Welcome to Canada! West Coast Trail Day 1: Pachena Bay to Darling River
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- Come along as Pika and I hike the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. We are hiking this 50ish mile trail over five days.
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Water filter: Sawyer Squeeze (amzn.to/32l1EUC) and Evernew water carry system (amzn.to/3fxNlA5)
Bear bag: Ursack Major XL bear sack (bit.ly/3bi6aa0)
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Hiking boots: Oboz Sawtooth Lows (amzn.to/38ZkKRC)
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Portable phone battery charger: Anker (amzn.to/3jeZqwn)
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Headlamp: Black Diamond Astro (amzn.to/32odEVl
Socks: Darn Toughs (amzn.to/390oZMD)
Underwear: Ex Officios (amzn.to/3etg8UR)
Puffy coat: Patagonia Nano Puff (bit.ly/3vTKXwd) and Patagonia Micro Puff (bit.ly/3Gsnkjm)
Camp shoes: Teva Women’s Original Universal Sandals (amzn.to/3CKqvkL)
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Love to see your new adventure. I wouls love this trail. Can't wait for the next video.
Thank you! This trail was incredible! :)
DAY ONE IS DONE 🥳 ONWARDS TO TWO 👣💕
Great to see you out there again. Have fun!
Thanks so much, Doug! :)
How cool. This looks like it’s going to be an amazing journey. First day tenting on the beach and seeing sea lions and orcas. … amazing. Happy trails.🤟🏻🥾🏔
I couldn’t believe we were seeing orcas already!! I vaguely remembered someone telling me once to go to Vancouver Island to see them, and I guess they weren’t kidding!
Looks like a really fun trail, and you're off to a great start! I look forward to watching the rest unfold--thanks for taking us all along! :-)
Thanks, Nancy! This was a super fun one! And who can complain about orcas and sea lions on day one?! 😊
great memories. I am glad you got to the beach/rocks out of Pachena. We did that too in the other direction 11 yrs ago. I heard some people were being forced to take the inland trail for that Pachena section which is apparently one of the roughest toughest sections of the WCT - but the beach is easy and scenic. It's all wonderful until the hard part begins at Walbran going south lol.
Thank you! Haha I thought it was all wonderful! I really enjoyed the section south of Walbran, though my hiking buddy less so. 😜
I've waiting for your videos on this trail. Looks like it didn't disappoint to say the least. For a second, I thought all of those bouies sp? were food bag hangs.
It absolutely did not disappoint! This trail was so very different than any I’ve done before, and so very cool! Bahaha that would be a lot of food bags!
Soooo...When I hiked the WCT last fall, I found that Parks Canada liked to pump up the difficulty of the trail, probably to make most of the other hikers feel like they accomplished more than they actually did. Im not trying to shit on the other hikers, but 90% of the hikers I met, this was there first overnight hike, nevermind their first short thru hike. I saw sooooo many 60-70 lb packs out there! I think its nuts that Parks Canada recommends taking 6-8 days to do the entire thing! Its not that difficult!!! Pretty views for sure (if you can camp away from a tent village lol)
Spoiler since I have already finished the trail: I completely agree with you. I did not find this trail to be difficult at all, but I'm sure it would be with a 60-lb pack in the pouring rain. The lighthouse keeper basically reamed us out for planning to do it in five days and had this whole "I know best" attitude even though we told him we have thousands of miles under our belts, which makes me think he has never hiked anywhere else. All that being said, I loved this trail and had a blast on it!
it was mostly overheavy packs we saw when we did it 11 years ago. Our packs were 24-27 lbs starting out, fully loaded and we carried too much water. 5 days. We had done 1 night outings before on JDF trail, but also we are used to these rough coastal headland trails, living in Victoria. Going into alpine is harder I think - riskier weather, altitude adjustment, and bugs to deal with, unlike the WCT.
Good video. Interesting trail. I've not seen any other videos of that trail. Those ladders looked sketchy. You cut out crossing the river! How did you do it? The orcas are waiting for the sea lions. Happy Trails. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219 Thanks, Rick! We put on our sandals and walked through. 😄 I had the same thought about the sea lions…. Must be rough out there for them!
@@AudreyAdventures Its tough for most animals in nature. I've got a big hawk that occasionally grabs a bunny. I wish it would take the woodchuck that is eating my squash. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219 The woodchuck sounds well fed so might be a little heavy for the hawk. 😜👨🌾
@@AudreyAdventures Darn it, you're probably right. I've got to dig out my old .22. Good Luck, Rick