No kidding! I figured about 6000 video clips, and on the photo side, (not used so much in the videos, but still a task for me), about 6100 photos. Processing all the media and data post-hike was a lot more work that I ever imagined. But pretty glad to be done with it now and very glad you enjoyed it!
What an achievement! This has been a legendary CDT series. All the work you put into the shots, the commentary and humor, the information, the music, the editing, the people... showing the emotions towards the final days... the Contra ending... I will be constantly referring back to this and your site in the near future. Thank you and congratulations!
Thank you, really! Filming the hike was easy compared to editing it haha. But it's been a real pleasure sharing with everyone and hearing your feedback. And really happy to see some many fans of Contra, and Beavis & Butthead! Best of luck on your future adventures, I hope you get some awesome hikes in this summer. I'm already feeling the itch!
"Continuous steps to Canada", was the goal, and you did it! You have to take what the trail gives, and this year it forced you to take this path. No regrets in any of this! What an amazing accomplishment!
Thank you Deb!! It was a ton of work to document the whole thing, but I'm so glad I did. The extra work of setting up the shots and carrying the extra gear just became normal, and routine. I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
You definitely have "GRIT"! You grinded it past the finish line! Your human emotions on the last day proved the magnitude of your character and tenacity to lay it all on the line for that final segment. Thank you for your visual and audible portrayal of the highs and lows of your journey. You gave us insights to magnificent mountains, streams, desert, and forests. I am glad you were accompanied by fellow hikers during key portions of the journey. Thank you so much!
A great series. Watching this has really helped keep my motivation up while I wait for some good backpacking weather to arrive. Thanks for all your work in filming and editing.
Today I finished your vlogs, and I have to say that I truly enjoyed them, I was watching them on tv, while working out. Everything looked so beautiful, you showed so much of the CDT. Congratulations on an epic journey, over 5 months of dally hikes. You DID it.
Thanks Diane! I didn't count the buffalo because I was thinking they were part of a domesticated herd, not really wild. Then I'd have to count cows too and I don't think I'm up for that task :)
Congrats on finishing the CDT! But oh what amazing adventures you will come up with and please take all of us along with you! Most amazing photography ever... Be very proud of yourself and THANK YOU. Did Katie and Hopeful finish???
Thank you so much Stephanie! I'm definitely not done adventuring, I never will be as long as I can still walk! So Katie ended up meeting up with Magoo and hiking the rest of the way to Waterton from St. Marys. So that cut off some miles and two or three passes I believe. She got clobbered with the snow and they spent a day at the Goat Haunt ranger station drying out their gear. But she finished at Waterton. Hopeful ended up bailing out of the mountains at St. Marys. I was already done with my hike and he finished a day or two later, walking to Port of Piegan like I did.
Thank you for watching and following along! The moment I got in a car and started driving back home through Montana, I still couldn't believe I had just walked 3000 miles. It just didn't seem possible when I started, and even after finishing, seemed monumental. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
@@SeekingLost just can't believe a person, and the human body, is capable of walking this far! Still unbelievable, 4th time watching this start to finish. What a huge huge huge accomplishment!
Hilarious on the Score 0 for Bigfoot. Thank You for this Journey I could take with you, but could never physically do myself. May God Bless You as your life's journey continues toward eternity.
I cannot imagine the psychology of that final road walk. I was tearing up for you. Yet you managed to make a road I have driven hundreds of times still dramatically gorgeous. Such a wonderful series that I will revisit. What can you tell us about Hopeful and Katie? I hope you can make it back another time to do the route through Glacier.
You are lucky to have driven through the area hundred of times! I feel like I barely got a glimpse of Glacier and it was awe-inspiring. I really do hope to do the highline trail. Who knows, maybe I'll do it this fall, and finish in September with the 2019 thru hikers. I think that could be really special. Maybe even get Katie and Hopeful in on this. You've got me thinking now! So Katie ended up meeting up with Magoo and hiking the rest of the way to Waterton from St. Marys. So that cut off some miles and two or three passes I believe. She got clobbered with the snow and they spent a day at the Goat Haunt ranger station drying out their gear. But she finished at Waterton. Hopeful ended up bailing out of the mountains at St. Marys. I was already done with my hike and he finished a day or two later, walking to Port of Piegan like I did.
Katie made it to Goat Haunt in that weather?! Impressed. Hopeful made it to St. Mary in that weather?! Impressed. Serious high country for both of them. Congratulations to you all! Yes, do some thinking about Glacier if only to expand/fill in your CDT connecting dots. A bit of a backpacking permit problem compared to all/most of the CDT though.
Man, watched all of the episodes now and I have to say that I loved every second of it. After the couple of first episodes it got incredibly cool, and the way you went about the Winds was amazing, very well shot and beautiful scenery, loved all the off trail stuff! Would be cool to do a trip with you and Joey at one point. Cheers!
Hey thanks! I've heard of a few doing the GET to the CDT and skipping everything south of Doc's which would be a sweet alternate. Have you and Joey done the Winds? I might be going back this summer, that would be a good trip if you guys wanted to join
@@SeekingLost Never been to winds myself, but it sure looks tempting, will be roaming Utah now in April for a few weeks, then might start planning for the summer while we are out in the desert, if we are not quarantined lol! Will keep you posted!
@@NorwegianXplorer Cool, enjoy Utah! I'm doing the GET so will be in the desert April and May myself. Yeah this chinavirus is making things interesting. Godspeed haha
I have been laid up this weekend on an injury from my job and found your journey and watched all 31 episodes. I was amazed at how bad Montana looked. I was expecting a landscape similar to Colorado and not so many downed trees. My personal favorite as a viewer was Wyoming. That was fabulous. Congrats for making it and I truly enjoyed your story.
I know, central Montana was a letdown. I did the Anaconda cutoff through, as most hikers seem to do, I hear the official CDT route is better. Wyoming was my favorite too, pretty tough to beat. Thanks for watching and I hope your injury heals up!
Absolutely incredible, Eric! I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure. You have inspired me. Not to leave my job, family and home for 6 months (although it's tempting😋), but to push myself harder on some of my own adventures! If you're ever in Los Angeles and want to kill a day in our mountains, give me a shout! See ya throughout the rest of your library of awesomeness!!!
You know you want to leave that job! haha jk, it's quite a bold move I know. That's really cool to hear that people get some inspiration out of my journey though. Definitely go for the next step in your adventures, the rewards are so worth it! Thanks, I appreciate the invite, and "library of awesomeness"... I love it!
Well I just balled my eyes out for the end of your journey. I watched every second in prep for my own. Thank you for all the extra miles you put on for getting cool, beautiful camera shots. I feel like I’m losing a friend since everyday I’ve been watching and listening to you. I hope you actually moved to Colorado. I moved here (Denver) from Atlanta 17 years ago just to have the Rockies in my back yard and have never looked back. Thanks so much for sharing your journey, Myra.
Aww thanks for sharing that! I hope it gets you excited for your hike. Are you shooting for 2021? I moved out of Detroit but still in Michigan. Taking advantage of some opportunities I have here for a while. Trying to build a life that lets me control my time and freedom more than my old cube job. Halfway to my immediate goal, getting there. Give the rockies my regards :)
The COVID-19 pandemic had me searching for older thru-hikes because everyone is (should be) off-trail in 2020. I am blessed to have found your thru. I remember following Dixie's in 2018--I don't know how I missed yours. You're a damn fine storyteller & photojournalist. (I know because I run a TV station and six newspapers) You're talented.
@@SeekingLost I'm planning my 14-day adventure for late September or early October. Until then I keep doing overnights on a nearby trail system. Be well.
@@SeekingLost Springer to the NOC. I'll have two newbies--so planning 10 mile days. However, I train with both--so I suspect we'll be able to cover more ground.
Amazing series. My wife and I were hypnotized throughout the all the 31 episodes. Thanks for letting so many of us live vicariously through you. Congrats on such a herculean accomplishment!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading and then watching your adventure. What an incredible amount of effort on top of actually hiking it. Well bloody done! I cannot wait for our start in five weeks. Thanks for the inspiration.
I'm a bit late to the show but - thank you! Watched the lot. One of the best thru-hike documents I've seen. It can't be easy to make such quality work in the circumstances. I liked your matter of fact commentary, your honesty and commitment. Well done on such an impressive achievement.
Awesome achievement I congratulate you on an excellent vlog. It will surely remain with you for a long time . It’s very emotional when you finish something like a thru hike!!
Finishing a thru hike was a bizarre mix of emotions that I still struggle to put into words to this day. The whole about finishing, and life after a thru hike, was not what I was expecting. I think it's hard to do something like the CDT, and being content with that being your only thru hike. It just leaves you wanting more. Anyhow, thanks for watching Jack!
Got you hooked! Glad they were good enough to watch them all, very cool. PCT, maybe. Next, 3-4k mile loop through UT, ID, OR, NV and AZ. Having a blast going through the topos and planning it right now :)
Thoroughly enjoyed your CDT series of videos. You had me riveted. Thoughtful commentary and filming the CDT landscape in an incredible way. Look forward to to future adventures you may share.
I just finished watching every single episode mate. It was amazing and inspiring. I agree with Yuri, I can not understand how you have such a low sub count. I guess young people today are too fixated on their game paddles :( There are very few things left in this regulated world that young people can do today that will mold them, strengthen their resolve and self-reliance , and give them a true feeling of accomplishment that will last them their lifetime ... you my friend are one of the rare ones who's done just that.
I appreciate you taking the time to watch it all! You know, these trails are more popular than they have ever been, and there are a good amount of younger people out there. Almost certainly more than a few decades ago, just because so many more people are getting into long distance backpacking in general. I would say the biggest demographic is under 30, college age or post college. And it's a great thing, everyone who does it comes out a better person. So the more people who take up these kind of challenges, the better we are as a people, I think.
Congratulations on finishing the CDT! Then a standing O for your videos! Well done and enjoyed watching your journey and the gorgeous scenery. Although, 2 things I can't unsee, snot rocket and the pee scene! LOL Emotional ending to your journey but at least the Canadians let you drink a beer at the border. Looking forward to watching your next adventure Famous
I stumbled on to this video, thought it was amazing, and so well done. I had to go to the beginning and watch every one. You told an incredible story, and brought this trail to life for me. Thank you so very much !!
A belated congratulations on finishing the CDT and a current congratulations on finishing these videos. What a great series of videos! Sorry you had to finish with a road walk, but it sure seems to me to have been the right call. Even the scenery from the road was fantastic. Thank you for all your effort in putting these videos together.
Thank you Bryan! No regrets on the decision but it still hurts to end that way. I'm hoping to get out there later this year and do the Highline Trail properly.
I don’t know how I missed following you until now but thanks for letting me tag along a little late but I made it ...you had an awesome journey. Great job at documenting it. Hay there is no shame in the way you finish you kicked ass the beer looked great and I bet it was good and cold. I think the trip through wind river was the best don’t think I could give done it I’m getting old ... lol . Congratulations
Well done Famous. Thanks for showing the trail as it really is warts and all; highs and lows; ups and downs. I'm heading out myself this year on a thru and you're definitely and inspiration and closer to my own hiking style and personality than many of the recent vloggers - and that enables me to get a clearer picture of what my own experience is likely to be...
Thanks Richard, that's really cool to hear and glad the videos were useful to you in that way. Best of luck to you this year on the CDT and finding the experience you're after!
Just watched the whole hike. Superb job with the hike, the video, the humor. Thanks for sharing. It’s inspiring me to get out there. I hope you have landed in a good place and that you find more adventures and that I see you out there.
Hey Clark, that's awesome that you found some inspiration in the videos, and I hope you DO decide to get out and explore some places yourself. Thanks for watching!
Thanks! I went back to Glacier a few weeks ago and hiked through there again to see everything I missed, including those mountains, video coming soon on that
Strange though how you all seem to find yourself empty after filling up your ”life pack” with something only a few manage to collect through a whole life time. Can’t wait to your next adventure. Safe journey!
It's weird, isn't it? Not at all what I thought I'd feel at the end and afterwards. But for me, ending the way I did and missing out on the Highline Trail and Waterton really hurt after walking all that way. So, I'm heading out there to hike the Highline Trail to Waterton in a few weeks and get my proper finish. Maybe it will bring a little peace and closure. Anyways. Thanks for your comment and happy trails!
Seeking Lost Don’t forgett to video (please)! Loved the extra route at the end (off trial) of your CDT, fantastic scenary and editing👍 but can understand your wish for a different ending. The beer looked fantastic though🤙! Safe journey
Congrats Famous! This episode took me back to the bittersweet feeling of finishing my AT thru-hike. Don’t worry though - once you become a brave and fierce thru-hiker, adventure can’t stay away for very long ;-). I’m hitting the CDT in about a month - thanks again for helping me get pumped up! -Hungry Cat
Hungry Cat, you're gonna crush it on the CDT year! You gotta be pretty excited right about now. I hear you man I'm already getting the itch after one long winter here in northern MI. Say hello to New Mexico for me :)
Congratulations from Spain. I am amazed at the beauty of your country, and the courage that you have when crossing it on foot. A strong hug full of healthy envy.
Thanks so much! There is a lot of wild, desolate and beautiful land in the American west. You should come and see it for yourself someday! Spain looks to have some beautiful country too, so many places I want to visit and see. Thanks for watching :)
I was sad and excited all at the same time to see this notification of the conclusion of your CDT hike. I'm glad you were able to drink that beer tho, looked like you needed a moment to take it all in. I hope you have settled into a new routine that allows you time to let your mind wonder outside the normal day to day. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing journey! All my best to you!
Anita, thanks for watching a for the kind words! I can't say I've settled yet where I want to be, just that the things I was hoping to accomplish after the hike took longer than anticipated. It's nice to be finished editing all these videos and focus on some new things. Hopefully keep the adventurous momentum going and avoid going back to cubicle life at all costs :)
Congratulations! And thank you for all the videos they were amazing. I know you did the right thing not walking in all that snow. I once hiked in snow up to my knees it's hard and you don't know what's under it. Great job! I will continue to stay with your channel
No regrets about the low route. But still want to see the high route! I really don't mind that late season snow much, as long as I'm not postholing, it's the fresh stuff that's a pain. Thanks for watching and again I hope you the best with your knee surgery recovery. The Big Horns are calling your name this summer!
Holy crap! The journey is complete! I appreciate you taking us along and sacrificing extra time to bring us your CDT adventure. There is so much I could talk about, but I'll just say this. You kicked ass! Congrats man! By the way, I loved the 0 bigfoots lol! You have many E-Friends/fans and it was cool to watch your channel grow since the day I subbed. Cheers!
Hey thanks for following along! I wanted to make sure I could have something to relive the hike when I get older, and I'm glad others could watch and enjoy it too. Cookie & Paul's 2008 CDT hike video was a big inspiration for me, and maybe my video will inspire others. Thanks for watching and don't stop adventuring!
I know this is a few years ago that you finished this, but that was very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey. I'm sure it was quite a bummer to finish with a road walk, but it's still an amazing achievement and adventure. I definitely have my sights on doing the CDT in 2025 or 2026.
Congratulations on an epic personal odyssey. I guess Glacier National Park beckons you back to see those mountains up close :-) ... hey, maybe even hike the Pacific Northwest Trail ... ;-)
The PNT would be awesome! The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to go back to Glacier in early/mid September and do the highline trail. Would be kinda cool to finish with this year's CDT hikers!
Thanks so much for watching Sherral! I can't wait to get out there again, and have something to share with you! Boy it doesn't take long to miss the trail haha
I just cracked open my own IPA, cheers to YOU! I hope you are doing well since finishing your epic adventure. Your videos with the background music were excellent and I’ll likely continue re-watching and re-watching as every time I notice something new. I choked up at ‘I finish tomorrow..’. I can’t imagine your emotions but as a Canadian congrats to making our border at the successful end of your great accomplishment. I truly wish you the best of luck with your future goals and I hope the rest of the UA-cam watchers catch up to what they have been missing, you should have at least 500k followers so I’ll keep spreading the word.
Ahhh, "I finish tomorrow" was getting me too, every time I'd go through that clip during editing. The whole last episode was pretty tough to edit actually :) There's a lot of beautiful country up there in Canada that I'm hoping to explore someday. Maybe even do the Glacier Highline Trail to finish off the CDT properly and continue north on the GDT. Hmm, now I'm going to be thinking about that! Anyways, thanks so much for watching and your support!
Great, great series of videos! I live near the Gila and stumbled on your Gila Wilderness episode, and ended up watching the whole thing. Inspiring! I'll be doing a lot of shorter trips this summer, and this has gotten me motivated to train.
@@SeekingLost One question: What did you do for food storage in bear country? I've always hung food when backpacking in Yellowstone and Glacier (and even the Gila), but I don't think you mentioned it. BTW- I also live in Salida CO half of the year (that's my real hometown): glad you enjoyed your stay there.
Dang, splitting the year between the gila and Salida, that's a great way to do it! I use opsaks (odor proof bags)for food storage. I know a lot of hikers talk shit about them, but I've been using them for about 12 years now and they have always kept animals away from my food. I camped at Eldorado lake once in the San Juan's, there was a field with several 100s of mice running around, I put my food in an OPsack and placed it on top of a rock that mice were running on, they didn't touch it all night. I was a believer after that and they have never let me down. The only time I hung food on the CDT was in Yellowstone, because they had Something for us to hang from!
Fantastic series. A ‘normal’ guy made a great work of art. There is something powerful in your (or Dixie’s or Darwins) hiking vids. I hope you didn’t have too much problems fitting into a ‘normal’ life again. Or maybe it inspired you to choose a different direction. Anyway, hope to see more of your adventures in the future.
Thanks, really appreciate that! Life is complicated right now(but not in a bad way), still haven't chosen a path yet. I severed ties with my old "normal life" and now living in this temporary state in between the CDT and the next chapter. It's been nice to have the time needed to focus on a few projects, like editing all these CDT videos. But I'm ready to move on to something else and I hope it's more fun than working in a cube. I am doing everything I can to avoid going back to that life, but at least it's a fallback.
Ha, yes, that cube... It sounds familiar. When I finished highschool I made a long bikepacking trip in Scandinavia. After that - well, maybe before that too - I knew I wouldn’t fit in a cage. I wanted to be a travel journalist. So I studied journalism and sneaked my way into the biggest travel publisher. I started writing about cars and politics - somebody had to - but soon I had enough contacts with the travel magazines to leave the company and start as a freelance travel journalist. For eighteen years now that’s my job. I’m not going to tell you that you should try journalism, but just follow you passion. If you can do the CDT you can make a success of anything you want.
That's an awesome story, thanks for sharing that! Man that is so cool, so glad that worked out for you. You're right about that mindset though, and that's what I tell myself... if I can walk 3000 miles I can do anything! I just have to choose WHAT haha. I've got a couple ideas in the works though. So I've gotta ask... 18 years as a travel journalist... what are your favorite places you've been?
I love magical landscapes, wide open spaces and small towns at end of the world. Norway and Iceland are my favorites. I also love the National Parks in the USA. The Alps en Scotland too.
I certainly hope it will work out for you too. I’m pretty sure it will. All I can say is that I didn’t feel certain at all when I started. That’s normal. At the same time I was picky. I rather had peanut butter sandwiches for a year than well payed writing jobs for an advertising agency.
Man people like you are amazing I can only dream of doing things like this congratulations and a job well done just discovered your channel going to go back to chapter 1 great job.
Excellent Vid documentary! Hauling all that gear just to record your adventure says a lot. Even that road walk on the East side of Glacier looked beautiful - especially with the bear! Good job and keep up the good work!
Maybe the best section of road walk I did on the CDT. It was really nice to see those beautiful mountains there at St Marys, and drink that beer. That really made the day! Thanks for watching!
This was a great series of your hike on the CDT - You can see that you got better and better documenting as the trip went on and the video's got better as well. Can't wait to see what you have coming up next. Now to finish your Basin & Range and video's and your Mojave - Sonoran Trail video's.
Put plastic bags on your feet and yes your feet will be soaked. I leaned that from winter cycling. No substitute for the proper footwear. What a great trip! I would have gotten really depressed at the end though, finishing by myself on a cold lonely road.
Definitely. I figured that'd be the case, but for some reason, was a little hopeful they'd be drier. The turkey bags hold up much better than the grocery bags though and at least those didn't break on me. It was depressing to end that way, but at the same time, I was really glad to be done! It did give me some closure issues though I think. So I might try and get back out to Glacier this Sept and do the highline trail properly. Would be cool to finish with this year's thru hikers too :)
Congratulations!!! What an amazing accomplishments!!! Someone accomplishes something like that and what ever I can say to you just doesn't say enough. I've truly enjoyed your journey. God bless!
Heck yeah man, 2018 was a good year! I'm hiking the Grand Enchantment Trail in the spring, which crosses the CDT around Doc Campbell's and then follows the official CDT through the Black Range for a short bit (the part you are skipping if you take the Middle Fork Gila, which you definitely SHOULD)... so maybe I'll run into you out there if you're a NOBO. Either way good luck on trail and enjoy your journey!
Katie ended up meeting up with Magoo and hiking the rest of the way to Waterton from St. Marys. So that cut off some miles and two or three passes I believe. She got clobbered with the snow and they spent a day at the Goat Haunt ranger station drying out their gear. But she finished at Waterton. Hopeful ended up bailing out of the mountains at St. Marys. I was already done with my hike and he finished a day or two later, walking to Port of Piegan like I did.
Seeking Lost tough ending for all of you but you turned out to be right .. looks like Dixie had to bail on the high line also. The road walk was still amazing. Really enjoy this thanks. Glad everyone finished safety. Planning for spring of 22 if the world holds together long enough 😆
I really enjoyed your videos and the Journey! The end pictures with statistics were just great , nice touch , haven't seen that in anyone else's videos. Just thinking about the elevation gains tallied together would probably be equivalent to stratosphere heights ... Well done
Thank you! I had a tough time deciding what to do with the end sequence, glad it turned out well. Almost half a million feet of elevation gain, pretty cool to put a number to a thru hike, I don't think I've seen that anywhere either. One of the reasons I carried my GPS the whole time :) Thanks for watching the series
Thanks Tyler! You'll just have to get out there and go on some adventures of your own :) I can't wait to do the same, really feeling the itch lately after a long winter
How you only have 2K subs is beyond me, fantastic series man! :D great achievement
Right!?! This was the best I have seen of CDT and I follow many, many thru-hikers.
Indeed! This was an awesome series!
Yeah, this channel is criminally underrated. I haven't seen a better CDT series...
I wondered the same. Just like Hurlgoat. Probably they don't have done so much networking on Instagram and Facebook like others?
I posted on Dixie's Homemade Wanderlust's Forum FB Page and it looks like his subs have gone up a bit. Just need to get the word out.
Two solid days to watch all 31 episodes. Absolutely fantastic watch. Roll on 2023 and my own CDT adventure.
Thanks for watching, and good luck on your hike!
Not pictured in the final stats: the countless hours of filming, organizing, editing. Thanks for such a well-produced series, I loved it.
No kidding! I figured about 6000 video clips, and on the photo side, (not used so much in the videos, but still a task for me), about 6100 photos. Processing all the media and data post-hike was a lot more work that I ever imagined. But pretty glad to be done with it now and very glad you enjoyed it!
@@SeekingLost If you counted the extra steps setting up shots and retrieving the camera, it seems like you did well over 3000 miles that trip.
What an achievement! This has been a legendary CDT series. All the work you put into the shots, the commentary and humor, the information, the music, the editing, the people... showing the emotions towards the final days... the Contra ending... I will be constantly referring back to this and your site in the near future. Thank you and congratulations!
well there was also the Contra beginning! lol
Thank you, really! Filming the hike was easy compared to editing it haha. But it's been a real pleasure sharing with everyone and hearing your feedback. And really happy to see some many fans of Contra, and Beavis & Butthead! Best of luck on your future adventures, I hope you get some awesome hikes in this summer. I'm already feeling the itch!
Well said nobody!
Agreed
"Continuous steps to Canada", was the goal, and you did it! You have to take what the trail gives, and this year it forced you to take this path. No regrets in any of this! What an amazing accomplishment!
I enjoyed it... a monumental achievement!
Can't lie, I'm gonna miss watching your videos!
Thanks 😊
Thanks Rick! I'm not done adventuring, there will be more in the future :)
@@SeekingLost can't wait to see what's next!
Epic achievement. Wise finale. Thanks so much for taking the time, effort and extra kilometers to document such an adventure.👏👏👏🐢🇦🇺👣💚
Thank you Deb!! It was a ton of work to document the whole thing, but I'm so glad I did. The extra work of setting up the shots and carrying the extra gear just became normal, and routine. I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
You definitely have "GRIT"! You grinded it past the finish line! Your human emotions on the last day proved the magnitude of your character and tenacity to lay it all on the line for that final segment. Thank you for your visual and audible portrayal of the highs and lows of your journey. You gave us insights to magnificent mountains, streams, desert, and forests. I am glad you were accompanied by fellow hikers during key portions of the journey. Thank you so much!
A great series. Watching this has really helped keep my motivation up while I wait for some good backpacking weather to arrive. Thanks for all your work in filming and editing.
Thank you! I hear ya, having lived in Michigan, i know all about those long winters and dreaming about summer. It's coming!
I really enjoyed watching you and the views were outstanding, thanks for sharing with us.
Today I finished your vlogs, and I have to say that I truly enjoyed them, I was watching them on tv, while working out. Everything looked so beautiful, you showed so much of the CDT. Congratulations on an epic journey, over 5 months of dally hikes. You DID it.
Thanks so much for your kind words! I'm so grateful for the opportunity to go on this hike, and glad I was able to share it with you :)
Add another animal to your final count. The herd of bison there right at the end! What an incredible feat! I really enjoyed watching.
Thanks Diane! I didn't count the buffalo because I was thinking they were part of a domesticated herd, not really wild. Then I'd have to count cows too and I don't think I'm up for that task :)
Seeking Lost Lol. True. 😊
Congrats on finishing the CDT! But oh what amazing adventures you will come up with and please take all of us along with you! Most amazing photography ever... Be very proud of yourself and THANK YOU. Did Katie and Hopeful finish???
Thank you so much Stephanie! I'm definitely not done adventuring, I never will be as long as I can still walk!
So Katie ended up meeting up with Magoo and hiking the rest of the way to Waterton from St. Marys. So that cut off some miles and two or three passes I believe. She got clobbered with the snow and they spent a day at the Goat Haunt ranger station drying out their gear. But she finished at Waterton. Hopeful ended up bailing out of the mountains at St. Marys. I was already done with my hike and he finished a day or two later, walking to Port of Piegan like I did.
Congratulations! You really deserved your goal. It was amazing to see how quickly Winter moved in. What you achieved, is amazing!!
Thank you for watching and following along! The moment I got in a car and started driving back home through Montana, I still couldn't believe I had just walked 3000 miles. It just didn't seem possible when I started, and even after finishing, seemed monumental. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
3rd time watching this from start to finish!
@@SeekingLost just can't believe a person, and the human body, is capable of walking this far! Still unbelievable, 4th time watching this start to finish. What a huge huge huge accomplishment!
Jan 2025 here!
I like an adventurous person ❤😊 love your video's sir ❤
Hilarious on the Score 0 for Bigfoot. Thank You for this Journey I could take with you, but could never physically do myself. May God Bless You as your life's journey continues toward eternity.
Bonus points to you, first to mention the bigfoot tally :) Thanks for your kind words and glad you enjoyed the journey!
I cannot imagine the psychology of that final road walk. I was tearing up for you. Yet you managed to make a road I have driven hundreds of times still dramatically gorgeous. Such a wonderful series that I will revisit. What can you tell us about Hopeful and Katie? I hope you can make it back another time to do the route through Glacier.
You are lucky to have driven through the area hundred of times! I feel like I barely got a glimpse of Glacier and it was awe-inspiring. I really do hope to do the highline trail. Who knows, maybe I'll do it this fall, and finish in September with the 2019 thru hikers. I think that could be really special. Maybe even get Katie and Hopeful in on this. You've got me thinking now!
So Katie ended up meeting up with Magoo and hiking the rest of the way to Waterton from St. Marys. So that cut off some miles and two or three passes I believe. She got clobbered with the snow and they spent a day at the Goat Haunt ranger station drying out their gear. But she finished at Waterton. Hopeful ended up bailing out of the mountains at St. Marys. I was already done with my hike and he finished a day or two later, walking to Port of Piegan like I did.
Katie made it to Goat Haunt in that weather?! Impressed. Hopeful made it to St. Mary in that weather?! Impressed. Serious high country for both of them. Congratulations to you all! Yes, do some thinking about Glacier if only to expand/fill in your CDT connecting dots. A bit of a backpacking permit problem compared to all/most of the CDT though.
Man, watched all of the episodes now and I have to say that I loved every second of it. After the couple of first episodes it got incredibly cool, and the way you went about the Winds was amazing, very well shot and beautiful scenery, loved all the off trail stuff! Would be cool to do a trip with you and Joey at one point. Cheers!
Hey thanks! I've heard of a few doing the GET to the CDT and skipping everything south of Doc's which would be a sweet alternate. Have you and Joey done the Winds? I might be going back this summer, that would be a good trip if you guys wanted to join
@@SeekingLost Never been to winds myself, but it sure looks tempting, will be roaming Utah now in April for a few weeks, then might start planning for the summer while we are out in the desert, if we are not quarantined lol! Will keep you posted!
@@NorwegianXplorer Cool, enjoy Utah! I'm doing the GET so will be in the desert April and May myself. Yeah this chinavirus is making things interesting. Godspeed haha
@@SeekingLost Same, be safe!
That, Sir, was epic. Thank you for taking us all on the journey.
Epic would have been peeing in two COUNTRIES at the same time! haha. Life goals. Glad you enjoyed the journey and thanks for watching!
I have been laid up this weekend on an injury from my job and found your journey and watched all 31 episodes. I was amazed at how bad Montana looked. I was expecting a landscape similar to Colorado and not so many downed trees. My personal favorite as a viewer was Wyoming. That was fabulous. Congrats for making it and I truly enjoyed your story.
I know, central Montana was a letdown. I did the Anaconda cutoff through, as most hikers seem to do, I hear the official CDT route is better. Wyoming was my favorite too, pretty tough to beat. Thanks for watching and I hope your injury heals up!
Absolutely incredible, Eric! I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure. You have inspired me. Not to leave my job, family and home for 6 months (although it's tempting😋), but to push myself harder on some of my own adventures!
If you're ever in Los Angeles and want to kill a day in our mountains, give me a shout! See ya throughout the rest of your library of awesomeness!!!
You know you want to leave that job! haha jk, it's quite a bold move I know. That's really cool to hear that people get some inspiration out of my journey though. Definitely go for the next step in your adventures, the rewards are so worth it! Thanks, I appreciate the invite, and "library of awesomeness"... I love it!
Well I just balled my eyes out for the end of your journey. I watched every second in prep for my own. Thank you for all the extra miles you put on for getting cool, beautiful camera shots. I feel like I’m losing a friend since everyday I’ve been watching and listening to you. I hope you actually moved to Colorado. I moved here (Denver) from Atlanta 17 years ago just to have the Rockies in my back yard and have never looked back. Thanks so much for sharing your journey, Myra.
Aww thanks for sharing that! I hope it gets you excited for your hike. Are you shooting for 2021? I moved out of Detroit but still in Michigan. Taking advantage of some opportunities I have here for a while. Trying to build a life that lets me control my time and freedom more than my old cube job. Halfway to my immediate goal, getting there. Give the rockies my regards :)
Incredible effort on the trail and in the editing room . Fantastic trip for all of us . Congratulations on your achievement and thanks for sharing .
Thank you for watching!
The COVID-19 pandemic had me searching for older thru-hikes because everyone is (should be) off-trail in 2020. I am blessed to have found your thru. I remember following Dixie's in 2018--I don't know how I missed yours. You're a damn fine storyteller & photojournalist. (I know because I run a TV station and six newspapers) You're talented.
Wow thanks for your kind words, Bill :) I hope we can all get back on trail soon!
@@SeekingLost I'm planning my 14-day adventure for late September or early October. Until then I keep doing overnights on a nearby trail system. Be well.
14 days, heck yeah! Where at?
@@SeekingLost Springer to the NOC. I'll have two newbies--so planning 10 mile days. However, I train with both--so I suspect we'll be able to cover more ground.
Thank you so much for sharing all this with us! It was a fabulous journey. You are doing a big service to humanity!
Amazing series. My wife and I were hypnotized throughout the all the 31 episodes. Thanks for letting so many of us live vicariously through you. Congrats on such a herculean accomplishment!
"Hypnotized", wow... thanks Mike!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading and then watching your adventure. What an incredible amount of effort on top of actually hiking it. Well bloody done! I cannot wait for our start in five weeks. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks Astrid, so glad you enjoyed it and I'm excited for you and your adventure! Have fun and good luck this year!
I'm a bit late to the show but - thank you! Watched the lot. One of the best thru-hike documents I've seen. It can't be easy to make such quality work in the circumstances. I liked your matter of fact commentary, your honesty and commitment. Well done on such an impressive achievement.
Thanks for watching Kevin, I really appreciate that :)
Congrats on the achievement and accomplishment. "Fist Bump" from De-toilet!!!!!!
Haha thanks man!
Congratulations and thank you for documenting your adventure. Beautifully shot and narrated.
Thanks Nicholas!
Awesome achievement I congratulate you on an excellent vlog. It will surely remain with you for a long time . It’s very emotional when you finish something like a thru hike!!
Finishing a thru hike was a bizarre mix of emotions that I still struggle to put into words to this day. The whole about finishing, and life after a thru hike, was not what I was expecting. I think it's hard to do something like the CDT, and being content with that being your only thru hike. It just leaves you wanting more. Anyhow, thanks for watching Jack!
Not sure how one episode turned into me watching all 31, but here I am. I hope you do a documentary on the PCT someday!
Got you hooked! Glad they were good enough to watch them all, very cool. PCT, maybe. Next, 3-4k mile loop through UT, ID, OR, NV and AZ. Having a blast going through the topos and planning it right now :)
Thoroughly enjoyed your CDT series of videos. You had me riveted. Thoughtful commentary and filming the CDT landscape in an incredible way. Look forward to to future adventures you may share.
Thanks Dan I appreciate that. I'm out doing an 1100 mile hike through Nevada right now, should have footage up in the fall!
I just binged this entire hike. Awesome job man
Thanks Mike!
I just finished watching every single episode mate. It was amazing and inspiring. I agree with Yuri, I can not understand how you have such a low sub count. I guess young people today are too fixated on their game paddles :( There are very few things left in this regulated world that young people can do today that will mold them, strengthen their resolve and self-reliance , and give them a true feeling of accomplishment that will last them their lifetime ... you my friend are one of the rare ones who's done just that.
I appreciate you taking the time to watch it all! You know, these trails are more popular than they have ever been, and there are a good amount of younger people out there. Almost certainly more than a few decades ago, just because so many more people are getting into long distance backpacking in general. I would say the biggest demographic is under 30, college age or post college. And it's a great thing, everyone who does it comes out a better person. So the more people who take up these kind of challenges, the better we are as a people, I think.
I have loved following your adventure! You 🤘!
Thanks for watching!
It took me less than a week to binge the series.
Thanks for watching Thomas!
Congratulations! Incredible challenge and awesome achievement...
what an accomplishment. Well earned for anyone who could do that!
Thank you!
Truly amazing feat! Congrats! This episode is the only one I have viewed, can’t wait to see the entire journey.
Ah hooked you at the end... Well there's a helluva lot of good stuff in between, thanks for watching!
Watched every minute. Thank You. Loved it.
That was a kick ass journey!
Congratulations on finishing the CDT! Then a standing O for your videos! Well done and enjoyed watching your journey and the gorgeous scenery. Although, 2 things I can't unsee, snot rocket and the pee scene! LOL Emotional ending to your journey but at least the Canadians let you drink a beer at the border. Looking forward to watching your next adventure Famous
Thank you so much! See now the snot rocket jingle will stay with you forever! haha. Thanks again for watching :)
Congratulations ! Well Done ! I enjoyed the CDT Hike with you, and I looked forward to your next post. Thank You So Much ! 'Till the next Hike, Sandy
Thanks for watching Sandy! I hope to get some post hike videos up soon covering gear, logistics, what happened right after the hike, etc
Best CDT video yet! You deserve way more views then you got! You got another subscriber!
I stumbled on to this video, thought it was amazing, and so well done. I had to go to the beginning and watch every one. You told an incredible story, and brought this trail to life for me. Thank you so very much !!
well done brother. thank you for the inspiring series.
Glad you found it inspiring, and thanks for watching!
A belated congratulations on finishing the CDT and a current congratulations on finishing these videos. What a great series of videos! Sorry you had to finish with a road walk, but it sure seems to me to have been the right call. Even the scenery from the road was fantastic. Thank you for all your effort in putting these videos together.
Thank you Bryan! No regrets on the decision but it still hurts to end that way. I'm hoping to get out there later this year and do the Highline Trail properly.
I don’t know how I missed following you until now but thanks for letting me tag along a little late but I made it ...you had an awesome journey. Great job at documenting it. Hay there is no shame in the way you finish you kicked ass the beer looked great and I bet it was good and cold. I think the trip through wind river was the best don’t think I could give done it I’m getting old ... lol . Congratulations
I kinda fly under the radar, despite the name "Famous" haha. Thanks for watching and for your support!
Your shooting is fabulous. Wow, you have a gift. I binge watched your vids. For a road walk, that wasn’t shabby!
It sure beats those road walks in New Mexico! Thanks for watching :)
Just watched this again and loved it! Thanks.
Fabulous man, fabulous. Cheers be happy.
Thank you Brian!
Really enjoyed your journey. I also read your blogs. Well done. Taz
Thank you Taz!
Well done Famous. Thanks for showing the trail as it really is warts and all; highs and lows; ups and downs. I'm heading out myself this year on a thru and you're definitely and inspiration and closer to my own hiking style and personality than many of the recent vloggers - and that enables me to get a clearer picture of what my own experience is likely to be...
Thanks Richard, that's really cool to hear and glad the videos were useful to you in that way. Best of luck to you this year on the CDT and finding the experience you're after!
Just watched the whole hike. Superb job with the hike, the video, the humor. Thanks for sharing. It’s inspiring me to get out there. I hope you have landed in a good place and that you find more adventures and that I see you out there.
Hey Clark, that's awesome that you found some inspiration in the videos, and I hope you DO decide to get out and explore some places yourself. Thanks for watching!
Well done my friend, well done!
Thanks for watching Paul!
Those mountains off in the distance are pretty amazing. The colors changing at 9:43 incredible. Thanks for sharing, great job on the finish.
Thanks! I went back to Glacier a few weeks ago and hiked through there again to see everything I missed, including those mountains, video coming soon on that
@@SeekingLost Nice, looking forward to it.
Strange though how you all seem to find yourself empty after filling up your ”life pack” with something only a few manage to collect through a whole life time. Can’t wait to your next adventure. Safe journey!
It's weird, isn't it? Not at all what I thought I'd feel at the end and afterwards. But for me, ending the way I did and missing out on the Highline Trail and Waterton really hurt after walking all that way. So, I'm heading out there to hike the Highline Trail to Waterton in a few weeks and get my proper finish. Maybe it will bring a little peace and closure. Anyways. Thanks for your comment and happy trails!
Seeking Lost Don’t forgett to video (please)! Loved the extra route at the end (off trial) of your CDT, fantastic scenary and editing👍 but can understand your wish for a different ending. The beer looked fantastic though🤙! Safe journey
Congrats Famous! This episode took me back to the bittersweet feeling of finishing my AT thru-hike. Don’t worry though - once you become a brave and fierce thru-hiker, adventure can’t stay away for very long ;-). I’m hitting the CDT in about a month - thanks again for helping me get pumped up! -Hungry Cat
Hungry Cat, you're gonna crush it on the CDT year! You gotta be pretty excited right about now. I hear you man I'm already getting the itch after one long winter here in northern MI. Say hello to New Mexico for me :)
You rock! Amazing documentary!
Congratulations from Spain. I am amazed at the beauty of your country, and the courage that you have when crossing it on foot. A strong hug full of healthy envy.
Thanks so much! There is a lot of wild, desolate and beautiful land in the American west. You should come and see it for yourself someday! Spain looks to have some beautiful country too, so many places I want to visit and see. Thanks for watching :)
It's passed on by but congratulations, great job! Nicely documented and thoughtfully presented.
Never too late to congratulate ;) Thanks and glad you enjoyed it
I was sad and excited all at the same time to see this notification of the conclusion of your CDT hike. I'm glad you were able to drink that beer tho, looked like you needed a moment to take it all in. I hope you have settled into a new routine that allows you time to let your mind wonder outside the normal day to day. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing journey! All my best to you!
Anita, thanks for watching a for the kind words! I can't say I've settled yet where I want to be, just that the things I was hoping to accomplish after the hike took longer than anticipated. It's nice to be finished editing all these videos and focus on some new things. Hopefully keep the adventurous momentum going and avoid going back to cubicle life at all costs :)
Well done!
Congratulations! And thank you for all the videos they were amazing. I know you did the right thing not walking in all that snow. I once hiked in snow up to my knees it's hard and you don't know what's under it. Great job! I will continue to stay with your channel
No regrets about the low route. But still want to see the high route! I really don't mind that late season snow much, as long as I'm not postholing, it's the fresh stuff that's a pain. Thanks for watching and again I hope you the best with your knee surgery recovery. The Big Horns are calling your name this summer!
@@SeekingLost thank you! Hope to be up there soon
I applaud you sir! What an accomplishment. Damn thing seeing 0 Bigfoots!
Thanks Chad!
Thanks for a great series. Great achievement. Especially your Wind Alternate video was amazing.
Normally I hate music with hiking videos but somehow the music you picked added to the dramatic quality of your videos.
Thank you Carel!
Holy crap! The journey is complete! I appreciate you taking us along and sacrificing extra time to bring us your CDT adventure. There is so much I could talk about, but I'll just say this. You kicked ass! Congrats man! By the way, I loved the 0 bigfoots lol! You have many E-Friends/fans and it was cool to watch your channel grow since the day I subbed. Cheers!
Hey thanks for following along! I wanted to make sure I could have something to relive the hike when I get older, and I'm glad others could watch and enjoy it too. Cookie & Paul's 2008 CDT hike video was a big inspiration for me, and maybe my video will inspire others. Thanks for watching and don't stop adventuring!
Awesome videos and congrats on completing the CDT, it was great watching your adventure!
wow, nice journey.
Awesome series of videos. Congrats! Subscribed!
Thank you! I like what you're doing on your channel, I subbed ya back
@@SeekingLost Thank you!
I know this is a few years ago that you finished this, but that was very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey. I'm sure it was quite a bummer to finish with a road walk, but it's still an amazing achievement and adventure. I definitely have my sights on doing the CDT in 2025 or 2026.
2 years ago now, but still fresh on my mind. That's great you are planning to do it too, I'll be rooting for you!
Congratulations on an epic personal odyssey. I guess Glacier National Park beckons you back to see those mountains up close :-) ... hey, maybe even hike the Pacific Northwest Trail ... ;-)
The PNT would be awesome! The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to go back to Glacier in early/mid September and do the highline trail. Would be kinda cool to finish with this year's CDT hikers!
Thank you for sharing this with us! My family has enjoyed it immensely. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Thanks so much for watching Sherral! I can't wait to get out there again, and have something to share with you! Boy it doesn't take long to miss the trail haha
I started watching from the beginning and watched them all. Great job and congratulations!
Thanks for watching Warren! Happy trails and best of luck on your adventures this year!
I just cracked open my own IPA, cheers to YOU! I hope you are doing well since finishing your epic adventure. Your videos with the background music were excellent and I’ll likely continue re-watching and re-watching as every time I notice something new. I choked up at ‘I finish tomorrow..’. I can’t imagine your emotions but as a Canadian congrats to making our border at the successful end of your great accomplishment. I truly wish you the best of luck with your future goals and I hope the rest of the UA-cam watchers catch up to what they have been missing, you should have at least 500k followers so I’ll keep spreading the word.
Ahhh, "I finish tomorrow" was getting me too, every time I'd go through that clip during editing. The whole last episode was pretty tough to edit actually :) There's a lot of beautiful country up there in Canada that I'm hoping to explore someday. Maybe even do the Glacier Highline Trail to finish off the CDT properly and continue north on the GDT. Hmm, now I'm going to be thinking about that! Anyways, thanks so much for watching and your support!
Great, great series of videos! I live near the Gila and stumbled on your Gila Wilderness episode, and ended up watching the whole thing. Inspiring! I'll be doing a lot of shorter trips this summer, and this has gotten me motivated to train.
Ah the Gila, one of the highlights of the CDT. Thanks for watching, get out there and have a blast on trail this summer!
@@SeekingLost One question: What did you do for food storage in bear country? I've always hung food when backpacking in Yellowstone and Glacier (and even the Gila), but I don't think you mentioned it. BTW- I also live in Salida CO half of the year (that's my real hometown): glad you enjoyed your stay there.
Dang, splitting the year between the gila and Salida, that's a great way to do it! I use opsaks (odor proof bags)for food storage. I know a lot of hikers talk shit about them, but I've been using them for about 12 years now and they have always kept animals away from my food. I camped at Eldorado lake once in the San Juan's, there was a field with several 100s of mice running around, I put my food in an OPsack and placed it on top of a rock that mice were running on, they didn't touch it all night. I was a believer after that and they have never let me down. The only time I hung food on the CDT was in Yellowstone, because they had Something for us to hang from!
Inspirational summer 2020 viewing! Thanks and congratulations.
Thank you Tom!
Just watched through all your CDT videos, great stuff! You sure made it your own adventure! Can't wait for my sobo-hike this year :D
Thanks for watching, glad you are pumped for you hike this year! Please give the trail my regards :)
Fantastic series. A ‘normal’ guy made a great work of art. There is something powerful in your (or Dixie’s or Darwins) hiking vids. I hope you didn’t have too much problems fitting into a ‘normal’ life again. Or maybe it inspired you to choose a different direction. Anyway, hope to see more of your adventures in the future.
Thanks, really appreciate that! Life is complicated right now(but not in a bad way), still haven't chosen a path yet. I severed ties with my old "normal life" and now living in this temporary state in between the CDT and the next chapter. It's been nice to have the time needed to focus on a few projects, like editing all these CDT videos. But I'm ready to move on to something else and I hope it's more fun than working in a cube. I am doing everything I can to avoid going back to that life, but at least it's a fallback.
Ha, yes, that cube...
It sounds familiar. When I finished highschool I made a long bikepacking trip in Scandinavia. After that - well, maybe before that too - I knew I wouldn’t fit in a cage. I wanted to be a travel journalist. So I studied journalism and sneaked my way into the biggest travel publisher. I started writing about cars and politics - somebody had to - but soon I had enough contacts with the travel magazines to leave the company and start as a freelance travel journalist. For eighteen years now that’s my job.
I’m not going to tell you that you should try journalism, but just follow you passion. If you can do the CDT you can make a success of anything you want.
That's an awesome story, thanks for sharing that! Man that is so cool, so glad that worked out for you. You're right about that mindset though, and that's what I tell myself... if I can walk 3000 miles I can do anything! I just have to choose WHAT haha. I've got a couple ideas in the works though.
So I've gotta ask... 18 years as a travel journalist... what are your favorite places you've been?
I love magical landscapes, wide open spaces and small towns at end of the world. Norway and Iceland are my favorites. I also love the National Parks in the USA. The Alps en Scotland too.
I certainly hope it will work out for you too. I’m pretty sure it will. All I can say is that I didn’t feel certain at all when I started. That’s normal. At the same time I was picky. I rather had peanut butter sandwiches for a year than well payed writing jobs for an advertising agency.
Man people like you are amazing I can only dream of doing things like this congratulations and a job well done just discovered your channel going to go back to chapter 1 great job.
Thanks Rick! Well you know what happens now at the end but there was a helluva lot of good stuff in between :)
Way to go man! Congrats!
Thanks Ryan!
Going through CDT withdrawals!!! Going to binge watch all your videos tonight again!!! Hope your doing well and adjusting after your epic hike!!!
Epic journey. So well filmed and narrated. Your days in the Winds were incredible to watch. Thanks for bringing us along.
Excellent Vid documentary! Hauling all that gear just to record your adventure says a lot. Even that road walk on the East side of Glacier looked beautiful - especially with the bear! Good job and keep up the good work!
Maybe the best section of road walk I did on the CDT. It was really nice to see those beautiful mountains there at St Marys, and drink that beer. That really made the day! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for taking me along on such a great adventure! Sorry about the 0 Bigfoots :)
This was a great series of your hike on the CDT - You can see that you got better and better documenting as the trip went on and the video's got better as well. Can't wait to see what you have coming up next. Now to finish your Basin & Range and video's and your Mojave - Sonoran Trail video's.
Congratulations. This has been an awesome footage from an awesome journey
We're all looking fwd to your upload about the gear and other information regarding your experience
Definitely, I will have a few more videos coming out soon along those lines!
Wow, that was an emotional ending to an incredible journey!
You certainly did embrace the brutality!
Thanks and good luck on the CDT this year! It's not as brutal as they say haha
Put plastic bags on your feet and yes your feet will be soaked. I leaned that from winter cycling. No substitute for the proper footwear.
What a great trip! I would have gotten really depressed at the end though, finishing by myself on a cold lonely road.
Definitely. I figured that'd be the case, but for some reason, was a little hopeful they'd be drier. The turkey bags hold up much better than the grocery bags though and at least those didn't break on me. It was depressing to end that way, but at the same time, I was really glad to be done! It did give me some closure issues though I think. So I might try and get back out to Glacier this Sept and do the highline trail properly. Would be cool to finish with this year's thru hikers too :)
wow awesome! hiking in my home area. Beautiful. but challenging. Congratulations!
Congratulations!!! What an amazing accomplishments!!! Someone accomplishes something like that and what ever I can say to you just doesn't say enough. I've truly enjoyed your journey. God bless!
Well done, good job buddy~~ you made it finally. see you on the trail.
Thank you!
@@SeekingLost I was PCT thru hiker 2018 and I am really excited CDTthis year.
Heck yeah man, 2018 was a good year! I'm hiking the Grand Enchantment Trail in the spring, which crosses the CDT around Doc Campbell's and then follows the official CDT through the Black Range for a short bit (the part you are skipping if you take the Middle Fork Gila, which you definitely SHOULD)... so maybe I'll run into you out there if you're a NOBO. Either way good luck on trail and enjoy your journey!
@@SeekingLostsure I would a nobo so I might see you on the Trail. I am a Korean you will be able to find me easily.
I just watched the whole damn hike again 😆 ....👍
Better the second time? Haha. I need to get some new content up. Soon!
Seeking Lost how did Katie and hopeful fair
Katie ended up meeting up with Magoo and hiking the rest of the way to Waterton from St. Marys. So that cut off some miles and two or three passes I believe. She got clobbered with the snow and they spent a day at the Goat Haunt ranger station drying out their gear. But she finished at Waterton. Hopeful ended up bailing out of the mountains at St. Marys. I was already done with my hike and he finished a day or two later, walking to Port of Piegan like I did.
Seeking Lost tough ending for all of you but you turned out to be right .. looks like Dixie had to bail on the high line also. The road walk was still amazing. Really enjoy this thanks. Glad everyone finished safety. Planning for spring of 22 if the world holds together long enough 😆
Just stunning! Many thx! -we're off on NM portion CDT portion soon -
Thanks for watching and have fun out there! What I wouldn't give to be in the Gila right now :)
I really enjoyed your videos and the Journey! The end pictures with statistics were just great , nice touch , haven't seen that in anyone else's videos. Just thinking about the elevation gains tallied together would probably be equivalent to stratosphere heights ... Well done
Thank you! I had a tough time deciding what to do with the end sequence, glad it turned out well. Almost half a million feet of elevation gain, pretty cool to put a number to a thru hike, I don't think I've seen that anywhere either. One of the reasons I carried my GPS the whole time :) Thanks for watching the series
Congratulations on finishing! An awesome accomplishment! Loved watching your adventure!!
Thank you Terry for watching!
Congratulations man, I don’t know what to look forward too anymore now that the journey has ended, your videos inspired me!
Thanks Tyler! You'll just have to get out there and go on some adventures of your own :) I can't wait to do the same, really feeling the itch lately after a long winter
Outstanding job both on the hike and the filming! Really enjoyed the series.
Thanks Paul!