helmet cam for Christmas?

Did you get one? 🙂

GoPro cameras are used more than any other.

Click PLAY or watch a GoPro promo on YouTube. Helicopter skydivers, skiers, wing-suiters, surfers, scuba divers and more.

This video is © GoPro Inc. and shot entirely on the HD HERO2 camera …

(via Gear Junkie – Best Adventure Montage of 2011: GoPro Promo)

tramping Tasmania

I’m looking at my second pilgrimage to Tasmania February 2012.

Click PLAY or get some inspiration on YouTube.

Located at the entrance to the WORLD HERITAGE listed CRADLE MOUNTAIN – LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK is this cool temperate ‘ENCHANTED FOREST’ – a silent, cool damp place, where both trunks of trees and the forest floor are festooned with a luxuriant carpet of mosses and lichens. …

Thanks Frank.

you want to visit Canary Islands

At least you will after watching this.

Scenes taken from Tenerife, more than 2,000 meters above sea level and over a year to capture all possible shades, clouds, stars, colors from a unique landscape and from one of the best skies on the planet.

First in a series of videos nocturnal and crepuscular Time Lapse taken in the Canary Islands trying to capture the beauty of each island.

To capture the natural movement of the earth, stars, clouds, sun and moon TimeLapse technique was used, Dolly vertical and horizontal rails, spindles with horizontal and vertical movements. HDR data collection.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Daniel Lopez is a photographer / astrophotographer based in Tenerife

That link again via George Novak.

Unbelievable Northern Lights VIDEO

YouTube videos aren’t able to represent the vastness and wonder of the real great outdoors.

Until lately.

How are folks NOW making incredible videos like this one from Visit Finland?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I want to visit Finland.

(via Hiking in Finland)

Video: ‘Hardest Hike in the East’

More Fast & Light – Brought to you by Timberland

Gear Junkie Stephen Regenold:

… In early October, we hiked the 25-mile Devils Path through New York’s Catskill Mountains, a trail often given the “hardest hike” moniker because of the ridiculous amount of climbing and descending hikers face — about 14,000 feet total! — as the path ascends six major peaks in the Catskill preserve. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

For more and higher quality, check their dedicated “Fast & Light” video channel.

amazing time lapse video – desert

Hiking Lady:

… I was checking out the Sierra Trading Post blog, and stumbled up this breathtaking time lapse video of landscapes in Arizona and Utah. …

Be sure to click “Full Screen” in the lower right corner – it looks even more phenomenal!

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell.

Here’s volume 1 (VIDEO).

Crew West. (details)

I try to get to the S.W. USA for hiking at least once a year.

John Muir Trail – Almost There

During the summer of 2011, a group of multimedia artists spent 25 days hiking the 219 mile long John Muir Trail. …

This is the first glimpse into their epic journey, accompanied by the single, ALMOST THERE by Opus Orange.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

The John Muir Trail is our #2 hike in the world.