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Thank you, honestly, this is one of my more chill adventures. I get into some really wild places. I checked out your channel, Great edits and voice over! Cheers, Karl

The drone gets very few of the shots, I just have to work for it. The canyon is to tight for the Drone. and solid GPS signal. Some day I hope though!

Set up the camera on the tripod and hit record

Glad you liked it, there's so much to explore in the Swell as you know!

Could you find a buddy? I did it in a 2 pound inflatable but, not sure I would recommend that but, a 4-6 lb proper pack raft could do it? Thank you for the kind words, I hope to do more river trips next season. Cheers Karl

That sounds like a great trip, I love traveling Utah on bikes, such a diversity of awesome scenery and plenty of thrills too. Cheers Brother!

I couldn't agree more, it's a gem in the desert! Three Canyon was another cool one that took me right to river's edge.

Your route sounds very enticing, at least what I can piece together, South Arial is the only question mark? I would be interested in joining you, do you have a GPX track or something I can see that roughly shows the route? I have definitely been meaning to get out there, would you shoot me an email to karl.Dzmac@gmail.com and hopefully we can make a plan if we could pull off the South ridge up to deer trap, then back down to Progeny and traverse over to anthill that would be super epic, but I'm not sure of the realities, looks like lots of barriers.

If I feel nervous I stash it well for theft but I think most people that far out understand the necessity, and I feel fairly safe since I have satellite communication on the phone and before that I used a Garmin mini in reach. I definitely appreciate the risk and always have a Plan B. I think the odds are well above zero. I've taken a few hits already, just not bad enough ones to stop me from getting home under my own power.

Glad you liked it! There are so many cool spots out there, just waiting to be explored. You have been to most I'd Guess?

Haven’t been to the Grotto or that arch.

Glad you liked it, that area is so cool!

It was shockingly far out there and created a giant amphitheater, totally rain protected barring the flash flood, LOL! Made me wonder how long it'll stay up like that.

It's a true hidden gem, that's for sure! I think the lack of amenities really keeps many away.

Its the amenities that keep the sheep in a herd. Leaving those hidden gems for people like us. Thank you for taking me along.

I never did reach something that was going to stop me, I think you can make it moving carefully, maybe bring a hand line.

Honestly, in my opinion, Longs would be much harder as a big Long one day push. The technical sections on this weren't really any harder and relatively easy/short hikes if you have a high base camp as we did. Thanks for your support, Karl

Thanks for watching, what a cool place to ride!

Glad you enjoyed it, my friend that was a committing rappel into a beautiful canyon!

I would strongly recommend getting the road trip Ryan app, all kinds of great ideas with instructions maps and GPS coordinates to go along with it, totally worth six bucks! I use it all the time.

Thanks! I really enjoy those types of routes and the Glacier Gorge cirque is one of my favorites in RMNP. It was a big day, though, not quite as easy as it looks lol!

I think you'll find that it lives up to the hype! Anytime!

Yeah it's a real challenge to get in there for sure, washboard for miles, but I was glad to do it! Thanks for your support Michael!

I'd have to agree, I felt a twinge when I was getting ready with the raft, I was more worried about water levels, then getting trapped by the cliffs surprise me. I'm actually excited to go back and ride the entire road bike packing to the petrified wood and have an easy stroll to the canyon and back. It has made me more cautious in general. Things can go sideways super fast in the desert between the cliffs and the water situation. I feel safer in the mountains where I can see, climb easier, and always have water.

Me too, I may not do any Super human endurance feats but that's not what I enjoy. I love all the surprising, unique and exciting thrills while exploring such a wide variety of landscapes, love the wildlife too. That and I'll always be a climber! Thanks Steve!

I appreciate it, I had a lot of fun with this one! Not so challenging left me energy to focus on the shots more, till I started running from the rain anyway, LOL.

I thank you so much! It is so cool that you have taken this journey with me and we have gone so far, seen and done so many amazing things. Few really understand true breadth and depth of these wild adventures. I'm glad some do. I'm putting the $ toward a couple new small cameras. Merry Christmas to you!

Some of these desert venues feel like space walks, LOL. Where no man has gone before and nobody is coming to save me. I pack very cautiously, and try to consider any and all pitfalls when I'm as far as that trip took us! Sure was cool!

When I was researching the trip I too noticed the river direction, I guess the river was there first and cut through the Mesa as it lifted? How else could it possibly go like that, didn't just decide to start cutting through the side of Mesa, crazy. I almost gave up on this trip, it was a miracle I found such a friendly place across nowhere else was like it. The road itself, where across the river, was super deep! No way would I risk the E=bike and $2,000 worth of camera gear. Everywhere else was sketchy, deep and fast. I literally couldn't understand how it could possibly be so friendly in that one spot right at the end of trail Canyon. Seemed like less CFM's than everywhere else, but, getting through the brush on the other side was a major shitter, lol. Russian Olive trees!!!

This was a total wild ride, but Factory Butte is something else! I do want to push up as far as is reasonable but the reports I read about gettin over the crown at the top, No Can DO, LOL I had a GPS bread crumb trail going for this and SO GLAD. It was late and that last bit was tricky and windy. Running back down the GPS guidance really sped things up and with no stress of cliffing out! Some use tech and become soft and some use tech to go farther. I try to be the latter.

One thing I get so annoyed with, TH-camrs doing some awesome hike and Only using a POV style shoot. There is no context and no matter how cool the trip, the video sucks. . . I love providing that context so you can truly join me and appreciate exactly where we are and what we're doing! Glad you could come along!

Dam Straight! I love that S#!T! Thanks for supporting me for all these years! It's been a wild ride, merry Christmas

I'm glad you liked it! It's a tough one, but worth the effort.

They had to have crossed the creek, which was really surprising to me, though. I was totally grateful because they left nice tracks in the snow! The creek did look scary deep at the crossing, with icebergs, I think it got dug out in the creep bed because it was a really steep exit, but somehow they did it.

Thanks for watching, I really like using the drone to reveal the 'unseen'! and truely show you the context of a place! you're always welcome to join me.

Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas to you as well!

The waders sure would've been nice for this one. I do my best to tiptoe around the snow, avoid the holes and getting wet rubber on my shoes! Still, just that brittle desert rock has gotten me a few times. . . Glad you could join me, Brother Man!

Yeah pretty much the whole thing, or worse lol, you have to find the right line, and it’s all loose rock. Thanks for joining me Phil, Cheers

Thanks, it was a great adventure, I can't wait to get back out there in the spring with some greenery to go with that brown, I think your jeep could do it. I met an old timer while searching for a river crossing and he told me when Spring irrigation starts the river goes way down! I bet you'd like that trip.

And that was one of the loosest slopes of talus I've ever been on, these days I generally wear a high collar approach shoes for the off trail adventures as well. Ankle biters everywhere. Cheers, Karl

I'm Jealous, I'd say gearing up for that last pitch was critical, even that lower slab was pretty intense. I remember thinking after that boulder rolled under my feet how lucky I was not to have twist an ankle or something, that slab downclimb would have been impossible if I had got dinged up. I bet the summit was amazing. Nice Job! Karl

Thanks Charles! I have really been enjoying that aspect of these trip more and more, have you seen that latest video in the Hanksville Bentonite hills? I was really happy with it. Cheers Buddy!

@KarlDeckerPresents I will watch it now. Thank you.

@KarlDeckerPresents the Bentonite hills video is outstanding. Your videos take me to all the places I want to see and dont know it. As an ex Utahn, you more than do the Plateau justice! Thanks Karl.

It is intense, but worth it!

My Pleasure Charles. Many more adventures to come!

Punch Deck! Sorry Man but, for me editing to music I like is part of the fun and I think helps tell the story but, I will admit, in past videos it is just too loud. I've tone it down since.

I was amazed myself, glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! I'm really glad to hear that, my time spent researching these peaks has paid off. I'm ALWAYS interested in what you might find as well. Please share if you find an Epic Route! Maybe we could do one together sometime?