You, Sir, are to be applauded for not only finishing this hike, but filming your hike as you went. Your filming surely involved multiple times back tracking to capture this marvelous scenery. Job well done, Sir.
I've been hiking this exact same trail with my dad in October 2018 (a few months before you). We were late and on the way back we ecnountered two bears. As Europeans, we've never seen wild living bears and we freaked out quite a bit. Crazy memories.
Pretty sure we saw you at roughly 2:30pm california time, on 95 (you were heading south, we were heading north), about 10 or 15 miles south of the Nevada border. My wife was pointing going, "that's him!" Your kayak is what got us thinking it was you. Hope you're having a great time!
Dude. Seriously. That was the best episode you've ever posted. It had everything-Yosemite, waterfalls, Sprotsmobile, Mojave, cooking pizza, fun 4WD trail...Great angles. I've never subscribed to any Uboob channels before but you converted me. I'm a Landcruiser guy but respect your Jeep and how you handle it. Good luck on all your maintenance and look forward to following your travels east.
Jeep should be paying your way here..for all the roads I watch you traverse...your Jeep does amazingly well....Do they know how well you are showcasing this one ?...Good stuff as usual.
I remember camping in the White Mountains of NE Arizona some years ago. I spent 5 days in one camp waiting out some bad weather. When I packed up and fired up my Nissan Frontier, the engine sounded horrible. I popped open the hood and discovered that mice had chewed through two of my spark plug wires. My only option was to head the 30 miles back to Springerville running on 4 cylinders instead of six. On several of the steeper hills on the highway, I had to shift down into low range to make the climb. To add insult to injury, the auto parts store charged me $150 for a new set of plug wires! Hope your battery wires were a lot cheaper. BTW, you're having great adventures.
Great video. Thanks for taking that hike, something I may never do, but at least now I've seen some of it. Keep up the great work and great scenery. Like the video length.
It seems tempting to think ' the grass is greener' regarding switching to an earthroamer or sports mobile or toyota something or other,,,but in all seriousness you do have the best option in my opinion, dimensions of Jeep,ease in which to set up camp, compactness, capability/ mobility, etc..a proven chassis and you are familiar with it,,just add that needed recovery gear and you are golden..
Them ko-yotes need killin'. I just got that Gaia app because of you. Think it will be good. Wow, you better live full time in those things at that cost!! Of course, when I think about it, my 4x4 truck cost a leg and kidney. Wait Chris: wha'?! Y'all Jeep boys just have to go over that one rock? Maybe it was only way, but looked clear from here. Looked like you just HAD to go over it. Oh me, a Campmobile! We've had two of those, a new 1974, then a 1968.
A buddy of mine is a wheat farmer. He says they leave bars of Irish Spring soap in all their vehicles on the farm. He says mice and other critters hate it. I know I don’t like the intense smell of it.
Great video as always, Im sure you hear it all the time, but a bag of recovery gear is a must. and get a winch its such valuable tool. keep at my friend.
Thanks for the mini-adventure with Sportsmobile! One of those is on my wishlist... or at the least some of the features are on my going to have to build it myself 'wishlist'!
Hi Chris , just found your channel and subscribed ,watching in the UK. I’ve been off work poorly so have binge watched about 20 of your videos. Just wanted to say Excellent exploring adventures. Really like your channel 👍🏼😃
Good choice to pass on the mine exploration, Chris. If you are going to be in the St. George - Las Vegas are any time soon, let me know. We are doing a couple of trips a week this time of year, Little Finland and some great petroglyph panels Tuesday.
Great ep Chris as always. You want to get yourself a winch my friend and some good winch straps, a long handled shovel will also prove invaluable. Love from Down Under , safe travels. Oh and a well trained cat, haha.
Oh man, the balloons. You know those fun little parties people have, having such a blast letting their silver shinny balloons go into the air... Guess where they always wind up! Yep, the forest. I can't count how many times im in the middle of nowhere hiking, no trails straight bushwacking, and come across those balloons. If you all see people letting the balloons go, remind them they are littering the forest for some stupid photo op. Maybe they don't teach it anymore, but "what goes up must come down".
You pulled some nice lines there buddy without a spotter. I gotta compliment you on your investment to get the shot, very pleasing cinematography. sportsmobile's and I thought Jeeps were expensive!
While you are in California this time of the year, you should go to King of The Hammers race in Johnson Valley. Its a great race and fun to see, but the true pleasure for me is looking at the 100k people and the campers and camping lifestyle that is on display. You see it all and it would make a fun trek for you.
Chris, dude, you've gotta put some veggies on that cheese pizza. Some diced onions, some green peppers, or *something*! Same goes for your grilled cheese sandwiches. Put a thin slice of onion between two pieces of cheese to make it a bit healthier. I hope you're eating apples and other fruit off camera, too. Love the camera work, and that you just go with the ambient sound. Beautiful settings don't need a music track. Take good care.
Hi Chris...Helen & Bernard here, we found you on youtube last October and watched and followed you on every episode so far and caught up with you now, great series, we live watching....keep up exploring... Malta-Europe We just subscribed
Rodent tip, prop your hood when you make camp. Let it get cold. They only love engine compartments because its warm. While grabbing and shaking stuff do your control arms, tie rod, and drag link. Its all diy, just time consuming and most special tools you can borrow from the major auto parts stores. If you are still in that area check out excelsior mine road, not too rough, seldom traveled and neat ghost towns. You are always a state away by the time i cimment anyways lol. If you end up wherever im at i also volunteer my time tools and hands.
Pump up your outlook on life. Enjoy everyday. Jeeps can go almost anywhere. They are not built to last. I have a Tundra Pro. It can do almost anything you do with the Jeep. Less problems.
Chris. If you ever get back to Yosemite again, try camping at Wawona campground. It is about 20 miles outside the valley on the Merced river. Much less crowded and not many big RVs. Great video again!
Keep a tube of high heat silicone you can fix all kinds stuff including those mouse damaged wires Ive even covered the wire on the sidewall of my tire where a rock removed a chunk of rubber this stuff is like bailing wire and duck tape
Yosemite, what a beauty, still some folks out there, we always stayed outside in a motel and lost so much time every day for driving in and out. Greetings from Germany
Great plan to come visit the Canadian Northeast! Let us know when you pass through NB. Can always offer a spot to camp and shower at the least. Newfoundland and Labrador is also on our list of upcoming adventures.
Awesome video as usual Chris! The new Warn air compressor winch is exactly what you need! As well as some Maxtrax. Being able to air up and down more often will definitely make life easier on you and the jeep!
I have heard that putting Irish Spring soap in different locations around your vehicle will deter mice. Cut one bar several pieces. Hope this is useful.
I agree, Brad has a Buddy with that 4WD shop that could give you some huge discounts on the right gear, new, used, ex-demo and maybe for cost and/or a sponsorship of his business? Brad’s part of the San Diego 4WD Club maybe he knows someone that has some great used gear lying around. Great video Chris, living the dream in a Jeep.
If you make it back to PA to get some work done on the jeep? Look up Mt. Zion off road in York, Pa. You can tour Harley Davidson and Quigley 4x4 while there.
When you decide to drive up the east coast and cross over into Canada , you will be driving through Quebec. If you fell like visiting the Laurentians, send me a note and I’ll be glad to have you over for lunch, diner or a sleep over ... great Jeep trails in the area too...
A trick that has worked for me to combat the mice is to slice up Irish Spring barred soap and litter the troubled areas to prevent them coming in or hanging around. They must hate the aroma. You can also use dryer sheets with lavender scent. Your vehicle will always smell fresh. Bonus.
Might want to add some mothballs or crushed peppermint Altoids under your hood to keep the mice out. Maybe spritz some peppermint oil around your wiring as well.
@@takayama1638 .. Works yes! Rodents hate peppermint. Sticky mess, possibly. Actually, I think grinding them into a powder and melting into some light oil like 3 in 1 oil and dabbing it on various places around the engine bay would serve reasonable expected results without worry of a sticky mess. Or do the same thing with straight peppermint oil, dabbed or spritzed here and there would do the same thing.
It is so odd how rodents just love it under there. I did not know that about peppermint, very cool. In Oregon we had a huge problem with mice in the garage, almost instantly. Had the cat stay in the garage for a night, woke up the next day and she had killed 8 mice, all laying at the door. Man that was a great cat.
What kind of tent is that? I like the way you can enter from the inside of your jeep. It feels safer too just in case you have to bug out, you can close it up and leave.
Great videos. Got me to thinking with that rv tour, its not worth it to buy those new 100 K plus vehicles when they get all scared and mouse eaten in a year.
There were a lot of people in that campsite not your normal type of site. The waterfalls were nice and the overlook shots were out of this world. Didn't see your rear locker wire did you get it fixed? Bad pizza? Thanks again for the trip.
I think your choice for heading towards Nova Scotia will provide for some interesting adventures. On another note, I wonder how far those birthday balloons travel before landing....
I live in quebec And be prepared to a lot of snow. Like 4 feet of snow everywhere. My good advice is to have good tire condition and very Warm clothes.
It's getting out of hand. I'm upstairs watching Chris in Yosemite. Downstairs, I hear Chris being watched by my wife. Having a ball in Lockdown, watching Chris roam your great country. Beats watching your politics.
One bottle of Trader Joe’s peppermint extract in a squirt bottle full of water - shake it well and spray the entire bottle in the engine compartment and under the engine and the mice will leave you alone. Repeat as necessary if you are driving in water a lot.
Another great video, love the outdoor shots of the jeep rumbling along, your exploring shots, and brief commentary. Unfortunately some others channels, feel the need to focus 80% of the video on their face talking. Keep it up..from the east coast of Australia
Those Sportsmobiles are so cool! For the mice problem, have you tried leaving the hood open with a bright light in there overnight? Maybe like a rechargeable LED or something like that?
I watched your video log with the “haunted tent” last night. The comments were disabled! What the hell was making that noise!? I’m a patreon supporter so I deserve to know, damn it! All the best!
Next time you're in town check out a harbor freight or your local automotive store and you can pick up the stuff it's called liquid tape it comes in a little container with a brush and you can brush it on your wires where the mice have chewed the coating off stuff works pretty good try to get some with you can look it up online.👍👍🇨🇦
Awesome vlog, best part is it is without any background music... Cheers.
You, Sir, are to be applauded for not only finishing this hike, but filming your hike as you went. Your filming surely involved multiple times back tracking to capture this marvelous scenery. Job well done, Sir.
The effort you put into making these videos is just mind blowing, thanks so much ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That shot you did at 6:05 . WOW . U basically walked it twice ! 🤛....
And 8:38! WOW kudos to you for a great vid . And for sharing 👍
I've been hiking this exact same trail with my dad in October 2018 (a few months before you). We were late and on the way back we ecnountered two bears. As Europeans, we've never seen wild living bears and we freaked out quite a bit. Crazy memories.
Pretty sure we saw you at roughly 2:30pm california time, on 95 (you were heading south, we were heading north), about 10 or 15 miles south of the Nevada border. My wife was pointing going, "that's him!" Your kayak is what got us thinking it was you. Hope you're having a great time!
Dude. Seriously. That was the best episode you've ever posted. It had everything-Yosemite, waterfalls, Sprotsmobile, Mojave, cooking pizza, fun 4WD trail...Great angles. I've never subscribed to any Uboob channels before but you converted me. I'm a Landcruiser guy but respect your Jeep and how you handle it. Good luck on all your maintenance and look forward to following your travels east.
That view with the waterfall and half dome! 🤜💥🤛
Can't believe you ran over that tortoise at 17:40. That was one tough shell!
Jeep should be paying your way here..for all the roads I watch you traverse...your Jeep does amazingly well....Do they know how well you are showcasing this one ?...Good stuff as usual.
I remember camping in the White Mountains of NE Arizona some years ago. I spent 5 days in one camp waiting out some bad weather. When I packed up and fired up my Nissan Frontier, the engine sounded horrible. I popped open the hood and discovered that mice had chewed through two of my spark plug wires. My only option was to head the 30 miles back to Springerville running on 4 cylinders instead of six. On several of the steeper hills on the highway, I had to shift down into low range to make the climb. To add insult to injury, the auto parts store charged me $150 for a new set of plug wires! Hope your battery wires were a lot cheaper. BTW, you're having great adventures.
You just answered my question---whether to get the I-4 or V6. Thanks !
Great video. Thanks for taking that hike, something I may never do, but at least now I've seen some of it. Keep up the great work and great scenery. Like the video length.
Live in Montana, originally from Cali, however I have done plenty of four wheelin in this area. It was nice to see it again
It’s funny watching this as his grand plan come to life with current stuff.
32:00 LOL! Nice LOTR reference! You were so serious and casual about it. When I caught on I just about spit my drink all over my keyboard!
Very beautiful scenery...
It seems tempting to think ' the grass is greener' regarding switching to an earthroamer or sports mobile or toyota something or other,,,but in all seriousness you do have the best option in my opinion, dimensions of Jeep,ease in which to set up camp, compactness, capability/ mobility, etc..a proven chassis and you are familiar with it,,just add that needed recovery gear and you are golden..
My cat like watching your videos too sitting right in front of the screen.
Them ko-yotes need killin'. I just got that Gaia app because of you. Think it will be good. Wow, you better live full time in those things at that cost!! Of course, when I think about it, my 4x4 truck cost a leg and kidney. Wait Chris: wha'?! Y'all Jeep boys just have to go over that one rock? Maybe it was only way, but looked clear from here. Looked like you just HAD to go over it. Oh me, a Campmobile! We've had two of those, a new 1974, then a 1968.
awesome Moria reference! didn't see it coming and loved it. Keep the faith.
A buddy of mine is a wheat farmer. He says they leave bars of Irish Spring soap in all their vehicles on the farm. He says mice and other critters hate it. I know I don’t like the intense smell of it.
after i have seen where you go and been in the jeep i wouldnt hesitate buying one
Great video as always, Im sure you hear it all the time, but a bag of recovery gear is a must. and get a winch its such valuable tool. keep at my friend.
28:00 "I love this landscape... it's like a playground" Que the banjo music😂😂 love your vids Chris
One of my favorite traveling memories.....Seeing Yosemite Valley coming in from Fresno California! Just Wow!
thx for the birthday wishes. so unexpected.
your vids are time well spent. cheers Chris
Wishing you all the very best, Chris. I love your channel. Like A LOT
Great to watch. Nice to see the Jeep in some rough terrain (20min). Awesome.
Thanks for the mini-adventure with Sportsmobile! One of those is on my wishlist... or at the least some of the features are on my going to have to build it myself 'wishlist'!
Awesome as usual Lover the scenery for sure. Cant wait to get out there in the next few months
Hi Chris , just found your channel and subscribed ,watching in the UK. I’ve been off work poorly so have binge watched about 20 of your videos. Just wanted to say Excellent exploring adventures. Really like your channel 👍🏼😃
Looking forward to the new adventure 👍🏻🇺🇸
Thanks for taking us along it was great. Thanks!
Good choice to pass on the mine exploration, Chris. If you are going to be in the St. George - Las Vegas are any time soon, let me know. We are doing a couple of trips a week this time of year, Little Finland and some great petroglyph panels Tuesday.
Great ep Chris as always. You want to get yourself a winch my friend and some good winch straps, a long handled shovel will also prove invaluable.
Love from Down Under , safe travels. Oh and a well trained cat, haha.
Oh man, the balloons. You know those fun little parties people have, having such a blast letting their silver shinny balloons go into the air... Guess where they always wind up! Yep, the forest. I can't count how many times im in the middle of nowhere hiking, no trails straight bushwacking, and come across those balloons. If you all see people letting the balloons go, remind them they are littering the forest for some stupid photo op. Maybe they don't teach it anymore, but "what goes up must come down".
You pulled some nice lines there buddy without a spotter. I gotta compliment you on your investment to get the shot, very pleasing cinematography. sportsmobile's and I thought Jeeps were expensive!
watching your videos on regular basis ...... amazing..... keep the good work up
I'm willing to bet you need new ball joints. I'll do the labor if you're in southern Ca area much longer
Nice!!
Right on Kramer, your a stud!!
I've been watching your videos since you first started and have enjoyed every one of them. Keep up he good work and be safe.
Wow Half Dome, did that hike in 1983, what a beautiful park. Thanks for another great adventure video.
Your pretty close to Johnson valley ohv and the king of the hammers race is going on this week. You should go by and check it out
While you are in California this time of the year, you should go to King of The Hammers race in Johnson Valley. Its a great race and fun to see, but the true pleasure for me is looking at the 100k people and the campers and camping lifestyle that is on display. You see it all and it would make a fun trek for you.
Chris, dude, you've gotta put some veggies on that cheese pizza. Some diced onions, some green peppers, or *something*! Same goes for your grilled cheese sandwiches. Put a thin slice of onion between two pieces of cheese to make it a bit healthier. I hope you're eating apples and other fruit off camera, too.
Love the camera work, and that you just go with the ambient sound. Beautiful settings don't need a music track.
Take good care.
Best part of my fridays👍👍
Hi Chris...Helen & Bernard here, we found you on youtube last October and watched and followed you on every episode so far and caught up with you now, great series, we live watching....keep up exploring...
Malta-Europe
We just subscribed
Awesome video! Excited to see you explore the North East!
Thanks for another great video, looking forward to seeing your adventures in the northeast
Rodent tip, prop your hood when you make camp. Let it get cold. They only love engine compartments because its warm. While grabbing and shaking stuff do your control arms, tie rod, and drag link. Its all diy, just time consuming and most special tools you can borrow from the major auto parts stores. If you are still in that area check out excelsior mine road, not too rough, seldom traveled and neat ghost towns. You are always a state away by the time i cimment anyways lol. If you end up wherever im at i also volunteer my time tools and hands.
Pump up your outlook on life.
Enjoy everyday.
Jeeps can go almost anywhere.
They are not built to last.
I have a Tundra Pro.
It can do almost anything you do with the Jeep.
Less problems.
Edward J - Read the last two sentences. He’s right. Same with my 4Runner - you’d have to pay me big bucks to trade it for a Heep
Chris. If you ever get back to Yosemite again, try camping at Wawona campground. It is about 20 miles outside the valley on the Merced river.
Much less crowded and not many big RVs. Great video again!
New Foundland in winter? Unless I missed something.Sweet! Power on man!
Keep a tube of high heat silicone you can fix all kinds stuff including those mouse damaged wires
Ive even covered the wire on the sidewall of my tire where a rock removed a chunk of rubber this stuff
is like bailing wire and duck tape
Another great watch Chris. Looking forward to next week.
Yosemite, what a beauty, still some folks out there, we always stayed outside in a motel and lost so much time every day for driving in and out. Greetings from Germany
Great plan to come visit the Canadian Northeast! Let us know when you pass through NB. Can always offer a spot to camp and shower at the least. Newfoundland and Labrador is also on our list of upcoming adventures.
Came right by my cabin man.... ahhhh bummer. Could have had fun!
North Bound Expeditions, seem legit cool guys, they travel New Brunswick, some awesome trails and destinations...
Awesome video as usual Chris! The new Warn air compressor winch is exactly what you need! As well as some Maxtrax. Being able to air up and down more often will definitely make life easier on you and the jeep!
Lots of cool BLM land south of Barstow I love it out there, can get busy on the weekends with atvs depending on where you're at.
Finally Yosemite. Probably could spend a month there
Amazing dude
I'm looking forward to seeing what recovery gear you end up with.
When are you planning on being in Newfoundland? We're head that way the end of July beginning of August. Always a great trip.
I have heard that putting Irish Spring soap in different locations around your vehicle will deter mice. Cut one bar several pieces. Hope this is useful.
You should hit up Brad with Trail Recon while your in SoCal.
I agree he would be such an asset to recovery gear. that would make for such a great video.
I agree, Brad has a Buddy with that 4WD shop that could give you some huge discounts on the right gear, new, used, ex-demo and maybe for cost and/or a sponsorship of his business? Brad’s part of the San Diego 4WD Club maybe he knows someone that has some great used gear lying around. Great video Chris, living the dream in a Jeep.
If you make it back to PA to get some work done on the jeep? Look up Mt. Zion off road in York, Pa. You can tour Harley Davidson and Quigley 4x4 while there.
When you decide to drive up the east coast and cross over into Canada , you will be driving through Quebec. If you fell like visiting the Laurentians, send me a note and I’ll be glad to have you over for lunch, diner or a sleep over ...
great Jeep trails in the area too...
A trick that has worked for me to combat the mice is to slice up Irish Spring barred soap and litter the troubled areas to prevent them coming in or hanging around. They must hate the aroma. You can also use dryer sheets with lavender scent. Your vehicle will always smell fresh. Bonus.
Chris, If you haven’t done spark plugs yet you should do them as soon as you can. My buddy’s 2012 had a few nasty looking plugs at 100k
I put bounce sheets in my camper when in storage and have never had a mouse problem 🙂
Always enjoyable to watch! I Honestly wish you'd devoted a few days to Yosemite, seems like you missed the bulk of it, but what you did see was nice.
Great video 👍🏼👍🏼
Might want to add some mothballs or crushed peppermint Altoids under your hood to keep the mice out. Maybe spritz some peppermint oil around your wiring as well.
That really works, eh? The Altoids won't melt and make a mess?
@@takayama1638 .. Works yes! Rodents hate peppermint. Sticky mess, possibly. Actually, I think grinding them into a powder and melting into some light oil like 3 in 1 oil and dabbing it on various places around the engine bay would serve reasonable expected results without worry of a sticky mess. Or do the same thing with straight peppermint oil, dabbed or spritzed here and there would do the same thing.
It is so odd how rodents just love it under there. I did not know that about peppermint, very cool. In Oregon we had a huge problem with mice in the garage, almost instantly. Had the cat stay in the garage for a night, woke up the next day and she had killed 8 mice, all laying at the door. Man that was a great cat.
That is great cat! Hunts, kills, and shows their work. My cats just pissed on my tools and metal working projects.🤬
Head north on 395 and check out Bodie, ca.
Great video thank you!
What kind of tent is that? I like the way you can enter from the inside of your jeep. It feels safer too just in case you have to bug out, you can close it up and leave.
Great videos. Got me to thinking with that rv tour, its not worth it to buy those new 100 K plus vehicles when they get all scared and mouse eaten in a year.
There were a lot of people in that campsite not your normal type of site. The waterfalls were nice and the overlook shots were out of this world. Didn't see your rear locker wire did you get it fixed? Bad pizza? Thanks again for the trip.
I think your choice for heading towards Nova Scotia will provide for some interesting adventures. On another note, I wonder how far those birthday balloons travel before landing....
I live in quebec And be prepared to a lot of snow. Like 4 feet of snow everywhere. My good advice is to have good tire condition and very Warm clothes.
I drive a 2 door JK... but this SportsMobile 2014 econoline is my dream setup
It's getting out of hand. I'm upstairs watching Chris in Yosemite. Downstairs, I hear Chris being watched by my wife. Having a ball in Lockdown, watching Chris roam your great country. Beats watching your politics.
One bottle of Trader Joe’s peppermint extract in a squirt bottle full of water - shake it well and spray the entire bottle in the engine compartment and under the engine and the mice will leave you alone. Repeat as necessary if you are driving in water a lot.
So does the future hold an Earth Roamer or a Sportmobile, time will tell...
Stay safe
Thank you sharing!!
Dang that coyote!!
I love Jeeps super good rigs.
Great camera work as always, Chris you should really have your Garmin inreach with you on those short hikes just to be on the safe side.
Another great video, love the outdoor shots of the jeep rumbling along, your exploring shots, and brief commentary. Unfortunately some others channels, feel the need to focus 80% of the video on their face talking. Keep it up..from the east coast of Australia
I’ve watched a couple of your vids. Today I noticed where you got your Jeep. Figured I’d give a local guy a sub and like. Columbia here.
I did that hike two years ago. The headache was a bitch (I might be a bit too sensitive to elevation gain).
Hopefully you received my donation, wich was ment to be my way of buying you a coffee og two.:)
I enjoy your videos, and you inspire me..!:)
Wow Man. I can’t believe the mouse damage as much movement as you do!
Those Sportsmobiles are so cool! For the mice problem, have you tried leaving the hood open with a bright light in there overnight? Maybe like a rechargeable LED or something like that?
as you travel east if you come through ohio there are some really nice campgrounds
ever considered coming to baja california and doing some exploring
I watched your video log with the “haunted tent” last night. The comments were disabled! What the hell was making that noise!? I’m a patreon supporter so I deserve to know, damn it! All the best!
Next time you're in town check out a harbor freight or your local automotive store and you can pick up the stuff it's called liquid tape it comes in a little container with a brush and you can brush it on your wires where the mice have chewed the coating off stuff works pretty good try to get some with you can look it up online.👍👍🇨🇦
Nice video 🔥👍🏻