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[@carloscuervo4361]

One of your more informative videos. Gets you the idea of how much planning is involved in this trips.

[@yolo_hans]

Incredibly useful and valuable information. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us!

[@JohnLaGuardia]

This is amazing Dave. Thank you so much for spending the time to create this video. It is very helpful!

[@DaveMorrow]

Anytime John. Glad you liked it!

[@projectmatters]

Very practical ideas that are easily applicable to some upcoming trips, none of which are intensive backpacking ones. Better planning has improved my photography in the past, so I know that improving that planning with some of your techniques will help make me more consistent in getting the shot. Thanks!

[@lucky2watch]

I'm impressed!!! thanks a lot for sharing all these topics and your photography skill. I enjoy it and I'm really pleased you share it!!! Thanks!!!!

[@extremelydave]

Whoa.... You just made my year. Now I know how to scout out all my side trips on the JMT this summer!! Thank YOU Dave!! I've wanted to do tons of off trail excusions to get away from the JMT/PCT "highway" and now I know how to do it AND plan my picture taking for maximum cool! : )

[@rolabears]

Love your vids, impressive how you manage to edit a 23 min video with continuous voiceover in 20 minutes. :)

[@DaveMorrow]

haha! 20 minutes editing time. Not the actual creation of media. In total, with everything, it takes longer than 20:)

[@PeterScrimshaw1]

Really useful info & ideas as usual, many thanks Dave

[@Needafollower]

Can’t believe my luck! Great channel find tonight! Wish I had half your skills of the outdoors man! Fist bump from Scotland

[@leosmithphoto847]

Thanks so much Dave! I know you touched on it in this video, but would love an in-depth video on tips and tricks for predicting colourful sunrises and sunsets -- e.g. how far east or west of current location do you want clear sky; any other conditions like relative humidity; reliability of services like sunsetwx and Skyfire, etc, etc. Many thanks again. Cheers, Leo.

[@thesiklosexperience7385]

You sir are easily my favorite channel. I can't wait to see the videos of you going thru these areas! Thanks for the videos and keep it going!

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks so much:) That means alot to me. Getting ready to head back out on a long trip, so lots of new locations, backpacking & shooting videos coming.

[@frankstopa6270]

Great video. I plan my backcountry photo wanderings in a similar way, but really like the topo maps available on Caltopo. Thanks for what is very useful planning data.

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad it was helpful! I use Gaia GPS now. It's way better. Still similar workflow though:)

[@markh4668]

This was perfect - thanks for putting together, Im not into the extreme hiking that you do but I immediately found value for just my small trips.

[@DaveMorrow]

You're welcome Mark:)

[@thomas_eckel]

Thank you very much Dave! Keep going on.

[@madamewaffle9890]

Brilliant! You certainly put the effort in Dave. I've done my fair share of mountaineering and I like your emphasis on being able to navigate from a using a topo and compass alone. 100%

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's a lost skill among many. Lots of fun though, imo.

[@SamW604]

Dave, I think a video in which you answer subscriber questions is a great idea. Thanks for considering it.

[@DaveMorrow]

Hi Sam. Thanks for your feedback. I'm definitely going to do one in the near future:)

[@juanparedes3622]

I feel like I repeat myself all the time, but man, I can't praise you, your lifestyle or expertise-sharing videos enough to make justice to what it is. Got a couple of questions: Seems ridiculous (in the good sense) to me that you simply pick an area, draw a feasible route around and just go - I'm honestly stunned . I'm a big fan of backpacking through the mountains, but I've never actually done it through pure wilderness. How do you orient yourself out there? I really love to just go by the map, but there must have been times that you just got lost? Is that when you take out the GPS? Another one a little bit off topic - I know you are a selective shooter, but with such a long trips or memory space is somewhat limited. So, regarding your camera files, do you shoot uncompressed files? Or you do lossless compress? Thank you endlessly for sharing your life with us! P.S.: still haven´t told me the story of your camera fall! Haha!

[@hollymasepohl8276]

Enjoying your landscape photography journals. Thanks for putting these out there.

[@DaveMorrow]

That's awesome, thanks Holly. You're welcome

[@BlueOnRS]

This series is 10/10 Dave, thanks so much.

[@DaveMorrow]

You're welcome:) Glad you find them helpful

[@miroslavkopecni5724]

I truly admire you!

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks Miroslav:)

[@Zoediak]

I have been enjoying the Journals! Keep up the good work, as always, it is inspiring!

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks Dusty! How have you been man? Long time no talk.

[@Zoediak]

Been doing well!! Working on more images (of course) and planning an upcoming trip with Scott S. in April down in Death Valley. It should be fun! Planning on a few more local trips as well, since we have so much in our own backyard! One of these days when you are free we will have to get together and catch up!

[@davekarp7590]

Great video, I found to be very useful. I live in Colorado and the mountains are my back yard, next time you’re out this way, look me up for some great back country locations I and my other photo Friends have discovered.

[@billonthehill9984]

I thought I was in Hog Heaven using Google Earth before heading out on my White Mountain, N.H. photo hikes. All this info is priceless and adds a tremendous amount of preparedness for future hikes. Thanks for sharing this Dave. Bill Farr...

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad to hear it Bill! Have fun out there

[@vaamorais]

Hi Dave! Interesting planning routine. I will give caltopo a go to see if it covers UK and Iceland. How do you keep track where you took certain images? Do you geotag and how? or just make notes on journal? Thanks for sharing.

[@DaveMorrow]

I don't think it does. Something else will. No geotag, just memory

[@tomd1914]

This is great, I learned a lot. I’ve used Google Earth to plan before, but never in that kind of detail. Subscribed!

[@1023lgordon]

Very well thought out planning, thanks for sharing your journey with us...

[@DaveMorrow]

you're welcome Lester.

[@RS.Outdoors]

Great stuff Dave and very helpful. Going to try some of those tips. Atb

[@ronnychristianwiik]

Thanks for the "Sun view" tip!

[@DaveMorrow]

Sure Ronny!

[@lisakievit3771]

HI Dave, Great job, thank you! I'm a novice photog, living in Florida, learning thanks to you. I like getting off road. I wonder what do you do with your car while backpacking for days/weeks. Do you have any issues with anyone? I traveled a bit in Canada and didn't find any place to leave my car for a day trip much less longer.- no where to sleep in the car. Hints on that aspect please.

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks:) I sleep on forest roads in the middle of no where. After traveling for years I have go to spots in each part of the country, always learning more though.

[@dianevillanueva857]

So happy to accidentally find your channel! Great information and interesting lifestyle. Thanks for sharing the details. I am about to retire and want to start road tripping and landscape photography trips.

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad to hear it! You're welcome

[@ewelinap221]

Very informative video. Amazing .you are very organised and smart person. I noticed that when you are planning your trips you are really taking into consideration your position to the sun to get the best light. Not many people do this. I would love to master natural light. Have you ever thought about writing an ebook to help people to master natural light. About qualities , directions , shadows, about tonal contrast, golden and blue hour. It's hard to find good book about natural light . By the way the idea about a video that you answer questions is great.

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks. Here's what I recommend. Don't read books, don't even watch my videos, spend all your time outside, study the landscape & the light, eventually you'll see the trends / weather patterns that produce great light. Spending all your time out there will guarantee great light:)

[@rasicaphoto6450]

If you have a map, if you have a sense of orientation in the field and possess "having an eye" for composition then there is no problem from some unique photos.

[@DaveMorrow]

completely agree

[@kirelight6255]

Thank you Dave!

[@DaveMorrow]

You're welcome

[@AndrewSkalak]

At 11:23 your route passes under some hanging glaciers. It seems exposed and potentially a risk for rock, icefall or avalanche. How did you approach this and what considerations can you make for these risks in the pre-planning stage?

[@DaveMorrow]

All of the above. Take AIRE 1 & 2. Spend lots of time in the wild & learn to calculate risks. Determine if they are worth it for you. Hard to do it from a computer, until you get an idea for the correlation from what google earth looks like to what it actually looks like when you're out there. Also, plan on failing a lot at first and not being able to complete routes.

[@rodspov1915]

Hi Dave, Thank you for sharing this valuable information, I really enjoy watching all your videos and I'm motivated to do a short trip on my own, maybe around Spring somewhere in CO, I need to do a lot of planning as it will be my first one. Maybe I'll try to capture and upload later :)

[@DaveMorrow]

Anytime. Thanks. Have fun

[@scotthumphrey4624]

Stellar!

[@edrobbins3133]

You ever get old and lazy...you would make a helluva tour planner....for tri-athletes....enjoy your work and videos...be safe

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks Ed.

[@sornberg]

Impressive planning technique. I really enjoy your journals. Keep up the good work. One thing I thought you might cover is weather you carry a personal locator beacon in case you happen to have an issue while out by yourself.

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad you liked it. Here is the one I use --- amzn.to/2CKXPI4 . All gear for photo and backpacking, linked here - www.davemorrowphotography.com/Backpacking-for-Photographers-Guide

[@alias.project]

If you ever want to head back up Olympus, you could hit me up. I've been up once and I'm going again this summer.

[@DaveMorrow]

Email me [e-mail]. Let's chat.

[@ciarancosgrave]

How do you deal with the possibility of bear or wolf attacks Dave?

[@DaveMorrow]

You don't. That's part of the going into the wild:)

[@scotty4418]

Dave it was really informative as to how you go about planning and in particular how you organise all your research and planned routes. Not sure if this is a stupid question but do you also take into account the potential for wild life encounters (eg dangerous animals) or are these areas free from such animals (Im not from the US)

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks. They are some of the most wild and animal dense areas in the world. That's why I go:)

[@scotty4418]

Thanks Dave, you certainly live an adventurous life :)

[@DaveMorrow]

Anytime buddy

[@DickBill]

how do you ensure you wont be attacked by wild animals?

[@DaveMorrow]

I don't ensure

[@Luigi13]

Hello Dave, while hiking solo in the wilderness I am sure you also think of a possibility of some wild animals encounters, what is your possible defense in those circumstances? The wilderness is always unpredictable.

[@DaveMorrow]

bear spray in alaska & montana, wyoming, for grizzly bears. I use this one amzn.to/2EW7SvF. Nothing anywhere else, besides my trust in myself to solve problems and make the best decisions possible when they arise. The wilderness is unpredictable, that's why I love spending time there. To tell you the truth I never worry about wild animals rarely do they ever want anything to do with you. I'd recommend educating yourself about how they interact in the wild. You can read this for more information -- www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/safety.htm