Sometimes one of the most interesting things are the gas prices in the background of your shot. Especially when I compare them to the prices in California. Thanks for taking us along ❤
All of your walking has reminded me of a book I read years ago called Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon. It describes what you are doing and originally what got me into this vagabond/ adventure lifestyle over 45 years ago. It’s offered as an audiobook.
In West Virginia, we pronounce Philippi as PHIL-ah-pee. And we pronounce Canaan as Kah-NANE. FYI, I have driven most of the roads you are currently walking, and I'm really enjoying your pedestrian's-eye-view. Sorry for all the coal truck traffic. The drivers get paid by the load and tend to speed like demons down the local roads.
Those big trucks roaring past must suck the energy from a hiker. I hope you enjoyed your hotel stay, the food looked great. Good luck, I hope things are going well.
Ah, the sound of rain on the tent in the early morning! Ominous. However, it let up in time to dry the tent and get moving. Always nice to see that. And at least the trucks missed hitting you! I guess we would not have seen this episode had that not been the case. Still, ending with food and a bath so all, for the moment, seems well. Hike on! Tortoise
Thought of you yesterday when our Publix grocery store had little boxes of hiker wine on clearence ......not drinking this year, so I bought sharp cheddar, beans and tortillas for tatar burritos instead.
Nice one ! Bummer about the traffic noise . I think your future challenge will occur past Wolf Summit (past Clarcksburg ) where you go on the North Bend Trail. It paralelles a big road (traffic noise again) and i see not many creeks or springs over a lot of miles .Mayby your ADT- app wil give you some pointers . Hope you will find decent camping spots , maybe at churches ? Keep it on .
I’m on that now. There’s a good amount of towns at least so far for me to fill up. As far as traffic noise I can’t believe I fought so hard against bringing my AirPods out here. They’ve been game changing
Years ago I biked the first 25 miles and the last 25 miles of the North Bend trail. Won the North Bend marathon about 20 years ago that started and finished at the State Park. Six miles were on the trail. WV was always my favorite state to run races in.
More than unnerving the traffic's drafts and intensely gathering bullets of noise seemingly aimed.... I guess that will become more frequent,less welcome 4 sure.The branches of the trees are filling out now welcoming us with open arms...oh wellat least our country still has trails and trees
Around 450-500 miles on a lot of hard packed surface is usually when the foam in Hierros starts feeling pretty dead to me and I gotta swap them out or I start getting weird foot pains.
I wish I could afford to upgrade my Patreon so Matt could swap out his shoes a few hundred miles before they fail. The foot protection really falls off before the fabric totally fails.
I’ve been feeling the rocks a lot more lately. Probably should have swapped them out by now. Unfortunatly now it’ll be a little while until I can get a pair
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes The biggest weakness of those shoes is the forefoot stack height is not super thick and no rock plate, once it starts breaking down you have precious little protection from rocks. I still find them super comfy shoes and great grip, but once they start to wear out they go fast.
Same thing happened to me with the Topos. They were fine until they weren’t and then I was feeling every rock. I guess this next bit will toughen up my feet a bit. Call it barefoot training…
Welcome to wv. May I suggest you and Taters move here, find an old house in the mountains to fix up. She can teach and you can hike the world and keep making videos. But you can come home to a home and avoid the malaise of campgrounds. Look into the Ascend program. It pays people to move here. You would be very welcome here in the mt state.
so, it looks to me like the next goal for the ADT is to try to get as many agreements to re-route as much "road-walking" to old timber/haul/coal roads and trails. you should not have to ruin your feet to walk across America.
Realistically you’re never going to get away from road walks for big sections. There’s just too much development and a lack of public lands in some states
Why stress so much about camping? There have been plenty of people that have done this with no issues finding stelth spots. Hell there is a guy ahead of you right now that didn't have any issues.
Experiences from the ECT and other places. Some people are a lot more blaise about setting up anywhere or anywhere but I really don’t like having to stress about being rousted nevermind the less positive interactions. Also I’ve seen enough odd hiker notes from others to see there’s been a wide range of approaches out here
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I guess but it seems like your bizarre camping fettish or phobia or whatever is really slowing you down. There's no way you beat the snow doing 17 miles a day. You need to be doing 25-30 to have a chance. I know, it's your hike and you're going to do it your way but it just seems silly and self defeating from the outside looking in.
I have been averaging a bit over 20 most days with the main thing holding me back usually being trying to balance the usual foot etc issues in order to avoid zeros and keep my daily up. Just an ok ish thru hiker and all of that. I’m well aware of snow timing out west considering that’s my home turf and as I’ve said elsewhere I do have fallback plans if I don’t make it over the Sierra before the major snow sets in. I’m aware of two people further ahead but honestly if I have to skip, slackpack, etc to manage it I’d rather do it my way and have it take part of next season as well
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes They certainly are cheating which I don't like. I unsubed and stopped watching because of it. I'm just not interested in supporting someone that will skip the trail just to cut miles. I was already struggling with all the slack packing. I just don't understand your weird camping issues but to each his own. At least you aren't cheating which I certainly appreciate.
Sometimes one of the most interesting things are the gas prices in the background of your shot. Especially when I compare them to the prices in California. Thanks for taking us along ❤
All of your walking has reminded me of a book I read years ago called Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon.
It describes what you are doing and originally what got me into this vagabond/ adventure lifestyle over 45 years ago.
It’s offered as an audiobook.
In West Virginia, we pronounce Philippi as PHIL-ah-pee. And we pronounce Canaan as Kah-NANE. FYI, I have driven most of the roads you are currently walking, and I'm really enjoying your pedestrian's-eye-view. Sorry for all the coal truck traffic. The drivers get paid by the load and tend to speed like demons down the local roads.
Hah, that makes sense actually
Those big trucks roaring past must suck the energy from a hiker. I hope you enjoyed your hotel stay, the food looked great. Good luck, I hope things are going well.
Ah, the sound of rain on the tent in the early morning! Ominous. However, it let up in time to dry the tent and get moving. Always nice to see that. And at least the trucks missed hitting you! I guess we would not have seen this episode had that not been the case. Still, ending with food and a bath so all, for the moment, seems well. Hike on! Tortoise
Day 23. Back in Colorado. Sipping coffee with my pup. Burger looked tasty. Hike on Bishop!
Thought of you yesterday when our Publix grocery store had little boxes of hiker wine on clearence ......not drinking this year, so I bought sharp cheddar, beans and tortillas for tatar burritos instead.
That's some nice looking food!
Nice one ! Bummer about the traffic noise . I think your future challenge will occur past Wolf Summit (past Clarcksburg ) where you go on the North Bend Trail. It paralelles a big road (traffic noise again) and i see not many creeks or springs over a lot of miles .Mayby your ADT- app wil give you some pointers . Hope you will find decent camping spots , maybe at churches ? Keep it on .
I’m on that now. There’s a good amount of towns at least so far for me to fill up. As far as traffic noise I can’t believe I fought so hard against bringing my AirPods out here. They’ve been game changing
Years ago I biked the first 25 miles and the last 25 miles of the North Bend trail. Won the North Bend marathon about 20 years ago that started and finished at the State Park. Six miles were on the trail. WV was always my favorite state to run races in.
I guess it’s cold enough that u can carry cheese sticks for snacks, tho u can’t tell from the video footage. Glad ur feeling better and making miles!
More than unnerving the traffic's drafts and intensely gathering bullets of noise seemingly aimed....
I guess that will become more frequent,less welcome 4 sure.The branches of the trees are filling out now welcoming us with open arms...oh wellat least our country still has trails and trees
4:27 Why are there fences around cemeteries? Because everyone's dying to get in!
What is the most interesting thing you have found by the side of the road ??
Around 450-500 miles on a lot of hard packed surface is usually when the foam in Hierros starts feeling pretty dead to me and I gotta swap them out or I start getting weird foot pains.
I wish I could afford to upgrade my Patreon so Matt could swap out his shoes a few hundred miles before they fail. The foot protection really falls off before the fabric totally fails.
I’ve been feeling the rocks a lot more lately. Probably should have swapped them out by now. Unfortunatly now it’ll be a little while until I can get a pair
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes The biggest weakness of those shoes is the forefoot stack height is not super thick and no rock plate, once it starts breaking down you have precious little protection from rocks. I still find them super comfy shoes and great grip, but once they start to wear out they go fast.
Same thing happened to me with the Topos. They were fine until they weren’t and then I was feeling every rock. I guess this next bit will toughen up my feet a bit. Call it barefoot training…
That coconut custard pie!
😎☮
Hey you should check out an audio book by George Meegan called the longest walk he walked 19,000 miles
Hey Matt.
What do you use if anything for protection if you don't mind me asking
Trekking poles to fight off dogs are about it. That and just talking my way out of situations
Welcome to wv. May I suggest you and Taters move here, find an old house in the mountains to fix up. She can teach and you can hike the world and keep making videos. But you can come home to a home and avoid the malaise of campgrounds. Look into the Ascend program. It pays people to move here. You would be very welcome here in the mt state.
Ps. I live in Elkins, just retired from working in Dc, and I am an avid hiker.
Those are my dad’s friends dad cow 5:28
You think these trucks are bad? Careful of the robot dogs with flamethrowers when you reach Ohio. Yes it is a thing, look it up.
I've heard they are having a sale.
I’ve been saying I need to get one of those as a trail companion…
so, it looks to me like the next goal for the ADT is to try to get as many agreements to re-route as much "road-walking" to old timber/haul/coal roads and trails. you should not have to ruin your feet to walk across America.
Realistically you’re never going to get away from road walks for big sections. There’s just too much development and a lack of public lands in some states
Why stress so much about camping? There have been plenty of people that have done this with no issues finding stelth spots. Hell there is a guy ahead of you right now that didn't have any issues.
Experiences from the ECT and other places. Some people are a lot more blaise about setting up anywhere or anywhere but I really don’t like having to stress about being rousted nevermind the less positive interactions. Also I’ve seen enough odd hiker notes from others to see there’s been a wide range of approaches out here
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I guess but it seems like your bizarre camping fettish or phobia or whatever is really slowing you down. There's no way you beat the snow doing 17 miles a day. You need to be doing 25-30 to have a chance. I know, it's your hike and you're going to do it your way but it just seems silly and self defeating from the outside looking in.
I have been averaging a bit over 20 most days with the main thing holding me back usually being trying to balance the usual foot etc issues in order to avoid zeros and keep my daily up. Just an ok ish thru hiker and all of that. I’m well aware of snow timing out west considering that’s my home turf and as I’ve said elsewhere I do have fallback plans if I don’t make it over the Sierra before the major snow sets in. I’m aware of two people further ahead but honestly if I have to skip, slackpack, etc to manage it I’d rather do it my way and have it take part of next season as well
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes They certainly are cheating which I don't like. I unsubed and stopped watching because of it. I'm just not interested in supporting someone that will skip the trail just to cut miles. I was already struggling with all the slack packing. I just don't understand your weird camping issues but to each his own. At least you aren't cheating which I certainly appreciate.