MOST travellers will admit to taking the odd selfie or two.
But one man has
taken that to a whole new level, taking a picture of himself at every mile
along a stunning 2600 mile trek.
Andy Davidhazy
hiked across the entire United States and produced this stunning timelapse
video, which charts both his incredible journey as well as his transformation
along the way.
Not only did he
capture the spectacular scenery, but as this five minute video shows, he even
managed to lose more than 20kgs during the trip across the Pacific Crest Trail.
His video has
notched up an impressive 841,000 views since being uploaded toYouTube two
weeks ago.
The video
has attracted a stack of comments from people who not only applauded him for
his clever use of images and for the project itself, but praised him for his
weight loss.
Even the
changing length of his beard got a few mentions.
User Jon Snow
posted: “Who else just jumped to different points in the video to see how long
his beard was?”
Another posted
he appeared to get better looking with each mile.
The 4185km
journey stretched from the mountains of California taking in Oregon and
Washington and took roughly five months in total.
The amazing
track begins at the Mexico border town of Campo, California, and finishes just
across the Canadian border in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada.
On websiteLost Or Found,
the creative director, photographer, brand strategist, and designer reveals his
reasons for compiling the video were simply beyond just taking a selfie.
He said while
completing such a hike was obviously a challenge, life was full of rewards for
those taking short cuts.
So to
ensure he didn’t take one himself, he recorded a picture at every mile of the
journey.
“Taking a photo
of myself every mile wasn’t about vanity, but rather a way for me to fully
commit to the whole hike,” he wrote.
“If I were to
skip ahead, myself and everyone else would know it.”
However, the
journey wasn’t without a setback or two.
Davidhazy, who now lives in Austin, Texas, reveals he actually had
to stop the hike about 418kms from the end after being stranded by a snowstorm in 2013.
That wasn’t
enough to stop him and determined to finish the hike, he returned a year later.
It was also a
lot harder than it sounded to stop and take a picture every mile.
“The process of
stopping to take a picture every mile had a big impact on the actual experience
of doing the hike,” he wrote on Lost Or Found.
“I had to be
well-aware of where I was at all times, which was quite distracting in that it
took me out of the moment and made it difficult to maintain good momentum.”
The intrepid
traveller reveals more photos on his personal website and also said he is now working on making a short
film about his journey.
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