Thank you! And congratulations on completing your thru. It was certainly a rewarding experience. I’ve got videos for everyday coming out. Appreciate you watching! 🤙
I'm curious to see how you resupplied on this hike. It would be great to see a gear review after the hike, what worked for you, and didn't, what you'd do differently. Great first day.
The quick answer regarding resupply is that my wife drove down from STL and met me on the trail every 5ish days. Prior to the hike I called several of the places listed on the OTA website about mailing myself resupplies, but none of the places I called really did that. I've created a Backpacking Gear List of everything I carried with me on my website (link below). I do have plans to make some videos going through it all. Thank you for watching! www.michaelshepherdjordan.com/backpacking-gear
Glad the list was helpful. It all worked great for me! I'd heard about caching supplies on the trail, but I'm with you on it feeling a bit risky. I was blessed my wife wanted to come down and resupply. Made her feel a part of the hike with me. She's also rent an bnb for us so I got to shower and charge batteries, which was another problem solved.
I really enjoy your videos and look forward to following this journey. What time of year did you hike? Looks like it was still during tick season; how were they? Thanks again.
Thank you. And thank you for following along. I did the through hike between Oct. 14-31. Most of the bugs/ticks were gone. I only pulled 1 off me throughout the whole trip.
I attempted sections of the OT years ago. There were a number of times that trails faded into nothing and trail markers all but disappeared. How do you feel the trails are blazed now in 2024.
For the most part the trail is maintained well and there seemed to be plenty of blazes. Regardless I would still download GPS maps before you go to stay on trail. There were some small stretches when I was relying on the GPS on my phone to stay on trail.
The most worrisome wildlife in Missouri is actually ticks. In the spring/summer, bugs and ticks will eat you alive. Which is why I waited until October to hike the OT. I only pulled off 1 tick, which was pretty good. Other than that most of the wildlife I saw were whitetail deer bounding away from me and box turtles on the trail. I would hear coyotes almost every night howling and yipping in this distance. I briefly saw a coyote trotting through the woods during the day once, but that's it. The only real fright came from what I believe was a feral hog rooting around the creek close to my campsite one night. A quick shout scared it off though.
Day 1 of my through hike of the Ozark Trail in Missouri. If there's anything you want to know about the OT, ask away!
Great presentation my friend! Place looks and feels so beautiful! Outstanding hike 🥾🥾
Thank you! It was a journey that I'm glad I went on.
Great to see a thru hike on this channel and the Ozark is a great one.
Thank you! through hiking the OT is something I've been thinking about for a long time. So happy I finally got the chance to get out there and do it!
What a fun adventure - Good Luck! Looking forward to more 👍
thank you! It was! Got videos coming out every week.
Awesome and very ambitious! Happy Thanksgiving, thanks for the content!
Thank you! Thanks for watching. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
Awesome, I am so happy for you! Although you beat me to it :) Looking forward to more footage!
Haha, it's out there waiting for you! I've got videos from every day coming
Great video
Thank you!
Excellent start, I did my thru just a couple weeks earlier than you. A great year for it I think! Looking forward to seeing the rest.
Thank you! And congratulations on completing your thru. It was certainly a rewarding experience. I’ve got videos for everyday coming out. Appreciate you watching! 🤙
I'm curious to see how you resupplied on this hike. It would be great to see a gear review after the hike, what worked for you, and didn't, what you'd do differently. Great first day.
The quick answer regarding resupply is that my wife drove down from STL and met me on the trail every 5ish days. Prior to the hike I called several of the places listed on the OTA website about mailing myself resupplies, but none of the places I called really did that.
I've created a Backpacking Gear List of everything I carried with me on my website (link below). I do have plans to make some videos going through it all. Thank you for watching!
www.michaelshepherdjordan.com/backpacking-gear
@@MichaelShepherdJordan Nice gear kit. Resupplying is tough on the OT. Most people hide a couple of caches but that's very risky in my opinion.
Glad the list was helpful. It all worked great for me! I'd heard about caching supplies on the trail, but I'm with you on it feeling a bit risky. I was blessed my wife wanted to come down and resupply. Made her feel a part of the hike with me. She's also rent an bnb for us so I got to shower and charge batteries, which was another problem solved.
@@MichaelShepherdJordan Wow, that's wonderful.
It was pretty great
I really enjoy your videos and look forward to following this journey. What time of year did you hike? Looks like it was still during tick season; how were they? Thanks again.
Thank you. And thank you for following along. I did the through hike between Oct. 14-31. Most of the bugs/ticks were gone. I only pulled 1 off me throughout the whole trip.
I attempted sections of the OT years ago. There were a number of times that trails faded into nothing and trail markers all but disappeared. How do you feel the trails are blazed now in 2024.
For the most part the trail is maintained well and there seemed to be plenty of blazes. Regardless I would still download GPS maps before you go to stay on trail. There were some small stretches when I was relying on the GPS on my phone to stay on trail.
I wanna know about the wildlife. Any dangers you had to be aware of?
The most worrisome wildlife in Missouri is actually ticks. In the spring/summer, bugs and ticks will eat you alive. Which is why I waited until October to hike the OT. I only pulled off 1 tick, which was pretty good. Other than that most of the wildlife I saw were whitetail deer bounding away from me and box turtles on the trail. I would hear coyotes almost every night howling and yipping in this distance. I briefly saw a coyote trotting through the woods during the day once, but that's it. The only real fright came from what I believe was a feral hog rooting around the creek close to my campsite one night. A quick shout scared it off though.
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