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I wanted to share the link to the YouTube site for John Sikora’s video series, “Camino de Santiago Day by Day….” which now has a new video added to John’s series which shows virtually every step while walking from St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles as seen when one is walking the Napoleon route.
For those who have never viewed this series, they are basically GoPro videos showing each stage of the Camino Frances step by step from the perspective of the pilgrim walking the route. It is unique because it focuses on the walking, not on the PEOPLE who are walking the Camino; there is very little ‘social engagement’ among pilgrims shown. It also uses a time compression Hyperlapse to show every step at about 8x the normal speed. This allows each single stage of Brierley’s guidebook to be shown within a short and highly watchable time frame. Those who want to know what walking Camino Frances is like will come away from viewing the videos with a visual familiarity of each of the stages.
It is a sort of visual peek of the Pilgrim’s view of walking on Camino Frances.
In addition to the actual video footage, John has added the Brierley map to the side of the video picture with a marker showing the actual progress of where the pilgrim is located during the progress of the video. A profile of the terrain elevation, distances, and a Goggle Maps flyover appear at the beginning of each segment.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, John Sikora had only one of the two alternative Routes video recorded of Stage 1 from St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles over the Pyrenees: The route via Valcarlos. Recently, the Napoleon Route was added to John's Series.
Most of the video stages are 15 to 20 minutes in length, so they are very watchable, allowing the viewer to watch as many -- or as few -- of the videos as they want in one sitting. The new Napoleon Route video segment is about twice that length, which is based on how John decided to edit my footage. This series is a great accompaniment to watch as one is exercising by treadmill, or other home workout equipment.
Because I am enthusiastic about John Sikora’s Camino series, I contacted him earlier this year proposing that we team up to add video of the Napoleon Route to his series. My proposal was that during my pilgrimage, I would wear a GoPro camera, duplicating the same settings John has used for his videos, to capture video along the Napoleon route. I would send the video footage to John for his video editing and post production expertise and then he could add it to his existing series.
John was very gracious in accepting my proposal, and during the ensuing months until my departure to SJPdP in late September, I sent him practice footage from my new GoPro, asked tons of questions, investigated the best and lightest equipment to carry out the project, and spent a lot of time on my workout hikes practicing with the GoPro.
On my own pilgrimage from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela, I walked the Napoleon route with a GoPro Hero 6 Black, an external Anker power pack, and several 250 GB micro SD cards. I also used the iPhone app “Walkmeter” to record a GPS track of each step, which allowed John to overlay the progress of the walk onto the Brierley map of Stage one.
The GoPro and Walkmeter app were turned on as soon as I walked out the door of Gite Makila, and was left ON to record every step of my 9 hours walk to Roncesvalles in 4K video (which John compressed into 1080p resolution during editing).
This new addition of Napoleon route also may help with the confusion which some have expressed as to the path to take when starting the descent into Roncesvalles from Col de Lepoeder. The new video shows the route using the road option down to Roncesvalles, which is less steep than using the trail/path. It will eventually clearly show where the decision point is, and what it looks like, when arriving at the spot where the choice needs to be made.
John Sikora’s work is a delight to watch, especially for a new and hopeful pilgrim-to-be who is hungry to know what the Camino Frances is really like for walking.
For those who have never viewed this series, they are basically GoPro videos showing each stage of the Camino Frances step by step from the perspective of the pilgrim walking the route. It is unique because it focuses on the walking, not on the PEOPLE who are walking the Camino; there is very little ‘social engagement’ among pilgrims shown. It also uses a time compression Hyperlapse to show every step at about 8x the normal speed. This allows each single stage of Brierley’s guidebook to be shown within a short and highly watchable time frame. Those who want to know what walking Camino Frances is like will come away from viewing the videos with a visual familiarity of each of the stages.
It is a sort of visual peek of the Pilgrim’s view of walking on Camino Frances.
In addition to the actual video footage, John has added the Brierley map to the side of the video picture with a marker showing the actual progress of where the pilgrim is located during the progress of the video. A profile of the terrain elevation, distances, and a Goggle Maps flyover appear at the beginning of each segment.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, John Sikora had only one of the two alternative Routes video recorded of Stage 1 from St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles over the Pyrenees: The route via Valcarlos. Recently, the Napoleon Route was added to John's Series.
Most of the video stages are 15 to 20 minutes in length, so they are very watchable, allowing the viewer to watch as many -- or as few -- of the videos as they want in one sitting. The new Napoleon Route video segment is about twice that length, which is based on how John decided to edit my footage. This series is a great accompaniment to watch as one is exercising by treadmill, or other home workout equipment.
Because I am enthusiastic about John Sikora’s Camino series, I contacted him earlier this year proposing that we team up to add video of the Napoleon Route to his series. My proposal was that during my pilgrimage, I would wear a GoPro camera, duplicating the same settings John has used for his videos, to capture video along the Napoleon route. I would send the video footage to John for his video editing and post production expertise and then he could add it to his existing series.
John was very gracious in accepting my proposal, and during the ensuing months until my departure to SJPdP in late September, I sent him practice footage from my new GoPro, asked tons of questions, investigated the best and lightest equipment to carry out the project, and spent a lot of time on my workout hikes practicing with the GoPro.
On my own pilgrimage from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela, I walked the Napoleon route with a GoPro Hero 6 Black, an external Anker power pack, and several 250 GB micro SD cards. I also used the iPhone app “Walkmeter” to record a GPS track of each step, which allowed John to overlay the progress of the walk onto the Brierley map of Stage one.
The GoPro and Walkmeter app were turned on as soon as I walked out the door of Gite Makila, and was left ON to record every step of my 9 hours walk to Roncesvalles in 4K video (which John compressed into 1080p resolution during editing).
This new addition of Napoleon route also may help with the confusion which some have expressed as to the path to take when starting the descent into Roncesvalles from Col de Lepoeder. The new video shows the route using the road option down to Roncesvalles, which is less steep than using the trail/path. It will eventually clearly show where the decision point is, and what it looks like, when arriving at the spot where the choice needs to be made.
John Sikora’s work is a delight to watch, especially for a new and hopeful pilgrim-to-be who is hungry to know what the Camino Frances is really like for walking.
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