Don’t go in a cornfield in the middle of a hot day! The plants are packed very close together so there will be no breeze and very high humidity in the field itself. Corn leaves aren’t sharp, but they’re tough and you can get some mild cuts. Sit next to the field in the shadow if you’re lookin for some shade, but don’t enter the field.
You are making great mileage. It's a shame you weren't allowed to camp at the church, but I was happy to know the Southern Baptist have been generous. Often one bad experience can change a person's attitude about offering help. I worked at a jail and a prison and learned some people can't tell the difference between kindness and weakness. Best wishes for your continued journey.
I don't know what people want from you. You do the best with what you have. I'm a dog lover but I agree with you on the dog thing . This a rough trail in parts. I'm glad some Church's practice what they preach. Stay safe. Your doing a great job
I have dealt with a number of people over the years who just like to be upset about things. And if there is nothing in their life to be upset about, they will actually search things out. It is an unfortunate part of doing videos that we get the occasional unfair or even sometimes rude or hurtful comments. I think the fact they’re made over the Internet instead of directly addressing a living breathing person doesn’t help . Fortunately they are outnumbered by the nice ones
Wow you have been making great mileage since changing shoes, hope it keeps up. just love the looks at communities I will probably never visit. Hike on to San Francisco.
I don’t know how much time passes between where you are and when you post, but I live in Madison, and I’d be happy to host you when you come through. Just reply to this comment if you haven’t been through here yet!
What’s interesting about your channel is that, so far, through 6? states, the landscape is all very similar. I found you when this random video showed up where this guy was complaining about his stay in Clarksburg/Bridgeport which is just southeast of where I grew up. I’ve camped and backpacked through many areas of WV, so it’s been entertaining to follow your hike. But eventually I’m going to start seeing different terrain and I’m looking for to seeing that! Hike on.
I noticed a big difference between Delaware/Maryland and then getting into West Virginia. I’ve also started to see another transition in Indiana. But it is still kind of subtle.
plot twist: nun knew what the priest was capable of and saved you from having to title Ep 58 “Matt’s Deliverance”… maybe she was the trail angel of all trail angels
My husband lol’d when you said “heat lightning.” He says it to mess with me because I’m a weather nerd and heat lightning isn’t a thing. It’s just a storm in the distance or lightning in the distance. But either way, it doesn’t lightning because of heat despite every adult in our lives saying it to us when we were kids. It’s downright gross for churches to not let a hiker just set up a tent. What a horrible representation of “loving your neighbor.” So sorry for the encounters you’re having with them. It’s just wrong.
Interesting. That’s just the term I’d heard when we had flashes off in the distance in mid summer in the Sierra. As far as the churches I understand not wanting to let me inside but you’d think setting up a tent for 10 hours in the far corner of their huge property wouldn’t be that big a deal. But ah well
There’s a church near me here in East Tennessee, the land of churches on every corner, and it has several “no trespassing” signs on the property. It’s like seeing a bullfrog wearing a ski jacket. Just plain strange, weird and wrong. We joke that they take the signs down when the offering plate is being passed around lol. I reckon if they’d say no to a hiker sleeping outside, they’d also say no to a homeless person sleeping outside. In all honesty, I’ve only had those kinds of experiences with church people…just a bunch of jerks.
@@kelliesharpe1067during the Houston hurricane floods and power outages, Joel Olsteen closed his megachurch to the people affected by the disaster, and it was super hot at the time.
Kinda true for Mormons, because almost none of the churches are locally owned; the big organization based in SLC owns them, insures them, and has rules about what you can and can't do. For instance, no actual cooking in the kitchens, only warming food for potlucks and things. Such a rule does reduce fires and cleaning costs, but is less fun. So none of the local folks have much say about whether they can let someone camp. You'd have to find a nice person who didn't care what the rules are.
this trail is lacking good camping options, they need to work on that, find landowners who will allow camping for hike throughs, when the crazy vet did the this trail he often found cemetaries and stealth camped behind large stones or statues, in the back, near the fields or woods or fence lines. this trail seems like you can use a bike to bike pack rather than back pack. I wouldnt mind doing that.
I would not hold my breath for anything like that. When I talk to locals a lot of them are highly concerned about homeless issues. See things like the FTA thru hiker site in Orlando for how much management anything like that can take.
I also tend to avoid anything where I’m just hiding behind something directional like a sign since editing videos often keeps me in camp late in the morning. Feels better off in the woods when I can manage it
I am so upset right now at , and get this name!: Shepherd's of Christ Ministries Catholic Church in China Indiana!! I want to contact the head of that church and complain that they rudely turned away someone in genuine need!! With your permission I will call them! If you say don't I won't. I am so pissed off at them right now!
Heh, just checked the website and they technically list that as a retreat and encourage you to come. I don’t care if you call and express disappointment but please do not be rude to them
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I am not as mad as I was last night. I have been following you from the start, and I care about what you are having to put up with on a daily basis. I was forced to go thru 12 years catholic school. I switched to Protestant Christian after 12th grade. There's a lot more compassion now vs the 12yrs of torture. I won't be rude, I promise ♥️
I am terribly sorry, but if it seems you are close enough to me for a social visit, I'll say I wanna hike. I'll cater the appropriate sammiches. But, I'll bring speakers and this'll play at least once.
Actually you seem quite good with dogs. Exactly the right level of firmness. Most people who claim to like dogs don't actually deserve to own them. Dogs need a minimum of a ten-mile walk every day, a safe ten miles, and most of the dogs I've seen in your videos are full size and should be getting twenty miles, not stuck in yards. I mean sheesh, you're getting even more than twenty, and you're just a human. Sled dogs in Chicoutimi could do thirty miles in one hour.
Are your shoes squeaking or your backpack? Are your shoes the NB Fresh Foam X Hierro? Your feet are shaped like triangles so if they fit you maybe they'll fit me.
There are all sorts of reasons why a woman did not allow you to camp one church property. She simply might not have had the authority, the Diocese may have rules against it because of insurance purposes, they may have had a bad experience. When you were on the AT, you were welcome to camp at the convent/retreat center in New York near West Point. Don't be so quick to condemn a major charitable organization because of a decision made by one individual
I don’t have an issue with dogs. I have an issue with aggressive dogs particularly where people leave them unrestrained. And those issues are not specific to me. For all people fear bears and snakes dog bites are a much bigger threat when hiking. You never see me complaining about Corgi’s…
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I'm no believer, but I would have asked "what would Jesus do?" and smiled and walked on hoping they might change their mind 😁
I called that church today, a woman named Doris answered. I asked that very question of yours. That 'nun' hung up on me.
Don’t go in a cornfield in the middle of a hot day! The plants are packed very close together so there will be no breeze and very high humidity in the field itself. Corn leaves aren’t sharp, but they’re tough and you can get some mild cuts. Sit next to the field in the shadow if you’re lookin for some shade, but don’t enter the field.
You are making great mileage. It's a shame you weren't allowed to camp at the church, but I was happy to know the Southern Baptist have been generous. Often one bad experience can change a person's attitude about offering help. I worked at a jail and a prison and learned some people can't tell the difference between kindness and weakness. Best wishes for your continued journey.
I found Equality Illinois this spring - another great town name.
You’ve got your great pace and now Jen is going to come out and need time to work her way up.
100 bro points epic Gandalf moment @2:25
Wake up to catch the post every morning before work! Love the trail so far and hoping to get out on one myself soon!
wife: calm down--where are you cramping?
me: 2:24
I don't know what people want from you. You do the best with what you have. I'm a dog lover but I agree with you on the dog thing . This a rough trail in parts. I'm glad some Church's practice what they preach. Stay safe. Your doing a great job
I have dealt with a number of people over the years who just like to be upset about things. And if there is nothing in their life to be upset about, they will actually search things out. It is an unfortunate part of doing videos that we get the occasional unfair or even sometimes rude or hurtful comments. I think the fact they’re made over the Internet instead of directly addressing a living breathing person doesn’t help . Fortunately they are outnumbered by the nice ones
Wow you have been making great mileage since changing shoes, hope it keeps up. just love the looks at communities I will probably never visit. Hike on to San Francisco.
Hoosiers welcome you to Indiana !!
I don’t know how much time passes between where you are and when you post, but I live in Madison, and I’d be happy to host you when you come through. Just reply to this comment if you haven’t been through here yet!
The date of each episode is on the map slide. I am currently just passed Corydon.
The Budweiser truck didn't stop to give you a couple of cold beers???
What’s interesting about your channel is that, so far, through 6? states, the landscape is all very similar. I found you when this random video showed up where this guy was complaining about his stay in Clarksburg/Bridgeport which is just southeast of where I grew up. I’ve camped and backpacked through many areas of WV, so it’s been entertaining to follow your hike. But eventually I’m going to start seeing different terrain and I’m looking for to seeing that! Hike on.
I noticed a big difference between Delaware/Maryland and then getting into West Virginia. I’ve also started to see another transition in Indiana. But it is still kind of subtle.
I have lived in MD for 30 yrs now, not far from the AT.
Sometimes I feel like, around minute 18 or so, someone is watching meeeee
Those roads scare the fuck outta me. Please be careful 😮
Don’t forget the Methodists who let you camp inside the church.
The UMC folks were super nice. Stayed at at least two of their churches. Sadly I haven’t run across another at the right time of day
😎✌hike on 👍
Should do the lewis and Clark trail
plot twist: nun knew what the priest was capable of and saved you from having to title Ep 58 “Matt’s Deliverance”… maybe she was the trail angel of all trail angels
Day 57. A chat, sandwich and Gatorade await you when you come through my area.
Nuns having none of it? Not surprised.
My husband lol’d when you said “heat lightning.” He says it to mess with me because I’m a weather nerd and heat lightning isn’t a thing. It’s just a storm in the distance or lightning in the distance. But either way, it doesn’t lightning because of heat despite every adult in our lives saying it to us when we were kids.
It’s downright gross for churches to not let a hiker just set up a tent. What a horrible representation of “loving your neighbor.” So sorry for the encounters you’re having with them. It’s just wrong.
Interesting. That’s just the term I’d heard when we had flashes off in the distance in mid summer in the Sierra. As far as the churches I understand not wanting to let me inside but you’d think setting up a tent for 10 hours in the far corner of their huge property wouldn’t be that big a deal. But ah well
There’s a church near me here in East Tennessee, the land of churches on every corner, and it has several “no trespassing” signs on the property. It’s like seeing a bullfrog wearing a ski jacket. Just plain strange, weird and wrong. We joke that they take the signs down when the offering plate is being passed around lol. I reckon if they’d say no to a hiker sleeping outside, they’d also say no to a homeless person sleeping outside. In all honesty, I’ve only had those kinds of experiences with church people…just a bunch of jerks.
@@kelliesharpe1067during the Houston hurricane floods and power outages, Joel Olsteen closed his megachurch to the people affected by the disaster, and it was super hot at the time.
sounds like those with an organizational hierarchy most likely to reject camping requests
Kinda true for Mormons, because almost none of the churches are locally owned; the big organization based in SLC owns them, insures them, and has rules about what you can and can't do. For instance, no actual cooking in the kitchens, only warming food for potlucks and things. Such a rule does reduce fires and cleaning costs, but is less fun. So none of the local folks have much say about whether they can let someone camp. You'd have to find a nice person who didn't care what the rules are.
So I need to find someone to basically say “Let’em all camp and let god sort it out…”
this trail is lacking good camping options, they need to work on that, find landowners who will allow camping for hike throughs, when the crazy vet did the this trail he often found cemetaries and stealth camped behind large stones or statues, in the back, near the fields or woods or fence lines. this trail seems like you can use a bike to bike pack rather than back pack. I wouldnt mind doing that.
I would not hold my breath for anything like that. When I talk to locals a lot of them are highly concerned about homeless issues. See things like the FTA thru hiker site in Orlando for how much management anything like that can take.
I also tend to avoid anything where I’m just hiding behind something directional like a sign since editing videos often keeps me in camp late in the morning. Feels better off in the woods when I can manage it
I am so upset right now at , and get this name!: Shepherd's of Christ Ministries Catholic Church in China Indiana!! I want to contact the head of that church and complain that they rudely turned away someone in genuine need!! With your permission I will call them! If you say don't I won't. I am so pissed off at them right now!
Heh, just checked the website and they technically list that as a retreat and encourage you to come. I don’t care if you call and express disappointment but please do not be rude to them
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I am not as mad as I was last night. I have been following you from the start, and I care about what you are having to put up with on a daily basis. I was forced to go thru 12 years catholic school. I switched to Protestant Christian after 12th grade. There's a lot more compassion now vs the 12yrs of torture. I won't be rude, I promise ♥️
This section gets a walkability score of 1 out of 100.
Matt have u run into any snakes?
Yep. They are often around. They almost always just wanna be left alone though.
Hey Matt
Funnels of Friendship?
Golden arches 22:24
Learn the hymn Whatsoever You DO. Then hum it, whistle it, play it on a kazoo and keep walking. That's my plan if I ever run into a penguin.
I am terribly sorry, but if it seems you are close enough to me for a social visit, I'll say I wanna hike. I'll cater the appropriate sammiches.
But, I'll bring speakers and this'll play at least once.
th-cam.com/video/PC6ZqrXijbI/w-d-xo.html
when will jen join you?
He told me on FB 6/8
On the 8th
Actually you seem quite good with dogs. Exactly the right level of firmness. Most people who claim to like dogs don't actually deserve to own them. Dogs need a minimum of a ten-mile walk every day, a safe ten miles, and most of the dogs I've seen in your videos are full size and should be getting twenty miles, not stuck in yards. I mean sheesh, you're getting even more than twenty, and you're just a human. Sled dogs in Chicoutimi could do thirty miles in one hour.
Are your shoes squeaking or your backpack? Are your shoes the NB Fresh Foam X Hierro? Your feet are shaped like triangles so if they fit you maybe they'll fit me.
Heiro v7s. If you hear a squeezing it’s usually my phone pouch. Sometimes the clips squeak. Usually stops next time I get rained on…
There are all sorts of reasons why a woman did not allow you to camp one church property. She simply might not have had the authority, the Diocese may have rules against it because of insurance purposes, they may have had a bad experience. When you were on the AT, you were welcome to camp at the convent/retreat center in New York near West Point. Don't be so quick to condemn a major charitable organization because of a decision made by one individual
Not a fan of your attitude towards man’s best friend.
Will continue to watch and see the story unfold.
I don’t have an issue with dogs. I have an issue with aggressive dogs particularly where people leave them unrestrained. And those issues are not specific to me. For all people fear bears and snakes dog bites are a much bigger threat when hiking. You never see me complaining about Corgi’s…
I'm not a fan of you! Cats forever!!