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Uprooted Adventurer
Приєднався 3 гру 2006
In this channel I will review my life and the things I use to live it.
Teacher in the Summer: A Reflection
Join me on my hike along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville NC where I reflect on the teacher life, pay, summer school, and what it is like to be in a classroom where 100 kids walk through your door everyday.
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Altra Olympus 4 Trail Runner
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On my hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains I decided to do a quick review of the Altra Olympus 4 Trail Runner. I use it for both hiking and trail running, depending on the weather. Enjoy the review.
Akubra Adventurer 3 Year Update
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It's been 3 years since my last update on my Akubra Adventurer Fedora. Some of you have asked me how it has held up. Join me as I hike along the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina for a detailed update on the durability of this hat fit for the Indiana Jones lifestyle.
Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase Filming Location
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Last May I took a hike along the trail where the motorcycle chase scene was filmed from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. If you drive up to the Mount Tamalpais Watershed and park at the first parking lot as you enter, look up the Concrete Pipe Road and Taylor Trail Loop on All Trails. Follow along Concrete Pipe Road, which is a fire road, and you'll recognize these exact locations. The joust...
Kerbal Space Program 2 Carl Sagan Intro
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I was hired to do the voice of Carl Sagan at the intro of Kerbal Space Program 2. I've had some random jobs in my life but this has to be the time I've felt out of my body thinking, "How did I get here?" I was in a recording booth in San Rafael California with the game developers and sound engineers for two hours having the time of our lives.
Hogwarts Castle Build with HO Train
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While it is still a work in progress, I wanted to show my first ever HO train set build using a 3D puzzle of the Hogwarts Castle, an HO version of the Hogwarts Express and of course a lot of materials, such as foam, wood, paint, glue and love.
Indiana Jones Mark VII Gas Mask Bag
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Here is my review of the British Military 1941 Mark VII Gas Mask Bag, also used in the Indiana Jones films. I purchased this bag at onlinemilitaria.net/products/1914-the-mk-vii-mark-seven-indiana-jones-bag-original/
OBOZ BRIDGER Mid Waterproof Hiking Boot Review
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The Oboz Bridger Mid Waterproof Hiking Boot will go just about anywhere you want it to. Take a look and see how this boot holds up.
Indiana Jones Shirt Review : What Price Glory
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Indiana Jones Shirt Review : What Price Glory
Indiana Jones Fedora: Akubra Adventurer Hat Review
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Indiana Jones Fedora: Akubra Adventurer Hat Review
Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic
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Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic
Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic
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Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic
Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic
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Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic
Oboz has lightweight versions of the same boot
Good to know.
Nice hat! I recently bought the Fed IV and love it. Did you experience any shrinkage with the hat?
@@weebogeeta slightly but barely noticeable. Probably from drying after being wet. More towards the top of the crown. The hat band has never shrunk. Depending on my haircut, I can use a piece of felt in the hat band to tighten it if necessary
The aluminum foil trick is really well executed! :)
Thanks. It made sense and I just experimented.
Very creative👍
What size is it vs your actual head measurement?
It's dead on. I'm a 57, the hat is a 57
Coincidentally I just watched your video where you talk about the size (and shaping it). Good to know! I'll order true to size and see how I go. Cheers
LOVING seeing the progress! If you think about it, please upload a few videos of the train going around the track. Styrofoam was a great idea! Might do this inspired by what you've done!
Applause for the Tintin cameo! I have the Federation iv deluxe and it’s been a great travel/adventure hat. Don’t get to wear it as much as I like due to living in central Florida.
I was in France at the time. Bought a French version of the first story.
That is amazing ! I absolutely LOVE IT !
I recently bought an Akubra Squatter and I rehaped it. The Akubra seems to take steam and reshaping better than any brand I have reshaped. Really good quality hats.
Man, that hat fits you so well, I’m starting to wonder if Sinatra was just your opening act! I’m trying to figure out how different your hat shape is to the Akubra Leaser-time. Can you give us the measurements; brim, hight etc. Again, it’s refreshing to see someone enjoying their hat as much as you…looks great!
Your hogwarts must be the larger 4d one, with both the astronomy and great hall kits combined. The box looked like the smaller kit…
Yeah. I do have the larger kit.
Great impression. I’m rehearsing for a part where I play a carl sagan like person. I need to master his voice. Any tips?
@@thetruthexperiment pay attention to his random pauses mid sentence. Lips pointed out, use the back of your throat, hard Rs, extend word durations on specific words. I did his voice for Kerbal Space Program 2. I recently auditioned for another project over the summer, but it’s been put on hold, so just waiting. Good luck to you
This video was 7 years ago and has randomly picked up attention. I’m not an actor and I’ve gotten two jobs off of it. I’m an English teacher 😂
Still looks great! I own this same one - last year, my wife wanted to wear it at the beach and wore it in the water, got it sopping wet. she gave it to me after she was done. I put it on, shaped it back to it's Indy glory, let it dry while wearing it, and the salt water formed some awesome sweat-stain-looking marks around the ribbon so now it looks like it did in Raiders. And the hat keeps on kicking - 6 years now for me. Keep up the adventuring!
Thank you. Glad your hat is still holding up!
Did you change the band on the hat? The color and the band color looks different then the one in the video 3 years ago. What’s up?
@@andyfischetti same hat band. UV exposure from 3 years in the sun will do that to fabric
Nice!
Altra also do an extra-wide fit on some of their models. I have wide feet and it has caused me all sorts of problems. I had a pair of Superiors in x-wide… wonderful and comfortable, despite being only lightly padded. Wore them to death. I now have a pair of x-wide Lone Peaks, the fit isn’t quite right (slightly too large for my big feet!), but the level of comfort 😊
It’s a great hat. I like Akubra a lot and I own several. Sometimes the weather or the activity is too rough and I don’t want to put my favorite hat through that (it’s a vintage no longer made ‘Down Under’ model with a telescope crown) and that’s when my tough as nails indestructible Filson Tin Packer hat comes out to play. It laughs at rain and thorns and mud and burrs. If you are looking- it’s a good hat to have in a pinch. It will even fold up. 🤠
I've thought of other hats that would be more appropriate for these kind of adventures, and yes, crushable hats make sense. I've even tried some on, but weirdly it just doesn't feel right. It's stupid, I know because I'm putting an expensive hat through a beating.🤠
Where did you get that castle 😱😱😱
It's a 3d cardboard puzzle
When are you going to put more videos out on the castle project
I've been teaching 6th graders all year long. I did do one cool thing with them. We took a half day of school and I let them design their own version of what the add on section would look like. They cut styrofoam, glued it on, painted it, made trees and paper buildings. It was a lot of fun. I'm not going to use what they built but I will make a video on it to show their creative process.
Quite good!
Hi it’s me George from school I like how it’s going
As an REI member you had a year to return those
Military gas mask bags, and bread bags are so great, and often very affordable. I find especially the older ones good because they have vintage feel, and not some look modern person would associate with military like camo patterns, and so on necessarily. I personally would never buy expensive satchel so im very happy with old military ones just to carry water bottle, and some other daily items i might need
As a runner, what benefit do you get from such a high boot?
As a runner, none. I use it to hike in. My running shoes are Altras Olympus for trails. My running shoes for roads are Altras Escalantes
You got a hat face good for you
Where did you get the castle!
It's a 3D puzzle, but it's a pretty good quality on.
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Amazing, well done.
U don’t suit that hat.
Cool beans
Mines just got back from 3 weeks on a tour of sunny Mexico, so this time it's got Aztecs, Maya, and Inca dust on it.
Great impersonation, thanks!
Super cool! Can't wait to see it once its done!
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing. Is this the Akubra Adventure hat in Mid Brown? Just curious. It looks grey in some shots and brown in others LOL? I’m Looking for a good Indiana Jones style hat.
It’s a mid brown. Weirdly photographs soft but is darker in person
@@rootieboy awesome! Going to order one. Thank you again for sharing. These vids were very helpful. Looking forward to making my own.
I'm thinking about doing another update after all of these years. The had is in great shape, but really looks like a well loved and used hat. @@bobward7508
That would be awesome! I’d love to see it.
Update. 3 years late I replaced this boot with the wide version. The reality is, it widens the entire boot, not just the toebox. I'm not loving the wide as much because it does not hug my foot in the center. It's great for the toes, but it feels off on the rest of the boot. I still love the boot, but I'd probably go back to regulars on my next purchase.
Awesome work. I just bought the game and instantly recognized Sagan's voice. I like to think of him as "Carl Kerman".
I just got this hat for Christmas. Bashed it myself. Can’t wait to get some sweat and dirt on it.
I've been using mine for everything, especially while digging my outdoor patio. I've realized how a nice hat like this can protect from skin cancer because it has such good coverage.
Wow ! What a fantasist job you’re doing. Don’t know if it’s feasible but swapping out that awful “light” on the Loco for a warm white / yellow LED would really set things off. Looking forward to finding the finished video, Very well done 😄👍🇦🇺
Have you finished this yet?
No. I moved cross country and finally pulled it out of storage to work on it
So the wides are just a wider toe back and not the whole shoe? I have what’s called Greek feet which means my big toe is more recessed vs the other toes. So my outer toes usually end up rubbing or my second toe if I don’t upsize. So I’m wondering if maybe a wider version would work good for me. Keens and Solomon’s usually work good for me while a narrow athletic shoe doesn’t work for me at all.
Interesting you ask. I actually just bought the wides about 2 weeks ago and found out that not only does the toe box feel wider, the entire shoe feels wider. I'm hoping as I break them in they will form a little better to the center of my foot which is much skinnier than my toe box. I have an extremely long second toe that is longer than all of my other toes, so I have the opposite problem you have.
@@rootieboy I meant my big toe is recessed vs the second but mot not all of the others but yeah sounds like you have a “Greek” foot too.
Hows your hat after 2 years? not seen a video from you in a while maybe time for an update, Mines still rocking the Egypt dust.
It's still going strong my friend. It's my go to. I swear it will last forever.
Why are you wearing a mask outside😂
It was at the beginning of the pandemic. It was common courtesy to put it on while passing by others on the more narrow trails. Other than that, it came off when we were clear of others.
Mines just got back from Cairo Luxor Aswan and Rome
Thats awesome! Well traveled. Mine suited me well in Paris this summer
Hi, do they overheat you feet in the warm weather ?
Not really. They aren't incredibly insulated. If you don't need a hiking boot and the ground is dry I would suggest a trail runner. I usually go for Altras for that.
@@rootieboy thanks, I appreciate it. Have a good day! I decided to go with the Firebrand 2. I kinda wanted a high top but the firebrands looked good.
Thank you for the review and even using a reference picture and adding a link to the site! I'm buying the bag now.
no problem.
Mines currently in Rome and is going around all the attractions tomorrow, today we were in Cairo at the Pyramids and a few days before that Luxor Karnak and Valley of the Kings. so its got proper Tomb and Cairo diastolic on it. :)
Mr. Root, where are our English folders. Manchester will find you …
Right where I left them. In the filing cabnet at the back of the classroom. You remember, right?
@@rootieboy that’s what we said in class, but apparently the cabinet wasn’t there. They did keep the brick wallpaper up though.
@@jaredmellinger5126 That's tragic. All of that work.
is it just me or does anyone alse think, that this hat does not fit his head. To me it looks oversized and the hatshape is to round for headshape. I pretty like how he likes his head and I'm happy for him because of that, but in my opinion, he should get a "long oval shape" with one or two numbers smaller. Maybe also a slightly narrower brim to fit his face.
It’s all good. I’ve actually reshaped the hat many times since. It’s now a more oval shape. The hat does fit perfectly though. Any smaller and it wouldn’t fit on my actual head 🙂
Do you have long arms or short ? Curious if I want to get a small or a medium. I'm 5'11 and I got a long reach
I've got long arms. I often have a hard time finding long sleeved shirts that match my arm length, but luckily this shirt the leaves go just short of my knuckles.
@@rootieboy thanks! I appreciate you . I was also curious what size jacket you recommend with someone the same build as yourself
@@tomsellec5712 I don't have a jacket yet, however, I'm somewhere inbetween a 36 and a 38 chest size. Like, right inbetween and they don't always make a 37.
Do you measure underneath the pointy part?
Right on the pointy part
Yes I have the official crappy one, had for mmany years. It'snot great, but it's fine. It's my travelling hat. As a primary school kid I'd wander around the garden with a yuge butcher's knife, in my khaki shirt with official Lucasfilm Fanclub Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom patch...and loved it!
There is nothing wrong with the bow on the hat band. That is very common and it is not an accident.