This fellow has a good point. It’s only a six minute video and it’s well worth your time.
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Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
“Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde”
Beware of the anger of a patient man.
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.
In the first minute of the video he comments on how his gear reviews get lots of views but his videos on places he’s visited don’t get as many.
Duh.
People watch the gear reviews because they want to spend their money wisely and invest in good gear so that they can safely and confidently go to the beautiful places and see them in person, not watch someone else go to them in a video.
The people who watch those “look at the cool place I visited” videos are the ones who’ll likely never go there themselves.
I suppose there are some number of people who see the “visit” videos and are encouraged to get out and enjoy those wonders themselves, but in my experience, those are typically the people who’ll say “I’d like to do that someday”…
“get away from the bears of everyday life” Very true. Great video thanks for finding it!
Glad you like it.
I like the “bears of everyday life” comment too. Great video, thanks, R
Glad you like it. The dude has a good point.
I’m 68 and have been backpacking since I was 15, almost every year doing a week and 40-50 miles in the Sierras, occasionally in the Rockies. I also camp all over the west – camp = cot, sleeping bag, tarp if it rains, at the end or side of some untravelled dirt road… and have raised my kids to enjoy the same. Gear matters. He briefly alludes to weight, but too much weight (ie suboptimal gear) makes the climbs harder, the days longer and the nights colder – cuz more tired. The older you get, the more it matters. I get his point about the journey being more important than the gear – the things we carry. With the right – ie best FOR YOU gear – that journey is much better and will result in more and better return trips.