My First SOLO 100km Bikepacking Experience!

[@Levi_Allen]

*URGENT UPDATE* hey friends. My home town is currently in a state of emergency, I give some details at 23:07 - it would mean a lot to me if you watched that section. I've been keeping a lot of you up to date on my instagram, but I am happy to try answer any questions you may have here as well.

[@TheTravellingScotsman]

What a timely video Levi... hope you've managed to get home.

[@JRs-Garage]

We’re in Whiterock the amount of rain we had was crazy! I’ve lived here all my life and I think that’s the most rain in a short time I’ve seen ! I hope all is ok with you and your family! If you need anything let me know!

[@willfreund3315]

I have been following your updates on IG and my heart goes out to you and your community. Here in North Carolina, on the coast, we are dealing with tidal flooding on our barrier islands and I have had friends lose everything. I hope everyone can get to the high ground.

[@nathanwillms7806]

As someone who volunteers trail building with the Chilliwack Parks Society, thank you Levi for your commitment to investing in our local trails. So rad

[@TheGingerRunner]

Beautifully shot, as always, dude. We too have so many friends and family throughout the valley affected by this insane flooding - it's exceptionally awful. Sending love to you and yours, man.

[@Levi_Allen]

Appreciate you friend

[@dawnhightman8557]

I am sorry you had to go through such a trauma. I enjoyed your riding and can appreciate your striving toward fighting through your anxieties and insecurities. In addition helping those organizations that help the planet. Thank you and take care.

[@DownieLive]

These map graphics are awesome!!! Great video, Levi. And thanks for adding the ending about the current situation.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Levi, your videos are masterclass inspiration. You do such a good job. You will never know how much you help inspire.

[@TheyllNeverGetMe]

This story is expertly told. I quite appreciate you and this adventure you have shared. Your thoughts on parenthood also touched my heart and encourage me on my own journey. Thank you.

[@TerraVenture]

Great video Levi. Passionate bikepacker. Did it with 5yr old and trailers and all sorts. Amazing trips and brilliant memories. I'm sure you will love it when the time comes to share your adventures with your kids. Just me and the Mrs now and started out making our own videos in the last couple of months. Channels like yours are the inspiration, thank you!

[@Cyclingdropout]

In my experience a bike packing trip is a humbling experience in every way. The effort, the unknown, the conditions can all push back on your adventure and the only way through is to keep going with blind trust of your own ability. I think there’s link between being humbled and discovering something new.

[@nathancox4217]

Top shelf excellence here!

[@4theWINMEDIA]

It certainly has been an interesting few weeks. Highway 1 is open, but another river storm is on the way. Let's hope for a better result this time around.

[@pedalhound]

Love to see MTB on your channel Levi! I love bikepacking too...I have been doing it on my gravel bike...no mtb bikepacking yet though...this next summer it's gunna happen!

[@YetiAdventure]

This is so excellent on so many levels Levi. Wonderfully told little story. Our thoughts are with you guys in the Fraser Valley as you recover from these weather events. Looking forward to a new, hopefully less hectic bikepacking season soon!

[@JMacGyver1]

Great video and glad you’re staying safe. My thoughts go out to all those suffering from the flooding.

[@matthewTobrien]

Terrific filmmaking/storytelling, and I loved that you were open and vulnerable about your fear of the dark. I spent a night in the woods with my cousin when I was 15 … we got lost hiking in northern Wisconsin … and dense woods at night are not for the faint of heart. 😱 Being lost doesn’t help either. 🥺 Sending thoughts and good vibrations to everyone in the Fraser Valley - if there’s anything I can do to help from here in Omaha, let me know! I can’t imagine having no way to get to my wife and two girls. ❤️✌🏻

[@OutdoorAdventureTV]

My thoughts to all who are effected by the flooding. Congratulations on your first night out! It will open the gate for many future adventures. I am afraid of heights, but I am also an abandoned mine explorer who regularly rappels down mine shafts. It's never easy for me, but like you, I push through. Knowing that I CAN do it and have done it keeps me from losing nerve and backing out. Having fears is not weakness. How you deal with it is strength. Well done!

[@MANNYFIOL]

Levi... thanks for sharing your experience. I am planning on doing something similar but in France 🇫🇷 in a place called La Source de l'Allondon.

[@slowshedgarage7409]

Such a wonderful calming video and then the catastrophic weather damage. I hope all is well and your community makes a quick recovery.

[@Seba-yj5sc]

Great Video ;) For me it always helps to keep in mind how loud humans are specially if they walk in the forest. You always hear a person from far far away and if you hear this little noises at night it helps to yell or clap with sticks to scare small animals and they run away! I

[@mgreidanus]

thanks for the shoutout and the cash!! great video. fun trail shots. good timing to get the flooding perspective. the average citizen and every level of govt has had their head in the sand wrt preparing for climate change. its not in 2050 its here. glad you got home safe.

[@AlbertoFigueroaArquitectura]

Lets appreciate the number of times Levi had to bike uphill, place de camera, go down hill and then go up again so we can watching go up and down while having a coffee

[@RufusEatsCheese]

My thoughts are with everyone in BC and beyond struggling with this weather. Fingers crossed that you all stay safe and you get back to your family very soon, Levi. It’s interesting that building on flood plains is permitted in BC, as it is in the UK. I can see plenty of raised roads in your video. We don’t have those. When extreme weather does hit, it’s so much harder to avoid. We had the Somerset Levels underwater for 3 months. There were even concerns that the soils bacteria might die off. Wishing you all a speedy return to normality.

[@RyandeMilliano]

Always appreciate you genuineness, thank you for creating, continue to be awesome.

[@TheTravellingScotsman]

Amazing video. I always enjoy your videos, your story telling is always on point and thought provoking. Loved the map graphics!

[@BangPhoto]

This was so good! I can’t imagine the work you put in for all the shots. Well done.

[@BenStinnett]

Loved this video. Absolutely brilliant storytelling. So sad to hear about all the devastation up there, I think all is well!

[@paullydca]

fantastic film and editing. loved hearing about mastercard and their initiative, wow! Praying for safety for you guys and everyone in your area. It's scary to see such devastation to an area I've been through many times on trips to vancouver from the okanagan when I lived out there. As.a trail builder out here in NB now.. so great to see your generosity to a trail crew. I'm sure they appreciate it.... I know I appreciate seeing the respect you have for the work we all do.

[@theham1000]

For what it is worth. Wishing you all over there all the very best. Hope these problems turn in to be good.

[@yankey4]

I am sorry my friend. We will add all of you to are prayers. Know what flooding like. It's not fun. Thanks for sharing. God Bless brother.

[@RolandKaufmann]

Excellent job overcoming your fear Levi!!! The woods are a spooky place to be at night. It’s hard to believe what’s happening with the catastrophic weather events theses days. My son is 8 months old and I’m concerned about the future of the planet now more than ever. Hopefully we can start to see some positive change.

[@GarthEnsley]

Hey Levi , great video man . I really love the pace and your sincerity . I have done one or two trips myself and this has been a great inspiration to do another one. Thanx for your efforts

[@jessicahaydahlrichardson7951]

Amazing video. Well done on sleeping by yourself out in the woods, your not alone in having a fear of the dark and being alone at night. A lot of adults I’m sure feel it. Also amazing on your contribution back to the trails. It’s heart breaking to see the damage of the latest events in British Columbia. My heart goes out to everyone. Great video great story and look forward to seeing more of your bike packing adventures!

[@jakekostelyk]

Wonderful video. Heartbreaking footage. Extreme weather events are a sad consequence of our climate crisis. Your raising awareness and funds for this fight is appreciated! (Also, once the world dries out, let’s go bikepacking)

[@Levi_Allen]

Thanks for sharing the bike bags!

[@OxburgerStudios]

Dude I'm glad to hear you are safe! Sounds like my other friends and family in the lower mainland are safe as well for now. Man oh man what an event! Thanks for addressing the climate crisis in such a frank and personal way. From record heat and fires across the whole country to record rainfall the shift from one extreme to another is mind-boggling. It's here, it's unavoidable, and dramatically affecting Canada in one way or another. No one's off the hook with this reality.

[@williammartin8570]

Really beautifully shot video - always enjoy your very thoughtful and compassionate thoughts. Hoping all will be well with your family and home town! As a side note, if you haven’t already, think you would really appreciate Beau Miles’ videos. Recently, he’s begun a similar shift to the idea of adventuring in your own backyard, and I’m seeing a lot of parallels between both of your styles. Obviously not the most important thing right now, though.. let us know any ways to help out your community from a distance!

[@Levi_Allen]

He was my inspiration!

[@BradBeaird]

Great video Levi. Gave me some ideas on videos for myself :) Prayers for you and the community there during this terrible flooding crisis.

[@leeik2155]

Quality of your videos is outstanding you deserve so much more subs

[@feydanmedia]

In love with the way you colour grade your videos.

[@michaelbjorge8341]

Great video, thanks for bringing these important issues up in your video. I think it’s worth mentioning the clear cut logging practises in this province that have also payed a huge role in increasing the severity and frequency of these flooding and mud slide events. Not to mention our current NDP government is actively decimating large portions of our last Old Growth Forests on Vancouver Island, which play a huge role in mitigating these extreme weather events.

[@on3jp]

Thanks for this video. It's unbelievable to see the affects of climate change so close to home. Living only a 20-30 minute drive away from Abbotsford/Chilliwack, its really eye opening and scary to see something like this happen in my city and province. I went on a road trip this summer and also saw first-hand the extent of the wildfires in the Interior and it seems so strange to see climate emergency after another. What's even scarier is this this will be the norm. I'm not quite sure how to put it into words but as a high school student I know that I have a responsibility to make a change to protect this beautiful province, country, and even planet. Subbed.

[@DerSascha]

A very valuable video, thank you for that! I hope you, your family and your friends get out of that trouble. Take care!

[@dtj41]

Hey man, maybe you cover this later in the vid, but it’s a really good idea to keep bear spray in a chest or hip holster. Bear encounters happen quickly and you often don’t have time to go digging in a pack. Cheers!

[@Levi_Allen]

I’m comfortable with the risk of black bear encounters during the day. It’s more for the evening. At least where I was in this video. No brown bears where I was here.

[@geoffheith]

Good for you Levi getting out by yourself, I share the same fear of lone sleeping outside. Also, so weird for us to have just moved away and then seeing our friends all going through this back home in the valley.

[@amineroadbikerider1504]

what an amazing video from you man. i like to see more bikepacking videos like this one

[@heydanking]

Stay safe Levi ... thinking about you and your family in these crazy flood-filled days

[@offcenterconcepthaus]

Awesome. Definitely grab some of Revelate's gear if you get into this.

[@rauberdaniel]

Awesome video, especially considering the circumstances when bikepacking! And I definitely know the feeling of being scared in the darkness in nature... We once were at the Hooker Lake at the foot of Mt. Cook in New Zealand until after sunset and the hike back was incredibly sketchy with all the possum eyes everywhere and all the sounds of them sneaking around you.

[@kylethecreator]

You are a wonderful story teller! I am working towards being as good of a KZbinr as you Levi. You have inspired me and I plan on building out a schoolie and adding a workshop trailer on the end very similar to yours but with a few additions like a milling machine. I hope that one day we can collaborate on a video together!

[@BookItTravel]

Dude, love your videos. Such an inspiration for my channel and overall life. Hope to connect at one of your courses one day!

[@XRONIKA]

This is the new passion for me, however, I don't even have a bike. But I will definitely buy it. What I want to say - keep making this type of content. Connecting with nature is what everybody needs sometimes. Even through the laptop window.

[@brianwrussell]

This is so fun! Delightful Beau Miles vibes. I appreciate the inspiration for taking backyard adventures that work on a family schedule. Pulling for you and yours from here in Bellingham. If you need any help just say the word!

[@boybusilakbikes]

You had me at "I am scared of the dark." New subscriber here!

[@ThrottleDownunder]

Stay safe over there mate, I hope you can get home soon

[@TravelingThru222]

Really great shots, cool video. Awesome footage.

[@scoutdco]

Beautiful work as usual, but more importantly, sending thoughts and good vibes to everyone in BC. Just insane and scary. Stay safe!

[@plutoplatters]

branch break ,British Colombia,wilderness, .... BIGFOOT !

[@rahul.dhameja]

Hey Levi, how did you manage an almost 180 degree tracking shot at 5:23 if you're filming solo? Is this some DJI sorcery? Same thing at 8:06. Please do share the trick here. Secondly, how to do the route tracking shot where your route is being mapped by a red line through the aerial shot? Is that google earth and AE magic?

[@chrlmlln9018]

Very nice video! Thank you for sharing! Well done!

[@livingwithfshd]

Another great story, as a fellow mtber I have a pointer. Next time try point your chest camera up a bit so we can see the trail ahead not just you legs spinning and handlebars. Besides that great stuff as normal and Hope you get to your family soon!

[@JonGrossGringo]

Hope you get back to your family soon. What a dramatic video and I was not expecting your ending. Keep us posted if anything changes.

[@ConnorMcGaffey]

Had no idea that was going on in BC.. stay safe!!

[@ArtOConnor]

Well done. I was scared on my first trip as well.

[@Levi_Allen]

I have a feeling the dark fear might never fully go away, but my willingness to put up with it will

[@coddiwomplemotorhome4712]

Brilliant 👍

[@christiankilleen7626]

I really like your devotion to your local area.

[@Levi_Allen]

Thanks Christian for following along!

[@GarthEnsley]

wow so hectic with all the rain , please can you tell me what you used to show your cycle route is it an app thank you and keep safe

[@lindakurtz2653]

Will be praying for your home town and it's occupants. You might want to check out Beau Miles YT channel. He doesn't post a lot but he is definitely an out of the box thinker- two thoughts come to my mind. 1. How do I want to challenge myself? And 2. What do I love most about my planet? Ok, 3! What action do I want to take about that love?

[@Levi_Allen]

Beau was the inspiration for this adventure! Love him

[@15MinuteModeller]

Have you come across Alastair Humphreys and micro-adventures?

[@adlar2005]

This is awesome!

[@caelah]

Incredible video.

[@TheUntraveledPath]

Hey Levi, your videos are absolutely amazing! Can I ask how you made those map animations? They look more realistic than anything else I have seen on the internet.

[@Levi_Allen]

Google earth studio!

[@TheUntraveledPath]

@@Levi_Allen Great! Thank you

[@bellyroar3206]

Hop you and your family are staying safe in Abby and Chilliwack Levi.

[@msucyclistbd]

Nice vlog Bro

[@bhenry5091]

What brand is your mountain bike? Thx, Brent

[@coltentodhunter7551]

!!!! WHAT A GUY!

[@pierre-loupdurand7703]

Hey Levi, good hustle out there! I really support the idea of including "climate change" notions in your videos.

[@WoodenWizard]

hope you doing ok out in the Fraser Valley.

[@yashpolshoots]

Not just 100kms of biking but 200kms if you count the times that you put your camera on a tripod and come back everytime😂😂

[@jaceallen3270]

14:58 is the water clean of bacteria and microbes from the stream? Or did you have to filter it?

[@yashpolshoots]

And I wanna know who's shooting those panning shots?

[@deroux]

Levi, get some clips on those pedals!

[@Levi_Allen]

I’m clipped in! Love it

[@AuthenTech]

beautiful shots man! (you gotta electric scooter it next time ;)

[@simonsays5979]

What kind of light did you use on your helmet

[@Levi_Allen]

Olight® RN 1500 Bike Light Headlight

[@ridegradient]

Our imaginations are great at convincing us the dark is worse than it is. If you ever need a local second shooter on a bike, I can help!

[@rjrgjr]

3D map tutorial and workflow??

[@coltentodhunter7551]

dude did you go to unsworth elementary?

[@Gabbs138]

the canadian Levi's need to collaborate....NOW (hildebrand & allen, of course)

[@therz0n]

who film you when you are alone?

[@Levi_Allen]

Tripod my guy

[@therz0n]

@@Levi_Allen why its moving, like someone looks holding it

[@everythingican]

👍🇨🇦😃

[@Potatisem]

Levi - Please, use your voice, creativity and drive to make a change.

[@mr.skipper4544]

Try this at 50

[@Levi_Allen]

Yes

[@aintnobodygottimeforthat4421]

Didn't I watch this before? I swear this is a re-upload.

[@Levi_Allen]

No

[@alexandersmith6165]

The Climate Emergency's impact on affluent countries is crippling, but just spare a thought guys for very poor countries and how desperate the struggle is with these adverse weather events for their communities after their livelihoods have been decimated by the pandemic. And sadly that's who its affecting first and foremost.

[@Ade5]

Backpack and biking.. Ugh, bad combo..

[@mountaincruiser817]

Nice video! But you start your talk that you wil ride a route that you ride multiple times a week but normally you ride to the start in your car. So you ride your car multiple times a week just to ride your local trail and then you begin your “nature importance” talk. Come on buddy, a better environment start with yourself and little choices you make.

[@Levi_Allen]

That was literally the point of the video my dude. To explore on my own power better. I’m not going to apologize for driving 15min to go biking each week though. On the scale of impact that is very very very low

[@mountaincruiser817]

@@Levi_Allen well you said that you rode “multiple” times a week to ride your trail. And you sure don't have to apologize your driving and yes your drive has a real low impact on the whole thing. But thats the problem isn't it, thats what 5 billion people think. But the start is made, you are conscious about your doing and importance. Keep up the good work and spreading the good vibes.

[@Levi_Allen]

@@mountaincruiser817 again I think you missed that being the whole point of the video. I acknowledge I drive that route, and clearly biking it is the better option. I don’t think many people need that spelled out explicitly

[@bradleycordaro]

yeah, go vegan.

[@Levi_Allen]

Less meat is a great beginner step