Of all the UA-cam videos I’ve seen and UA-camrs I’ve come across, I follow Wes because of his high definition videos he posts. It doesn’t matter if it’s the desert, the mountains, or bushwhacking old logging roads, the video quality of his posts are top notch! Keep em coming Wes! 👍
Love your videos, high quality, great commentary and you are always gracious and authentic, very good call on the Bridge, I was saying to myself "DONT DO IT MAN".
Oh man Wes, I've had some adventure runs and got caught in some sketchy spots, but that bridge was just terrifying! I was nervous for you. So glad that you turned around there. Thanks for sharing, even the suckfest adventures are neat to watch from a distance.
It is so fun to take a theoretical route into reality, but I have to be prepared for the unexpected. Most of this bushwhacking was expected (at least some level of it), but what I didn't focus too much on were some later roads that were decommissioned and forced me again cross-country. That caused me to to detour, I was sick of pressing through grass and brush and other crap. :)
Oh I know the feeling. Its very annoying when you hit long patches of overgrown paths. Still it gives you a bit of the dangerous feeling of getting lost, and some primal instincts kick in. Like that bridge. I have many times wondered if I can get down a slope or not for example. Hanging on to branches. Ive learned by age to become less proud of my original plan, and give up for a safer longer route around. Like you did with the bridge. I would hav done the same. But after such an ordeal, it always leaves me satisfied in another way than a normal training run. Such a great video. I felt that.
Thank you Stig! Great comments, thank you, you're absolutely right. A trick I've learned following decommissioned roads is to walk alongside the road in the forest, it is often WAY easier. When this was done I felt good about having made it through that worst spot. It was good mental training. I wasn't enjoying it, it felt like it wasn't ending, but I had no choice except to press on. No calling it quits in the middle of the forest.
I worried very much that aside from slipping or whatever, that the large spikes nailed into the top of those logs would trip me. I still shudder thinking about standing up there. Glad I crossed below.
Not far from there is an actual trail, I passed it on my way out at 19:35 I should go check it out some time. www.alltrails.com/trail/us/washington/sultan-river-canyon-trail-dam?u=i It is a beautiful area indeed! Thanks for watching.
I know I would be doing to same thing you did with the bridge, but dang, it looks so pretty with the view of the river below! Crazy to think that it was once used as a bridge with heavy equipment. Awesome video, Wes!
I also marveled that large trucks loaded with trees probably crossed that bridge. And the span was long too! It was a tough day but not many people in recent memory have been there, in a way it feels special to have visited that place.
Wow, well done Wes! Seems like this was a quite an adventure :) This reminds of the time I ran in the woods close to where I live and I took a wrong turn and had to go through a lot of thick bushes and woods for about 30 min until I got back to the trail and then later when I came home I had about 20 ticks on my body 🤢 Thanks for sharing as always.
Yikes! I was sliced a million times on my legs, but thankfully no ticks for me. Thanks for sharing your story, it is fun to hear how these experiences resonate with you.
Some serious bush whaking you went threw on this. You are so brave. I'd definitely have been scared. So hard not to panic in that kind of situation. Your video's are so amazing. Great job as always Wes
What an adventure! I loved the part where you sensibly didn't cross the bridge. What bottles/flasks do you use--you have your gear sorted! 👏 Thank you for this video!
What an incredible journey. It was fascinating to see your thought process as you debated crossing over the bridge. Glad you followed your instinct and chose another way, instead of letting the camera pressure you into doing something you weren't happy with. I was pretty scared watching it, and if it looks scary on video then it must have been even worse in the moment!
Thank you Dan! It would have been cool to cross the bridge, but... I love your comments, thank you! Even now, just thinking about standing on the end of the bridge, a few steps out, my legs wobble a little. I made the right choice. ☺️
Impressive. I liked the safety consciousness, particularly at the bridge. I recently violated my sense of safety at the Volcanic 50, but got away with it.
Volcanic is a great race, what happened for you there? While measured risks are a part of the game, safety has to be a consideration. And it isn't always the things we expect to go wrong that upend us.
This one is a bit more my speed. Nice little adventure in a close area. No freaking mountains. I'm with u tho, that "bridge" was a bit on the sketchy side. I saw ur map, I also did a map for the county we live in but never got to finish it. I used diffrent colors for bike...walk....run ...or a path I was planning to take. But, surprise, we had a kid. Dr said we would never have one but.... I WAS a champion triathlete in mountain bike division for 3 years now trying to come back. Might be time to slow down the pace and go longer. I get alot of inspiration from ur channel so keep it up please.
There are adventures to be had just about anywhere! I'm glad you enjoyed this one! And I love hearing that you get inspiration too. I hope you check out the slow and long path, its fun! Thanks for your message Brad. 🙌🏼
If I did this I’d be screaming every two seconds from bugs, ticks, and poison ivy/oak lol! It would be so hard to spot those things in that dense brush, hopefully you didn’t encounter much of that! Glad you didn’t cross that bridge, my heart was racing that part. The wood looked too far gone to be safe!
The Devil's Club was all over, and some blackberries too, but they were the most aggressive. There were flies, but not terrible bugs. We don't have poison oak or ivy to worry about, though nettles can be bad here. A couple years ago I created a route that, in order to avoid a long unsafe highway run, had a short bushwhack section to join old logging roads. I found there a bridge just like this one, and I avoided actually crossing it for the same reasons. You can see it in my Port to Pilchuck video ua-cam.com/video/YiaUQ9UWdpI/v-deo.html
Another great video Wes! Of all the videos these ones of exploration and discovery are my favourite! Come up to Alberta and run some of the Great Divide Trail with me! 😊
What a adventure Wes! When you were contemplating going over the bridge I was saying out loud No!! Don’t do it!🤣 Well done on keeping going and finding your way! What wildlife is in that part of the world?
Hi Liz! Thank you for watching. In this area are some coyotes and probably a few black bears, possibly mountain lion too. I think the only other creature I saw during the run was that hawk flying overhead at 20:06
Ughhhhhh this sounds 👏 AMAZZZZING!!! I'm training for my first ultra after maybe a decade of distance keeping and marathons a couple and giant buckets of long runs and races and halfs and more. I am taking the approach JUST DO IT it's only 5 more miles from a full marathon to hit the 1st ultra level
@@wplate all of them 😆 jk So I run self supported like they call it. Prayer and heavy training. Runner about 10years I love all the longies but haven't done an ultra distance yet but felt like after Mt marathons I could keep going so I'm gonna try to do that. Nov in my town or the next over. Packs of hydration and fuel belt stuff. I don't have single mom support with my special needs babies so having local runs where I'm home right after is my only option for now. I wish they did them in groups!!
@@calmdownkaylaapostolicpent7660 I see, you're going to run the distance on your own! You get to crate your own route! That should be fun. I wish you fun and success!
@@wplate ah that's easy. Basically yes I press start on the garmin and go. But I've rolled around a couple routes for this 31.06 run and it seems like 3 loops up and back through town and a 1 mile around the block would hit a nice challenge for the day! I love your 40 min training run🥰
Hi Joseph! I don't use a separate Mic. I do work hard while editing to be sure it sounds good, there may be some improvements happening there. :) THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CHANNEL!
Of all the UA-cam videos I’ve seen and UA-camrs I’ve come across, I follow Wes because of his high definition videos he posts. It doesn’t matter if it’s the desert, the mountains, or bushwhacking old logging roads, the video quality of his posts are top notch! Keep em coming Wes! 👍
Thank you Kevin. Tell your friends!
Love your videos, high quality, great commentary and you are always gracious and authentic, very good call on the Bridge, I was saying to myself "DONT DO IT MAN".
I'm glad you enjoyed this one. It would have been cool to cross that thing, but I still feel anxious thinking about just standing up there on the end.
Oh man Wes, I've had some adventure runs and got caught in some sketchy spots, but that bridge was just terrifying! I was nervous for you. So glad that you turned around there.
Thanks for sharing, even the suckfest adventures are neat to watch from a distance.
I'm glad you enjoyed this video! I'll try to do more videos of training stuff like this, I agree they're interesting.
Dude… This video is exactly what I worry about every time I put together a big loop on unknown trails 😂
Glad you made it home.
It is so fun to take a theoretical route into reality, but I have to be prepared for the unexpected. Most of this bushwhacking was expected (at least some level of it), but what I didn't focus too much on were some later roads that were decommissioned and forced me again cross-country. That caused me to to detour, I was sick of pressing through grass and brush and other crap. :)
Oh I know the feeling. Its very annoying when you hit long patches of overgrown paths. Still it gives you a bit of the dangerous feeling of getting lost, and some primal instincts kick in. Like that bridge. I have many times wondered if I can get down a slope or not for example. Hanging on to branches. Ive learned by age to become less proud of my original plan, and give up for a safer longer route around. Like you did with the bridge. I would hav done the same. But after such an ordeal, it always leaves me satisfied in another way than a normal training run. Such a great video. I felt that.
Thank you Stig! Great comments, thank you, you're absolutely right. A trick I've learned following decommissioned roads is to walk alongside the road in the forest, it is often WAY easier. When this was done I felt good about having made it through that worst spot. It was good mental training. I wasn't enjoying it, it felt like it wasn't ending, but I had no choice except to press on. No calling it quits in the middle of the forest.
Epic adventure! I was voting for you to cross the river via the logs, but better safe than sorry. Great video Wes!
I worried very much that aside from slipping or whatever, that the large spikes nailed into the top of those logs would trip me. I still shudder thinking about standing up there. Glad I crossed below.
Someone should go clean up that trail, it looked like a beautiful area. Great job.
Not far from there is an actual trail, I passed it on my way out at 19:35 I should go check it out some time.
www.alltrails.com/trail/us/washington/sultan-river-canyon-trail-dam?u=i
It is a beautiful area indeed! Thanks for watching.
I know I would be doing to same thing you did with the bridge, but dang, it looks so pretty with the view of the river below! Crazy to think that it was once used as a bridge with heavy equipment. Awesome video, Wes!
I also marveled that large trucks loaded with trees probably crossed that bridge. And the span was long too! It was a tough day but not many people in recent memory have been there, in a way it feels special to have visited that place.
Wow, well done Wes! Seems like this was a quite an adventure :) This reminds of the time I ran in the woods close to where I live and I took a wrong turn and had to go through a lot of thick bushes and woods for about 30 min until I got back to the trail and then later when I came home I had about 20 ticks on my body 🤢 Thanks for sharing as always.
Yikes! I was sliced a million times on my legs, but thankfully no ticks for me. Thanks for sharing your story, it is fun to hear how these experiences resonate with you.
Some serious bush whaking you went threw on this. You are so brave. I'd definitely have been scared. So hard not to panic in that kind of situation. Your video's are so amazing. Great job as always Wes
Thank you Lisa. I just finished Bigfoot 200 last week, and this scary training run ended up being really good for Bigfoot!
While my running long distances is on hold,videos like this just makes me more excited to get back out & explore the wilderness. Great video.
Happy to help fill the gap while you're getting ready to get back out there!
What an adventure! I loved the part where you sensibly didn't cross the bridge. What bottles/flasks do you use--you have your gear sorted! 👏 Thank you for this video!
Thanks for watching! These are the bottles I'm using: hydrapak.com/collections/soft-flasks/products/ultraflask-speed-600-ml
Dude, loving the vibe of your videos. Great work man!
Thank you! I'm trying to get another one out, they take me a long time to finish because of life and work.
What an incredible journey. It was fascinating to see your thought process as you debated crossing over the bridge. Glad you followed your instinct and chose another way, instead of letting the camera pressure you into doing something you weren't happy with. I was pretty scared watching it, and if it looks scary on video then it must have been even worse in the moment!
Thank you Dan! It would have been cool to cross the bridge, but... I love your comments, thank you! Even now, just thinking about standing on the end of the bridge, a few steps out, my legs wobble a little. I made the right choice. ☺️
Impressive. I liked the safety consciousness, particularly at the bridge. I recently violated my sense of safety at the Volcanic 50, but got away with it.
Volcanic is a great race, what happened for you there? While measured risks are a part of the game, safety has to be a consideration. And it isn't always the things we expect to go wrong that upend us.
This one is a bit more my speed. Nice little adventure in a close area. No freaking mountains. I'm with u tho, that "bridge" was a bit on the sketchy side. I saw ur map, I also did a map for the county we live in but never got to finish it. I used diffrent colors for bike...walk....run ...or a path I was planning to take. But, surprise, we had a kid. Dr said we would never have one but.... I WAS a champion triathlete in mountain bike division for 3 years now trying to come back. Might be time to slow down the pace and go longer. I get alot of inspiration from ur channel so keep it up please.
There are adventures to be had just about anywhere! I'm glad you enjoyed this one! And I love hearing that you get inspiration too. I hope you check out the slow and long path, its fun! Thanks for your message Brad. 🙌🏼
Thanks Wes...always inspiring!
I’m happy you enjoyed this. Thanks for watching!
If I did this I’d be screaming every two seconds from bugs, ticks, and poison ivy/oak lol! It would be so hard to spot those things in that dense brush, hopefully you didn’t encounter much of that! Glad you didn’t cross that bridge, my heart was racing that part. The wood looked too far gone to be safe!
The Devil's Club was all over, and some blackberries too, but they were the most aggressive. There were flies, but not terrible bugs. We don't have poison oak or ivy to worry about, though nettles can be bad here.
A couple years ago I created a route that, in order to avoid a long unsafe highway run, had a short bushwhack section to join old logging roads. I found there a bridge just like this one, and I avoided actually crossing it for the same reasons. You can see it in my Port to Pilchuck video ua-cam.com/video/YiaUQ9UWdpI/v-deo.html
Looks like you had fun! Thank you for the new video!
Hindsight helps me enjoy this one more. It was a tough time in the middle of it. Thank you for watching.
Man, what an adventure. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching Jeff!
Another great video Wes! Of all the videos these ones of exploration and discovery are my favourite! Come up to Alberta and run some of the Great Divide Trail with me! 😊
Thank you Tyler! That would be awesome! I do want to get to Alberta, the Canadian Death Race is on my list too.
Well done. Another brilliant video. Good adventure’s 👍👍
Thank you David!
I have those same bottles. I love them!
They're so good! Thanks for watching.
What a adventure Wes!
When you were contemplating going over the bridge I was saying out loud No!! Don’t do it!🤣
Well done on keeping going and finding your way!
What wildlife is in that part of the world?
Hi Liz! Thank you for watching. In this area are some coyotes and probably a few black bears, possibly mountain lion too. I think the only other creature I saw during the run was that hawk flying overhead at 20:06
@@wplate That sounds scary! When we have only Cows to worry about when we are trail running here in England 🏴🤭😂
Ughhhhhh this sounds 👏 AMAZZZZING!!! I'm training for my first ultra after maybe a decade of distance keeping and marathons a couple and giant buckets of long runs and races and halfs and more. I am taking the approach JUST DO IT it's only 5 more miles from a full marathon to hit the 1st ultra level
What 50k are you training for?
@@wplate all of them 😆 jk So I run self supported like they call it. Prayer and heavy training. Runner about 10years I love all the longies but haven't done an ultra distance yet but felt like after Mt marathons I could keep going so I'm gonna try to do that. Nov in my town or the next over. Packs of hydration and fuel belt stuff. I don't have single mom support with my special needs babies so having local runs where I'm home right after is my only option for now. I wish they did them in groups!!
@@calmdownkaylaapostolicpent7660 I see, you're going to run the distance on your own! You get to crate your own route! That should be fun. I wish you fun and success!
@@wplate ah that's easy. Basically yes I press start on the garmin and go. But I've rolled around a couple routes for this 31.06 run and it seems like 3 loops up and back through town and a 1 mile around the block would hit a nice challenge for the day! I love your 40 min training run🥰
Amazing effort, amazing nature
So. Much. Green.
Cool adventure. Are there no bears in those parts?
There might be some bears, I have never seen one. If there are, they're Black Bears which are generally shy and not aggressive.
@@wplate eeeeeeeeeek bears
Sound of your voice is super clear. Is this just with the go pro or do u use a separate mic?
Great video btw!
Hi Joseph! I don't use a separate Mic. I do work hard while editing to be sure it sounds good, there may be some improvements happening there. :) THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CHANNEL!
salut wes top vidéos , tu utilise qu elle logicielle de montage ?
I’m so happy you’re enjoying the content. I edit with Final Cut Pro.