Absolutely LOVED meeting and getting to know BACK COUNTRY GARY! What a Pioneer he is!! Remember we want calendars, Gary!! Please bring him back often on your hikes he's been a Founding Father on! Gary should have a podcast and teach us trail maintenance/creation as many of us have rural wooded properties we'd like to create trails in.
Hi Peace now - just saw you comment about calendars. Yes, the Zentnerds got me going on them and I do have them available if you want one. May 2022 - April 2023 Send me an e-mail to garyjpaull@gmail.com and I can get one going for you!
Nick and Gary - What a treat to follow you both on today's hike. I consider myself lucky to have crossed paths with Gary here and there during my Forest Service days. I can't recall a more modest person who has done so much for the Washington State trail users and the preservation of Wilderness. And he's still sharing his knowledge (using common sense explanations) and boundless enthusiasm for the outdoors with all of us. Thank you both for a lovely day.
It was an honor to meet you as well, and I hope Nick is inspired to do some more this year! If so, bring some more of your awesome calendars. I would love to buy one, just for your spectacular photos!
Nice to be able to put a face on a familiar name! The trail looked AMAZING! Thanks to all that had a hand in it!!! Thanks to Gary for his contributions to all the Ned Zinger productions, and his invaluable services to maintain the backcountry for us all. Thanks Nick!
This video brings back memories. I was a mountaineer and wilderness camper in the late 60's and 70's. Now retired and trying to return to the wilderness camper life. So much has changed. So many people on the trails now, it is no longer a wilderness experience. Today I rarely travel the trails listed as the ## best hikes but seek out the trails less traveled. It is good that people enjoy our wild areas but so many areas are loved to death.
Hi Gary and Nick! My husband has been watching your videos on youtube now that he's retired and he kept talking about Backcountry Gary and asked me about you! Great to see you out and about! Your knowledge of the area and history is amazing. I will have to watch these now. I remember a few of your great stories back in the day at Forest Service get togethers. "Mid-level, money grubbing bureaucrat!" -we resemble that remark! This showcases how we ended up doing so much, with so little ($$), and so many volunteers. Hope you are enjoying retirement as much as me! Gary, you have certainly left an awesome legacy! Hope we cross paths (trails) one day! Kathleen Walker - Mt. Hood NF
Rotor Boy! We can complain that the woods (and the deserts and the prairies) have become too crowded with the advent of social media, but this is building a new generation of advocates for the protection and sustainable management of wild lands. Looking at the new switchbacks, and having done some trail maintenance and construction as volunteer in Montana’s Beartooth Mts that was a phenomenal amount of work to build that section. Hats off to the trail crews!
Awesome! Glad to finally meet the face with the name. Love Backcountry Gary's photos that clearly outline the terranes and formations and faults in the North Cascades. I have that North Cascades picture book.
Wow Nick! Pure genius again. Gary did a great job explaining the intricacies of forest service trail work which I am sure was greatly simplified. We take for granted the trail heads, roads and trails that allow us access to the wonders you have shown us. What an intricate web of people, right on up to the president of the United States, that has conspired provide access to the hills.
Professor Nick, Gary put it very well! When he asked you if you had any idea where these live streams and videos were going. I can tell you, you have changed the lives of many people. Please keep up the wonderful work, you are very much appreciated!
Thank you. I find it fascinating that there are so many climates and ecological systems in the area. Once again I appreciate you taking us along on the hike. I miss my backwoods hiking days.
Wow you went just in time! I see today they are under Snow at NB and Snoqualmie! 4/9/22, Absolutely beautiful country and a fascinating gentleman Garry Paull. I really enjoyed his story. It all makes me miss Washington terribly. I hail from the Colville Spokane area and my family are all in the ranching, logging industry. But I spent my entire youth and much of my adult years back in Washington Fishing the Lakes, Rivers and streams all over the State. I had the best Free range childhood and loved it! Now 73 live down on the So Oregon Coast. Its beautiful but it's not home. Thanks for a great Saturday tour Nick and Gary.
This was such a special treat! We enjoyed every minute of it. We’ve seen Gary on the livestream and loved his photos. He seems like a wonderful person. His comment on the livestream group was so true. We feel like we have made lots of new friends. Thank you Nick and Gary for a beautiful video.😊😊
YAAYY! You two gave us a lovely outing! To know BC Gary worked several projects dear to my family is a big bonus. I'm always saying thank you; and again, so appreciative. You hit the perfect day, too. 😎🌿🌞❣️
Wow! What an incredible summer you are having! Thank you for taking us along. This is one of the prettiest hikes I’ve ever seen. Love your content on this channel Nick. 👍🏻
Thank you so much for bringing Gary to us like this! Loved finding out more about one of our favorite photographers and community members. Gary is right the community that you have built is wonderful. It makes me smile to think about that wonderful community. I always smile while watching your videos and live streams. You bring peace, harmony and knowledge to us in your gentle, humble ways.
Thank you SO MUCH, Nick. Your video has been the highlight so far for me on this dreary rainy day in Vermont. Beautiful foliage! So different than Vermont. Gary was fascinating - what a power house he has been. You are a great cinematographer in my book and a hellava interviewer. Thanks again for this memorable walk through Snoqualmie Pass..
Great video! Great to hear your story Gary! I was on the crew that built the reroute. I work for Oregon Woods Inc. and we built that trail last spring (2021). 4 of us worked on it for about 3 months. Glad you noticed the massive amount of work that went into those rock walls and all the rock removal. This was definitely one of the most challenging trails I have worked on. I heard you mention Bruce....he is still working for Oregon Woods, although he threatens to retire every year.
@Lee Fouste, truly some impressive trail building in some rough country! Glad to hear that Bruce is still working, though hope he can retire soon. First met him on projects in the 90s. Last saw him working on the Marten Creek bridge in 2012 or so. Thanks for your great work roughing this one in. The rock walls were impressive!
Thanks for sharing your trip. After a few minutes in I remembered hiking that trail and checked my old journal to find it was in 2013. I found Gary's remarks about the trail being moved due to ongoing geological processes very enlightening!
Loved the hike and the info Nick. Please thank Gary for the beautiful hike he and you showed us. So now I really do need to find a horse/mule to get me up that trail. Can’t wait!
Wish I could do trail work. Did a little work in the Columbia gorge for the PCTA in 95. Enjoyed hiking up trails with a chain saw. Was rewarding work. Little disabled now.
Wow that was so interesting, that bridge was awesome looking I remember when they built the dome. I got to write my name on one of the trusses. that trail is awesome as well. I am so glad they are still trying to create trails and maintain them. thank you so much for the beautiful walk with nick. that ending footage just knocked my eyes out.
This was great. I am impressed that neither one of you was huffing and puffing despite holding a conversation while climbing. I feel a bit sad that at my age I am probably past any ability to hike like that.
I really enjoyed the walk through the woods. I’ve been on wheels for almost ten years now, and could not walk long distances for some years before that, and I have to say I miss my beloved northwest forest. This takes me back to my youth on the Olympic Peninsula.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing. My parents and Uncle first met Gary in 1978 when they built their first trail in the wilderness above Lake Chelan.
Being from Issaquah and hiking around all of the areas mentioned back in the 80's brings back a lot of memories. I really enjoyed listening to Gary Paull's story.
Wow what is else is in our backyards that we have over looked. this could be in your top 10 of your videos. Nick on the Fly, or Nick on the trail. Outstanding work by both you and Backcounty Gary! Looking forward to more of your adventures. Thanks againl
Wow. Thanks Nick and Gary for this video! Great hike as well as interesting information on how trails are made and some of the people that have and are helped. Thanks both of you for all you do!
Gary was an interesting guest. I didn't know how the trails got made or maintained. I mean I knew jobs in forestry and the like existed, but it was all very mysterious. I feel like I have more appreciation now.
I think Gary was trying to say that you've turned into a famous "Rock Star" from your videos. People recognize you wherever you go. Great video, and thanks to you and Gary.
Soooo…you are in the middle of the bridge and in conversation you say, “so that’s a good jumping off point”. 😂 love ya nick these hikes are cool and informative …wow volcanics ! Nice 👍
Gary, I remember you in Johnson Hall at UW. You were in your hiking shorts and gaiters hurrying to get to the next lecture! I was totally impressed by your just-in-time time management. I was preparing to leave on a quarter-long field class with Joe Vance. This video is like time travel for me from that moment in the spring of 1977(?) to 2022. Yikes! I'm glad to know you've been able to use your geology education in your career. As always, thanks to Nick for the video.
Thanks for those memories Russ! I kinda remember running straight into class from the mountains a few times! The Quaternary Seminar maybe? Your name does ring a bell for me, Any chance we were both Larry Hanson TA's back in the mid-70's?
@@garypaull9382 I did TA for Hanson's 101 class but I think we did it different quarters (I did it only once). I don't remember you at the table for TA meetings.
Herding cats make trails.Such interesting candid stories can't be beaten. Great video and sound Nick. Thank you so much Randy.. Hope this gets to High School level kids looking at what a difference they can make, and what wonderful opportunities there are.
You should tell your friend that my dad did the hand set for printing on the Cascade book he loves. That's why I love books and science and how I ended up working in science. Every book that he hand set he had to read every word. I also have a copy. I'm kind of like him studied birds mammals snakes marine critters trees rocks etc etc ( did
Thanks for helping us get to know Backcountry Gary. It’s really great to learn about his career and also passion for preservation It would have been immensely challenging to stand against the interests of timber and mining companies.
This episode of "Nick On the Rocks" hit REALLY close to home, as a PNW native who quite literally grew up in the Washington Alpine Club's Guye Cabin at Snoqualmie Pass, learning to ski on the Club rope tows in winter and rock-hopping on the South Fork and Commonwealth Creek where they meet on the property each summer. The northern slopes of the peaks around Alpental where I later learned alpine and backcountry touring skills (Denny, Bryant, Chair, Snoqualmie, etc.) all gazed down into upper Middle Fork valley. Seeing Gary is a little like seeing a friendly ghost, having operated in some of the same organizational spaces during the early days of the Middle Fork Coalition. Despite seeing his last name on the magnificent N. Cascade images he shared during the livestreams, I didn't mentally connect "Backcountry Gary" with my own ancient history until this episode. Indeed, I was also present when the helo delivered the central rib of the suspension bridge. Thank you VERY much for this personal blast from the past, Professor.
@@garypaull9382 Outstanding...! Was there with my old scrambling buddy from the WAC, Art Farash. We'd attended the first couple years of MidFORC meetings in NB, where the FS and the equestrians and the MTB crowd first got together to discuss planning and development goals. He ostensibly sitting in for WSP, myself for WAC. Looking forward to playing "Where's Waldo" with the pictures... =)
I remember when you could drive all the way up the Middle Fork road- the helicopter was probably flying to Joe George's Purple Hope amethyst crystal claim on Green Ridge or the Spruce quartz crystal mine up by Goldmeyer hot springs. the crystal miners use helicopters to regularly fly stuff in and out due to the steepness of the terrain. the crystal deposits up there are world-class.
If you had been there the weekend before you could have seen a group of WTA and BCHW Tahoma Chapter members put in over 400 hours on a 3 mile section of the CCC trail and around the trailhead and campground. Hundreds of trees were removed from the trails by volunteers.
Great little hike Nick! Trail building (as a volunteer) is right up my alley, you should have heard the armchair quarterbacking going on in my head. When I saw some xenoliths at 29:59 I was wondering if you were going to comment. A program dedicated to xenoliths would be fun, maybe you've already done one?
Great work, Gary and Nick! My Jeep-owning friend and I have been to this same area multiple times over the past year, partly in support of a professional hydrologist who is making recurrent observations of the slide area depicted in your video...
@@garypaull9382 I think we may have spoken briefly at the Lion Rock pop-up, Gary, but it would be great to converse more extensively! Though I suspect any learning would flow the other way!
My grandfather was also a mid-level bureaucrat like that, and Gary looks like he could be related to my grandfather, who was born in on the south shore of Greenlake, Seattle, around 1906.
Lived most of my adult life in the Puget Sound area and most of the areas you have hiked and videoed were just areas I've passed on I90 or I82. Wonder where I'd be today if we'd had the internet and UA-cam in the '60's and '70's.
Iworked on entiat ranger dist trail crew 64 and 65 summers they had crew trucks not so many many pickup trucks more shovels best tool is pulaski keep digging. Wilderness lot of different parties
It was the Bryson book that did it. (A Walk in the Woods) before that, I was probably the only one who did much weekday camping in New Hampshire. But once that book became popular, you couldn't find a parking place.
Horse packed into the Alpine Lakes area as a teen in 69 and 70. We spent 10, both years. Great times. Beautiful wilderness.
Excellent vid, what a beautiful trail.
Absolutely LOVED meeting and getting to know BACK COUNTRY GARY! What a Pioneer he is!! Remember we want calendars, Gary!! Please bring him back often on your hikes he's been a Founding Father on! Gary should have a podcast and teach us trail maintenance/creation as many of us have rural wooded properties we'd like to create trails in.
Hi Peace now - just saw you comment about calendars. Yes, the Zentnerds got me going on them and I do have them available if you want one. May 2022 - April 2023 Send me an e-mail to garyjpaull@gmail.com and I can get one going for you!
Nick and Gary - What a treat to follow you both on today's hike. I consider myself lucky to have crossed paths with Gary here and there during my Forest Service days. I can't recall a more modest person who has done so much for the Washington State trail users and the preservation of Wilderness. And he's still sharing his knowledge (using common sense explanations) and boundless enthusiasm for the outdoors with all of us. Thank you both for a lovely day.
you are too kind Sue, thank you. It was a real treat for me to go on a hike with Nick!
What a delight to hear more of Gary’s story! Phenomenal guy to go with his phenomenal photography, which isn’t always the case with artists.
thanks Rob! It was sure fun to meet you at the popup last fall! I think you won the award for the longest drive!
It was an honor to meet you as well, and I hope Nick is inspired to do some more this year! If so, bring some more of your awesome calendars. I would love to buy one, just for your spectacular photos!
Nice to be able to put a face on a familiar name! The trail looked AMAZING! Thanks to all that had a hand in it!!! Thanks to Gary for his contributions to all the Ned Zinger productions, and his invaluable services to maintain the backcountry for us all. Thanks Nick!
Fascinating program. Thank you Gary Paull for guiding us.
Very interesting to see what goes on to create and to keep trails maintained. Back Country Gary - we need a bunch more like him!
A pleasure to see and hear the guy responsible for those gorgeous "Back Country Gary" photos!
Thank you Nick and Gary.
Thank you, Gary, for your numerous contributions! You rock!
Thank you Professor Zentner
This video brings back memories. I was a mountaineer and wilderness camper in the late 60's and 70's. Now retired and trying to return to the wilderness camper life. So much has changed. So many people on the trails now, it is no longer a wilderness experience. Today I rarely travel the trails listed as the ## best hikes but seek out the trails less traveled. It is good that people enjoy our wild areas but so many areas are loved to death.
Hi Gary and Nick! My husband has been watching your videos on youtube now that he's retired and he kept talking about Backcountry Gary and asked me about you! Great to see you out and about! Your knowledge of the area and history is amazing. I will have to watch these now. I remember a few of your great stories back in the day at Forest Service get togethers. "Mid-level, money grubbing bureaucrat!" -we resemble that remark! This showcases how we ended up doing so much, with so little ($$), and so many volunteers. Hope you are enjoying retirement as much as me! Gary, you have certainly left an awesome legacy! Hope we cross paths (trails) one day! Kathleen Walker - Mt. Hood NF
Rotor Boy! We can complain that the woods (and the deserts and the prairies) have become too crowded with the advent of social media, but this is building a new generation of advocates for the protection and sustainable management of wild lands. Looking at the new switchbacks, and having done some trail maintenance and construction as volunteer in Montana’s Beartooth Mts that was a phenomenal amount of work to build that section. Hats off to the trail crews!
Thank you so much for letting me tag along. I feel privileged every time.
Thank you for giving us a glimpse of your world Gary.....I thoroughly enjoyed it! And of course....thank you Nick!!
this is one of your finest contributions- thanx Nick!!
Awesome! Glad to finally meet the face with the name. Love Backcountry Gary's photos that clearly outline the terranes and formations and faults in the North Cascades. I have that North Cascades picture book.
His photos are amazing. He has an awesome ability to capture nature’s beauty.
@@jayolson578 thanks so much Jay!
Thanks so much!
It is awesome to see Gary. I have great memories of him in the WTA days.
Wow Nick! Pure genius again. Gary did a great job explaining the intricacies of forest service trail work which I am sure was greatly simplified. We take for granted the trail heads, roads and trails that allow us access to the wonders you have shown us. What an intricate web of people, right on up to the president of the United States, that has conspired provide access to the hills.
Professor Nick, Gary put it very well! When he asked you if you had any idea where these live streams and videos were going. I can tell you, you have changed the lives of many people. Please keep up the wonderful work, you are very much appreciated!
Fantastic video! Thanks Nick and Gary. Didn’t realize how much work went into building and maintaining these trails.
Nice! Half the fun of an adventure is learning how we got to where we are today.
Great to meet you Gary! Thanks Nick to make it possible for all of us ❣️
Thank you. I find it fascinating that there are so many climates and ecological systems in the area. Once again I appreciate you taking us along on the hike. I miss my backwoods hiking days.
Seeing the mountain in the background of the stream was breath taking. Thank you Nick
Interesting guy for sure! Thanks for taking us along!
Wow you went just in time! I see today they are under Snow at NB and Snoqualmie! 4/9/22, Absolutely beautiful country and a fascinating gentleman Garry Paull. I really enjoyed his story. It all makes me miss Washington terribly. I hail from the Colville Spokane area and my family are all in the ranching, logging industry. But I spent my entire youth and much of my adult years back in Washington Fishing the Lakes, Rivers and streams all over the State. I had the best Free range childhood and loved it! Now 73 live down on the So Oregon Coast. Its beautiful but it's not home. Thanks for a great Saturday tour Nick and Gary.
This was such a special treat! We enjoyed every minute of it. We’ve seen Gary on the livestream and loved his photos. He seems like a wonderful person. His comment on the livestream group was so true. We feel like we have made lots of new friends.
Thank you Nick and Gary for a beautiful video.😊😊
What an amazing guy ! And what a wonderful contribution to access the wilderness areas.
Many thanks Nick for sharing your rambles with us.
YAAYY! You two gave us a lovely outing! To know BC Gary worked several projects dear to my family is a big bonus. I'm always saying thank you; and again, so appreciative. You hit the perfect day, too. 😎🌿🌞❣️
Wow! What an incredible summer you are having! Thank you for taking us along. This is one of the prettiest hikes I’ve ever seen. Love your content on this channel Nick. 👍🏻
What a cool guy, thanks for letting us tag along!
Thank you so much for bringing Gary to us like this! Loved finding out more about one of our favorite photographers and community members. Gary is right the community that you have built is wonderful. It makes me smile to think about that wonderful community. I always smile while watching your videos and live streams. You bring peace, harmony and knowledge to us in your gentle, humble ways.
The conglomeration you've created and continue to create is priceless. Thank you.
Thank you SO MUCH, Nick. Your video has been the highlight so far for me on this dreary rainy day in Vermont. Beautiful foliage! So different than Vermont. Gary was fascinating - what a power house he has been. You are a great cinematographer in my book and a hellava interviewer. Thanks again for this memorable walk through Snoqualmie Pass..
Thanks, Nick and Gary. For a pleasant walk in the forest, while in downtown Seattle.
Thank you Nick, great to hear Gary's back story and see trails I can only dream of walking.
Great video! Great to hear your story Gary! I was on the crew that built the reroute. I work for Oregon Woods Inc. and we built that trail last spring (2021). 4 of us worked on it for about 3 months. Glad you noticed the massive amount of work that went into those rock walls and all the rock removal. This was definitely one of the most challenging trails I have worked on. I heard you mention Bruce....he is still working for Oregon Woods, although he threatens to retire every year.
@Lee Fouste, truly some impressive trail building in some rough country! Glad to hear that Bruce is still working, though hope he can retire soon. First met him on projects in the 90s. Last saw him working on the Marten Creek bridge in 2012 or so. Thanks for your great work roughing this one in. The rock walls were impressive!
I've been out a few times since then. That was a hell of a lot of work.
Thanks for sharing your trip. After a few minutes in I remembered hiking that trail and checked my old journal to find it was in 2013. I found Gary's remarks about the trail being moved due to ongoing geological processes very enlightening!
Loved the hike and the info Nick. Please thank Gary for the beautiful hike he and you showed us. So now I really do need to find a horse/mule to get me up that trail. Can’t wait!
Excellent. SO glad to put a face to those amazing photos.
Thank you Nick and Gary. This is a great video. I appreciate you sharing all that information.
I spent time up there. The wilderness area is a treasure. The solitude was easy to find, especially when the trail to the Left up river was closed.
Thank you Nick and Gary 💖you guys rock.
I love these walk and talks! Such great content.
GREAT VIDEO ABOUT ROCK & TRAIL BUILDING. THANKS FOR SHARING GARY WITH US. BEAUTIFUL AREA.
Just great seeing Backcountry Gary in the flesh. Thanks!
Wish I could do trail work. Did a little work in the Columbia gorge for the PCTA in 95. Enjoyed hiking up trails with a chain saw. Was rewarding work. Little disabled now.
Wow that was so interesting, that bridge was awesome looking I remember when they built the dome. I got to write my name on one of the trusses. that trail is awesome as well. I am so glad they are still trying to create trails and maintain them. thank you so much for the beautiful walk with nick. that ending footage just knocked my eyes out.
This was great. I am impressed that neither one of you was huffing and puffing despite holding a conversation while climbing. I feel a bit sad that at my age I am probably past any ability to hike like that.
Wow! Thanks guys. A great one.
I really enjoyed the walk through the woods. I’ve been on wheels for almost ten years now, and could not walk long distances for some years before that, and I have to say I miss my beloved northwest forest. This takes me back to my youth on the Olympic Peninsula.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing. My parents and Uncle first met Gary in 1978 when they built their first trail in the wilderness above Lake Chelan.
Being from Issaquah and hiking around all of the areas mentioned back in the 80's brings back a lot of memories. I really enjoyed listening to Gary Paull's story.
Wow what is else is in our backyards that we have over looked. this could be in your top 10 of your videos. Nick on the Fly, or Nick on the trail. Outstanding work by both you and Backcounty Gary! Looking forward to more of your adventures. Thanks againl
Hey! It's our friend Gary Paull here on our favorite geologist's show! Great video.
Hi guys!
So beautiful.thanks for stopping to look at the rocks
Thanks Nick and Back Country Gary!
Wow! So cool to see Gary! I used to do trail work with WTA and him back in the '90's. Good to see he's doing well.
Awesome Jerry, those were some great times back at the beginning of the trail maintenance program at WTA!
Wow. Thanks Nick and Gary for this video! Great hike as well as interesting information on how trails are made and some of the people that have and are helped. Thanks both of you for all you do!
Thank you Nick, your sojourns are as informative as they are entertaining.
Excellent and interesting. Gary was a real treat. Thank you.
Gary was an interesting guest. I didn't know how the trails got made or maintained. I mean I knew jobs in forestry and the like existed, but it was all very mysterious. I feel like I have more appreciation now.
What an engaging geological adventure in this video, Gentlemen. Exceptional location and production values. Bravo, Sirs!
I think Gary was trying to say that you've turned into a famous "Rock Star" from your videos. People recognize you wherever you go. Great video, and thanks to you and Gary.
That is absolutely correct!
Soooo…you are in the middle of the bridge and in conversation you say, “so that’s a good jumping off point”. 😂 love ya nick these hikes are cool and informative …wow volcanics ! Nice 👍
Wonderful video! Really enjoyed it. Great to see Gary Paull on the trail with you Nick. Thank you for sharing this. 👋👍👏👏
You can imagine that this was a very special treat Joni!
This is fabulous, Nick & Gary!
Excellent video, Nick. I enjoyed getting to know Gary better. Many, m
Gary, I remember you in Johnson Hall at UW. You were in your hiking shorts and gaiters hurrying to get to the next lecture! I was totally impressed by your just-in-time time management. I was preparing to leave on a quarter-long field class with Joe Vance. This video is like time travel for me from that moment in the spring of 1977(?) to 2022. Yikes! I'm glad to know you've been able to use your geology education in your career. As always, thanks to Nick for the video.
Thanks for those memories Russ! I kinda remember running straight into class from the mountains a few times! The Quaternary Seminar maybe? Your name does ring a bell for me, Any chance we were both Larry Hanson TA's back in the mid-70's?
@@garypaull9382 I did TA for Hanson's 101 class but I think we did it different quarters (I did it only once). I don't remember you at the table for TA meetings.
@@russprior783 Hey, lightbulb just went off - did you run track/x-country at Bellevue? I think you were one of the fast people. I was at Newport.
@@garypaull9382 Nope, that would have been my twin brother who went to Sammamish. I remember you at Johnson Hall at UW.
Herding cats make trails.Such interesting candid stories can't be beaten. Great video and sound Nick. Thank you so much Randy.. Hope this gets to High School level kids looking at what a difference they can make, and what wonderful opportunities there are.
You should tell your friend that my dad did the hand set for printing on the Cascade book he loves. That's why I love books and science and how I ended up working in science. Every book that he hand set he had to read every word. I also have a copy. I'm kind of like him studied birds mammals snakes marine critters trees rocks etc etc ( did
So excited to see Middle Fork content
Alright! What a great treat to get the back story from Backcountry Gary. From the man himself. Thank you.
I see "Muffler Boy" has now got a Helicopter, nice video, good info. Thanks.
Yes I did enjoy this video. I like learning about the behind the scenes work, the history etc.
Thank you Nick as always.
what a wonderful walk..loved it..and thankyou..
We were campground hosts there! Beautiful area!
Thanks for helping us get to know Backcountry Gary. It’s really great to learn about his career and also passion for preservation It would have been immensely challenging to stand against the interests of timber and mining companies.
For a minute there I’d thought you found Gilligan …. Love your stuff Nick thank you !
Awesome content!
This episode of "Nick On the Rocks" hit REALLY close to home, as a PNW native who quite literally grew up in the Washington Alpine Club's Guye Cabin at Snoqualmie Pass, learning to ski on the Club rope tows in winter and rock-hopping on the South Fork and Commonwealth Creek where they meet on the property each summer. The northern slopes of the peaks around Alpental where I later learned alpine and backcountry touring skills (Denny, Bryant, Chair, Snoqualmie, etc.) all gazed down into upper Middle Fork valley. Seeing Gary is a little like seeing a friendly ghost, having operated in some of the same organizational spaces during the early days of the Middle Fork Coalition. Despite seeing his last name on the magnificent N. Cascade images he shared during the livestreams, I didn't mentally connect "Backcountry Gary" with my own ancient history until this episode. Indeed, I was also present when the helo delivered the central rib of the suspension bridge. Thank you VERY much for this personal blast from the past, Professor.
that was quite the show when those beams went in, huh? Ill post a few picks on Nicks fan page of the fly in.
@@garypaull9382 Outstanding...! Was there with my old scrambling buddy from the WAC, Art Farash. We'd attended the first couple years of MidFORC meetings in NB, where the FS and the equestrians and the MTB crowd first got together to discuss planning and development goals. He ostensibly sitting in for WSP, myself for WAC. Looking forward to playing "Where's Waldo" with the pictures... =)
I remember when you could drive all the way up the Middle Fork road- the helicopter was probably flying to Joe George's Purple Hope amethyst crystal claim on Green Ridge or the Spruce quartz crystal mine up by Goldmeyer hot springs. the crystal miners use helicopters to regularly fly stuff in and out due to the steepness of the terrain. the crystal deposits up there are world-class.
Was really interesting and Gary's thoughts.
If you had been there the weekend before you could have seen a group of WTA and BCHW Tahoma Chapter members put in over 400 hours on a 3 mile section of the CCC trail and around the trailhead and campground. Hundreds of trees were removed from the trails by volunteers.
Great little hike Nick! Trail building (as a volunteer) is right up my alley, you should have heard the armchair quarterbacking going on in my head. When I saw some xenoliths at 29:59 I was wondering if you were going to comment. A program dedicated to xenoliths would be fun, maybe you've already done one?
Awesome Nick! The Middle Fork Snoqualmie is my stomping ground / back yard.
Thank you Nick.🖐
Great work, Gary and Nick! My Jeep-owning friend and I have been to this same area multiple times over the past year, partly in support of a professional hydrologist who is making recurrent observations of the slide area depicted in your video...
Thanks Stevie! I hope we can spend a bit more time talking at a future gathering/popup. I sense I could learn a lot from you!
@@garypaull9382 I think we may have spoken briefly at the Lion Rock pop-up, Gary, but it would be great to converse more extensively! Though I suspect any learning would flow the other way!
So that is back country Garry I have to get back out to Washington before this Type 2 diabetes takes my eyesight and legs Number one on my bucket list
My grandfather was also a mid-level bureaucrat like that, and Gary looks like he could be related to my grandfather, who was born in on the south shore of Greenlake, Seattle, around 1906.
Lived most of my adult life in the Puget Sound area and most of the areas you have hiked and videoed were just areas I've passed on I90 or I82. Wonder where I'd be today if we'd had the internet and UA-cam in the '60's and '70's.
Gary Paull is the best!
Iworked on entiat ranger dist trail crew 64 and 65 summers they had crew trucks not so many many pickup trucks more shovels best tool is pulaski keep digging. Wilderness lot of different parties
Root mass is destroyed from fire or clear cuts this completely alters fluid moisture loads
Very enjoyable thank you. Yes I wondered if he had told his friends you guys would be out there then soyou could meet 😉😄😏
It was surprise to find them out there!
Chopper boy! Thanks for the great video!
It was the Bryson book that did it. (A Walk in the Woods) before that, I was probably the only one who did much weekday camping in New Hampshire. But once that book became popular, you couldn't find a parking place.
Of course, the covid doubled that number
Thank you so much 🌹🖐🏾❤️