Solo Backpacking in the Mountains

[@estie4930]

Such a wonderful video, Erik. So many KZbinrs feel they have to use loud music & endless talking on their videos but I find the sound of nature so much better. Keep it up. You're really inspiring me to try so much more than I ever thought I could.

[@ARI-wc6xd]

That was like antidepressant, not much talking, very soothing and relaxing nature video! Very nice!

[@SAKsabinaofficial815]

,🍟🍟🍟🍟🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🇧🇩🇧🇩ঞ

[@nickhuynh6321]

Great to see a backpacking/camping video without all the "how to", gadgets, and gear explanations. A video that makes you feel as though you are there to witness all the goodness of our earth.

[@zepponline]

Same here. I am tired to watch videos how cool gadgets they have and how cool they survive in wilderness. These are really awesome videos.

[@musicalnymphaliswith6114]

@@zepponline I am tired too... you're right

[@jlkartvideos9887]

Couldn't agree more. I like also Erik Normark's style to make videos.

[@coasthome8356]

Words fail. Thank you for doing what you do. You are a treasure.

[@sergedurand9905]

Bonjour Erik. About this "pile of stones" at (11:30), the ancients deposited such piles of stones in my mountains of the Pyrenees (France) to indicate the passes in foggy or in stormy weather. They called them "Montjoie", joy in the mountains. Thank you for all the beauties you offer us.

[@journeyman7189]

Beautiful place to be Erik. Thanks for sharing Nate

[@MJDW1972]

Excellent, I think you are nearing perfection. Captures the essence of a quiet solo fjälltur.

[@olegivashchenko2727]

Beautifully! Thanks a lot!

[@danwhiteman2529]

Beautiful Country! Thanks for sharing.

[@franklanger9897]

So beautifull silent. Thank you for this great Movie.

[@huntingsolutions6005]

Fantastic, beautiful film. Thank you.

[@filmic1]

Great episode. Loved the Rock Ptarmigan and those tiny azalea's.. Audio and monologue are always exceptional... Thanks for sharing!

[@trenreznor3132]

Welcome to the planet ERIK NORMARK

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

Glad to see some using trekking poles the proper way. Yes I am a snob about it. Thanks.

[@rrkennethnoval6681]

This film is supreme. It heals my soul from within. Astonishing view of nature. How wonderful your country is. I love the way you film your stories. Keep going men.

[@lourensstrydom9707]

"Always drink your coffee with a good nice view". I love it! Your videos are the best Erik. Don't ever stop making them. You inspire a South African to do the same.

[@Useaname]

Lourens Strydom great comment.

[@erik_normark]

Thank you Lourens!

[@easyfoodmenu7405]

Great sir

[@roberteckard9771]

Wow this was great.

[@fekihdriss8785]

Nature exceptionnelle.

[@treewisemonkey2077]

Cool. True Erik Normark style. Well done.

[@fromthewoodsdaniel7846]

Stunning, beautiful, raw, powerful, gentle, peaceful are just a few words to describe your passion Erik. You never cease to inspire me to explore and discover. Truly grateful for you!

[@erik_normark]

Comments like yours inspires me to make more videos :) Thanks Daniel

[@tree356]

This is the definition of “Quality of Life”...👍🏼😇

[@JB-ol4vz]

Ljudet i dina filmer tar det hela till en ny nivå, fantastiska vyer. Vilken fågel hör man vid 14.30 och framåt, ett hummande. Tack.

[@erik_normark]

Tack! Fågeln är en bergfink.

[@theunconventionalist....7226]

Awesome Adventure........

[@afshanjavaidafshanjavaid9932]

Peacful place with a holy moment 😍😍😍😍😍😄

[@Dorfhiker]

Very well done. One of the best backpacking videos I’ve ever seen

[@erik_normark]

Thanks a lot Craig! Atb

[@maverick6335]

Very peaceful and relaxing video. Better than meditating. Nice work Erik!

[@sokovenin]

Wonderful nature! Great video!

[@davidwootton683]

10:48 Chilly! Better you than me. Many thanks for taking us to a place we have never seen. Kind regards and greetings from Africa.

[@shaft_jb]

very wonderful video. so calm, so easy mindful. Eric 너 멋있어.

[@diderichlangmannen]

Superb. I‘m jealous! Pure nature and no sign or noise of humans ... what a pleasure.

[@mehtabnazeer7237]

beautiful places

[@marcdewilde518]

Magnificent video Erik and very soothing too. Subscribed immediatly. I know a good thing when I see one. ATB Marc - Belgium.

[@erik_normark]

Glad to hear that Marc, thanks! Atb

[@rossharrison5981]

Very smart video, thank you.

[@hoosieroutdoorist2826]

Beautiful country. Very nice walk-a-bout. Very easing to watch.. Comforting and peaceful. Takes a lot of work to do that. I am sure you enjoy yourself in those surroundings birds singing and all.

[@rickfine822]

Erik, as you are my number one filmmaker on you tube!!........ im hoping you can take a couple of constructive comments..........when you give the "thumbs up" it takes one out of the film and is slightly self-conscious.......the other comment is I would never do a fast motion sequence that definitely takes one out of the film and serves no purpose. That said you are a true artist.....thank you!

[@erik_normark]

Thanks Rick. Yes it is good points, I have been thinking about it myself, probably a little too many thumbs up in one video :P

[@isabelgera9048]

Exuberante a natureza mostrada nesse vídeo!

[@hosealee4075]

Awesome!!!! I really want to join in your backpacking after I saw this video if I were in sweden.

[@threedogsandacamper503]

I can almost feel the cold wind blowing on my face.

[@spijkerpoes]

Ouch! Man, you raise the bar on quality backpacking movies! Audiophile! I can make out -off the cuff- : willow warbler, greenfinch in the wood, cane bunting on the moorland, curlew up high... Eeehr oh the blue throat! Oh i never encountered one!! Loads more bird song up there. Thanks for sharing your trip!

[@erik_normark]

Thanks. Yes now is a wonderful time for birdsong. I wanted to bring my sound recording gear but it was too much to carry this time.

[@dicanderjanne7556]

Hello Erik Once again you have managed to meet the soul of nature in an amazing way ! I have been in the mountains for about 50 years and you are really able to convey the basic existential needs that we have as the trail, the food and the rest. What you do in an exemplary manner is that you convey sustainable knowledge and good environmental awareness. Feel free to do these videos in your way, even in the future Greetings Janne Dicander

[@erik_normark]

Hi Janne, and thank you. I'm very glad to hear that!

[@juliehenna]

Very nice video, liked the last place you stayed at beautiful countryside!

[@MK-jr2ih]

Brilliant Erik. Best wishes from Australia.

[@-ZELTHELD-]

Lovely video Erik, I like the Golden Plover. By coincidence it is the name of one of my 6 storm tents (30KG). Cool to see the bird in action :) You should offer guided tours.....

[@raymondnoya5653]

Awesome !

[@thewildhood]

This was the best way to enjoy MY morning coffee! Thanks Erik!

[@majaesty3]

fantastic video

[@clivenewton7609]

Hi Erik, it’s one of those moments when I’m lost for words! The best I can do is just say “Thank You” Thank you for taking the time and trouble to bring us such a fantastic video, apart from the video itself the sound was brilliant right down to the distance call of the cuckoo. Of course the coffee shots were as usual out of this world! Just a quick question, in the last camp in the woods there was a bird calling with a booming sound, what was it please? Once again thank you so much. Kind regards from deepest Dorset, Clive.

[@erik_normark]

Thanks Clive :) The loud bird in the forest is a brambling. I guess that's the one you mean.

[@erik_normark]

There is also a common snipe, more in the background

[@clivenewton7609]

Thanks Erik, it was the Snipe, I just couldn’t put my finger on it until you said and I listened again👍 Clive

[@Neskapade.bushcraft]

Hello dear. Nice video!

[@RajanderP]

Thanks Erik! You really manage to capture the Nordic wild in your videos, including this latest. These KZbin videos, such as yours, beat the commercial (produced) documentaries by hands down. I just added myself as one of your subscribers. Keep up the good work bro! Sarek is one of my ultimate favorite places in Scandinavia/Nordic countries, among Lofoten and Lake Inari (in Finland) but after watching your videos I might need to pay visit at your playground as well..

[@erik_normark]

Thank you Pasi! :)

[@jadeng3879]

very nice !

[@ashlynposiak5593]

Wow Erik! Absolutely stunning! Love that wooden shelter! I’m sure you did as well. :) ~Ashlyn

[@erik_normark]

Yes I was glad to find that simple hut in the strong winds. Thanks Ashlyn

[@stevegoodrum2168]

Brilliant

[@PinetreeLine]

Awesome Erik! Beautiful adventure! Thank you for taking us along!

[@Fintan33]

beautiful video

[@badhabitz69]

Anette says you`re welcome!!

[@KevinOutdoors]

What a majestic landscape! Wish I was there. But, the raven's call scared me this time! :) That water looked cold but the Swedish meat balls looked good! Great editing, the bird calls added are amazing!

[@erik_normark]

Thanks Kevin. Sorry about the raven :) I had planned to bring the sound recording gear with me for the birds, but left it in the car. I realized I had no room for it in the backpack.

[@bishrul2527]

You are a legend

[@chefboy-ar-d6312]

Nice!

[@cimbrerbushcraft-vikingheritag]

Wonderful landscape, story, filming … just a great video 👍🏻😉🌤🌲 love it Atb to you

[@mortenkalland]

Veldig fin film.

[@tsavage4185]

Great video, I could feel the cold crisp water as you crossed the stream and smell the flowers as you moved across the alpine meadows. Thanks Erik, it was wonderful, ptarmigan always make me smile when they run. Cheers

[@thomaskelly6902]

Much better Eric

[@ikedayoshiyuki4461]

Wonderful！！・・・from japan

[@yuriklaver4639]

it's called Walhalla, far away from the giants in Yotunheimen

[@AndyMorfett]

Inspirational stuff my friend. Outstanding views, wildlife and solitude. A new sub and so glad I stumbled across your channel. ATB Andy

[@erik_normark]

Thanks Andy! Atb

[@lucyb15]

I especially like the music here and there, thank-you and the tent which has inspired me to get a catalog.

[@internationalnews889]

Beautiful video. Very encouraging to travel alone and have some peace in those beautiful landscapes

[@MTVENGE]

It'll be 20 years in the future. I'll be watching this video in my bunk on a holo-deck, reminding myself that this is what Earth used to be like as the ship drifts through space

[@dwijendratiwari9493]

Dude you're enjoying the beauty of nature without damaging it Likes you dude from #INDIA 🇮🇳

[@tinyadventuresbybike9796]

Cool, going myself to Lapland in late september. Can't wait!

[@Trail75]

Nice video 👍

[@patricelacroix8049]

WOW ! Says the Canadian. Great film again, i really enjoy the wildlife, freshwater, Swedish meatballs ! The sound mix incredible, the music that i miss camelback, the storm condition, the wind in the crooked Birch tree, i was wondering why the fence in the middle of nowhere ? and notice you used propane gas for you triangle stove, it is better than the alcohol , crank's up the B.T.U.

[@erik_normark]

Thanks Patrice. I was wondering about the fence too. It was only a very small fenced area, I guess it had to do with research, to keep animals out.

[@utubit22]

those shelters seem to pop up regularly in your videos and appear to just be at random in isolated areas. I'm curious what the history behind them are... As everyone else always says - thank you so much for your videos! they are quite literally breathtakingly peaceful :) m(_ _)m

[@magnusdagbro8226]

Alpine tourism has been a thing here for well over 100 years.

[@hasthandlarn]

Awesome Erik! Hiking solo seems to be the best way to do it. Heading where you like to. Excellent sounds and footage. What camera gear are you bringing for those close views of birds/animals I guess are quite far away. I'm also curious about what tour you made here. Where are you at 7.15. That would explain it to me, i hope. What direction from Ammarnäs? Is it the slopes of the Ammarfjället? I'm at the moment studying the map for a hike there in about a month, but have not decided exactly where to go.

[@erik_normark]

Thanks. I use a Panasonic G80 for video. I was in the area around Stubepakte and Sulåive. I slept one night in Stubekåtan. It's a difficult area for walking though, quite difficult terrain, but good bird life!

[@atomyglobalvision7001]

Nice job Erik. Keep doing this wonderful film.

[@AFigmentOfYourImaginationseses]

After trying to search KZbin for decent hiking videos and only finding tedious footage of college students talking to selfie sticks, I finally found this channel which has a fantastic filming style. Your very limited but charismatic viewer interaction is perfect for this type of video and adds flavor without being overbearing. The variety of footage you shoot is refreshing as well as the activities you record. Kudos to you for bathing in a shallow pond on KZbin with nothing but pride.

[@erik_normark]

Very glad to see your comment! Thanks Dylan

[@andrewmacaulay1585]

Most excellent Erik...you have out done yourself again. I'm always curious to what you will say...im curious about your boots..pack etc that you use. Kind regards Andrew Macaulay from N.B Canada

[@gagui97]

Hello Erik I`m looking to buy Panasonic G80/85 as you mentioned in one of your videos about filmind.Just want to know if this one is filmed with G80? Thank you

[@markduncan6690]

Drink your coffee with a nice view! I That advice works for me! Thanks Erik!

[@TheMarsgia]

great vid. You should be in a coffee commercial. One question? is that Coffee /tea Kettle aluminum or cast iron?

[@DonnaConrady]

Exquisite, Erik . . . I felt as if I was there. Thank you. Donna

[@alexanderweaver4838]

What an incredible adventure! Thank you, Erik, for sharing it with us. That tipi-shaped shelter was great but the Nummatj is one of the best investments for anyone seeking a four season tent. Your country is very beautiful and I wish I had gone there when I was stationed in the UK (twice) and in Germany. Most Americans when thinking of traveling to Europe go to Paris, London, Munchen, etc. I would dearly love to go back to all of the backpacking areas like the Alps, Scottish Highlands, and more; just wish now I could visit Sweden and Norway, especially to participate in the annual Fjallraven event...What is it, 65 miles?

[@mountaindreamer4371]

Hi! Erik, sipping a coffee followed by a thumps up are always the best part of your videos. :)

[@garimac7344]

I love the focus on natural sound in your videos, especially the whistle of the wind. Interesting when talking talking about the piled stones that you touched them. Holy moment...

[@LiborBednarik]

Awesome! Massive inspiration! I love the fact that you can drink the water straight from the river. Great video!

[@TheWildsourdough]

Thank You Eric for allowing us to take the voyage with you. And thanks for the English/Swedish translations of the flora and fauna- wonderful ! Moose look just like the one's on the hill behind my home. Peace and Be Well.

[@nehrert]

Underbart att äntligen få ta del av den trippen. Jag blev förvånad över hus lite snö det var.

[@erik_normark]

Det är ovanligt tidigt i år, jag blev förvånad själv. Till och med vattennivåerna hade börjat sjunka undan.

[@hermit6208]

Erik, you make some sweet videos. 😊😊😊 That birch grove was magnificent. What a great spot.

[@nikolagovorko7196]

Well your morning coffee view is certainly hard to beat :). Thank you for another wonderful video Erik!

[@ronaldrose7593]

Hello Erik, thank you for another fine video. You have a great for filming the beauty of nature. Take care out there. Be safe. 🤗

[@ralfklene2888]

Hi Erik, great tour /viedeo, can you tell something about your equipment? how weight, ultra light trecking? Thanks

[@PerKraulis]

Whenever there is a new video from Erik, I make sure to be undisturbed before watching it. Because it is a holy moment. Thanks!

[@yuriklaver4639]

we like to build monuments over ourselves? very true indeed

[@okkami676]

1.52 - 2.15, how on earth were you able to pitch a tent with winds like that? I would be petrified to sleep in that tent; worrying about it being blown off in the middle of the night. Good thing you pitched it so well :)

[@erik_normark]

It was tricky, but it's a good tent :) Thanks

[@markduncan6690]

That mountain water looks so sweet! Here in Canada you have water out of Lake Huron!

[@gpk7683]

This one I will watch again. Like someone already said, I am l o st for words. Many thanks my friend

[@gazinilufarjoya3103]

Thanks Erik, for you I can see wonderful places on earth just sitting in my room.the nature and sounds are awesome.very good work indeed.lots of good wishes for you.👍

[@frontierfan1613]

Amazing outdoor scenery and great videography is why I am a Patreon. 👍🏻

[@topphenomena9207]

i think this the best video from you channel, I've been watching twicely

[@Tummetott]

Really nice video. Thanks for sharing 😀 All the best.