A thru-hike is difficult enough without making videos along the way. But if you’ve decided to vlog your thru-hike, the following tips will help you create more compelling videos for your viewers.
You can find these tips illustrated in many great thru-hiking vlogs. While not claiming greatness for myself, these tips also reflect the lessons I learned while vlogging my thru-hikes of the Benton MacKaye Trail, the Sheltowee Trace, and the Appalachian Trail.
1. Tell a Compelling Story
A good outdoor video is not just a series of views and events arranged chronologically in time. ...
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A lover of flavor, I never interpreted the phrase “meat and potatoes” as a compliment. WELL, for neither the first (nor I am sure, last) time, my assumptions have been proven dead wrong. This easy recipe for Ground Beef and Potatoes is all the things I never imagined something as seemingly simple as fried potatoes…
READ: Ground Beef and Potatoes
The desert is a place of extreme opposites: blasting heat and freezing cold, parched soil and flash floods, a harsh landscape but one filled with delicate creatures. When planning backpacking trips, it’s important to consider seasonal temperatures, weather patterns, flora, and fauna when deciding what gear to bring and where to camp. There is great …
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When going after your dreams it's easy to have a variety emotions coursing through your veins. It's important to let yourself feel all the feels and learn and grow through the process. So chase your dreams and don't live regretting not taking the first step.
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