I've been whiling away the hours waiting for episode 5 by rewatching the AT series. I love them so much. I may have said this before but you really approach those videos from the position of many of us viewers; anxious novices. By now you're an expert hiker, and it's been so nice to watch you grow into that over the 3 series. But as someone who has never done a thru-hike, and who may realistically never have the opportunity , those original AT videos will always have a special place in my heart.
You make me want to watch my AT videos again 😁. I’m so glad they still resonate and show how much I’ve learned when compared to the PCT and CDT journeys. Thanks for telling me that, and for joining me for all of my thru hikes! The CDT is taking a lot out of me, so I’m definitely behind on my videos - hope to have a new one out in a week or so. Sorry for the delay.
Wow Spielberg just got caught up with your vlog. Don't know how you do it! The way you weave together your vids, words and music just brings out in me a sense of wonder and amazement for the wild and the trail community. Just makes me want to get out and explore more. Don't know if people realize how much hard work you put in filming and editing to bring your experiences to the screen and let us be a part of it. Great great job like always. You do earn your name!!!
Absolutely a stunning valley and great trail magic finish to the video. You are really capturing the Great Southwest well. Glad the sunsets and clouds are putting on their best.
Thanks for another great video Craig, the variety of terrain on the Trail is amazing. The Valley was simply stunning and that scene where you walk onto the promontory to take in the view is eerily reminiscent of a similar scene at Mcafee Knob on the AT which was truly iconic. Thanks once again for sharing and looking forward to the next installment.
Thanks for this video. I went to the badlands and Custer state park in early May, the landscape of that valley reminds me somewhat of those spots. The beauty was overwhelming. Moved me to tears. Sat on a butte and cried with joy. Took me seventy years to get there, worth the wait.
We are such an integral connected part to what is happening around us. Your changes, your interactions with the environment, how you tread upon this earth these are the moments to capture, no boredom, just inmersion, beat boredom back with adventure! And all the blessings and changes within the human soul and psyche that are born from it. People are put in your path for a reason, there are no coincidences just serendipity. There is no better place to know yourself, to discover yourself and where it is in this world you fit in than on a long hike. Peel back those layers discover, wonder, marvel at the mystery of your life. You continue to bring joy and happiness and reflections and meditations on the things that really affect us and you leave us wanting more and this is why what is so intriguing and engaging about you. This is an excercise in immersion in deep introspection is as mesmerizing and hypnotic as that valley. The landscape of the human soul and psyche is so undescribably beautiful and you have tapped into this and are receiving such blessings and beauty back and for you to share this with us is extremely powerful and moving. We are touched by you and your emotion and your gift of sharing your journey so openly it is laid bare and vulnerable. We are all a part of this and are inextricably and intrinsically connected to our world and the landscapes within even those that exist in our hearts and dreams.
What a wonderful gift you’ve given to me - thank you for this, and for all the encouragement, kindness, and beautiful poems. It was wonderful to receive this after over a week of no cell service and after a rough section. Thanks AG!
@@craig.m.spielberg it is absolutely my pleasure to pen words to your beautiful creations. Your work is inspiring and has moved me in a very blessed way and so my words are for you to give you momentum in the hopes that you continue on your journey of wonder and discovery.
Craig as always great vid. I can see why the CDT is the last choice of long-distance hikers. Lots of road walking. Looking forward to seeing more of your journey.
Another video that was a gift to be a part of. Thanks for sharing, the only thing better would be to be out there with you guys, and for a moment I was. You remind me to be where I am as well, for there is beauty and connection here too. I've been looking at that same sky with a Crescent moon and Venus. Be well!🙏✌️❤️
I watched that last night from my living room couch just after sunset. It was gorgeous. (View was the sky and tall trees. Telephone wires hidden due to the darkness).
You are truly a chip off the old block Craig. I recall your sharing that your dad was a great story-teller. I hope he is still living that he can appreciate his son’s amazing gift. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us back home. I can’t wait to see your upcoming northbound episodes! Btw are you wearing Hokas now? 🙂
Great memory! My dad is still alive and is going to really appreciate your comment. I’m a Hoka man now 😁. I switched to them on the PCT and really like hiking in them. My previous brand - Brooks Cascadias are good, but not as cushioned
Nice! Just a reminder to anybody who might misunderstand. The hundred miles of the CDT in the Gila is kind of boring, but man there are some gorgeous canyons to be hiked there that are not part of the CDT.
Not sure what that is that he's eating @ 9:50 but I've never thought of ranch dressing (my favorite next to oil & vinegar on salads) as a beverage. Salsa is good on anything, especially Mexican food.
@@craig.m.spielberg I pause on all the flower images and look at them closely. I'll have to see if it's in one of my flower books. Leaves look like a Spider Plant (grown them but never seen them bloom). Was it near a town ? Or in someone's yard or wild ?
@@craig.m.spielberg Round clusters of creamy flowers tip the stems of this 8-24 inch tall (20-61 cm), clump-forming to spreading plant with milky sap. Note the slender leaves, the smooth seed pods, and the erect to spreading (not curled back) petal-like lobes at the base of each flower. FLOWERS: March-October. Greenish-creamy flowers in round clusters (umbels) 2-3 inches (5-7.6 cm) diameter; 5 erect, petal-like lobes cup around 5 arching reddish to greenish hoods that surround the anther column; no horns present. The slender, smooth (no pointed bumps), horn-shaped seed pods, 2-5-inches long (5-13 cm), with S-shaped stems give the plant its name; dry pods split open to release a mass of flat seeds attached to fluffy hairs. LEAVES: Irregularly alternate, clustered, blades narrow, lance-shaped, 2-7 1/2-inches (5-19 cm) long, 1/4-1-inch (6-27 mm) wide, often folded lengthwise along midrib. The leaves contain a high concentration of cardiac glycosides, which Monarch butterfly caterpillars concentrate to protect the adult butterfly from bird predators. HABITAT: Sandy, gravelly, loam soils, roadsides; desert grasslands and scrub, pinion-juniper, pine-oak woodlands. ELEVATION: 4,500-8,200 feet. RANGE: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, NE, NV, NM, OK, TX, UT. SIMILAR SPECIES: The erect to spreading (not folded backwards) petals, reddish hoods with no horns, smooth pods, and slender leaves help separate this milkweed from the 32 species of Asclepias in NM. NM COUNTIES: Low- to mid-elevation, dry habitats: statewide (except Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt). ANTELOPE HORNS MILKWEED ASCLEPIAS ASPERULA Dogbane Family, Apocynaceae (formerly Milkweed Family, Asclepiadaceae) Perennial herb
I've been whiling away the hours waiting for episode 5 by rewatching the AT series. I love them so much. I may have said this before but you really approach those videos from the position of many of us viewers; anxious novices. By now you're an expert hiker, and it's been so nice to watch you grow into that over the 3 series. But as someone who has never done a thru-hike, and who may realistically never have the opportunity , those original AT videos will always have a special place in my heart.
You make me want to watch my AT videos again 😁. I’m so glad they still resonate and show how much I’ve learned when compared to the PCT and CDT journeys. Thanks for telling me that, and for joining me for all of my thru hikes!
The CDT is taking a lot out of me, so I’m definitely behind on my videos - hope to have a new one out in a week or so. Sorry for the delay.
So much beauty! Thank you for filming and sharing! It is a gift to all of us who can not be there.
Wow Spielberg just got caught up with your vlog. Don't know how you do it! The way you weave together your vids, words and music just brings out in me a sense of wonder and amazement for the wild and the trail community. Just makes me want to get out and explore more. Don't know if people realize how much hard work you put in filming and editing to bring your experiences to the screen and let us be a part of it. Great great job like always. You do earn your name!!!
Thanks so much, Stan! That means a lot to me, especially coming from you.
Hope you’re getting out on a trail this summer!
Absolutely a stunning valley and great trail magic finish to the video. You are really capturing the Great Southwest well. Glad the sunsets and clouds are putting on their best.
Thanks Papi! Your home state has some of the most stunning beauty I’ve ever seen.
I love this. Perfect scenery. Perfect narration. Perfect music. Thank you for sharing this experience.
Thanks for another great video Craig, the variety of terrain on the Trail is amazing. The Valley was simply stunning and that scene where you walk onto the promontory to take in the view is eerily reminiscent of a similar scene at Mcafee Knob on the AT which was truly iconic. Thanks once again for sharing and looking forward to the next installment.
Your videos are outstanding. You capture meaningful moments and tell a story. What trail magic! Awesome. Thank you.
Really loving your videos. I like how you take the time to film your surroundings and give the landscape their due.
The Land of Enchantment. There is no place like it. You captured it beautifully
You do such a wonderful job of capturing the beauty of the landscape. Thanks.
Thanks for this video. I went to the badlands and Custer state park in early May, the landscape of that valley reminds me somewhat of those spots. The beauty was overwhelming. Moved me to tears. Sat on a butte and cried with joy. Took me seventy years to get there, worth the wait.
We are such an integral connected part to what is happening around us. Your changes, your interactions with the environment, how you tread upon this earth these are the moments to capture, no boredom, just inmersion, beat boredom back with adventure! And all the blessings and changes within the human soul and psyche that are born from it. People are put in your path for a reason, there are no coincidences just serendipity. There is no better place to know yourself, to discover yourself and where it is in this world you fit in than on a long hike. Peel back those layers discover, wonder, marvel at the mystery of your life. You continue to bring joy and happiness and reflections and meditations on the things that really affect us and you leave us wanting more and this is why what is so intriguing and engaging about you. This is an excercise in immersion in deep introspection is as mesmerizing and hypnotic as that valley. The landscape of the human soul and psyche is so undescribably beautiful and you have tapped into this and are receiving such blessings and beauty back and for you to share this with us is extremely powerful and moving. We are touched by you and your emotion and your gift of sharing your journey so openly it is laid bare and vulnerable. We are all a part of this and are inextricably and intrinsically connected to our world and the landscapes within even those that exist in our hearts and dreams.
What a wonderful gift you’ve given to me - thank you for this, and for all the encouragement, kindness, and beautiful poems. It was wonderful to receive this after over a week of no cell service and after a rough section. Thanks AG!
@@craig.m.spielberg it is absolutely my pleasure to pen words to your beautiful creations. Your work is inspiring and has moved me in a very blessed way and so my words are for you to give you momentum in the hopes that you continue on your journey of wonder and discovery.
Thanks for another great series! I love the desert Southwest - you've captured it so well!
Amazing thanks for taking us along 👍🇬🇧😀
Awesome Video!! Love the beauty you can find from this, thank you for sharing your trip!
It is true that the past is now! Awesome video. Happy hiking!!
Craig as always great vid. I can see why the CDT is the last choice of long-distance hikers. Lots of road walking. Looking forward to seeing more of your journey.
really enjoy your vids! MOVING THAT SNAKE !!!!WOW!!!
Another video that was a gift to be a part of. Thanks for sharing, the only thing better would be to be out there with you guys, and for a moment I was. You remind me to be where I am as well, for there is beauty and connection here too. I've been looking at that same sky with a Crescent moon and Venus. Be well!🙏✌️❤️
I watched that last night from my living room couch just after sunset. It was gorgeous. (View was the sky and tall trees. Telephone wires hidden due to the darkness).
Wow! Just beautiful! 😊
You are truly a chip off the old block Craig. I recall your sharing that your dad was a great story-teller. I hope he is still living that he can appreciate his son’s amazing gift. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us back home. I can’t wait to see your upcoming northbound episodes! Btw are you wearing Hokas now? 🙂
Great memory! My dad is still alive and is going to really appreciate your comment.
I’m a Hoka man now 😁. I switched to them on the PCT and really like hiking in them. My previous brand - Brooks Cascadias are good, but not as cushioned
Would love to hear you describe the smells on the trial. Thank you for sharing such beauty!
Wow those New Mexico skies!
Extraordinary!
I start the CT in a few days going towards you. Hope to meet ya!
Nice! Just a reminder to anybody who might misunderstand. The hundred miles of the CDT in the Gila is kind of boring, but man there are some gorgeous canyons to be hiked there that are not part of the CDT.
XO
Embrace the brutality of the thru hike!!
More Pyramids but there will always be that one Pyramid that always stands out on the CDT. Pyramid Peak before Lordsburg!!!
You’re totally right! Pyramid Peak was special and I had a unique experience the night I slept next to it.
Spoiler alert ! Cliff hanger explained in less than 30 seconds. LOL ! Got me on that one, Craig.
Not sure what that is that he's eating @ 9:50 but I've never thought of ranch dressing (my favorite next to oil & vinegar on salads) as a beverage. Salsa is good on anything, especially Mexican food.
Sorry 😂. How about that flower at 11:22? Any idea what it is? I’ve never seen one like it
@@craig.m.spielberg I pause on all the flower images and look at them closely. I'll have to see if it's in one of my flower books. Leaves look like a Spider Plant (grown them but never seen them bloom). Was it near a town ? Or in someone's yard or wild ?
@@djg5950 it was in the wild. Thanks!
@@craig.m.spielberg
Round clusters of creamy flowers tip the stems of this 8-24 inch tall (20-61 cm), clump-forming to spreading plant with milky sap. Note the slender leaves, the smooth seed pods, and the erect to spreading (not curled back) petal-like lobes at the base of each flower.
FLOWERS: March-October. Greenish-creamy flowers in round clusters (umbels) 2-3 inches (5-7.6 cm) diameter; 5 erect, petal-like lobes cup around 5 arching reddish to greenish hoods that surround the anther column; no horns present. The slender, smooth (no pointed bumps), horn-shaped seed pods, 2-5-inches long (5-13 cm), with S-shaped stems give the plant its name; dry pods split open to release a mass of flat seeds attached to fluffy hairs.
LEAVES: Irregularly alternate, clustered, blades narrow, lance-shaped, 2-7 1/2-inches (5-19 cm) long, 1/4-1-inch (6-27 mm) wide, often folded lengthwise along midrib. The leaves contain a high concentration of cardiac glycosides, which Monarch butterfly caterpillars concentrate to protect the adult butterfly from bird predators.
HABITAT: Sandy, gravelly, loam soils, roadsides; desert grasslands and scrub, pinion-juniper, pine-oak woodlands.
ELEVATION: 4,500-8,200 feet.
RANGE: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, NE, NV, NM, OK, TX, UT.
SIMILAR SPECIES: The erect to spreading (not folded backwards) petals, reddish hoods with no horns, smooth pods, and slender leaves help separate this milkweed from the 32 species of Asclepias in NM.
NM COUNTIES: Low- to mid-elevation, dry habitats: statewide (except Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt).
ANTELOPE HORNS MILKWEED
ASCLEPIAS ASPERULA
Dogbane Family, Apocynaceae (formerly Milkweed Family, Asclepiadaceae)
Perennial herb