Man would I love to see a process video where you show every aspect of your process from filming, including settings, to editing, to anything else that it takes to make these fabulous videos. You're ahead of your peers in the quality of these types of videos. Thanks for the inspiration

My wallet was laughing at me while I'm enjoying this vid.

"And want my footage to match real life as much as possible" You just earned a subscriber. The over-editing, hyper-real, creative-warping of natural beauty is my biggest grip about our outdoor community. Keep it real. Homie. (Now how about a video explaining how you afford all this dope ass gear AND have time to wander. lol!)

I am really surprised how you got here from filming weddings. Your evolution is palpable. I admire your search for essentialism. Congrats, Kraig!

I’m doing a 60 mile hike in California in a couple weeks and I’ve been binging your videos. Your awesome dude!!

I'm drinking coffee while watching. Ultra light gears makes my hiking enjoyable. I love my trail coffee.

I had the same little bit of string attached to an article of my clothing when I got them washed in Thailand :) I also left it on there.

Finaly somebody that said you dont need to record everything in dlog and spend hours color grading. Very wise words.

I like the videos. No talk, no noise pollution. Simply great.

Whenever I wear my “shants” I’m ready for anything!

I've been watching a lot of backpacking videos since the fall 2016 to keep my sanity and I've got to say you've got some of the best stuff on the internet. Thanks.

I love to watch people who do what they love.

Man, smooth Advertising. made me think you were actually into coffee as a hobby for a second, quality!

Here's a pillow tip: I've tried all sorts of pillows, from inflated to compressed. But they never really solved the two biggest trail issues: Sleeping comfortably, and reducing weight. Ironically, sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. Stuff your sleeping bag's compress bag with your down jacket or sweater. Cover it with your neck warmer to make sure the pillow's pleasant to the skin. The result is the last pillow you'll ever use on the trail :)

Awesome video Kraig! I loved seeing your kit setup :)

I envy your minimal setup man. I'm an over packer and over preparer when it comes to my hiking trips! Need to take a page out of your book and ditch some of the non essentials.

I can recommend some merino-wool shirts, dries quickly and is always warm . Checkout Icebreaker, quality and comfort!

Huge fan of your style & simplicity… Am really loving your channel as a sub.

Thanks …. such a enjoyable channel. I especially appreciate your sharing the gear breakdown of the evolving treks; they offer us novices a can do comparative to duplicate your minimalist hikes. Again, thank you.

I grew up in the mountains is south america and by no means we had access to all this fancy gear we still hiked and spent days in the jungle one of my uncles he refused to wear shoes if you know nature you will find all you need there, regardless god bless you can afford all that .

This video has ZERO fluff at the start. KZfaq should reward you for this. What a JOY!

I'm binge watching hiking vids even tho I've never hiked before. Just love the idea of enjoying nature, and I live in nz, perfect location for it

For socks I recommend Bridgedale. Not cheap and you'll resent the price at first, but if your feet get soaked, your feet are still warm and comfortable. Last forever too. I still have my first pair, Bridgedale Summit, from 2010.

the footstep/crunch sounds are my favorite! that mic is small but mighty!

Nice! I like the backpack, having the same issue finding a tent that doesn't take up much room..

Love love love the gear video! Short sweet and to the point! Love all the other videos too! So inspiring! Can't wait to see more 2020 adventures!

Most excellent breakdown of your gear! Love your videos! Cheers!

Great gear review. This is very helpful. I live on the Oregon coast so I will be checking out the rain gear definitely. Music is spot on dope too...

Lots of data and experience in just a few minutes. Thank you.

That coffee segment though 🥰

Dude, this is beautiful! Also, so hyped about the Trade Coffee partnership. They chose wisely 👌🏻

Hello kraig. Sumit from India. Your all videos are outstanding and I love the simplicity in the videos

I like very much your videos. There have a very good senses . The forest are wonderful .

I just received my Hyperlite 2400 yesterday! Can't wait to use it in Colorado this week! Namaste! 🙏💚

This was excellent. I really dig seeing folks who use the gear that THEY want to use instead of the gear that "everyone' uses. It's refreshing to see a gear list where each item isn't the most expensive thing out there. I can see all of the ultralight weight weenies heads exploding when you show that you use a 3lb tent. Perfect.

Nice video! Short, sweet, and to the point! Also a nice rundown of the gear.

I love how your footage match real life, that's part of what makes your channel one of the best. It always disappoints me when I see grading/filters on already beautiful places.

Wooo killing it 🙌🏻

Another tip that costs virtually NO space or weight, is to have an SD card for each Mavic battery. I label each battery with a number (1-3) and each SD card the same. When I swap out a battery, I also swap out SD card. In the mountains, your chances of loosing a drone (no matter how great a drone pilot you are) are much higher. Best to limit your loss to footage from just one batteries worth. I backup all SD cards from cameras and drone at night to my Note9 via high speed reader and the 1TB I have on my phone.

Good solid kit. You can definitely save some space and weight with a shelter like a ZPacks Duplex, but of course that is a serious investment. On the budget end the Lanshan 2 from Aliexpress or Amazon is a very solid shelter for less than $150 and 3lbs. Save some more space and weight and use a 650-750ml titanium pot and a smaller stove like the Soto Amicus. No matter what gear you have though, getting out there is the most important step. Keep hiking Kraig, your videos are true inspiration.

GREAT CHANNEL YOU HAVE! I love watching your hikes. Keep on inspiring us, buddy!

0:11 Kraig: "I've been using a hyper *lite* " Also Kraig: *Swings a boulder-like backpack on him*

That was a pretty slick Segway. But I do love coffee

If you used a cell phone like a Note 9 or 10 or any Android where you can expand memory and/or attach to Type C memory reader and/or SSD (like the small/light/durable Samsung T5)... you could also backup your footage each night. Corruption, falling river, dropping your camera, even using Sony Tough cards is a greater chance when filming and photographing in wilderness. Best to back up photos and footage each night. I use my Note9 and its 1 TB with a high speed sd or micro sd reader, to backup my photos and footage each night. On longer trips I also use a 1TB Samsung T5 SSD

I aspire to be next level hiker you my dude. And your gear is goals. Watching you hike and camp Grand Teton, that gave me a small adrenaline rush just watching you accomplish that. You the man, you got a follow from me!

I don't know why but watching this video feels so satisfying everytime I watch it.

Bro , backing tracks and voice overs are very well done on this, I am using your vids for inspiration in the future! keep it up man good work!

THANK YOU there are so many channels that fill up their videos with pointless information. You on the other hand get to the point

Oh shit I love that you can charge that Sony straight from a ext battery. Maybe something you could add to this kit would be a light solar panel if you ever are running low on batteries. I want to step up my film making game on the mountains so this video really helps. Just doing the camera/lens/mic research :)

Ive watched some of ur uploads, great shots and quality, this is really interesting, great that you've shared ur kit. thanks. looking forward to more stuff

Greatest. I am always waiting for you to come back to film in Thailand again.

I was guessing you had a secret zoom for those crispy sounds in the last video, it was just so good.

He glided right into that ad! Nicely done, friend!!!

Glad you did this, it's always nice to know what gear people use to create

"I take pictures with default profile".. You just blew my mind, I am considering purchasing a camera but all the stuff photographers talk about when it comes to cameras are just too advanced right now, so it's great to hear someone say straight up that he doesn't use them, that means there is hope for me as well! :D

I liked how you transitioned to trade coffee, pretty classy 👌, I'm going to check them out. Cheers ☕

Greetings from the U.K ! superb no nonsense video ,If may offer some advice learned the hard way copy your pass port ,birth certificate , drivers I.D etc and store them seperate - If things go south on a trip abroad and u have to go to an Embassy for help if you have been ` rolled` at least having copies will help prove your identity - keep the copies in a sealed bag with paper money under your insole of your foot wear , if you loose your bag u should still have your foot wear .

Thank you for these information. I haven't hiked yet but I'm planning to start as soon as I am able to complete hiking gears.

Nice video, especially the Photography & Video aspects. My next camera is definitely a Sony mirrorless .

Hi Kraig. I decided to ask because I'm walking in the mountains and love take some pics. Do you eat some like freezedry food's? They are light, take minimum space and easy to make. I'am sorry but as I seen in couple your films you just eating biscuits, beer and so on. Not so worry about nutritients when do some long trails? Anyway-I'm trying use ultralight gear but always for trips like 3-4 days my 80L osprey bagpack it's always about 20kg or little more. For me essentials: sleeping bag, msr single person tent or hammock, sleeping matt, gas stove, water filter, nalgene bottle , trying for every day pair of socks, two or 3 t-shirts, similar trousers to yours, gore tex jacket, fleece, shoes and minimum 2 packs meal for day. I think that's it.I founded for my self as you know heavyest things are water and food. Always trying use my nikon D90 but size of that always remind me iphone 8. Anyway-great videos mate. Take care, stay healthy. Tom

God forbid but be sure to prepare for worst case scenarios. I don't see a map, compas, firstaid-kid, emergency whistle. It can all be as light as your other stuff and when shit hits the ven, you will be happy to have it with you.

To everyone complaining about advertising, chill out...the guy is trying to provide for himself a means to do what he finds passion in. What's more harmful, his 15secs of advert or the negativity that seemingly most be voiced by you guys...? Just let people live if its not harming anyone.

Brother, a few humble suggestions from me for gear updates which would either help you cut a ton of weight of vastly improve on the quality (I know it's expensive, but I'd rather give you the premium options in which I have my 100% trust): 1. Tent - Zpacks Duplex 2. Quilt - Enlightened Equipment Revelation 3. Sleeping pad - NeoAir Uberlite 4. Cooking system - MSR Pocket Rocket 2 + Toaks 700 Happy trails! I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your adventures... :)

Thank you for all of the gear tips. I appreciate it greatly.

Haha didn't see the ad coming =) great job

You are lucky you got your Tripod so early, they don't ship out the Kickstarters until Dec.

No LUTS!! My hero!! 😂 You should definitely do the iPhone shoot!

Aayyyyyy, this has me itching for another backpacking trip 🤙🏻

You might have convinced me to go with the Sony. Currently in Nigeria playing with at 6500. Loving it.

Nice minimalist setup. Love the camera and drone combo.

You got my subscribe, I like your channel man

Always look forward to your videos and hiking films my man. Keep it up!

For coffee try out the Aeropress (though I feel like you would've heard about it already).. There is a new lightweight/packable version being released this month, apparently.

I really enjoyed watching your video. Good explanation and very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Very informative video! I’m currently living in Cleveland but planning on buying property in Montana to live off the grid. I figure hitting the hiking trails in the meantime will be a great way to get my weekly doses of vitamin-nature. Thanks for sharing it helped a lot!

You should try roasting your own beans...it's fun and I bet you'll surprise yourself. Awesome tips man...great video. Lots of pearls.

Love watching your content and seeing how you achieve everything with such a minimalist approach and setup.

Love the way you are focused on the important thing, take care.

Favourite hiking gear for me. One big bottle of water. Hiking shoes. One or two beers. One or two doobies . Maybe a sandwich. That's it. Nice and simple gear for a two hour hike

I agree with footage matching life. It actually annoys me alot when photographers amp up the colors in photos so it looks completely unatural, aka “sunset at the pier” shot. Your films all look great by the way, and I’m glad your channel is really going places, as you are.

Awesome to see you doing what you want to do! Thank you for sharing it with us!

Love the load out and simplicity man! Great stuff. Hike on

Man! I don't saying you a liar, but it's hard to believe all this thing on this bag. Amazing!

Several of my socks and underwear still have little pieces of colorful yarn on them from Peru nearly four years ago now... The socks with yarn have holes in them, but I still use the underwear every day. Also, the convertible pant/shorts is something I can't get into. I've tried several different brands but haven't been able to convince myself to swap to them from a separate pair of pants & shorts. Looking forward to your next trip video!

Wow! Great list - I really enjoyed your vid.

Amazing, thank you - so helpful. Keep up the great work Kraig!

The wool marker on the laundry 🤣😁same in Laos 16 years ago, its still there to this day on my North face bottoms.👍

Really like the break down on all of this Kraig. For all of us who tend to bring too much for adventure.

That was quite possibly the smoothest transition to a video sponsor plug ever conducted.

Good to see someone embracing simplicity. Great information and great video/photos. Stay saffe

What is the max carrying weight of the backpack? Is there a frame? Does it get sweaty? Smart water bottles are awesome Cannot go wrong with the large freezer Ziploc bags.

every video from Kraig - no matter the subject - is pure meditation material! gold!

Great video, very interesting, I’m thinking of walking the swcp in England, gives me some great ideas. Thanks Jon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦊👍

Go for Merino stuff(socks, beanie, underwear, hoodie)! It's crazy expensive but it keeps longer fresh without the need for washing. Was able to reduce my pack to a minimum with that change when travelling the world.....and stink a lot less now :-)

Camera : don't leave me behind Craig : I won't This is true friendship

Wow you have balls. Doing everything on factory defaults. Good for you . Simplicity is key. Some simple touches are always nice tho. But not overburden

very clear and simplicity video

Great information! Thank you for sharing.

Smoothest ad transition

Any gear is my favorite