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Thanks for coming along this desert wandering :)

Yeah it’s a really interesting topic. We read that adding a powdered drink mix would help with slightly alkaline water because it mostly citrus acid and it would help neutralize the ph. A lemon would also help. But the water source in the video was highly alkaline (like super concentrated), and it’s recommended to never drink. The salt actually makes you thirstier and can wreak havoc on your digestion. (funny enough, two hikers had no problem with that same source a month earlier, so we have no idea what happened in a month to turn it bad for us and other April hikers) The main issue was the ranchers up canyon did not release any water down canyon for their livestock that year. They have in the past, but the wet winter probably didn’t make it necessary. I just read, the best way to lower alkalinity in aquariums is to actually dilute the water with purified water, or add peat moss or driftwood to absorb alkaline elements. Sooo the ranch water or more vegetation in the desert would have helped haha. We are definitely not chemist either haha. We wish there was an easily dissolvable tab that could work its alkaline neutralizing magic.

It was rough haha. We washed them off the best we could in the river and let them bake in the sun during our lunch break. They go pretty crusty

Thanks for following along :) we appreciate the good vibes

Full send 🛻🏂!

Us too. There’s some high sierra videos in the works. Thanks for watching :)

Daaang! That’s a crazy experience. You’re 100% right, it’s dry on the mesa and the navigation is convoluted. How did you like fat man’s?? We thought the virgin river was beautiful. Jarhead got some really bad poison ivy climbing out of the canyon. The vegetation was really thick

@@dirtyjarhikes So I'm not sure why the Hayduke guide says that you hike up and out of Parunuweap through Fat Man's Misery cause FMM is actually a technical slot canyon that you hike, and rappel down. It looks like the GPX that I got off of CalTopo for the Hayduke shows the exit coming out of Parunuweap just west of the actual FMM canyon. If you tried to exit out of Fat Man's then you would eventually come to some really cool chasms, climbs and a rappel that you wouldn't be able to get up and you would have to turn around. It usually has pools of water in it as well. One other video that I have watched on the Hayduke, the guy actually went up FMM and figured out that it wasn't the correct way out and he ended up camping inside of the canyon. I'm not sure if the location that I've seen people climbing out actually has a name other than part of the Hayduke route. Here's the link to the Fat Man's Misery technical slot canyon: www.canyoneeringusa.com/zion/technical/fat-mans-misery Other than the approach and exit route through the sand, it's a fun canyon. There's a metal plaque mounted in the sandstone wall that is somewhat hidden if you don't know where to look, or what you're looking for, and it is dedicated to John Wesley Powell and has little bit of historical information about his exploration and the naming of the canyon. It says, " Powell named this canyon from the Paiute Indian word Parunuweap which means “Roaring River Canyon”. Dedicated Sep.30, 1972. That sucks about the poison ivy! I'll keep that in mind when I travel that section. I have a feeling that when I go through Parunuweap and that route to Checkerboard will bring back some old feelings. Thanks so much for sharing your journey and for the motivation!

@rangeandravine that plaque sounds really cool! We listened to an audiobook recently about Powell and his adventures. Yeah the exit on the hayduke is right before fat man’s….we wish we could have gone further back, but you’re right, that would have been more technical. Some of our canyoneering friend have been down it and loved it. We’re glad you liked the series! It was a great way to see Utah. Neither of us had been across southern Utah before and the landscapes blew our minds 🤯🤯

@@dirtyjarhikes Was the book about Powell called "Down the Great Unknown" by Edward Dolnick? I'm listening to that one. Great book!

@rangeandravine no it was the emerald mile, but down the great unknown looks cool. We were surprised just how many adventures Powell went on even before the big Colorado River expedition

Sizing up is a good bet. We are 5’5” and 5’10” and both like the 19” What color/type you gonna get?

@ thank you so much! I’m getting the white desert <3

@ThewBlake niiice! that’s gonna look slick. the pack is very functional.

We like mountains too. They are wonderful :)

We definitely miss the quietude of the canyons. It’s a special kind of peace down there. What’s your favorite part of the region?

@ for magnificence, the well known places, Monument Valley, Grand Tetons, Arches National Park, Canyon de Chelly, Bryce, the North Rim, White Sands, Canyonlands and many others. Every state there has gorgeous places. But we like solitude; the best experiences we had were simple, on remote, less known places without people around; driving at night in the desert, a lightning storm far in the distance, hiking on a wash for miles, not a footprint to be seen, swimming in the Colorado river then lying on a sand beach in the sun…

@tegucigalpa2 beautifully said :) driving on a network of desert roads in the falling light behind the Henry mountains while caching food is a moment of peace that really sticks

Hey thanks! The high sierras are a backpacking paradise and one of our favorite places. Your adventures in China and Thailand are stunning. Where do you want to go next?

Thanks :) it was quite a ride

We appreciate it! You’re right, southern Utah is special. The Camino sounds fun. What are you looking forward to about it?

Looking forward to a different type of adventure. Different scenery, different style of hiking and knocking the rust off the Spanish skills. After that it’s on to the Hayduke. On a separate note, we were at Needles Outpost a few days before you guys and ran into Tapeworm who was just ahead of you on the Hayduke. Did you guys run into him on the trail?

@rogwilmers3138 funny story, we also met Tapeworm at needles outpost while we were dropping off supplies before our hike. So we must have been in needles around the same time! Very cool. We enjoyed following his journey on the hayduke too

That’s really nice, thanks! We liked the burr trail switchbacks around Escalante. Saddle Mountain trailhead on the north rim of the GC was awesome too. We hope you have a great trip! That’s exciting to look forward to

Hey that’s amazing! www.acrossutah.com/wordpress/about-me/ was a huge inspiration for us hiking the hayduke. The swimming hole was right after the hayduke, hidden in the Pine Valley Mountains. Have you been there? We would love to explore that area more.

Hey thanks! We really appreciate it. The next adventure is somewhere high up in the sierras

We actually met on the Arizona Trail! Every fall we think about doing it again haha. Have you ever been in the AZT?

Not the AZT, but just came back from hiking in Organpipe NM, and just outside Saguaro NP. Love Arizona!

Appreciate it, we’re glad you like it! We did a lot of backpacking in the high sierras this summer. More videos on that this winter :)

Hahaha it got a little hot there for us at the end. What’s your next trail??

@@dirtyjarhikes Probably the Arizona Trail this Spring and hopefully the PCT in 2026. How about you two?

@@davelipsiea1553 Nice! The azt was a great trail. There's a lot of good trail towns and the scenery changes so much. It's a shoe shredder with all the desert rocks haha. Walking to the Grand Canyon is epic. We are trying to plan something along the Continental Divide next year. Maybe the GDT!

Thank you for watching. We want to get back to the Escalante sometime, but in a kayak haha. You mentioned Stephens Canyon was incredible and we want to see it.

It was hot out there, damn! Thanks for watching :)

Thanks :) the hayduke was a dream we had for years. We definitely built up to it. We support all of your GDT plans!

Hey! Thanks for watching, that’s awesome. The umbrella felt good in the Grand Canyon. It’s usually 7-8 degrees cooler under it. Jarhead doesn’t like the sun on his face, so he actually uses it a lot. Salami and sharp cheese keeps for a least five days. It’s a lifesaver haha. The sawyer squeeze is great when paired with a smart water bottle. We usually backflush it every week. We’re excited for winter activities. Do you have any Colorado adventures planned?

That’s a great question. We took the camera out one time while bushwhacking 25 miles down the Escalante River. We took out our phones a couple times, but we were pretty miserable haha. We also wish we did more interviews, but sometimes it’s awkward to ask. Have you photographed out in the southwest? The light was fun to chase around the canyons.

@@dirtyjarhikes I actually live in St. George! Ive done a bit of hiking at many of the destinations along the haduke but had no idea the route existed. only finding out about the "trail" when jupiter started his series, and soon finding yours too. I will likely never attempt until it ends up becoming a more distinct trail and less of a wandering in the right direction. I did coyote gulch april of this year and can imagine doing rivers like that for hundreds of miles absolutely infuriating, and when trying to get miles down difficult to pull out a camera. I got a insta360 ace action cam with a handy quickrelease shoulder strap mount, but thats really only helpful for vlog/walkby kind of stuff.

@Rydoge7 the insta360 looks really cool and minimal. We use the sony zv1s. They are very compact and still get a crisp image. Saint George must be pretty nice this time of year! Perfect for hiking. This summer seemed brutal with the heat. We think about going back to capital reef a lot.

Yeah, funny enough, after spending my whole life in Utah, I’ve never been to capitol reef. With Zion next door and the other parks it’s often written off as the worst park in the state to visit.

@Rydoge7 the burr trail switchbacks in capital reef was a favorite. It’s a killer view of the waterpocket fold. The nearby town of Escalante has some good pizza if you find yourself out that way 👍🍕

That’s awesome to hear. Thanks for saying that :) We really want to hike the great divide soon. We heard it’s an amazing trail. What are some of your favorite parts/places on it?

Well then I can’t wait for your amazing video creations from the GDT! My favourite parts: stunning Waterton and the Barnaby Ridge, Aster Lake and the Northover Ridge, Whistling Pass, the Rockwall, the Iceline and the Kiwetinok alternate, Owen Creek to Nigel Pass, Jonas Shoulder, the Skyline. Make sure you are prepared for colder and wetter conditions than in the US, then you can be quite comfortable. Learn lots about grizzly bear behaviour. Thank you so much for sharing of yourselves and your adventures💖

@sharonmorgan2762 wow that’s awesome information! We are slowly starting to piece together an idea for the GDT because there are so many alternates. The grizzly bear presence is kinda scary though. Hopefully we see them at a distance haha. Thank you for your kind words :)

Thanks for watching. We appreciate it 👍

That’s awesome :) we love that. We definitely didn’t try to sugarcoat the hike. We struggled a lot and that helped us connect and communicate better by the end. Thanks for watching and good luck on your future adventures!

Such a strange comment. I loved you guys from the first second. Commenter must be a real norm

It was a great trail! It’s definitely worth visiting some of the places along the hayduke. The land around the towns of Hanksville and Escalante was really neat. We had a $60 external RODE mic, but it kept coming unplugged and ruining audio haha. Lesson learned. We do some basic sound editing after the fact which helps. That cool you noticed! We definitely spend time on it.

Very cool! It was fun to walk and film that desert landscape. The colors were beautiful at golden hour. We thought it was tough! The route didn’t have a lot of elevation gain, but it made up for it with long water carries and just general water anxiety. Have you done much desert hiking? Thanks for watching :)

We're glad you liked it! We miss hiking in the southwest. It's very snowy around us now, but we try to get out. Do you have any upcoming hiking plans?

Thank you!! It was fun to share our experience. Do you like the southwest desert?

@ I do! Utah is in my back yard and is such a special place. I’ve been all over the state on various backpack and rafting trips. I’m a big Edward Abbey fan so the Hayduke has always seemed like this grand romantic trek that I don’t think I have the stones to ever attempt lol. Congrats on making it out there!

@donkyot7152 that’s really cool. We miss the Utah backcountry. It’s incredible. The Escalante River seems like a great place to go back and do a multi-day raft trip. We also want to see more of Canyonlands.

Appreciate it! Got any hikes planned soon?

@@dirtyjarhikes no probably just some day hikes around Sedona coming up. Nothing as specy as your adventures!🐨Must have been great catching up with Jupiter and Sprocket, a fellow Aussie.

@@PeterFLB Nice! Sedona is really cool. Soldier Pass was great. Sycamore Canyon outside of Sedona is one of the best places in Arizona to backpack. It was really fun to see Jupiter and Sprocket in town. It's always nice to share stories and talk about the Hayduke. Good luck on your day hikes!

Yes, we think about it sometimes. There's a lot of different ways to go. You could probably hike from Arches to Zion and make it 80% different the second time around. Have you spent much time in Utah?

I’ve only driven through Utah. Some day. I’m planning to do the main corridor of the Grand Canyon in the spring for a few days, if I get a permit. Kevin Fedarko’s book, A Walk in the Park, is about him and Pete McBride thru hiking the GC east to west. I imagine there’s some Hayduke overlap. I wonder if the route is published anywhere. Thanks again.

That sounds really cool. The “New Hance Trail” or the “Tanner Trail” would be good places to drop in on the south rim. The south kaibab trail is good too, but more crowded. We listened to Kevin Fadarko’s Emerald Mile and that gave us a much deeper appreciation for the canyon and rafting the river. We want to check out A Walk in the Park next.

This was an awesome series, thank you for sharing! Greetings from Belgium. I hope to do more of the GR5 in Europe next year!

Going to backpack some mountains, Wyoming here we come!

Wooo ain’t no mountain high enough! Have fun

Wow nice! The lakes on the GR5 look beautiful. What parts of the trail do you want to do next?

@@dirtyjarhikes I did the BeNeLux part of the GR5 in sections, next is from border of France/Luxemburg to Geneva in Switzerland, which will take me a few years to finish with the time I have. Last will be the great traverse of the Alps, which I most look forward to, but I have to get into better shape to really enjoy that.

Your shots along the Divide to Crest were sick. That smoke on the water shot was *chefs kiss.* Thanks for the interview. It was really fun to hang out on the last day.

It was not easy haha, but it's the truth. We were not well. Thanks for the support! There will be more videos this winter.

We hope you feel better soon! Being sick sucks. We use the Sony zv1 and a Pedco Ultrapod 3 Lightweight Travel Tripod. We like the zv1 because it’s small enough to fit in our fanny packs.

Thank you so much 😊

That’s very interesting. We heard Nevada has a lot of old mines high up in the hills.

@ they have a lot of active mines too. Just south of Harrison pass has a bunch of old mines. I don’t they ever mined that part of the ruby’s. But bald mountain is producing a lot of gold it’s about a hour drive south of Harrison pass. I love the ruby mountains

@jacobmartinez9821 yeah the rubys are so unique in that area. We like the open country around harrison too. Where have you been in the rubys?

@ I’ve in most areas of the rubys lamoile canyon, Harrison pass, soldier creek, secret pass. In highschool me and my friends would hike to griswold lake, I never did make it up to the dome. I like liberty lake and Favre. But I haven’t yet tried the ruby crest trail.

@that’s really cool. your hike to griswold sounds fun. We would love to explore the rubys more. Lots of exploring to be had out there.

The turquoise blue was amazing. We were lucky to see it. Someone told us the Little Colorado is usually brown and silty. We’re glad you enjoyed! The Grand Canyon is a very inspiring (and hot!) place. It’s hard to capture it all. Thanks for watching 🙏

Solar and a fridge sounds really cool. Do you have the solar mounted on a roof rack? That would be a next step for us to elevate our car living. We’re glad you like the duke!

@ we used 3M VHB to adhere to the roof of the vehicle.

@jenkay23 nice! Thank you for that