9041]

So well done! I really enjoyed this, nice job and congratulations 🎊

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you so much!

[@jorgesousa2752]

Awesome video, spectacular video! Congratulations!

[@beautyofadventure]

thanks, Jorge.

[@joerivanpeer4843]

If this was a cinema movie I'd have bought a ticket :)

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you Joeri, it is motivation to the future for us!

[@charlesrahm4586]

Thank you for this very beautiful video and these very beautiful landscapes as well as your comments. This is the best video of all the ones I saw on the GR 20! Can you tell me with which drone you filmed please? Thank you.

[@beautyofadventure]

We filmed it in 2016. We used DJI Phantom 4 which was the smallest drone on the market compare to quality :D. In small production, we will use probably Mavic pro today. With a bigger budget Inspire 2. Thank you for your nice comment. We really appreciated it.

[@MoodyMike007]

Thank you for this, a lovely film....I have always wanted to try this trek....as I have got older, I’m not sure I could complete it anymore ( and I have summitted Everest!).......maybe try the Southern half one day?!

[@beautyofadventure]

Thank you so much! It depends how you feel, age is not a barrier. I would say, if you have a passion to try it (at least 1 day) , it is worth to do it! Good luck on the expedition!

[@novakmatic]

Very nice movie, it brings me back to 2011 when i did it :) love Corsica so much :) gonna do it again :) when this corona shit is over :)

[@beautyofadventure]

YES!! Love your comment!!

[@novakmatic]

@@beautyofadventure Northern part was the best :P regards :P and still Corsica is the besttttt :P

[@marekrybar1285]

Přišel jsem kvůli GR20, ale zůstal kvůli přívzuku. Hned bylo jasné, že k tomu budu mít blízko :D

[@beautyofadventure]

:D super

[@benorfaz]

Great testimonial, thanks for sharing. I've great memories of GR20, it reminds me a lot of suffering and also beauty. I've done it in 6 days because it was the only mutual timeframe we had with the mate joining me. Glad we were not conscious about the challenge! I would probably not do it again.

[@klarakousalova6306]

It must have been a challenge! It's really not for everyone. I'm glad we had plenty of time for the hike because it's nice to stop and enjoy the atmosphere. However, I understand if there is no other option and you are in great condition, then it's definitely worth it in a shorter time :-)

[@hikingukraine4225]

It’s nice video🥰)

[@peterujvary4802]

Food available on the way…some of are easily accessible 😂 . Brilliant

[@waynerenshaw-multi-outdoor4521]

Amazing video with so much information.. just subscribed ❤🤟 on my bucket list plus TMB to ... hoping to do TMB this year if I can get out of the UK... awesome video content 👌hope I can make a good video myself... GR20 has to be the most toughest I've seen yet .. 👍🙂🥾🥾🍺

[@beautyofadventure]

Thanks :-) I hope that the situation will get better soon and you will be able to realize your treking dreams, good luck!

[@carladesanzo8719]

Complimenti , bellissimo film.era il mio più grande desiderio ma un infarto mi ha tolto la speranza. Ma sono vivo.

[@beautyofadventure]

We are sorry, hope you are well now. So maybe next year? Take care, Carla!!

[@grantbratrud4949]

A beauty becomes part of Nature, indeed! If I may urge trekkers who wish to continue past middle age and live out of their packs, pack good food! Be efficient in meal planning and leave all non-essential carbohydrates at the bakery counter. Before you pack, make a list of all the carbohydrates that are essential to human nutrition and do not include any not on that list. Pretty easy, right!?! (Hint: shortest list in human nutrition....)

[@maloryjustdance9102]

Bravo, votre vidéo est un chef d œuvre et vous en êtes les matériaux. Apres avoir fait le sud et l année dernière le nord, si l état sanitaire me le permet je vais le tenter cette année de le faire en entier. J aime m inspirer de belle personne comme vous, vous m avez régalé,merci.

[@beautyofadventure]

thank you very much for your kind words. We wish you good luck and fun to enjoy this magnificent journey.

[@jamesomewhere]

This is one of the best hiking documentaries I have seen in a while. Beautiful cinematography, great editing and narration. What camera/lens setup did you shoot on? I am doing the GR20 in 2020 so wish me luck!

[@beautyofadventure]

Hey, thank you very much. You will see that cinematography on GR20 is quite easy because every day is very different and unique. We filmed on Panasonic GH4 with 12-35mm. Enjoy your journey!!

[@lucbonin5317]

Magnifique périple sur le GR20. Votre vidéo est très émouvante et envoûtante, vous avez réveillée tellement de souvenirs en moi extraordinaires. Autant par les paysages merveilleux que pour votre simplicité et votre prouesse mentale. Merci beaucoup.

[@beautyofadventure]

Merci pour vos mots!!

[@frankblangeard8865]

On a trek like this people need to consume a much higher amount of calories than they normally would. Instead they carry freeze dried meals which provide relatively few calories. That is why they lose energy (and weight) as they go. If you are consuming fewer than 3000 calories per day (and preferably 3500) then you are not consuming enough. It might work for one or two days but that's all.

[@zdenekkrejcir8834]

Loving your accent :)

[@klarakousalova6306]

Thank you :-)

[@vagdemarrs]

I have mixed feelings about this video, on one hand that's by far the best pictures I've seen from GR20, the drone shots are amazing, and the global quality of the video is outstanding ... But on the other hand I feel bad for Michal who went through the exact same hike with the extra difficulty of being extra creative, taking lots of rush from behind, from above, from the bottom etc ... I can guess that he had to walk more, to lift more, to bear more ... and he's totally absent from the edit, she's always like "I did this, I thought that" etc ... That feels totally ungrateful to me. "My story" should be "Our story" ... Maybe you wanted to look more pro, and for that it's a success, but personally I can't stand that much load of egocentrism ... Kudos to Michal, you deserve far more credits :)

[@knalliebar]

I think you totally missed the point of this edit. I think they made the story all about the solitude you can find on this types of hikes. And she really showed this while being filmed by someone else. This is really hard to do and a great job by both of them. It's was a team effort to show somebody's personal journey. Great job guys!

[@robertczaplinski4164]

That was the point. It is a great movie Every movie you watch, actors take the most credit. And I think they have made a decision based on that she probably has better legs than Michal 😂

[@mariamargaridainfante2585]

Great video!!! Thank you for sharing your experience. Could you let me know the name of the song that plays in minute 19.30? it's beautiful!

[@beautyofadventure]

Hi, thank you a lot. The name of the song is Free from Jean Kelly.

[@brianmiller2739]

When you realize the true God you will then really appreciate the awareness

[@christoph2498]

Hey Clara, breathtaking video! Simply wonderful! The GR20 is unique - this way up to the summit 🏔! Astrid (a special person for me) and I are also planning the GR 20. Are there any things we need to consider? Is the will enough ? Then I will do it. Cheers Chris

[@beautyofadventure]

Hi Christoph, thank you very much. I think the most important is will, good attitude and take a good and light equipment. But with special person to you it will be much easier. 😊

[@valorhsu]

What a special sunset at 3:59, why are there two suns? Is it caused by refraction?

[@klarakousalova6306]

Hello, the upper sun is the real one. Under the real one is a reflection from the sea.

[@valorhsu]

@@klarakousalova6306 ok, Thank you for your clarification.

[@martincarstensen8527]

So cool! How did you prepare for this? Physically and mentally?

[@beautyofadventure]

Hey Martin, We had experience with treks before in Europe, South America, and Asia. We tried to learn from the mistakes that we made on these treks. Two months before, we try to prepare physically, because we know that with all the filming gear it will be a challenge. But the main challenge was how to tell the story of a hiker in an environment of GR20. So we tried different approaches and different camera technics before that we arrived in Corsica.

[@ronniekuhn2026]

Great video. What time of year did you do this hike?

[@beautyofadventure]

September

[@AL-tj7ye]

Were the trails well marked or would I need a map. What other treks have you done? September looks like a terrible month to trek.

[@beautyofadventure]

GR 20 is well marked, however map is needed in every hike, especially for this one. You never know what kind of emergency situation to force you go off the track to the nearest village and so on. We hiked long-distance treks in South America, India and GR11. Every month has advantages and disadvantages.

[@ps8095]

Hi Karla. Thank you for sharing your journey. What time of year did you do the GR20? September? July, August? Thank you.

[@beautyofadventure]

We did it in mid October.

[@gawarek24]

what time were you in Corsica? Great movie.

[@beautyofadventure]

thank you :). We filmed on Corsica in September 2017