Hi I'm Matt, a backpacker, hiker, and adventure traveller!
I'm a 26 year old Biologist with 44 countries under my belt.
On this channel I'm going to upload some of the following:
Travel Blogs | How-to Guides | Hiking Trips
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Doing this walk in a few weeks. Cant wait! What was wrong with the campsite on day six ? Sounds rough. Last thing ya need after walking 20 miles man. Great video!! Thanks! Gives all a great idea about it! Especially walking from west to east coz I WAS gunna do the other way!! Cheers man!
Thank you very much for the beautiful video. Best regards Nicole and Holger👸🙋👍
amazing video! very informative
Lots of great information
Great vid
I have heard experts say stretching is useless. Galloway, for example
Thinking of potentially doing this as a last minute decision starting this week. Good guide 👍🏼
Guernsey holds a round-the-island walk each year. 16 miles of the cliff paths and 24 miles of road/track. It's a killer!
Gret video. DO you know if this is still a safe route to take if you ent to get down the cliff
It wasn't One of the first AONB it was THE first.
Thanks Matt - really helpful!
Great video. Thanks for the tips
Super helpful video! Thanks
I found ingelborough the most challenging, I started at Ribblehead. I'd never done anything like that before but like you didn't think it was that hard, aside from blisters. I didn't have your camera issues or the terrible weather to contend with though.
Excellent video. Probably should have watched it prior to the walk. Would recommend it to others planning Hadrians Wall Path.
thanks mate!
RIP Sycamore Gap
Training for a hike is pretty much the same as regular sports training for a marathon. Vary your training in training blocks of 6-10 weeks with a rest week at the end to benefit from super-compensation and recover fully and avoid overuse injury. Only do stretching if absolutely necessary during the entire tour to avoid muscle pulls. Plan stretching blocks after the tour when the body has time to heal and is growing back stronger, because that's when it gets tight inevitably. If you get tight easily during the tour it means you have small muscle imbalances in your hip and you need to do better warm ups in the morning. Most important part of gym training for hiking is injury prevention. Easiest part of that is keeping a minimum level of flexibility that allows for good posture and full range of motion without discomfort. At a minimum you need two stretches - one for the front and one for the back side - couch stretch and toes elevated forward bend. All other stretches are optional but doing more doesn't hurt. The most important muscles to train for injury prevention in pretty much all sports are the glute minimus and medius along with the lower part of the glutes and abductors - with clam shell type movements and weight up to 20lbs. Other muscles you have to train are the adductors, inner hamstrings, inner hip flexors, deep lower abs, and obliques + QL. For performance you primarily have to do glute-ham raises and glute bridges. Reverse Lunges and Split Squats do wonders specifically for uphill performance. Regular squats and deadlifts are optional but it's common to get athletes in their early 20s up to at least 2x body weight.
I really enjoy your videos, and I am sorry for your misfortune which is also your viewers and subscribers' loss of lots of fun and learning. This is to be expected in countries where life can be desparate and that, frankly, in societies that are not as evolved and civilized as your own society. I guess in the future you will upload everything daily to remote storage. Hard lesson of life. Really, you are fortunate you did not undergo violence in the poorer countries. A non-lethal handgun would have been wise. And thank God you did not undergo injury by not having the right equipment in dangerous Nature, including bear spray. I was relieved that you both made it through unscathed in this way. This is the way of naive youth, which we all pass through, and so that added to the story. Hope you are not too discouraged and will go on pursuing your life's adventure, enhanced by new wisdom, and sharing it with us.
Made me sad to see the sycamore gap 😔
Great summary, thank you! You’ve inspired me.
Fiction books should not be included here. It’s a different genre altogether.
0:20, this place is in a scene in a movie- Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves
Loved your video. No need for talk, the music was nice. Best bits are where you lie down look around and say as I imagine, can you believe this? Really well done
Thank you!! you gained a subscriber. I love your content. May I ask which month do you recommend me to do this walking with my teen boys?
No problem, glad you found it useful. June-August are the most reliable months for weather. Late May and early september might be good too as the walking paths will be a little quieter! Thanks, Matt
@@mattwalkwild6784 Thank you!! I am very excited to plan the journey x
thankyou for this great guide
Should I also have a supervisor in the window for my squats
Ideally yes as toads aren't known for their powerful bone structure
I am planning to do think hike this summer late June or early July. Question!?? Do you suggest booking accommodations ahead of time or would it be ok to do a walk-up?
It depends on the type of accommodation you want. If it's campsites, then no it should be okay. Bunkhouses might get filled and BnBs are often sold out. The issue with booking is that you have to plan your walking distances correctly and you don't have as much flexibility but that might be better than sleeping rough!
I'm just beginning to do research on this and your video was very helpful. Enjoy the beer!
Hello Matt, I Am a student in swansea and planning to do a 3 -5 day camping trip in gower. Which month would be good for it considering the weather?
Walked this trail as hiker green horn and this trail made me fall in love with hiking...what a great time to have in my memory
Walked a large section of this earlier in the year - and those steps are a killer (especially as from time to time there seems to be step slightly bigger and it jars your knee - worth it though). Cheers for the video
Top work soldier. Did you still need to use any sort of map ?
Can you do the way by bike?? Is it allowed?
Where did you stay?
That pointing needs redone.
Hi mat , thanks for this video,me and my brother are planning to walk this next year . Your video has been a really good start to educate me on what I am in for. Really appreciate you making the video you did a great job 👍 cheers mat
Thanks for the video! That was very helpful!
That was a gem of a video, clear crisp well exposed with stunning views.
Well done Matt, good trail tips vid 👍 I did the HWP last year and my own videos. Had a great time! Subbed 👍 Justin
Looking to do this next year 😊
Fantastic and informative video thank you
Sad to see this channel is dead just when I discovered it.
agreed
Just come across your video - thanks! Thats where Im from!
Sorry we missed this! Could not go because rainy season!
Could you let me know please how often you had to cross fiels with cows grazing on it please?
Hi, what time of year is best? Spring?
Good tip about the wind. Well done.
Our walking group is tackling Pendle Hill today , and I hope we visit Foxes Well as Im interested in the Quaker movement . Many Thanks. R
We just did East Meon to Cocking and it was gruelling. It seemed like most of the way, the ground was hard chalk and flint. Feet absolutely annihilated after 20 tough miles