Dolly Sods Wilderness - Spring Backpacking Adventure -
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What started as a TH-cam meetup ended up being a big adventure that i will never forget. Filled with rain, wrong turns, and great company.... and i got lost... fail! Monongahela National Forest's best backpacking!
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Thanks!
I made it into a Bryce Newbold video! Check that off the bucket list ✔️ 😀
So glad we found you. Puts it into a different perspective seeing what you went though.
Definitely good times sitting around the fire😂 Hope to do it again sometime...except with better planning, and map😂
Also didn't realize timmy had 12,000,000 subs 🤷♂️🤔
lol! so good hangin with you man. hope you can take a minute from all your TV show en devours and hike with us again soon!😂
Bryce Newbold lol😂was a great time be glad to hike anytime 👍
OUTDOORS55 Timmy is my favorite TH-camr. He’s worth every sub. 😂
OUTDOORS55 I want that ultralight knife
Man I’d never show up at Dolly Sods without having done my research. You’re lucky you found those guys, kinda miraculous actually.
Good honest trip. You kept your head and ass wired together and that is experience at its best! Great vid Newbold!
I really enjoyed the vid Bryce! Not a good place to get lost in! Cool seeing Alex make out with you guys!
thanks mr. wish. i will not be taking gps for granted again. it was an eye opener. Alex is a great dude!
Comical video at your expense. Poor Bryce.
Running into the group reminded me of when I was phoneless. I was going to meet friends at a reindeer farm in Indiana. By providence, I ended up seeing them on a backcountry road, then we found where we were going.
Kudos! Thank you for telling a detailed Sods tale of getting lost, found, sorta found, lost, found.... !!!! Done it 2x. It makes you appreciate the the value of being calm, prepared and cool. I spent 3 days loitering in the Bear Rocks area this past Nov. Slept in my vehicle and day hiked waiting for whiteout snow squalls and wind to die down. (I swear, there was supposed to be a window!) It didn't happen.
I'm going to give it my best in June. When I get lost and turned around, I'll just ask "What would Bryce do?" And then , I'll laugh a little instead of getting panicky, figure it out, and get lost again. Good job buddy
wow! yea dolly sods has some crazy weather! 3 days is a long time to wait it out! Thanks shelli. good luck on your next hike!
Great job keeping your head Bryce- this is more important than you know. Notice how many times you thought you were at point A but really at point B. This can happen easily to anyone. No GPS, no signs, poor map- you really showed your skill here. Bravo! You weren’t kidding when you told the guys this was a campfire story! 😎
the full story is coming soon. i left alot out in the video. i pride myself on my ability to stay calm and not overreact which was key on this trip. I wont take gps for granted next time. ive been far to dependent on others in the past.
Nothing worse than not knowing where you are!! Glad you found the guys and you got to chill around the fire! I hate it when the signage is bad!! 😎😎
it wasnt too bad, i just rushed into the wrong trailhead. that wasnt a trailhead.. lol.. and when i found bear rocks trail head i overlooked the bottom part of the kiosk that said the trail name. Learned some lessons on this one
Great job with your video and I'm glad it all worked out good! I've taking wrong turns before, but haven't got lost like that yet.
it was slightly unnerving. but i wasnt too lost. lol.. gps from now on!
Lesson: Don't panic when we get turned around. Stay calm and keep our heads. Great video, thanks man!
absolutely. glad i stopped when i did. ! thanks!
Nice trip video, don't feel bad, that's an easy area to get turned around in especially close to dark when you're in a hurry to get to camp! Thanks! Think I might take another stab at that area in the fall maybe 4-5 days.
Glad you found the guys. It’s not often someone is willing to show a video where they lost the trail. Thanks for making us all feel normal. Great video!
trust me i was embarrassed to post this one. haha. really did not even want to film after the sun went down!. hope everyone can learn from this.
you're making me feel much better about my lack of direction THANKS BRYCE
haha.. i usually have great direction, but its difficult in the dark!
Yes! I was waiting for your perspective on this trip. It gives me some strange comfort knowing even the experienced get turned around sometimes and it ends up being not such a horrible thing, just an inconvenience and a few extra miles. Been there too. I imagine it was a little unnerving but it adds to the “adventure “. Thanks for being honest and giving us the whole story.
it was indeed an adventure. haha.. i took gps for granted on this one. wont be doing that again
That was great seeing three different points of view. Like one of those games where you make decisions to get different storylines.
haha! glad you liked the vids!
Man....Timmy is gonna be pissed you exposed his channel.... don't know if his head can handle another 12M subs....🤣 Dude... you can definitely see the concern in your face... but... you kept your cool and it all worked out! #1 lesson you learned??? Pay attention to our group chat....🤣
maybe we'll get a big Timmy bump next! he needs to start pluggin us! yeaaaaaaa that was my bad not reading looking at those maps!
Really glad it all turned out well. I have been there before, second guessing every step. Setting up your tent the first night was your best move of the trip. Everything looks better in the morning.
it really was
Was there last spring and I thought the same thing. The western sides aren't quite as badly marked but once you get into the interior dome of the sods you have no clue where all those small paths lead to. Glad you got completely lucky and found your mates. I could spend a week up on lions head. You could never see all of the paths and rocks up there.
yes sir. lots of unmarked trails. Thanks man
Oh man... that's like the worst feeling. Being lost... yikes
I visited the dolly sods for the first time the same weekend you were there. Ran on the trails in the flatrock/roaring plains area from the red creek trail head parking lot. Topped out at 4,600 ft near the Mount Porte Crayon. Never ran in so much water in my life!
haha! isnt it beautiful though!. always a wet one there. as long as your prepared to get wet it is a wonderful place
Dolly Sods is no joke.. Me and a couple buddies were hiking the Roaring Plains section of Dolly Sods last fall on some unofficial trails and made the wrong turn on a abandoned trail .. Thanks to a off trail app on my phone with West Virginia map down loaded we were able to wade our way out of a cranberry bog back onto a trail
yup, so easy to take the wrong trail there. especially with no trail blazes!
Yes I would say this is definitely an awesome video of you getting lost in the woods at dolly sods in areas you've never been to before somebody made a mistake and not keeping you updated
But at least you found the guys
Good video. Sometimes backpacking trips do not go exactly as planned by forgetting something, missing a trail, or getting hit by a lot of rain (happened on my last trip). Attitude is everything. Glad to see you still had a good trip.
thanks man. im glad i can keep my composure in situations like this. it would have been terrifying for my wife however, glad she stayed home on this one. Just needed to set up camp and regroup in the morn!
I believe you have another video where you tried to start the same trail but instead started the Bear Rocks Preserve technically north of the sods wilderness. There was a trail sign there a few weeks ago marking the trail head. There is a much easier way to get to lions head a little north and I never understood why the carins exist at the southern point. Also a nice area to camp near the top in a large grove of spruce.
I’ve been patiently waiting to see what you went through looking for the other guys. Awesome video!
thanks so much! the full story is coming!
Awesome video! Didn't realize you could hike that fast! Great to see you finally hooked up the rest of your friends! Thanks for sharing!
oh yea i didnt take any breaks. haha. 3 miles an hour is solid "quick" hike pace. ussually i only net 2 or 2 1/2 with all the filming and backtracking to get the camera. 😂 thanks Rick!
Almost had yourself a solo trip to the sods.😂
Good stuff.
almost!
I call it Dobbin Wade. Glad you found Lion’s Head, it’s beautiful up there in the fall.
haha.. dobbin wade i right! great area other than dobbin grade! haha
Nice video. I got mixed up for a minute going to fetch water from camp once, happens when you're least expecting it. It's a little scary, even if it's just for a very brief moment you're unsure of your location.
it can happen. once that happened to me when i was off hanging a bear bag on my 3rd trip ever in Allegheny. Had a moment of panic but found my way after a few seconds. It can happen for sure.
Great job of setting up camp and regrouping in the morning. Not lost, just not where you thought you were. 🤔 Hope to meet you and the bro's when you come out west.
yea i knew the area i was in. knew the direction i needed to go. so i wasn't fully "lost".. just couldnt find the opening in the valley where i came in at. so glad i stopped when i did. Love the west!! cant wait to come back out!
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Great video Bryce. Persistence pays 😀. Glad the weather was better than predicted, sometimes that is the biggest challege.
i was so thankful the weather wasn't bad. i feel like someone had my back on this one
@@BryceNewbold Amen to that brother!
This might be my favorite video! The editing and story telling was fantastic! Great job!!
thanks dude!
Just backpacked the North Fork Mountain Trail last week. Beautiful area! We were worried about the rain too and our last day we got poured on!
North Fork Mountain is no fun in a rain storm.. But man you can't beat it when the weather is right
yes. not a bad weekend when rain was forecasted all 3 days! ... take care!
@@jefferybyard8429 We had some great views the first day but we missed out on some great views the last day. There were a lot of lookouts and all we could see was grey!
After watching Restless’s video it all makes since now lol i would have bailed went back to my car and drove tell i found there’s lol Great Video! Glad you stuck it out! 10miles in the rain...sucks though
haha.. thanks. yea the last day was a wet one. fully story on how i got lost coming soon!
Part 1 Bryce Grills. I’m lost I’m thinking about wrapping my self in tree bark grabbing my compass and following the North Star to my trail destination. Part two Bryce Grills after a solo night of near freezing to death I’m back on the trail hiking up river in the rain thinking about skinning a fish for warmth. Part 3 Bryce Grills wasn’t deliverance and wrong turn filmed in West Virginia on high alert for Banjos. Part 4 Bryce Grills survivor man. Another great video buddy !
lol! you pretty much summed it up there guy! 😂😂 thanks bro
Loved the text trolling yourself! 🤣
😂
I am so thankful that I watched the other videos and know that you found them. I was worried watching your video. I know what it’s like in that situation. I guess I’m going to have to......... I’m going to have to what???
download gps! lol lesson learned!. dont be like bryce.
Oh man I'm only 8 minutes in and what a bummer. I've been there twice and going again this Thursday -Sunday. It's supposed to thunderstorm most of the days we're there so yeah it'll be an adventure. Check out Common Sense Camper in a week or so, he should have a video up on it.
Rough start...great video though. Dolly Sods is a cool place. Fall time there makes for a beautiful hike
Its so different there.. love it, but its not for the faint of heart!
@@BryceNewbold yeah it's definitely kind of a different world out there. I honestly was not excited about that trip at all and then once I got there it became one of my favorite backpacking trips ever
“That’s what she said”. 🤣🤣🤣
Must have been last weekend. We ended up not doing anything because the weather looked crappy, but then it ended up not being all that bad. Supposed to be crappy this weekend too, so we will see.
sure was! got lucky!
Hello Bryce, it is good to see you again. I saw you recently with the Schill Brothers. You do very well in maintaining your composure. May I ask, what does Dolly Sods stand for? Could it be 'Big Rocky Hill with no signs'? :- ) It's good that you found the guys. I saw Alex video last night. I tried to convince him to make more 'outdoor' videos. Take care out there. The very best to you and family. See you on the next one. 🤗
Dolly sods means "big rocky hill with no signs and lots of rain".. haha! thanks Ronald!
I’m glad you found the guys. Timmy sub count has grown a little. I always say he’s the most famous TH-camr.
Lions head looks incredible bro!!! That campsite around Lions Head was awesome. I really like Alex setup.
Cool trip Bryce. 👍
Timmy is awesome. haha! thanks jason, good to hear from ya
A great video! Being far less experienced than you, it's conforting to see that even you guys sometimes have serious problems identifying where you are.
thanks! yes we all can learn from this. i wont be heading to areas such as dolly sods without pre-downloaded maps in the future
In future trips you might want to download the map and don't forget to make a waypoint on your cell phone where the truck is or your vehicle
Believe it or not your cell phone is a very good GPS unit even knowing that you do not have cell service unless you have a satellite cell phone I think it's called the iridium cell phone SIM card
oh yea. downloaded maps from now own.
@@BryceNewbold
Also do not forget to download 2 very important apps
App1 my trails
App 2 all trails
@@cgriggsiv Already have Both of those and Gaia!.. They only are good when you use them however.
you looked happy as shit to find them...glad to see you kept your composure and turned around ...great trip report dude
happy as shit doesn't even compare. 😂😂 thanks man
Bryce I notice in one of your videos how you are using Tyvek, you are keeping the letters faceing up, when do this water can not pass through the tyvek on that side, when you face the letters down water can pass through the tyvek but can not come back through it. This should help you stay a little bit dryer. Happy Trails
oh wow i did not realize that. Thanks so much!! ive been doing it wrong the whole time. It makes sense though since thats how its applied to houses
another great video from an amazing channel!
thanks so much! much appreciated!
Way to hang in there... I probably would have bailed! Pretty cool that you found them and random too! Nearly spit out my drink when you showed that clip of Kevin with the coffee!! Hilarious! Does it ever not rain at Dolly Sods?
if i wasn't in good shape from running i know i would have bailed. The bush whacking to find the trail was exhausting! and no.. its always raining there! 4/4 for me!
Bro I love your videos. This was a great one.
thanks! so glad you enjoy them!
SHOUT OUT TO THE KEVIN THE COFFEE DUDE....
lol!!
Bryce take a look at Ordnance Survey who produce maps in the UK the map you looked at was awful. I didn’t see you use a compass do you have one?
it is a bad map. you cant tell in the video but it does have topography on it that was handy. also Gaia and All Trails apps are great to use. Yes i did have a compass it was my saving grace.
“Here’s to feeling good all the time”-Kramer (Drinks a beer while smoking cigarette at the same time)
haha!! first person to ever mention the "Kramer" comment! love that show
Bryce Newbold I hear ya. We had a festivus party one time for fun 😂😂
The sods are confusing sometimes the trail just disapears past the dobin grade on bear rocks i got lost there last year
yup. on the map it looks like dobbin grade just ends. which it does.... but there is another "trail/road" that heads north. very confusing when you already dont know where you are. lol
@@BryceNewbold yep that was my day too bud lol spend 4 hours trying to find where the trail went and hiked right into a residential naborhood with a map, compass, a thru hike' and military land NAV training under my belt. The sods are a massive pain from time to time .
Nice video
thanks!
Dont get lost. 1. Download Avenza 2. then register 3. then search for the map where you’ll be. 4. BF using Avenza w map on the trail put phone in airplane mode. Note: my Iphone lasts 1.5 days with Avenza running but i dont use it continuously i just check my location i dont do breadcrumbs. This saves battery + i always bring small waterproof external battery w cord to execute 2 full recharges of phone. 4 years never lost never run out of battery and this method works for any trip less than 4 days.
i have Gaia and All trails. just took them for granted on this trip because i've been there so many times. i wont be making that mistake again.
Bryce Newbold I understand just wanted to help. Enjoying the vdos
@@petermentes63 i appreciate it! Thanks
What we’re the temperatures like?
i think 45-60 F
New sub. U deserve more sub
thanks man! appreciate it!
Time for people to invest in an InReach and not camera gear 😂 You'll be able to contact one another more easily.
believe me i thought of that when i was in the situation. haha
If you don't know where your tail is, don't chase it.
🤔. true
This guy has 7k subs? Wow
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