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I'm Kraig Adams. I film long walks in the mountains, mostly alone, and write a free guide to each route. Everything I make is a project: every trip, with its film and guide, and the games and systems I build. Newest first.
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85 projects
Game · October 2026
Sol Factory
Sol Factory is a calm factory game for your phone.
- Games
- AI
- Devlog
Notes · October 2026
The hiking guides
My hiking guides: one for the routes in my films, day by day, with my GPS files.
- Hiking
- AI
- Notes
- Guide
Trip · Glacier National Park, Montana · October 2024
Glacier National Park
3 days, about 65 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Navarino Island, Chile · March 2025
Dientes de Navarino
3 days, about 32 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Patagonia, Argentina · March 2025
Cerro Huemul Circuit
3 days, about 45 miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · São Miguel, Flores and Corvo, Portugal · February to March 2024
The Azores
A week, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Boulder River Wilderness, Washington · October 2023
Three Fingers Lookout
2 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Annapurna region, Nepal · February 2020
Mardi Himal
4 days, about 32 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
System · August 2026
KraigOS
KraigOS is the small system that runs the work around my films: one database in my own Cloudflare account, a handful of tools, and Claude doing the work while I talk in plain words.
- KraigOS
- AI
- Devlog
Trip · France and Switzerland · August 2025
Haute Route, Chamonix to Zermatt
9 days on foot, about 79 miles, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Patagonia, Chile · March 2020
Torres del Paine
5 days, about 85 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Game · October 2026
Swarmlight
Swarmlight is a small factory game for your phone: mine, make and ship from a spaceport on an alien planet, and keep it lit through the night.
- Games
- AI
- Devlog
Trip · Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain · December 2024
Across Tenerife
5 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan · June 2025
Ak-Suu Traverse
4 days, about 42 miles by my GPS, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Dolomites, Italy · September 2025
Alta Via 1
7 days, 75 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Mount Hood, Oregon · July 2023
Timberline Trail
2 days, about 40 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Isle of Skye, Scotland · April to May 2026
Skye Trail
4 days, about 80 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Lofoten Islands, Norway · July 2026
Lofoten Islands
6 walking days, about 85 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Dolomites, Italy · July 2021
Alta Via 2
5 days, roughly 50 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Notes · October 2026
7 Hours of Ambient Hiking Footage
A seven-hour ambient film: twelve of my trips from 2024 to 2026, each one start to finish, with no narration.
- Hiking
- AI
- Video
Trip · Guatemala · December 2020
Acatenango Volcano
2 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · August 2026
Türkiye's Black Sea coast
A week on Türkiye's Black Sea coast in August 2026: Istanbul, Trabzon, Sümela Monastery and the tea gardens of Rize.
- Travel
- Video
Game · October 2026
Solhex
Solhex is a space station factory game that plays in a desktop browser.
- Games
- AI
- Devlog
Trip · Madeira, Portugal · April 2023
Madeira
8 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Cordillera Blanca, Peru · November 2019
Santa Cruz Trek
3 days, about 30 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Mexico City and Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico · March 2023
Mexico City and Iztaccíhuatl
I went, in March 2023.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Tanzania · January 2020
Kilimanjaro, without the summit
4 days.
- Hiking
- Video
Trip · Cusco region, Peru · May 2022
Salkantay Trek
4 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania · May 2026
Peaks of the Balkans
6 days, over 100 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Karakoram, Pakistan · August 2025
K2 Base Camp
12 days on foot, about 100 miles, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Game · October 2026
Jumpgate
Jumpgate is a game about a tiny probe, its drones and the factory that has to grow in empty space until it can build a gate for the humans who sent it.
- Games
- AI
- Devlog
Trip · Westfjords, Iceland · July 2019
Hornstrandir
4 days, nearly 60 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Game · October 2026
HollowARK
HollowARK is my first game: a seed ship buried inside a mountain, the AI that wakes up inside it, and the drones that dig it out into the light.
- Games
- AI
- Devlog
Notes · October 2026
The music in my films
Every song I've used or licensed over years of films, in one searchable library, so I can find music fast and see what I've already used.
- AI
- Notes
Trip · Chisos Mountains, Texas · April 2021
Big Bend
2 days, about 27 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Notes · October 2026
Inbox zero with AI
How Claude keeps my email inbox at zero.
- AI
- Notes
Notes · October 2026
My AI voice clone
I cloned my voice with AI.
- AI
- Notes
Notes · October 2026
Animated route maps
The animated route maps in my shorts: my own GPS track drawn day by day on a relief map, over footage from the film.
- Hiking
- AI
- Notes
Notes · October 2026
My films in six languages
Claude translates my YouTube titles and descriptions into six languages, with every link and timestamp locked so nothing breaks.
- AI
- Notes
Notes · October 2026
Ten years of films in Google Drive
The original file of every film on my YouTube channel, moved into Google Drive, one folder per trip.
- Notes
Notes · October 2026
What my Facebook reels taught me
What I learned from 201 of my Facebook reels about short hiking videos.
- Notes
Trip · Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil · April 2024
Travessia Petrópolis-Teresópolis
2 days, about 19 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Denali State Park, Alaska · June 2020
Kesugi Ridge
About 30 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Yosemite, California · July 2023
Half Dome, again
2 days, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Hong Kong · January 2025
Lantau Trail
4 days, 30 miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Utah · March 2022
Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon
2 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · San Juan Mountains, Colorado · June 2020
San Juan Mountains
2 days, about 35 miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Glen Canyon, Utah · November 2020
Reflection Canyon
About 17 miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado · June 2022
Longs Peak
2 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Cordillera Blanca, Peru · June 2021
Laguna 69
2 days, about 14 miles.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Coast Mountains, British Columbia · July 2023
Howe Sound Crest Trail
A day and a half, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Cordillera Central, Colombia · March 2021
Los Nevados
3 days, 38 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Taiwan · September 2022
Taiwan and Yushan
2 days on Yushan, about 16 miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Sierra Nevada, California · April 2021
Mount Whitney
2 days, about 21 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Catalina Island, California · July 2020
Trans-Catalina Trail
2 days, about 42 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Appenzell, Switzerland · September 2024
Alpstein and the Saxer Lücke
2 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Grand Canyon, Arizona · November 2020
Grand Canyon Tonto Trail
2 days, about 26 miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Grand Canyon, Arizona · October 2019
Grand Canyon rim to rim
2 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Olympic National Park, Washington · June 2022
Enchanted Valley, my first group trip
5 days, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Valais, Switzerland · June 2023
Tour des Dents du Midi
About 42 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Adirondack High Peaks, New York · October 2020
Mount Marcy and Algonquin
2 days.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming · September 2020
Teton Crest Trail
2 days, 50 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Hong Kong · January 2020
MacLehose Trail
5 days, about 71 miles on my GPS, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington · August 2020
Goat Rocks
3 days, 40 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Maroon Bells, Colorado · September 2021
Four Pass Loop
4 days, about 44 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho · July 2020
Sawtooth Wilderness
3 days, 70 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · May 2020
Across the Kenai Peninsula
5 days, about 90 miles by my GPS, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Himalaya, Nepal · November 2022
Manaslu Circuit
10 days on foot, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Scottish Highlands, Scotland · June 2023
West Highland Way and Ben Nevis
4 days, about 105 miles by my GPS, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Southern Iceland · July 2022
Southern Iceland: the Laugavegur and a group trip
12 days, 3 on the Laugavegur, about 59 miles on foot, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Khumbu, Nepal · October 2021
Everest Base Camp
9 days, about 52 miles.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington · August 2020
The Enchantments
1 day, about 21 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Bernese Oberland, Switzerland · July 2022
Tour of the Jungfrau Region
4 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · France, Italy and Switzerland · August 2019
Tour du Mont Blanc
Five and a half days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Northern Spain · October 2019
Picos de Europa
7 days, about 90 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · South Island, New Zealand · November 2023
Four tracks across New Zealand
Three weeks, about 160 miles.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru · August 2022
Huayhuash Circuit
11 days on foot, about 83 miles, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · Mallorca, Spain · March 2026
GR221, the Dry Stone Route
5 days, 80 miles, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
- Guide
- Photos
Trip · France, Italy and Switzerland · July 2026
Tour du Mont Blanc
8 days, 6 on foot, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Photos
Trip · Oregon · December 2019
Winter camping on Mt Hood
I went, in December 2019.
- Hiking
- Video
Trip · Arizona · November 2020
The highest peak in Arizona
I went, in November 2020.
- Hiking
- Video
Trip · Zion National Park, Utah · November 2020
Angels Landing
1 day, about seven miles, with friends.
- Hiking
- Video
Trip · France, Italy and Switzerland · August 2022
Tour du Mont Blanc trail run
6 days running, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
- Photos
Trip · Argentina and Chile · October 2022
Patagonia
8 days, a group trip.
- Hiking
- Travel
- Video
Trip · Adirondack High Peaks, New York · September 2019
Adirondack High Peaks in the rain
3 days, alone.
- Hiking
- Video
Earlier trips
- Half Dome cables June 2019
- Choquequirao and Ausangate May 2019
Group trips · 9 since 2022
Join a hiking trip
About once a year I take a small group of viewers on one of the hikes from my films. Food, lodging and local guides are covered; I hike with the group every day. The next one isn't set yet.
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All socials- YouTube · Oct 14A Week on Türkiye's Black Sea Coast with a 360 Drone
- YouTube Shorts · Nov 2A night alone in a fire lookout on a rock spire
- Instagram · Nov 2Hiking alone in the Azores.
- TikTok · Nov 1I spent a night alone in a 1930s fire lookout bolted to the top of a rock spire. Three Fingers, in Washington's North…
- Facebook · Nov 2Hiking for 3 days alone in Glacier National Park.
- X · Nov 2The Dientes de Navarino, the southernmost trek in the world. Navarino Island, Chile, just across the channel from Tierra
- Threads · Nov 2KraigOS can now search all 53,408 logged moments of my hiking footage by meaning, so it finds the shot I describe even…