So awesome! Congrats and I enjoy watching your journeys as well as your amazing accomplishments. The detail and care put into these videos is greatly appreciated. You are definitely inspiring and thank you both!
The Flatiron trail in Superstitions is gnarly. I didn't know what I was getting into. It certainly has a variety of landscapes and views, but eventually turns into a bushwacking nightmare. The trail gets progressively steeper and less like a trail, until it becomes boulder and tree branch climbing, and navigating by trail markers painted on the rocks. Eventually the last 20 feet or so are vertical. I was tempted to turn back several times, but was embarrassed by the young kids climbing around me. The view at the top is definitely worth the climb, but it helps to be aware of the struggle and mentally prepared.
To be fair, it's not Flatiron trail, it's Siphon Draw trail that takes you to the waterfall and then you scramble to the Flatiron from there. It has a reputation because it's often lobbed in with popular class 1 and 2 day hikes and people aren't prepared for the scrambling and class 3 territory. Also, it's a wilderness, so you won't see cables or rails on exposed sections.
That's a really nicely done video. Great scenery, but also the data on the actual hikes and the Google Earth views are super helpful. Thanks for taking the time!
I've done 2 of these : Grand Canyon SK to BA, and Superstition Flatiron. The GC hike is one of my all time favorite hikes next to Mnt. Whitney. I did it on June 23, 2007, in 12 hours. The temperature at the Indian Garden ranger station was 120º at 3 pm. I drank 7 liters of fluid. I also did some minor hiking in Organ Pipe Cactus. No major trails or significant landmarks, but simply interesting desert landscape, fauna and flora. I ran into a young big horn sheep, a baby tortoise, a tarantula, and a standoff between a rattlesnake and a jackrabbit.
Thanks for watching and commenting. We did Mt Whitney the other day and working on the video now that should be posted in the next couple of days. It was awesome!
Planning on trying the Mt. Baldy trail for the first time this August. I love how you have the topographical maps to show the trails! Have you ever tried the Nankoweap Trail in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon? Just came back from there although we didn't go far down into the canyon because of the summer heat.
Thanks for watching and the feedback. No we have yet to do the Nankoweap Trail but it is on our list of hikes to do hopefully this fall. If you do it let us know how it was.
So awesome! Congrats and I enjoy watching your journeys as well as your amazing accomplishments. The detail and care put into these videos is greatly appreciated. You are definitely inspiring and thank you both!
Thanks for watching and the positive feedback. We truly appreciate it!
The Flatiron trail in Superstitions is gnarly. I didn't know what I was getting into. It certainly has a variety of landscapes and views, but eventually turns into a bushwacking nightmare. The trail gets progressively steeper and less like a trail, until it becomes boulder and tree branch climbing, and navigating by trail markers painted on the rocks. Eventually the last 20 feet or so are vertical. I was tempted to turn back several times, but was embarrassed by the young kids climbing around me. The view at the top is definitely worth the climb, but it helps to be aware of the struggle and mentally prepared.
To be fair, it's not Flatiron trail, it's Siphon Draw trail that takes you to the waterfall and then you scramble to the Flatiron from there. It has a reputation because it's often lobbed in with popular class 1 and 2 day hikes and people aren't prepared for the scrambling and class 3 territory. Also, it's a wilderness, so you won't see cables or rails on exposed sections.
Very nicely done video!
Thank you! Thanks for watching. 😀
That's a really nicely done video. Great scenery, but also the data on the actual hikes and the Google Earth views are super helpful. Thanks for taking the time!
Thanks for watching and the positive feedback!
I've done 2 of these : Grand Canyon SK to BA, and Superstition Flatiron. The GC hike is one of my all time favorite hikes next to Mnt. Whitney. I did it on June 23, 2007, in 12 hours. The temperature at the Indian Garden ranger station was 120º at 3 pm. I drank 7 liters of fluid. I also did some minor hiking in Organ Pipe Cactus. No major trails or significant landmarks, but simply interesting desert landscape, fauna and flora. I ran into a young big horn sheep, a baby tortoise, a tarantula, and a standoff between a rattlesnake and a jackrabbit.
Thanks for watching and commenting. We did Mt Whitney the other day and working on the video now that should be posted in the next couple of days. It was awesome!
Planning on trying the Mt. Baldy trail for the first time this August. I love how you have the topographical maps to show the trails! Have you ever tried the Nankoweap Trail in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon? Just came back from there although we didn't go far down into the canyon because of the summer heat.
Thanks for watching and the feedback. No we have yet to do the Nankoweap Trail but it is on our list of hikes to do hopefully this fall. If you do it let us know how it was.
I just did the Rim2Rim2Rim 04/03/24 It took me 27 hours,with a little bit of rest and no sleep but I made it 🙌 is extremely difficult.
Wow that is awesome. Great job! 👍
A short but special trail to do would be the Hot Shots memorial trail in Yarnell AZ , I’ve done it once and I’ll be back ❤
Thanks for the suggestion. We will check it out.