After six years working multiple jobs and living cheaply in a buddy’s basement, Reddit user HEYOULOOKATMYCOMMENT saved $10,000 to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: walking the Pacific Crest Trail, filming along the way, and composing his own soundtrack on the ukulele.

In a post to Reddit’s Videos community, HEYOULOOKATMYCOMMENT gives users the highlights of his six-month trek from Mexico to Canada, crossing California, Oregon, and Washington en route.

“From desert, to snow, to the change in fall colors,” he writes in the description for his video, “here is what it is like to walk from Mexico to Canada in under 5 min”:

After debuting the video compilation of the trail’s changing landscape—with fields, forests, cliffs, creeks, mountains, deer crossings, windmills, and narrow paths underneath waterfalls—the intrepid hiker answered redditors’ most pressing questions about his journey, turning the comments section into an impromptu AMA (Ask Me Anything) and offering an inspirational message to prospective hikers of the future about “how easy it is to have an incredible adventure.”

So tie up your laces, tune up your uke, and fill your backpack with as much TP as you can carry, as HEYOULOOKATMYCOMMENT explains what life on the trail is really like.

How Did He Prepare?

Who Else Hiked With Him?

What Did He Eat?

McDonalds visits and all-you-can-eat buffets, his trail diet explains his answer to this question from Reddit user klieber:

Any Danger Zones?

Favorite Stop?

When redditor (and Pacific Crest Trail vet) sbhikes shared that they prefer to hike in sections and started last year’s trek in Sierra City, they unwittingly discovered HEYOULOOKATMYCOMMENT’s favorite destination on the whole trail:

Any Animals on the Trail?

But what about bears?

What’d He Learn?

To learn more about HEYOULOOKATMYCOMMENT’s adventure, check out his original post to the Videos community.