It's come to my attention that Natn'l Rec Areas are under the jurisdiction of the NPS, which has a policy against operating RC aircraft as of 2014 (launching from outside and flying over is still legal). Please avoid any trouble and don't do it yourself. Fortunately, my footage was sent to me by someone who filmed it in 2013 / from outside the BSF boundaries.
Ahh, now that would be a nice legal spot indeed. National Geological Area, so it falls under NFS from what I can tell. Looks like I need to make a third trip to the RRG :)
That's what I thought when I went down there. But then I read a page today that said BSF was under the jurisdiction of NPS and that UAV's were temporarily banned. I don't know who's in charge anymore, haha. But i certainly don't want anyone else to get in trouble because of my vid. Link to page I found: www.nps.gov/biso/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
Come on @sintax77!!! Do not sacrifice the wholesome and simplistic nature of these videos for silly drone footage. It does not aid in my vicarious hiking experience to see the perspective of hobby aircraft.
Thanks for the videos as always. Have you thought about doing a video about the various bug repellent options other than Deet that might be available? I had used Deet for quite a while but have switched to a Lemon/Eucalyptus repellent made by Repel. Works great and does not have the skin burn like Deet can have. Cheers!
Another outstanding video. Nice balance on your content as far as I'm concerned. Leafs are turning here in Vermont and the temp is dropping. Take care, Al
Because you ate them in different areas, environment could also be a variable! haha! Great little scientific sausage chat! Great vid and trip, thanks for sharing.
Feeling it on the spiderwebs! I'm approximately 3 hrs east of BSF and hike in a local state Park daily. Most mornings from Spring to Autumn I carry a stick for miles to sweep the webs away. Rough when you hate spiders. Thanks for your great videos! Love them!
Excellent video. In addition to the stunning beauty of the BSF area, the night sky lights up like nothing I've ever seen. The stars are so clear and bright, you can see the Milky Way. Oh, and Grand Gap Loop has several, fantastic overlooks. Thanks for doing the video...I really enjoyed watching both parts!👍🏼
Thank you again for capturing and sharing these trips with us! Let's see; mutant spiders with trail-spanning cobwebs, poor trail markers, falling rogue trees, hungry mosquito colonies, canned mystery meat and bubble-producing chiggers. Sounds like a nightmare to most, right? Then we see the glorious drone shots, hand-built bridges and millennia-old sandstone. Methinks it was all worth it! Hope the bites were a non-issue.....
Great video , and the effort to produced them dosent go unnoticed. Making skiing videos with my buddies i can appericated the production value and the hard work. Thanks for including us on your adventurs!
if you ever go back to the gorge, let me know ... I'm about 1 hour from there and I have a lot of POI's videos on my channel from there....also, those trails you are on today I remember from hiking sheltowee trace trail ... might not be the exact same areas but I remember seeing those same signs and trail names.
Best video thumbnail of all your videos although some of the Ireland and Costa Rica were nice, this is the best. Really says fall hiking even if it still feels like summer.
Thanks, Greg. Also, thanks for being one of the 3 people who actually watched my Ireland and Costa Rica vids, haha. I put a lot of work into those, but a lot of my viewers seem to only care about nature if I'm sleeping in it overnight, lol.
The Costa Rica beach scene was as good as any cinematography as I’ve ever seen outside a AAA movie. I used it as an example along with a video of another TH-camr in an essay why income distribution on TH-cam should both increase overall but also be shifted down away from current top tier creators. I’m hopeful TH-cam red will in part make a difference as I think creators at your level and above should be able to make a living at what you do on TH-cam alone.
Hey ...just want to say, welcome to the Tennessee. Just about everything you went through and talked about is why I don’t like backpacking in the summer here in Tennessee. I’m sorry no one told you about all the pest we have here. I think you would had a better trip if it was late fall , winter or spring. Anyway love the video and I thank you for it.
+Tennessee Hangers That's alright, they tell me it builds character, haha. Seriously though, I had a great trip. I would really like to get back down there in the wall or winter some time, for sure.
Fantastic video, suburb camera work, what you produce is definitely documentary worthy, thanks you, you sure can tell you love the beauty of the outdoors!! and you said LIBERAL at the creek!!! LOL
hey man, thx for posting. i live about 3 hours from this location. I've seen signs for the park but never have gone there. thank you for TrailBlaZen. Get Trailkilla back on the Trails. .. Took my kid a couple of hour south of here to South Cumberland Park for his birthday.
+playAgainMe Trailkilla and I are actually working out the details on a fall trip, so there should be trip video with both of us in the next month or so. That's awesome that you're only a few hours away from BSF, you definitely should hit it up some time.
Great video as always. Regarding the question you raised (scenery vs equipment) mark me down for some equipment talk on every trip. I'd gladly trade 5 minutes of walking footage for a fireside chat / demo / opinion on any number of topics. You are knowledgable enough to make that a great little segment. Give us a top 5 chat or a favorite story or alcohol vs wood opinion. It felt a bit weird cutting from tasting sausage to the next morning. I actually backtracked thinking I missed something somehow. Missed chance to break things up with a little camp life commentary. You do that quite a bit and I think its a missed chance to offer an additional expertise on your part. I am nitpicking, but wouldn't do it if I wasn't a fan.
Hi !! Great video. Definitely some not-so-used trails !!! Bigfoot central !!! The rock formations and your aerial view were beautiful. If you like knives check out Smoky Mountain Knife Shop. Just south of Knoxville. I spent 2 hours in there !!! Thanks for the adventure. Look forward to your next outing. :)
+Ellis Downing Ha, when I was like 10 I used to read those Smoky Mountain Knife Works catalogues like they were comic books. Spent a good bit of my allowance ordering from them too, but never went there in person. Looks like I missed a good opportunity. Maybe next time :)
It's weird how a falling tree in the woods plays with your sense of distance. I was hiking and had a large tree fall around me. Scared the s#@t out of me. But was a few hundred yards away. At the moment I swore it was right next to me.
Thanks, good looking out. Guess NRA's are out too if they're ran by NPS. Good thing somebody else got that footage back in 2013. Oh, and they launched it from outside the boundaries. ;) I'll make sure to never do it myself though.
I'm up late making some last minute change in trip plans. How did you like the Big South Fork area? If not maybe another area somewhere around here. My first thought was the Cumberland Gap, but they only have 5 campsites that must be reserved and the sites are first come.
Per the USDA FS website "It is named in honor of Daniel Boone, who is also known as Sheltowee (pronounced shell-toe-ee)". I'd go with that cause it's the easiest way I've seen it phonetically spelled. 😀
I was thinking that it looked like the Red River Gorge before you said it! It also looked like fun with the wet muddy trails and trees falling...lol How much extra weight is the drone? Awesome footage and another great video! I'll give this video 7 likes.👍
But... when you scoop water from stream... than screw on the filter... than as you would... hold it up side down to squeeze the water. But un-filter water is dripping down the water bag and very likely to filter head and into the drinking bottle.
Hey Sintax. Love your videos. I was wondering about your watch. Is there a video you’ve done about it? What brand and style? Do you like it? Would you get a different one after using it?
Those bug bites look crazy, more like blisters. I wonder if you got into something like giant hogweed maybe? Where did you say you're getting the GPX files from?
Hey what hiking shoes do you wear did you say? I just bought Merrell gortex Moab hiking shoes, there’s also the Moab non gortex which fits me better, and then the vent non gortex which sounds like what you said you wear, man that trail is super wet didn’t your feet get soaked? I’m brand new to hiking and seeing how what others wear helps, maybe non gortex with the right socks is still doable? If so I want to purchase the non gortex Moab bc they fit like a dream
Mine are Moab Venitlators, but I also own a gortex pair of Adidas tail runners if I'm expecting sloppy trails. If I remember correctly, I didn't really have an issue avoiding getting them too wet on this particular summer trip. One thing to think of though, while my non-gortex shoes get wet super easily, they also dry quickly while continuing to hike. The gortex on the other hand, will keep your feet dry on muddy rails and shallow crossings, but if water goes above the ankles, they're gonna take _forever_ to dry compared to the shoes like the ventilators.
Syntax...I'm about to do my first multi day trip with a buddy - I want to snag a gps unit - I've seen your review of spot - did I miss the garmin gps review? Also - what if the in reach explorer - sorta 2 in one? Great looking trip - we may duplicate it more or less come this weekend 10/6-10/9
I haven't done a stand alone vid on the Garmin Oregon 650 (although I probably should), but I can say that I do like it a lot. Phones are quite capable now days, but for my usage, I really like the features and run time of a dedicated GPS like the Oregon. The touch screen makes it much faster to use compared to my previous experiences with button based systems. I haven't looked into the In Reach Explorer prior to today. I assuming it's like a Spot and a GPS in one package? Seems pretty cool to me.
sintax77 yeah - it is pretty neat - in reach for the same weight more or less - does the same as spit except you can do various text messages custom using the device or with your cell phone linked - has a viewer screen for gps map too - probably smaller that that unit you have - in milling about the purchase as we speak
Natural Bridge area was beautiful when I was a kid... sandstone you can burst with your hand, naturally tumbled quartz pebbles I wish I still had some of...
I think my comment was commented on in this video. ;-) So an update on my Katadyn Be Free. I contacted Katadyn and told them that the flow rate on my filter has really slowed. So they did send me a new one as a courtesy which is really cool. Well now the original one's flow rate is almost back to how it should be. I don't know why except that the source was different. So depending on the source your currently using will determine the flow rate at that time.
I pretty much just left them alone. The larger ones (they got way bigger than even this video shows) ended up rupturing and the itching subsided for a couple weeks if not more. Yikes.
+consumedesign The only time had it maxed out was on my winter trip down in the Grayson Highlands. Usually though, I'm fine without the top fully expanded.
+Sarah Thurston Thanks, Sarah. I use a DJI Mavic Pro. Packs down small enough to fit in my ULA Ohm's side water bottle pockets for quick deployment. Love it. :)
WHAT DO YOU USE FOR CHIGGER BITES? SOMEONE TOLD ME TO USE CHIGGEREX / 2X POWER / GOT IT AT WALMART WHERE THE CORTIZONE•10 IS. NOT A TUBE BUT A LITTLE WHITE TUB WITH RED LID! THEY ARE A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO GET RID OF / THE BITES. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAG ALONG WITH YOU THE SCENERY & VIDEOS ARE AWESOME! BETTER THAN READING BOOKS OR MAGAZINES !
Snag used ones off eBay. I get pairs for $25-30 shipped, most if not all are almost new. I have 8-9 pairs now that would have cost me $100+ each. Some I thought I would like based on reviews and popularity but didn't.
As a 215 area code transplant, East Tennessee is a backpackers paradise. Savage Gulf is another place to add to your bucket list. th-cam.com/video/C2rhFptpGm4/w-d-xo.html
"It's kinda nice to hike along and feel submersed in nature". Please take your own advice, and leave the drone at home. Nothing kills the mood of relaxing in the backcountry like hearing some less-enlightened individual whirring their drone all around the area. There's a reason flying a drone was rated the most shameful faux-pas of backpacking by Backpacker Magazine... Your videos are great, drones might make them look a little prettier but they're not in any way necessary. And you're encouraging thousands of others to follow suit by featuring the footage.
It's come to my attention that Natn'l Rec Areas are under the jurisdiction of the NPS, which has a policy against operating RC aircraft as of 2014 (launching from outside and flying over is still legal). Please avoid any trouble and don't do it yourself. Fortunately, my footage was sent to me by someone who filmed it in 2013 / from outside the BSF boundaries.
Daniel Boone National Forest in KY is managed by U.S.F.S.
You have to get yourself and that drone back to the Red River Gorge!
Ahh, now that would be a nice legal spot indeed. National Geological Area, so it falls under NFS from what I can tell. Looks like I need to make a third trip to the RRG :)
That's what I thought when I went down there. But then I read a page today that said BSF was under the jurisdiction of NPS and that UAV's were temporarily banned. I don't know who's in charge anymore, haha. But i certainly don't want anyone else to get in trouble because of my vid. Link to page I found: www.nps.gov/biso/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
Come on @sintax77!!! Do not sacrifice the wholesome and simplistic nature of these videos for silly drone footage. It does not aid in my vicarious hiking experience to see the perspective of hobby aircraft.
Excellent - Loved the Clueless reference for the "Like" sequence.
Stepping up the game with a drone. Well done
The 'like' count had me laughing in my cubicle. Well done :)
Really enjoyed the aerial shots. Nice addition.
Love my Garmin 650T... Such a great tool. Never regretted buying it
Oops, just realized I didn't pack up the GPS data and post it on my website yet. I'll throw it up tomorrow AM.
sintax77 yessss a late night fall asleep video!
GPS Data for the full trip is now available on the Blog Post www.sintax77.com/hiking-big-south-fork-pt-2-tennessee-hammock-camping-backpacking-trip
Hiking with a drone. I like the extra work to make the vids even better somehow!
Thanks for the videos as always. Have you thought about doing a video about the various bug repellent options other than Deet that might be available? I had used Deet for quite a while but have switched to a Lemon/Eucalyptus repellent made by Repel. Works great and does not have the skin burn like Deet can have. Cheers!
Another outstanding video. Nice balance on your content as far as I'm concerned. Leafs are turning here in Vermont and the temp is dropping. Take care, Al
Nice Vertigo effect overlooking the cliff and thanks for leaving the "nervous" shot in during the just leaving camp morning hike.
Just did a loop out there and loved it. A good bear encounter and total seclusion made an excellent trip.
Because you ate them in different areas, environment could also be a variable! haha! Great little scientific sausage chat! Great vid and trip, thanks for sharing.
+Jacqueline Haha - thanks, Jacqueline.
Feeling it on the spiderwebs! I'm approximately 3 hrs east of BSF and hike in a local state Park daily. Most mornings from Spring to Autumn I carry a stick for miles to sweep the webs away. Rough when you hate spiders. Thanks for your great videos! Love them!
i look like a blind person walking down a webby trail. Waving a stick/ trekking pole the whole way up the mountain hahah
Pretty much describes me also. But I wouldn't trade how hiking makes me feel for all the sideways and head turns. Lol
I hear ya on that. No better feeling than making it to a summit after a grueling hike! haha
Excellent video. In addition to the stunning beauty of the BSF area, the night sky lights up like nothing I've ever seen. The stars are so clear and bright, you can see the Milky Way. Oh, and Grand Gap Loop has several, fantastic overlooks. Thanks for doing the video...I really enjoyed watching both parts!👍🏼
+Jared Veronick Thanks, Jared. I'm glad you enjoyed the series. I'll have to keep the Grand Gap Loop in mind for a future trip.
Thank you again for capturing and sharing these trips with us! Let's see; mutant spiders with trail-spanning cobwebs, poor trail markers, falling rogue trees, hungry mosquito colonies, canned mystery meat and bubble-producing chiggers. Sounds like a nightmare to most, right? Then we see the glorious drone shots, hand-built bridges and millennia-old sandstone. Methinks it was all worth it! Hope the bites were a non-issue.....
+Denali 96 Thanks, D96. Man, those bites ended up being crazy by the time I got home :o All good now, though. It was a great trip.
There are a few natural arches in that area. Twin arches are pretty impressive.
Awesome scenery! Drone adds so much to a already wonderful video!
all the info you add to the video is cool !!!! Love the videos !!
Awesome adventure I will catch up later
I just got back from doing a loop down there. Man, those spiderwebs are no joke! My ninja skills got a workout!
Still going strong, yeah?
The BSF is awesome …..no matter what part you hike. The next time check out the Twin Arches or Honey Creek Loop.
Great video , and the effort to produced them dosent go unnoticed. Making skiing videos with my buddies i can appericated the production value and the hard work. Thanks for including us on your adventurs!
Thanks, Kevin. Glad to take ya along.
if you ever go back to the gorge, let me know ... I'm about 1 hour from there and I have a lot of POI's videos on my channel from there....also, those trails you are on today I remember from hiking sheltowee trace trail ... might not be the exact same areas but I remember seeing those same signs and trail names.
Another Great Video looked like a great place to explore, Thanks
Love the drone footage. Thanks for sharing.
Best video thumbnail of all your videos although some of the Ireland and Costa Rica were nice, this is the best. Really says fall hiking even if it still feels like summer.
Thanks, Greg. Also, thanks for being one of the 3 people who actually watched my Ireland and Costa Rica vids, haha. I put a lot of work into those, but a lot of my viewers seem to only care about nature if I'm sleeping in it overnight, lol.
The Costa Rica beach scene was as good as any cinematography as I’ve ever seen outside a AAA movie. I used it as an example along with a video of another TH-camr in an essay why income distribution on TH-cam should both increase overall but also be shifted down away from current top tier creators. I’m hopeful TH-cam red will in part make a difference as I think creators at your level and above should be able to make a living at what you do on TH-cam alone.
Great hike, Sean! Love the drone shots, too.
Hey ...just want to say, welcome to the Tennessee. Just about everything you went through and talked about is why I don’t like backpacking in the summer here in Tennessee. I’m sorry no one told you about all the pest we have here. I think you would had a better trip if it was late fall , winter or spring. Anyway love the video and I thank you for it.
+Tennessee Hangers That's alright, they tell me it builds character, haha. Seriously though, I had a great trip. I would really like to get back down there in the wall or winter some time, for sure.
Fantastic video, suburb camera work, what you produce is definitely documentary worthy, thanks you, you sure can tell you love the beauty of the outdoors!! and you said LIBERAL at the creek!!! LOL
Thanks, Marty :)
hey man, thx for posting. i live about 3 hours from this location. I've seen signs for the park but never have gone there. thank you for TrailBlaZen. Get Trailkilla back on the Trails. .. Took my kid a couple of hour south of here to South Cumberland Park for his birthday.
+playAgainMe Trailkilla and I are actually working out the details on a fall trip, so there should be trip video with both of us in the next month or so. That's awesome that you're only a few hours away from BSF, you definitely should hit it up some time.
Great video as always. Regarding the question you raised (scenery vs equipment) mark me down for some equipment talk on every trip. I'd gladly trade 5 minutes of walking footage for a fireside chat / demo / opinion on any number of topics. You are knowledgable enough to make that a great little segment. Give us a top 5 chat or a favorite story or alcohol vs wood opinion. It felt a bit weird cutting from tasting sausage to the next morning. I actually backtracked thinking I missed something somehow. Missed chance to break things up with a little camp life commentary. You do that quite a bit and I think its a missed chance to offer an additional expertise on your part. I am nitpicking, but wouldn't do it if I wasn't a fan.
Hi !! Great video. Definitely some not-so-used trails !!! Bigfoot central !!! The rock formations and your aerial view were beautiful. If you like knives check out Smoky Mountain Knife Shop. Just south of Knoxville. I spent 2 hours in there !!! Thanks for the adventure. Look forward to your next outing. :)
+Ellis Downing Ha, when I was like 10 I used to read those Smoky Mountain Knife Works catalogues like they were comic books. Spent a good bit of my allowance ordering from them too, but never went there in person. Looks like I missed a good opportunity. Maybe next time :)
Cool trip.
Thanks for the video
Sin you need to go to burkesttvile and hike and camp near the blairwitch project ,lol but for real
Great video! Now post that cheesburger at the end!
The only reason that you heard the tree fall is you were near it in the woods 😂
It's weird how a falling tree in the woods plays with your sense of distance. I was hiking and had a large tree fall around me. Scared the s#@t out of me. But was a few hundred yards away. At the moment I swore it was right next to me.
Don’t ya love the “high clifts” signs? BSF is awesome. I love that John Muir Trail. I need to get back down there.
I always love seeing a good warning sign :D
This place was stunning
Sweet video as usual. I love Big South Fork! Be careful with that drone in there, though. It's under NPS jurisdiction.
Thanks, good looking out. Guess NRA's are out too if they're ran by NPS. Good thing somebody else got that footage back in 2013. Oh, and they launched it from outside the boundaries. ;) I'll make sure to never do it myself though.
I'm up late making some last minute change in trip plans. How did you like the Big South Fork area? If not maybe another area somewhere around here. My first thought was the Cumberland Gap, but they only have 5 campsites that must be reserved and the sites are first come.
Per the USDA FS website "It is named in honor of Daniel Boone, who is also known as Sheltowee (pronounced shell-toe-ee)". I'd go with that cause it's the easiest way I've seen it phonetically spelled. 😀
Very cool video thank you for sharing
+ONETIME OUTDOORS Dj Rayner You're welcome. Thanks, for watching.
Got a couple of Moabs myself.
Jus saw a picture on Facebook. Check out Swimmers itch/ clam diggers itch. Looks similar to your sores
Uh-oh, kinda scared to, but I'll check that out...
Love your videos man. Good studd
I really enjoy your videos - thank you !
You seemed a little under the weather during parts of it . Congestion-Allergies?
Awesome trip ;)
That trail used to be bikes on weekends only.
Ahhh, well there ya go. Thanks, that makes a bit more sense!
If you ever go there again go to o&w cafe. They had cinnamon roll pancakes🤘🤘🤘
Good looking out :D
I was thinking that it looked like the Red River Gorge before you said it! It also looked like fun with the wet muddy trails and trees falling...lol How much extra weight is the drone? Awesome footage and another great video! I'll give this video 7 likes.👍
nice video again, do you even want to make a video about your drone you're using. This seems to me to be intersant
Thanks, Trail75. I may have to do that some day.
Doing a Knobstone trail through hike in a couple weeks. Come join us.
But... when you scoop water from stream... than screw on the filter... than as you would... hold it up side down to squeeze the water.
But un-filter water is dripping down the water bag and very likely to filter head and into the drinking bottle.
+xxgg Yes, you have to be careful about that.
Hei great page ☺ Keep it up!
You gotta tell us what drone your using
Try the Fiery Gizzard Trail in South Cumberland State Park .
After watching this I think I'll push back a trip to Big South Fork
+Woden 4545 Awesome, thanks. I'll check that out.
Hey Sintax. Love your videos. I was wondering about your watch. Is there a video you’ve done about it? What brand and style? Do you like it? Would you get a different one after using it?
Those bug bites look crazy, more like blisters. I wonder if you got into something like giant hogweed maybe?
Where did you say you're getting the GPX files from?
+GQGeek81 I added them to my website's trip data page, as well as on the full blog post, linked in the vid description.
Is there a trail that takes you from Nashville to Memphis?
Where did you get the dog hammock?
Hey bro! How do you get the away-cam audio? love the new drone action.. nice vid!
Hi, Sean. I use a Zoom H1 mic / audio recorder to get those shots and sync it up in post.
Hey what hiking shoes do you wear did you say? I just bought Merrell gortex Moab hiking shoes, there’s also the Moab non gortex which fits me better, and then the vent non gortex which sounds like what you said you wear, man that trail is super wet didn’t your feet get soaked? I’m brand new to hiking and seeing how what others wear helps, maybe non gortex with the right socks is still doable? If so I want to purchase the non gortex Moab bc they fit like a dream
Mine are Moab Venitlators, but I also own a gortex pair of Adidas tail runners if I'm expecting sloppy trails. If I remember correctly, I didn't really have an issue avoiding getting them too wet on this particular summer trip. One thing to think of though, while my non-gortex shoes get wet super easily, they also dry quickly while continuing to hike. The gortex on the other hand, will keep your feet dry on muddy rails and shallow crossings, but if water goes above the ankles, they're gonna take _forever_ to dry compared to the shoes like the ventilators.
Syntax...I'm about to do my first multi day trip with a buddy - I want to snag a gps unit - I've seen your review of spot - did I miss the garmin gps review? Also - what if the in reach explorer - sorta 2 in one? Great looking trip - we may duplicate it more or less come this weekend 10/6-10/9
I haven't done a stand alone vid on the Garmin Oregon 650 (although I probably should), but I can say that I do like it a lot. Phones are quite capable now days, but for my usage, I really like the features and run time of a dedicated GPS like the Oregon. The touch screen makes it much faster to use compared to my previous experiences with button based systems.
I haven't looked into the In Reach Explorer prior to today. I assuming it's like a Spot and a GPS in one package? Seems pretty cool to me.
sintax77 yeah - it is pretty neat - in reach for the same weight more or less - does the same as spit except you can do various text messages custom using the device or with your cell phone linked - has a viewer screen for gps map too - probably smaller that that unit you have - in milling about the purchase as we speak
Also - we (Buddy and myself) are gonna more or less duplicate your trip this coming 4 day weekend - we will have one added day so we may expand a tad
sintax77 here is some devil in the details for the charges - www8.garmin.com/outdoor/pdfs/inreachAUNZ.pdf
That's awesome! Have fun.
Have you ever looked at Mammoth Cave KY
No, I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the heads up!
Natural Bridge area was beautiful when I was a kid... sandstone you can burst with your hand, naturally tumbled quartz pebbles I wish I still had some of...
If you plan a trip to mammoth cave in the winter months let me know I could show you some cool off trail thing that most people will never see
Scary about the tree!
Do you ever hike in idaho
What drone you using?
Somewhere in here 👍🏻😬
You are slipping with the first!! I'm about 0 for 200 with the first comment on his videos. LOL
uptrail71 I know! Geez, what’s happening to me? ☝️😬
Did you flip your day 3 and total mileage in the description? Thanks for the video... planning to walk a good chunk of the JMT there in October.
I did! Thanks for the heads up. It's corrected now.
3:20 there is music
I think my comment was commented on in this video. ;-) So an update on my Katadyn Be Free. I contacted Katadyn and told them that the flow rate on my filter has really slowed. So they did send me a new one as a courtesy which is really cool. Well now the original one's flow rate is almost back to how it should be. I don't know why except that the source was different. So depending on the source your currently using will determine the flow rate at that time.
Hi, Alex. Glad to hear they helped you out, and that the original one made a comeback. Hey, for 4 ounces, you can bring both and play it safe ;)
Esquestrian?
@sintax77 What ended up happening with those bites on your legs? Did you put any cream or go to doctors? Thanks for the response in advanced!
I pretty much just left them alone. The larger ones (they got way bigger than even this video shows) ended up rupturing and the itching subsided for a couple weeks if not more. Yikes.
Do you usually fill all 60 litters of the olm?
+consumedesign The only time had it maxed out was on my winter trip down in the Grayson Highlands. Usually though, I'm fine without the top fully expanded.
Are you using a drone?
YESS!!!
Great video! What drone do you use?
+Sarah Thurston Thanks, Sarah. I use a DJI Mavic Pro. Packs down small enough to fit in my ULA Ohm's side water bottle pockets for quick deployment. Love it. :)
sintax77 but you didn't use it on this trip, you know since ask those rules against it lol
Clifts?
Apparently that's how the plural is spelled.
Go merril"
My fav's to !
WHAT DO YOU USE FOR CHIGGER BITES? SOMEONE TOLD ME TO USE CHIGGEREX / 2X POWER / GOT IT AT WALMART WHERE THE CORTIZONE•10 IS. NOT A TUBE BUT A LITTLE WHITE TUB WITH RED LID! THEY ARE A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO GET RID OF / THE BITES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAG ALONG WITH YOU THE SCENERY & VIDEOS ARE AWESOME! BETTER THAN READING BOOKS OR MAGAZINES !
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, oh wait....
I'm sure you are aware of it but if not ebay has discounted the Olight HS2 to $41.97. I received an email this morning
No, I didn't realize that, but that's pretty awesome.
Looks like bigfoot territory at 7:42 ish
Sin! Did you go Keto!? How do you like hiking in keto? I just made the switch and and am pretty i pressed by it.
Seriously, who clicked the thumbs down. ? There is something seriously wrong with you.
Be careful in BSF. Tons of Copperheads there.
Well its about time lol.
Yeah, still haven't had much luck with teaching my cat to edit the videos yet.
sintax77 Always worth the wait though!
I had to laugh at the "like" counter lol -
Live a little sintax, try out a new brand of shoes:)
Hmmm, maybe after the pair ;)
Snag used ones off eBay. I get pairs for $25-30 shipped, most if not all are almost new. I have 8-9 pairs now that would have cost me $100+ each. Some I thought I would like based on reviews and popularity but didn't.
You seem to like 10 hour drives. Not me!!!!!
Love your videos. Getting really professional with drone footage and music. . . But your diet, UGH
As a 215 area code transplant, East Tennessee is a backpackers paradise. Savage Gulf is another place to add to your bucket list. th-cam.com/video/C2rhFptpGm4/w-d-xo.html
+Roche Thanks, Roche! I'll have toI check that out.
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If a tree falls in the forest ........
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Well done, good sir. Well done indeed.
"It's kinda nice to hike along and feel submersed in nature". Please take your own advice, and leave the drone at home. Nothing kills the mood of relaxing in the backcountry like hearing some less-enlightened individual whirring their drone all around the area.
There's a reason flying a drone was rated the most shameful faux-pas of backpacking by Backpacker Magazine...
Your videos are great, drones might make them look a little prettier but they're not in any way necessary. And you're encouraging thousands of others to follow suit by featuring the footage.
What kind of drone are you using?