Between September 6th-13th, 2023 I hiked 121 Miles with 40,500′ of elevation gain in the Ecrins National Park. This loop is called the GR54 and starts and ends in the beautiful French town of Le Bourg-d’Oisans, not far from the famous cycling location: Alpe d’Huez.
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/france/isere/gr54-tour-de-l-oisans-et-des-ecrins?u=i
My instagram is: carywmercer
Gear I use:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Day 1Le Bourg d’Oisans to Col del Sarenne [ 11.85 miles, 4,779′ ]
01:18 Day 2 Walk to Le Pied du Col [ 19 miles, 5,444′ ]
03:49 Day 3 End of the day near Col de l’Eychauda [ 18.67 miles, 5,695′ ]
06:27 Day 4 Chambran to Farmer’s hut [ 16.26 miles, 2,952′ ]
07:58 Day 5 Night of food poisoning, Walk to Refuge du Pre la Chaumette [ 7.67 miles, 2,790′]
08:39 Day 6 Walk to Refuge above Villar-Loubiere [ 17.61 miles, 7,108′ ]
10:36 Day 7 Camping near Schaferhutte [ 14.51 miles, 7,368′ ]
11:29 Day 8 Col de la Muzelle to finish [ 15.60 miles, 4,441′ ]
14 Comments
If this video doesn't blow up in views than the alg needs some work. Phenomenal shots
Your video is convincing me about where I would like to hike next Summer! The landscape is stunning, and it provides such a huge contrast compared to the TMB and WHR! Thanks!.
amazing shots and great timing with music and transitions. 🙂
Loved your selection and frame of shots very much! Great love and respect from a solo mountain hiker friend from the Hindu Kush Mountains Lower Chitral District Pakistan!
Very good shots and combined with music that gives calm and peace, makes this video very beautiful and enjoyable to watch and makes us really enjoy your trip. You did so well, buddy👍🏻👍🏻
What a beautiful atmosphere, this was edited simply brilliantly my friend! Amazing work 🔥🔥🔥
So beautiful! Great cuts and incredible shots as always. Love the composition as much as the trail itself.
Amazing film! Inspires me so much to go out hiking myself. Keep up the great work!
Encore une superbe vidéo, c'est magique ! On aurait dit le plateau d'Emparis et la Meije (1:00) ? Loved your films 🤩
Great work Cary, keep at it!
that looks like a brilliant alternative or supplement to the crowded TMB trail. About the same length, really nice size hike. Wish I was out there on the trail!
So gorgeous! Thank you for making this and sharing. I did the first few stages of the GR-54 in 2019 and this is inspiring me to finish it. I'm sorry you got food poisoning along the way….I also got very ill while hiking there.😅
Bravo! I adore this genre of film. Your channel popped up first for me through your trek in the Accursed Mountains of Albania. It's hard to escape that name, which takes an imaginative hold. This film had (I thought) more joie de vivre in it: armchair hikers like me want to see our hero having a quiet beer, share you seeing a butterfly or a marmot, as here. That said. there is quite a long sequence of hiker approaching / hiker receding shots from 10.45 onwards, and I thought this was probably deliberate on your part (for this IS a long trek, and the sequence expresses that duration). But the mountains of late summer France – such perfect viewing for November.
Carey – Well done!