I am very impressed with your speed of hiking and camera work! Your narration is great! I’m very impressed that you dehydrated some of your own food. I wish I could do what you are doing. I used to. My 78-year-old back is just too cranky. So thank you very much for a job well done and bringing us all along with you! I like to look at the ruins and imagine the people who lived there and what it might’ve looked like when they were living there with their families. And you go slow enough with camera work to do that. Thank you very much!
Wonderful video. Beautifully edited. Love your pace and lingering on gorgeous views big and small. Thanks for reminding me of so much when I hiked Grand Gulch 40 years ago, but in the opposite direction, starting at Bullet canyon. Scrambling down those dry falls at the beginning of the canyon with a very full pack was a wee bit challenging for a novice. I was grateful to be in a group of 4 so we could help each other. We went in March when the nights were below freezing but days in the 70s. We'd start the day with the water in the coffee pot frozen solid, and wear our winter jackets, hats and gloves until the sun came over the rim of the canyon. It warmed so fast we'd immediately take a quick break to strip down to our t-shirts. My older brother led the trip. He was a geologist w/ a strong interest in rock art, the perfect guide. I remember many turkey pens incredibly still having feathers in them hundreds of years old. Also interesting to see the middens (sloping trash pile) below the larger ruins. We had an unexpected end to our adventure when one person injured both ankles. She could still walk with the aid of walking sticks and painkillers, but had to rest often and could not carry a pack anymore. The original plan had been to exit at Kane, but we exited early through a small side canyon. My brother had been there the year before and knew it was possible. However, there had been a major flash flood since then that filled the upper canyon with huge boulders, many 4 to 6 ft high. We had two teenage boys with us and they scouted a route. We had to go over, around and several times had to climb up and down the side benches to avoid impasses. The benches were not continuous, so we had to keep.going back among the boulders. At the very end we faced a flat, steep slickrock slope covered with a thin layer of crumbly rocks and 5 foot vertical wall. The light was starting to fade, the injured woman was fatigued and terrified to go up that slope. We had no ropes and no satelite phone to call the ranger, so we sent the tallest teen up first and had him pull his brother up and out. Then my brother went up to the top of the slope and talked the trembling woman up step by step. Several times she froze with fear. I came last to give her a sense of safety, but I was quietly terrified she'd slip and take us both down. I kept thinking of the large mangled, flattened water trough we'd seen pinned between huge boulders not far below. It's amazing how fear for your life snaps the mind into sharp focus and gives you strength. I will alwaus be grateful for adrenaline at that moment. My brother pulled me up onto the mesa just as the sun was setting behind a distant mountain. So close! Despite the nailbiter ending, the rest was just as lovely and peaceful as your video. I will keep revisit often.
One of the best videos I've seen of the canyon country. I'll be seeing it again. Well done in every way. Great to see spectacular canyons away from the well--known tourist places and which most folks will never visit.
Thank you! I'd like to go back and take some video of the lower GG. Was not to be it was days away from the 1st snow of the season. I timed it just right to be out of there.
Another fascinating adventure. Had to laugh, my wife and I love looking for faces in the rock. Makes you wonder what spirits are still lingering in the area…
spent the afternoon watching this in sections between projects here// AWESOME hike wow. i think your last camp and the hike out in that big open canyon area was my favorite. great job showing us the glyphs and ruins too, ive seen a lot of videos of this area and you show us some new ones- without giving away too much about the location, well done// i like your choice of music the soundtrack goes well with the scenes and is set at a perfect level really good production quality. i could go on all day so ill leave it at this is a great video thanks for taking us along
Just amazing, love your videos of your adventures, some of the van life UA-camrs spend to much time talking & worrying about what they are going to wear, hardly any scenery, boring (I know it's about their van life to, but some have hiking videos) traveling to me is all about the scenery, geology, enjoying wildlife & the hike, But yours are very nice, thanks for sharing your adventures. (Very sad about the deer)
Thanks! I agree with your assessment of the outdoors YT community, which I have become a little disillusioned with. I try to go with "show, don't tell" whenever possible more and more. I wish I could show even more about, as you say, the geology & wildlife - but I only get so much vacation time and there is only so much time in a day to hike to the next campsite. Talking head vlogs, gear videos, van-life: these have their place and are useful for people; low hanging fruit for creators who need a frequent upload schedule - which is what drives views & ad revenue. I can understand this, as there is a desire to become the next Dixie or Darwin. For me, this is a hobby. I make these equally for the audience & myself. I want a record of traveling through these amazing places so it should be good enough to stand the test of time.
Great trip !! I never have done any backpacking in Utah , it looks amazing. Excellent camera work and editing , music is really nice to. Thanks for sharing.
Fun fact the structure at Turkey pen ruins is not actually a turkey pen. It is the remains of a jacal structure The upright sticks were bound together and then covered in mud to form walls. Something I learned later on certainly with the name and appearance of this structure you would think it was actually a turkey pen.
Sorry you didn't see the Green Mask. I found it in Shiek Canyon about 25 years ago. As I recall I had to search for it. It is said to be the only use of green in a pictograph anywhere in the southwest.
@@fredparkinson1289 It's very high, isolated and small, so you need to be at a little distance back from that canyon wall to view it. It may have been painted when there was more moisture and taller trees to make a high ladder.
Great video, thanks for sharing! You really captured the remoteness. It is popular but def not crowded. We went in October and turned back at Todie due to the water situation. I chose my drone over carrying extra water, terrible idea! Going back in March and can't wait.
You have a great eye for composition man! Sick channel. If you don’t mind sharing, what’s your pace like with all the camera stuff? Obviously that would depend a lot on terrain but if you could guess how much does it slow you down?
Nice job! Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. Heading to Cedar Mesa from Oregon next week. Looking forward to spending time with my daughter there. Thank you for the inspiring film!
Nothing worse than purposely drinking most of your water cause you know you are a bit dehydrated and you know for certain that a year round spring will provide water in the next couple miles. Shit, what do you do when you can’t find that spring? Panic? Nope, doesn’t help the situation. Conserve what little you have and hope the next planned water source will provide. Thankfully it usually does or you find an unanticipated source. Love the challenges presented on trail…
I seem to occasionally find myself in desert spots that are off-season due to a severe phobia of crowded outdoor spaces, lol. It often results in a plague of water carries. I have only been in a real pickle once or twice. Not a ton of fun to do a dozen miles with a parched dry throat, absolutely zero water on your back and many dry wash crossings.
The sandy low places where rainwater flows often hold moisture just below the surface, esp. in Spring. I have found water by digging down 6 to 12 inches where the waterecourse is very sandy and well shaded close to the canyon wall. You can also siphon water from a shallow seep or a steady flow down a rockface. A tiny channel.in the rock the width of a straw is sufficient to draw from. Or you can make a drip wick with a shoelace or thin strip of cloth. It may be slow, but it can work. I have used all these methods in Grand Gulch for a group of four.
Another superb video! There's so much awesome stuff in Utah. If you hike it, I'll watch it...and love it. The music is a nice touch. BTW, what's the music at 52:42? It's not any of the listed music tracks. Thanks for this, and keep on keepin' on. 😎
Do you mind sharing the recipe to your coconut cashew curry? It looks really good! I did the hike down Kane Gulch and back eating Ramon basically. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
I finally got around to making this again. Here you go! EZ Backpacking Yellow Coconut Curry For this recipe you'll need a cook pot that can fit a typical REI freeze dried meal; my pot is 0.9L. This can be adapted to a boil in bag meal or freezer bag meal, but I haven't tried it like that. Feel free to add more ingredients to your liking. I've tried adding dehydrated red bell peppers, onions and sweet potatoes (might want to reduce or remove the white sugar if you're doing sweet potatoes). But it's great on it own. As listed it's a calorie bomb, I'd guess it's around 900 kCals or more. Ingredients: 1.5 cups water 1 cup Minute Rice 1/4 cup golden raisins 1/4 cup unsalted cashews (roasted or raw both work fine) 3 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes (full fat works best) 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds (aka pepitas) 1 tsp dehydrated green onions Spices: 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp curry powder 1/2 tsp kosher salt 1/2 tsp white sugar 1/4 tsp powdered ginger 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes Instructions: Bring 1.5 cups water to a boil Then throw all ingredients in the pot of boiling water Stir well for a few seconds, then remove from heat cover and place in pot cozy for 6 minutes. Stir and then place back in pot cozy another 3-4 minutes Enjoy!
At that weight it sucks - you can hear the frame creaking on camera. I wouldn't do any heavier than about 50 lbs in that thing. But it was only like that on the first day. After that it was fine. I passed by several groups carrying enormous 100+ liter packs so I was definitely on the lighter side compared to everyone else I encountered out there.
Been using the Caltopo app - for offline mapping you gotta pay $50/year tho. I think it's better than Gaia, or anything else really - but it's best to plan trips using the desktop website and then sync your route to your phone before you leave. Other than that, backup map n compass? lol
Yep I have the 1st gen Instinct watch. for backpacking I mostly use it to tell time and check sunrise sunset, but I often load my GPX routes onto it as a backup map in case my other electronics somehow fail. For casual day hikes it makes for a good HRM & activity tracker. the battery won't last long enough for GPS tracking on backpacking trips without charging it up every day; I'd recommend the solar version if you want to do that.
I enjoyed this video. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to share with me which paper map you were using roughly 50 min in? I am looking for a good one for that area would like more information on the one you used in the video, please.
Of course! National Geographic Trails Illustrated: Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa Plateau #706... I probably bought it from REI or Amazon. It has an zoomed inset for Grand Gulch itself making it a usable scale for navigating. Thanks for checking out the video!
Hi! thanks for checking out the video. I believe I calculated approximately 14.5 miles to the spring in Sheiks Canyon from the Kane Gulch ranger station. But in March you will likely find much more water. There were occasional scummy water pockets on my trip in Nov as well - you would not die of thirst out there. But I have no doubt Toadie Canyon, which is half that distance, would have water at that time of year.
@@WildlandExplorer thanks man! I'm just watching the part where you talking about the water lol... also I read in alltrails about a flash flood destroyed a section of the trail when the Grand gulch meets with bullet canyon. you passed without noticed i guess, how bad is that part?
Yep, I know what you're talking about. I believe I missed the turn off because I was going down-canyon on the right hand bank. If you instead stay to the left side of the drainage, the trail is more obvious and there is actually a large camping area where an outfitter group was set up. There are no cairns or junction signs, but the T-junction of the grand gulch trail with bullet canyon is obvious is if you are on the left side when heading down-canyon in that area. It is less of a mess than I was expecting - I read the same reports on AllTrails.
OK my friend, each new production gets better than the last. Adding the music brings a new level artistry to the movie. Your hard work paid off. As I mentioned in a previous comment, you have nicely developed your own style. As I watch I feel as though you are having a conversation with me; I feel like I am on the journey with you. I know you follow Catherine Gregory and I believe Kraig Adams, you should also check out this guy from Sweden Erik Normark, he too has a unique style. With UA-camrs like all of you, I have no need for regular TV. Also, I prefer the full length video over your shortened "Highlights" videos; the short version seem to lose the continuity of the journey. However, if I might offer a suggestion; perhaps try dividing the full length video into three or four episodes and post them separately. This makes them a little easier to view and something we viewers to look forward to complete the journey. One question: what map was that? Oh, and one other thing, that first meal, the chili concoction with the corn chips; that looked horrible, I can't believe you eat that. Now that doesn't make you a bad person, just weird.
Open your mind to the Skurka Beans n Rice my man! haha. I'm telling you - homemade dehydrated beans still taste like freshly cooked homemade beans when rehydrated. And the corn chips make it!! It's way better than a mountain house - trust me on this. Appreciate the feedback as always. I have thought about doing episodic content from time to time. I'm more of the mind to keep shorter trips self contained but may do that if I end up doing other thru hikes in the future. Oh also - the map was the National Geographic Trails Map #706 for Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa Plateau.
It's the CalTopo App. I pay $50/year for the Pro subscription to use the app with offline mapping. I use the website to plan all my routes and then it's as simple as hitting a sync button on the app before I leave and downloading whichever offline map layers I want. You can get satellite, topos, etc. Website has paid advanced features like daily low-res satellite and weekly high-res satellite maps. I use those to check things like recent creek-flow and snowpack. The website is free to use minus those features but I believe you need a subscription to use the app for actual navigation.
I am very impressed with your speed of hiking and camera work! Your narration is great! I’m very impressed that you dehydrated some of your own food. I wish I could do what you are doing. I used to. My 78-year-old back is just too cranky. So thank you very much for a job well done and bringing us all along with you! I like to look at the ruins and imagine the people who lived there and what it might’ve looked like when they were living there with their families. And you go slow enough with camera work to do that. Thank you very much!
Wonderful video. Beautifully edited. Love your pace and lingering on gorgeous views big and small. Thanks for reminding me of so much when I hiked Grand Gulch 40 years ago, but in the opposite direction, starting at Bullet canyon. Scrambling down those dry falls at the beginning of the canyon with a very full pack was a wee bit challenging for a novice. I was grateful to be in a group of 4 so we could help each other. We went in March when the nights were below freezing but days in the 70s. We'd start the day with the water in the coffee pot frozen solid, and wear our winter jackets, hats and gloves until the sun came over the rim of the canyon. It warmed so fast we'd immediately take a quick break to strip down to our t-shirts. My older brother led the trip. He was a geologist w/ a strong interest in rock art, the perfect guide. I remember many turkey pens incredibly still having feathers in them hundreds of years old. Also interesting to see the middens (sloping trash pile) below the larger ruins.
We had an unexpected end to our adventure when one person injured both ankles. She could still walk with the aid of walking sticks and painkillers, but had to rest often and could not carry a pack anymore. The original plan had been to exit at Kane, but we exited early through a small side canyon. My brother had been there the year before and knew it was possible. However, there had been a major flash flood since then that filled the upper canyon with huge boulders, many 4 to 6 ft high. We had two teenage boys with us and they scouted a route. We had to go over, around and several times had to climb up and down the side benches to avoid impasses. The benches were not continuous, so we had to keep.going back among the boulders. At the very end we faced a flat, steep slickrock slope covered with a thin layer of crumbly rocks and 5 foot vertical wall. The light was starting to fade, the injured woman was fatigued and terrified to go up that slope. We had no ropes and no satelite phone to call the ranger, so we sent the tallest teen up first and had him pull his brother up and out. Then my brother went up to the top of the slope and talked the trembling woman up step by step. Several times she froze with fear. I came last to give her a sense of safety, but I was quietly terrified she'd slip and take us both down. I kept thinking of the large mangled, flattened water trough we'd seen pinned between huge boulders not far below. It's amazing how fear for your life snaps the mind into sharp focus and gives you strength. I will alwaus be grateful for adrenaline at that moment. My brother pulled me up onto the mesa just as the sun was setting behind a distant mountain. So close! Despite the nailbiter ending, the rest was just as lovely and peaceful as your video. I will keep revisit often.
really enjoying your style of shooting, editing, and narration. obviously great scenery too
Spectacular, new Bucket list hike. Been enjoying your videos 🫠
One of the best videos I've seen of the canyon country. I'll be seeing it again. Well done in every way. Great to see spectacular canyons away from the well--known tourist places and which most folks will never visit.
Thank you! I'd like to go back and take some video of the lower GG. Was not to be it was days away from the 1st snow of the season. I timed it just right to be out of there.
Awesome video! Good job! I'm going next spring, and your video is a valuable resource, thank you!!
Great hiking trip. Loved it. You did a great job. Thank you
this has got to be one of the best videos you have produced, it's stunning!
Thanks Zach! That place is easy you just point any camera at it and it looks awesome.
@@WildlandExplorer lol I've been there, but still takes a lot of skill to make it turn out well
Another fascinating adventure. Had to laugh, my wife and I love looking for faces in the rock. Makes you wonder what spirits are still lingering in the area…
background music was great.
spent the afternoon watching this in sections between projects here// AWESOME hike wow. i think your last camp and the hike out in that big open canyon area was my favorite. great job showing us the glyphs and ruins too, ive seen a lot of videos of this area and you show us some new ones- without giving away too much about the location, well done// i like your choice of music the soundtrack goes well with the scenes and is set at a perfect level really good production quality. i could go on all day so ill leave it at this is a great video thanks for taking us along
Beautiful scenery, you are quite the photographer & hiker, thanks for including us!
Just amazing, love your videos of your adventures, some of the van life UA-camrs spend to much time talking & worrying about what they are going to wear, hardly any scenery, boring (I know it's about their van life to, but some have hiking videos) traveling to me is all about the scenery, geology, enjoying wildlife & the hike, But yours are very nice, thanks for sharing your adventures. (Very sad about the deer)
Thanks! I agree with your assessment of the outdoors YT community, which I have become a little disillusioned with. I try to go with "show, don't tell" whenever possible more and more. I wish I could show even more about, as you say, the geology & wildlife - but I only get so much vacation time and there is only so much time in a day to hike to the next campsite. Talking head vlogs, gear videos, van-life: these have their place and are useful for people; low hanging fruit for creators who need a frequent upload schedule - which is what drives views & ad revenue. I can understand this, as there is a desire to become the next Dixie or Darwin. For me, this is a hobby. I make these equally for the audience & myself. I want a record of traveling through these amazing places so it should be good enough to stand the test of time.
Great trip !! I never have done any backpacking in Utah , it looks amazing. Excellent camera work and editing , music is really nice to. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Justin!
Fun fact the structure at Turkey pen ruins is not actually a turkey pen. It is the remains of a jacal structure The upright sticks were bound together and then covered in mud to form walls. Something I learned later on certainly with the name and appearance of this structure you would think it was actually a turkey pen.
I would have never guessed. Makes more sense that these once formed a wall considering their longevity. thanks for the info!
Sorry you didn't see the Green Mask. I found it in Shiek Canyon about 25 years ago. As I recall I had to search for it. It is said to be the only use of green in a pictograph anywhere in the southwest.
Interesting info! Yes apparently it's off in the brush above the spring source. Probably be back some day anyhow. Hope you enjoyed the video!
@@fredparkinson1289 It's very high, isolated and small, so you need to be at a little distance back from that canyon wall to view it. It may have been painted when there was more moisture and taller trees to make a high ladder.
I think you need some gaiters for your boots to keep out all that dirt! Lol
You are correct. I own them, I wear them, and I forgot them. lol.
Many years ago I did a day hike there in the early winter (lots of ice, no other humans).
We got a chilly vibe and were glad to be out at sunset.
I think southern Utah when covered in snow/ice has the coolest look of anywhere. I've never hiked out there in winter yet. Thanks for watching!
Your video work was fantastic! You make great images out of seemingly ordinary things.
Great video, thanks for sharing! You really captured the remoteness. It is popular but def not crowded. We went in October and turned back at Todie due to the water situation. I chose my drone over carrying extra water, terrible idea! Going back in March and can't wait.
Excellent filming! I really enjoyed this! Great job! 😁
You have a great eye for composition man! Sick channel. If you don’t mind sharing, what’s your pace like with all the camera stuff? Obviously that would depend a lot on terrain but if you could guess how much does it slow you down?
Bladerunner music. Nice video man
Great video man.
Thanks for checking it out!
Nice job! Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. Heading to Cedar Mesa from Oregon next week. Looking forward to spending time with my daughter there. Thank you for the inspiring film!
That will be an awesome time, glad you enjoyed the video!
Nothing worse than purposely drinking most of your water cause you know you are a bit dehydrated and you know for certain that a year round spring will provide water in the next couple miles. Shit, what do you do when you can’t find that spring? Panic? Nope, doesn’t help the situation. Conserve what little you have and hope the next planned water source will provide. Thankfully it usually does or you find an unanticipated source. Love the challenges presented on trail…
I seem to occasionally find myself in desert spots that are off-season due to a severe phobia of crowded outdoor spaces, lol. It often results in a plague of water carries. I have only been in a real pickle once or twice. Not a ton of fun to do a dozen miles with a parched dry throat, absolutely zero water on your back and many dry wash crossings.
The sandy low places where rainwater flows often hold moisture just below the surface, esp. in Spring. I have found water by digging down 6 to 12 inches where the waterecourse is very sandy and well shaded close to the canyon wall. You can also siphon water from a shallow seep or a steady flow down a rockface. A tiny channel.in the rock the width of a straw is sufficient to draw from. Or you can make a drip wick with a shoelace or thin strip of cloth. It may be slow, but it can work. I have used all these methods in Grand Gulch for a group of four.
wonderful ... thanks
Another superb video! There's so much awesome stuff in Utah. If you hike it, I'll watch it...and love it. The music is a nice touch. BTW, what's the music at 52:42? It's not any of the listed music tracks. Thanks for this, and keep on keepin' on. 😎
Do you mind sharing the recipe to your coconut cashew curry? It looks really good! I did the hike down Kane Gulch and back eating Ramon basically. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
It's been a couple years since I made it, I'll have to try a few iterations at home to get it right but yeah I'll share it eventually here.
@@WildlandExplorer Right on, thanks!
I finally got around to making this again. Here you go!
EZ Backpacking Yellow Coconut Curry
For this recipe you'll need a cook pot that can fit a typical REI freeze dried meal; my pot is 0.9L. This can be adapted to a boil in bag meal or freezer bag meal, but I haven't tried it like that.
Feel free to add more ingredients to your liking. I've tried adding dehydrated red bell peppers, onions and sweet potatoes (might want to reduce or remove the white sugar if you're doing sweet potatoes). But it's great on it own. As listed it's a calorie bomb, I'd guess it's around 900 kCals or more.
Ingredients:
1.5 cups water
1 cup Minute Rice
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup unsalted cashews (roasted or raw both work fine)
3 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes (full fat works best)
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds (aka pepitas)
1 tsp dehydrated green onions
Spices:
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp white sugar
1/4 tsp powdered ginger
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
Instructions:
Bring 1.5 cups water to a boil
Then throw all ingredients in the pot of boiling water
Stir well for a few seconds, then remove from heat
cover and place in pot cozy for 6 minutes.
Stir and then place back in pot cozy another 3-4 minutes
Enjoy!
11 liters !!!! That's a big water carry. How wast Exos 58 with that weight? What a beautiful hike, the sandstone looked very old and weathered.
At that weight it sucks - you can hear the frame creaking on camera. I wouldn't do any heavier than about 50 lbs in that thing. But it was only like that on the first day. After that it was fine. I passed by several groups carrying enormous 100+ liter packs so I was definitely on the lighter side compared to everyone else I encountered out there.
Super video. What gps app did you use? I was at Jailhouse last week.
Been using the Caltopo app - for offline mapping you gotta pay $50/year tho. I think it's better than Gaia, or anything else really - but it's best to plan trips using the desktop website and then sync your route to your phone before you leave. Other than that, backup map n compass? lol
Nice and greetings from Holland🇳🇱👍😉🇪🇺 and no i,m 77 to long walk!!!
Wanted to ask what Garmin watch do you use the Instinct? Thanks. Excellent video. Really enjoy your videos!! Rock on!!
Yep I have the 1st gen Instinct watch. for backpacking I mostly use it to tell time and check sunrise sunset, but I often load my GPX routes onto it as a backup map in case my other electronics somehow fail. For casual day hikes it makes for a good HRM & activity tracker. the battery won't last long enough for GPS tracking on backpacking trips without charging it up every day; I'd recommend the solar version if you want to do that.
I enjoyed this video. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to share with me which paper map you were using roughly 50 min in? I am looking for a good one for that area would like more information on the one you used in the video, please.
Of course! National Geographic Trails Illustrated: Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa Plateau #706... I probably bought it from REI or Amazon. It has an zoomed inset for Grand Gulch itself making it a usable scale for navigating. Thanks for checking out the video!
@@WildlandExplorer awesome. Thank you so much. I look forward to to checking out more of your videos.
I'm planning to hike the Grand Gulch in march... I'm wondering how many miles did you hike until to get water... I'm a little concerned about that.
Hi! thanks for checking out the video. I believe I calculated approximately 14.5 miles to the spring in Sheiks Canyon from the Kane Gulch ranger station. But in March you will likely find much more water. There were occasional scummy water pockets on my trip in Nov as well - you would not die of thirst out there. But I have no doubt Toadie Canyon, which is half that distance, would have water at that time of year.
@@WildlandExplorer thanks man! I'm just watching the part where you talking about the water lol... also I read in alltrails about a flash flood destroyed a section of the trail when the Grand gulch meets with bullet canyon. you passed without noticed i guess, how bad is that part?
Yep, I know what you're talking about. I believe I missed the turn off because I was going down-canyon on the right hand bank. If you instead stay to the left side of the drainage, the trail is more obvious and there is actually a large camping area where an outfitter group was set up. There are no cairns or junction signs, but the T-junction of the grand gulch trail with bullet canyon is obvious is if you are on the left side when heading down-canyon in that area. It is less of a mess than I was expecting - I read the same reports on AllTrails.
Need some shoe gaiters.🎅
I have two pairs but that does no good when you leave them @ home 😂
OK my friend, each new production gets better than the last. Adding the music brings a new level artistry to the movie. Your hard work paid off. As I mentioned in a previous comment, you have nicely developed your own style. As I watch I feel as though you are having a conversation with me; I feel like I am on the journey with you. I know you follow Catherine Gregory and I believe Kraig Adams, you should also check out this guy from Sweden Erik Normark, he too has a unique style. With UA-camrs like all of you, I have no need for regular TV. Also, I prefer the full length video over your shortened "Highlights" videos; the short version seem to lose the continuity of the journey. However, if I might offer a suggestion; perhaps try dividing the full length video into three or four episodes and post them separately. This makes them a little easier to view and something we viewers to look forward to complete the journey. One question: what map was that? Oh, and one other thing, that first meal, the chili concoction with the corn chips; that looked horrible, I can't believe you eat that. Now that doesn't make you a bad person, just weird.
Open your mind to the Skurka Beans n Rice my man! haha. I'm telling you - homemade dehydrated beans still taste like freshly cooked homemade beans when rehydrated. And the corn chips make it!! It's way better than a mountain house - trust me on this. Appreciate the feedback as always. I have thought about doing episodic content from time to time. I'm more of the mind to keep shorter trips self contained but may do that if I end up doing other thru hikes in the future.
Oh also - the map was the National Geographic Trails Map #706 for Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa Plateau.
The Rice and Beans Recipe is great. I've been eating it on backpacking trips over a year now. I make it at home too.
Pretty cool trail map/app it looks like at 56:00 what’s it called?
It's the CalTopo App. I pay $50/year for the Pro subscription to use the app with offline mapping. I use the website to plan all my routes and then it's as simple as hitting a sync button on the app before I leave and downloading whichever offline map layers I want. You can get satellite, topos, etc.
Website has paid advanced features like daily low-res satellite and weekly high-res satellite maps. I use those to check things like recent creek-flow and snowpack. The website is free to use minus those features but I believe you need a subscription to use the app for actual navigation.