Highland Backpacking Trail

Highland Backpacking Trail - Algonquin Park

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8 жыл бұрын

On June 3rd, I drove up to Algonquin Provincial Park and did my first solo backpacking trip. This is day 1 hiking from the trailhead to Faya Lake. The trail starts with a fairly steep climb with lots of rocks and roots to trip over and hungry mosquitoes, gnats and deer flies. Faya Lake is an incredible campsite and it's actually the only campsite on the lake so you are totally secluded from any other hikers, not to mention it's beautiful. I highly recommend camping at Faya Lake but just don't forget bug spray! The stars at night were the highlight of my night there.
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"Hold" - Vera Blue
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"Is There a Ghost" - Band of Horses
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"Wings" - Birdy
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Shot with a Canon 6D & GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition.

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@michellemazerolle8304 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I know I am a little late in finding it but thank you for taking us on your adventure!

@Reidzandbelt 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you liked it. I like how people are still finding it a few years later.

@decentdiversions 6 жыл бұрын

Lots of nice things about this video! Well done, Reid. 1. The Ravens shirt! (Hi from Ottawa!) 2. Success in starting the fire! 3. The timelapse @ the end. Going to watch Day 2 now.

@Reidzandbelt 6 жыл бұрын

Hey there! Nice to know some locals are watching! I just bring waterproof matches and a lighter now, that fire starter wasn't worth the fuss. It's awesome what you can see without light pollution.

@decentdiversions 6 жыл бұрын

You should keep trying with the firesteel. The Light My Fire one works pretty well. Dryer lint ignites easily too! Orionid meteor shower tonight! I'm going camping tomorrow near Clyde Forks and hope to see some.

@Reidzandbelt 6 жыл бұрын

Decent Diversions I'll look that up, thanks!

@knuckledragger759 7 жыл бұрын

hey man...did that trail myself in may...loved it..also see you have the MEC forge pack...just picked it up a few months ago myself..great pack..and great video man

@Reidzandbelt 7 жыл бұрын

Brady Richards hey thanks man! The trail is great, first time there. And I love the backpack. Got a second 40L one that I'm using in Europe right now. No complaints.

@krisbarry7294 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Stayed in the same spot while winter camping. It was nice to see it in the summertime. Great job with the flint and steel. It can take some time to get it to catch. I've always used the back of my knife to strike. Do you find it makes a better spark with the blade?

@Reidzandbelt 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Kris! It was my first time using the flint and steel, so I haven't actually used the back of my knife. I will in the future though because it chewed up the knife a little bit. I'm headed back to the same trail in two weeks to make another video with a friend, hoping I'll have better luck getting it going.

@sapoutdoors9873 6 жыл бұрын

love the video! just wondering, what year is your pickup? it looks great!

@Reidzandbelt 6 жыл бұрын

It's a 97. Only had 50,000km when I first got it a few years ago.

@MrJx4000 6 жыл бұрын

Good video. I hiked there myself on June 20th that same year, and got a lot of black fly bites on my right leg under my sock but waking up the next morning on the summer solstice was worthwhile. (BTW: your Instagram link "isn't available.")

@Reidzandbelt 6 жыл бұрын

MrJx4000 I'm heading back to Algonquin to do this hike again, but this time with some friends. The flies are something else eh? Thanks for watching! I'll update the description to include my updated instagram as I recently changed it to @reidzandbelt