Keep these sessions coming. Very interesting and love folks discussion replies. Garmin revolutionized hunting via their GPS models. But carry a map and compass. Enjoy the outdoors!
Great tips - thanks! I'd like to add two old-school, but fantastic planning tools. 1) AMC White Mountain Guide hard-copy book. Detailed, reliable trail descriptions. 2) AMC White Mountain Trail Maps hardcopy. Great for planning how to link routes. Also a must-have in case your phone is out of juice, or damaged or lost. I'm also a big fan of AllTrails (navigation and tracking) and Garmin Fenix (tracking and stats).
Taylor. Look into the Garmin Fenix 6, Now has maps and many trails. The battery with GPS will last several days of hiking or other activities. I been using the Fenix 6 over a year now. Significant upgrade from the Fenix 3.
Thank you for the info! I’ve used most of them. Wasn’t aware of the route saving app! Thanks for that tip. As always you full of great info for new and old hikers.
Talyor, I just wanted to say thank you and great work. I grew up on the N.H. trails year round. Snow shoe deep woods camping was the best. Your videos have inspired me to get back on the trails. I am grateful for the info and motivation! Thank you!
i would recommend the garmin instinct solar if you want extreme battery life. i used mine during my hike this year and only had to charge it once in the entire three months i was out there. i did keep it in a power saving mode. being solar it is hard to quantify battery usage. when i was going through really sunny stretches out of the green tunnel i would notice that my battery reported more days of use than that morning. every day this would go up until eventually it just reported a infinity sign lol. with regular every day use i get about 3 weeks but it depends on how much im in the sun. when i use the tracking features it does suck it down fast but often times the batter reports it has more than 24 hours even under stress testing it. the solar charging feature is not meant to keep the watch charged up. but rather just extend the charge it has for as long as it can. i highly recommend it for that.
I have an apex, not the pro, highly recommended, I did a single day pemi loop in full GPS mode and I had 70% battery left!! Huge game changer for long hikes/runs!! Great video, keep up the great work!! LIVE FREE OR DIE
Electronic navigation aides are convenient but should never be your only way for plotting a route in the back country. Knowing how to use map and compass and actually bring them can save your life. A female hiker stepped off the AT in Maine in 2013. Her body was found a few weeks later. She got disoriented and tried texting her husband but had no reception. She is believed to have survived for at least two weeks. Knowing how to navigate with map and compass has saved my bacon a few times.
My husband and I hiked the Maryland section of the AT over the long weekend and used a combination of Alltrails and Guthook, they are both great! Thanks for the video and I have to tell you how awesome is is that you hiked MD in a day!!
Great info. This long time Twin Mountain resident and climber does want to caution winter climbers that battery charged devices like watches and mobil phones will fail in extreme temperatures. Note Kate Matrosova was a very experienced extreme weather climber who died on Mount Washington in 2015 after her phone battery died in the sub zero temperatures leaving her lost and disoriented sadly taking her life.
Very good mentioned there. Even and not so extreme temperatures such as 20° the life of your phone battery can be greatly reduced. I have built a little neck holder out of polar fleece and reflect X that holds my phone inside my shirt to help keep it warm.
Kate did not die because her cell phone died. Plus you never rely on digital for navigation. Map and compass always for backup. In any case her PLB still activated. Simplistically she died because she made multiple bad decisions. First one was ignoring the weather report and leaving the parking lot. Read Ty Gagne’s book “Where You’ll Find Me.”
@@marknh3312 Overall she made a serious error in judgement to be on the mountain in those conditions. Her emergency beacon locator was activated but it sent out erratic signals to the rescue team that night never pinpointing her location and they realized it was not working properly, again, most likely it failed due to the extreme -30 degree temps as it was in her backpack.
i don't have the coros apex pro but have the coros apex and i love it. if i don't track any hikes the battery will last a month (but that depends on how many calls and text you get, which i don't get a lot of either. when i do track a hike i'm doing full tracking and it has lasted on my 3 day 19 mile backpacking trip with plenty of power left over. the longest day hike i've done with it was 28ish miles with full tracking and it didn't go dead on me and still had between 40%-50% battery left on it i think.
This is a good video, for people to prepare and do their homework before they go out and find them self short on equipment and Getting lost . Many lost cases are people who live close to the trails, who are totally not prepared .
Great summary. I want to add for GaiGPS you need to subscribe for the offline map capability, however the cost is low per year. I frequently sketch out my routes before heading out knowing I can follow it on airplane mode with downloaded data. Also my Garmin Instinct can get a full day on GPS mode. After 12 hours of hiking it had 2 battery bars.
Thanks for spreading the knowledge to include some pre-planning and follow up! I too only like to record on one device and thankfully strava is an easy sync (and offers an elevation gain correction tool). I'm also a Gaia fan for the maps and layers (as many as caltopo), but instead of recreating the track I just upload the .gpx data into gaia when finished. Try that for ease of data transfer ;). One thing for everyone...Once gaia (or avenza, or alltrails, etcl) has your location at the trailhead, put the phone in airplane mode to save battery. The location will still work...and track. - Happy Hiking!
Hey Taylor! Great video with lots of awesome info! As an AllTrails user, I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I especially like how you can make custom maps on the computer and pull them up on your phone. You can also save those custom maps in formats that you can upload to Strava or google earth or pretty much any other program you use. You can also print your maps to take hard copies with you. And you can do all of that with the free version! The Pro version does give you so many more helpful features but you can totally get away with just using the free version. 🙏 Thanks for bringing us along today. I hope tomorrow’s miles are kind. Keep truckin’ and be well. #giveashit -Grateful ❤️💙🌹💀🌹💙❤️
I think you may be wrong about being able to print on the free version, or at least it does it’s best to try and stop you from it. I know there are ways around that however, such as taking screenshots and posting those into a paint brush tape application. But to me the main feature is being able to download Maps so that I don’t need cell-service to work. And I’m pretty sure that’s only available to paid customers
@@hindsfeetonhighplaces 100%. I do screen shot the maps and print. That way I can print sections at a larger scale. And yes the downloading maps feature is great for the “pro” version. And for $60 for three years it’s a bargain! And you are supporting a business that supports us! Great reply Hinds! Appreciate your input🙏 be well.
Alltrails all day. It’s a lighter version of guthooks for more trails. I’m actually surprised she doesn’t use it. Saves a crazy amount of time figuring out everything. The trail description, length, weather, conditions, and even directions to the trailhead. Takes about 5 steps out of Taylor’s day if she went with that. Try it out.
Once again, extremely informative. I jotted down the links and apps you suggested. You'll be able to write a great book with all you know and have experience with. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Changed from Apple Watch 4 to COROS Apex (not Pro- not necessary for me) and just completed Super Extended Pemi 42 miles with 50% battery life still on watch after being in full GPS mode. Love COROS. Load easily to my Strava
You should mention the 10 essentials, as well as the hike safe card (in NH), and satellite messaging/emergency beacons for emergencies outside cell coverage.
Taylor - Check your GPS settings on your Garmin watch. Depending on the model you may have UltraTrac Mode that extends the battery life greatly. It essentially slows the data measurements down from say once a second to more like once a minute. This is perfect for longer hikes as most people are more interested in the general gps track rather than super accurate heart-rate for the whole trip.
That is really organized. I usually look up routes on all trails and print a map from the National park website. Definitely need to start looking up the mountain weather.
This is SO HELPFUL -- thank you so much for putting this together! I echo your thoughts with the Garmin Vivoactive watch... I have the Vivoactive 4 and the battery life is decent for most of my hikes, but my biggest gripe is that I've had a few issues with the barometric altimeter being way off. It's inconsistent though... weirdly it's usually OK when I'm hiking mountains in NH, but it's WAAAY off when I do hikes more local to my area around coastal MA. Sometimes it shows me suddenly a couple hundred feet below sea level, or gaining significantly in elevation when I'm walking a flat trail (do I live in some kind of weird barometric pressure vortex?!). Anyways, for a data geek like me, that's just annoying. I'll be interested to see how things work out if you end up getting a COROS... that's a contender if this Garmin ends up driving me nuts with that altimeter! 😁
That’s just the problem… around the coast.. As they work off pressure differences, relative. They have not a clue if they are on a mountain top, or other. Just always sensing the changes of pressure from one spot to the next.
@@markcummings6856 Thanks -- that's helpful to bear in mind, and that's kinda what I suspected. Honestly it's not really the end of the world since my phone app (which I use concurrently) tracks things based on GPS, so at least one track has accurate elev gain/loss. But like I said, being a data geek, I tend to... well... geek out about it a bit. 😁
OMG! I wanted you to do this video and you did!!! I just discovered your channel and I love it! I love New Hampshire as well. I'm not good at tech gadgets but I'm going to try the APP and buy the watch that you want to get. I think they will both be helpful. Also, why do you set your watch for "run" instead of "hike"? I need to watch your New Hampshire videos. I only did Mt. Washington and the Franconian Ridge. What would you say are the top 5 or so must do hikes in New Hampshire. I'm in good shape so feel free to pick hard ones they don't have to be easy. I also love lists and really organize everything. You should do a video of your gift shop. I think that would be nice. Does your boyfriend not hike? Does he not like being on TH-cam? Just saw The Alpinist movie in the theater. I highly recommend it. Thanks for your channel! Love watching . And Congrats on the AT! HUGE accomplishment!
Maybe you could do a video on your inreach. We just bought the Zoleo because it had features the inreach didnt but i think that would be a useful video. Interesting about gaia, ive been debating whether to get all trails or gaia but i think your description of gaia helped with my decision.
I use All Trail and generally like it. However their coverage is spotty. Check if the area you hike most often has all trails included in all trails. I'm also not sure how precise their hiking distances are. I find them sometimes by more than 20% off compared to GPS trackers and what other websites say.
Thanks! Some great info! You can never be over prepared! Does the Gaia app wear down your battery too much ? I was just curious if that’s why you don’t track your hike with it.
Just please use a phisical map too. In Norway there is 600 cases of people getting lost every year Imagine is waaaaay higher in the US. In Norway there is a fjellvet rule to always bring a map. Specially also in local areas where people get most accidents. Apps and Gps devices should Always be treated as second alternative.
Agreed, there's no substitute for paper. My Samsung 8 battery overheated one time, it killed the phone and the phone didn't work for a couple days. Not good if you're on a hike relying only on the phone. I use paper maps for primary, phone maps are for convenience only.
While I agree that you should always have a compass and paper map (my trail name is Azmath after all) I always think of the paper map as a back up rather than the phone as a back up. Of course I make sure to take the map out from time to time and keep myself in practice, especially if I’m going to use a bushwhack
100% agree. A paper map is one of my ten essentials. You can get away without a compass if the map is detailed enough and you have proper skills but you have to take a paper map.
@@hindsfeetonhighplaces I use phone maps all the time but by primary I mean the map you're actually going to rely on if you get into trouble. Paper maps don't fail the way cell phones do.
@@davem4193 Your definition of primary sounds like my definition of back up. When things go bad I’m going to use the tool that is easiest to use, and for me that’s a phone with GPS. However if the phone fails my back up is a paper map. But at this point it sounds like we are agreeing on everything but Termanology
@@TaylortheNahamshaHiker Lol thanks. My last pc build was in 2011. I got a pre-built last month, swapped cases for more air flow. The modern ARGB fans are pretty, and now trying to decide on a cpu cooler.
@@TaylortheNahamshaHiker Thanks Really enjoyed following your AT hike this year on TH-cam. Congrats on completing the journey!!! I'm doing the ADK 46er's with my son, we try to do a couple every year, next trip is early October to hopefully knock off 3 - 5 peaks
Taylor, this was another excellent informational video. Really great tips and helpful info.
Keep these sessions coming. Very interesting and love folks discussion replies. Garmin revolutionized hunting via their GPS models. But carry a map and compass. Enjoy the outdoors!
Great tips - thanks! I'd like to add two old-school, but fantastic planning tools. 1) AMC White Mountain Guide hard-copy book. Detailed, reliable trail descriptions. 2) AMC White Mountain Trail Maps hardcopy. Great for planning how to link routes. Also a must-have in case your phone is out of juice, or damaged or lost.
I'm also a big fan of AllTrails (navigation and tracking) and Garmin Fenix (tracking and stats).
Taylor. Look into the Garmin Fenix 6, Now has maps and many trails. The battery with GPS will last several days of hiking or other activities. I been using the Fenix 6 over a year now. Significant upgrade from the Fenix 3.
Thank you for the info! I’ve used most of them. Wasn’t aware of the route saving app! Thanks for that tip. As always you full of great info for new and old hikers.
Talyor,
I just wanted to say thank you and great work. I grew up on the N.H. trails year round. Snow shoe deep woods camping was the best. Your videos have inspired me to get back on the trails. I am grateful for the info and motivation! Thank you!
i would recommend the garmin instinct solar if you want extreme battery life. i used mine during my hike this year and only had to charge it once in the entire three months i was out there. i did keep it in a power saving mode. being solar it is hard to quantify battery usage. when i was going through really sunny stretches out of the green tunnel i would notice that my battery reported more days of use than that morning. every day this would go up until eventually it just reported a infinity sign lol. with regular every day use i get about 3 weeks but it depends on how much im in the sun. when i use the tracking features it does suck it down fast but often times the batter reports it has more than 24 hours even under stress testing it. the solar charging feature is not meant to keep the watch charged up. but rather just extend the charge it has for as long as it can. i highly recommend it for that.
I have an apex, not the pro, highly recommended, I did a single day pemi loop in full GPS mode and I had 70% battery left!! Huge game changer for long hikes/runs!! Great video, keep up the great work!! LIVE FREE OR DIE
Electronic navigation aides are convenient but should never be your only way for plotting a route in the back country. Knowing how to use map and compass and actually bring them can save your life. A female hiker stepped off the AT in Maine in 2013. Her body was found a few weeks later. She got disoriented and tried texting her husband but had no reception. She is believed to have survived for at least two weeks. Knowing how to navigate with map and compass has saved my bacon a few times.
My husband and I hiked the Maryland section of the AT over the long weekend and used a combination of Alltrails and Guthook, they are both great! Thanks for the video and I have to tell you how awesome is is that you hiked MD in a day!!
Great info. This long time Twin Mountain resident and climber does want to caution winter climbers that battery charged devices like watches and mobil phones will fail in extreme temperatures. Note Kate Matrosova was a very experienced extreme weather climber who died on Mount Washington in 2015 after her phone battery died in the sub zero temperatures leaving her lost and disoriented sadly taking her life.
Very good mentioned there. Even and not so extreme temperatures such as 20° the life of your phone battery can be greatly reduced. I have built a little neck holder out of polar fleece and reflect X that holds my phone inside my shirt to help keep it warm.
Kate did not die because her cell phone died. Plus you never rely on digital for navigation. Map and compass always for backup. In any case her PLB still activated. Simplistically she died because she made multiple bad decisions. First one was ignoring the weather report and leaving the parking lot. Read Ty Gagne’s book “Where You’ll Find Me.”
@@marknh3312 Overall she made a serious error in judgement to be on the mountain in those conditions. Her emergency beacon locator was activated but it sent out erratic signals to the rescue team that night never pinpointing her location and they realized it was not working properly, again, most likely it failed due to the extreme -30 degree temps as it was in her backpack.
i don't have the coros apex pro but have the coros apex and i love it. if i don't track any hikes the battery will last a month (but that depends on how many calls and text you get, which i don't get a lot of either. when i do track a hike i'm doing full tracking and it has lasted on my 3 day 19 mile backpacking trip with plenty of power left over. the longest day hike i've done with it was 28ish miles with full tracking and it didn't go dead on me and still had between 40%-50% battery left on it i think.
This is a good video, for people to prepare and do their homework before they go out and find them self short on equipment and Getting lost .
Many lost cases are people who live close to the trails, who are totally not prepared .
Great summary. I want to add for GaiGPS you need to subscribe for the offline map capability, however the cost is low per year. I frequently sketch out my routes before heading out knowing I can follow it on airplane mode with downloaded data. Also my Garmin Instinct can get a full day on GPS mode. After 12 hours of hiking it had 2 battery bars.
Thanks for spreading the knowledge to include some pre-planning and follow up! I too only like to record on one device and thankfully strava is an easy sync (and offers an elevation gain correction tool). I'm also a Gaia fan for the maps and layers (as many as caltopo), but instead of recreating the track I just upload the .gpx data into gaia when finished. Try that for ease of data transfer ;). One thing for everyone...Once gaia (or avenza, or alltrails, etcl) has your location at the trailhead, put the phone in airplane mode to save battery. The location will still work...and track. - Happy Hiking!
Thanks!
Hey Taylor! Great video with lots of awesome info! As an AllTrails user, I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I especially like how you can make custom maps on the computer and pull them up on your phone. You can also save those custom maps in formats that you can upload to Strava or google earth or pretty much any other program you use. You can also print your maps to take hard copies with you. And you can do all of that with the free version! The Pro version does give you so many more helpful features but you can totally get away with just using the free version. 🙏 Thanks for bringing us along today. I hope tomorrow’s miles are kind. Keep truckin’ and be well. #giveashit
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I think you may be wrong about being able to print on the free version, or at least it does it’s best to try and stop you from it. I know there are ways around that however, such as taking screenshots and posting those into a paint brush tape application. But to me the main feature is being able to download Maps so that I don’t need cell-service to work. And I’m pretty sure that’s only available to paid customers
@@hindsfeetonhighplaces 100%. I do screen shot the maps and print. That way I can print sections at a larger scale. And yes the downloading maps feature is great for the “pro” version. And for $60 for three years it’s a bargain! And you are supporting a business that supports us! Great reply Hinds! Appreciate your input🙏 be well.
Alltrails all day. It’s a lighter version of guthooks for more trails. I’m actually surprised she doesn’t use it. Saves a crazy amount of time figuring out everything. The trail description, length, weather, conditions, and even directions to the trailhead. Takes about 5 steps out of Taylor’s day if she went with that. Try it out.
So, any thoughts on doing the northern leg of the International AT up to Gaspe' ?
Great tips!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Hi
I’m brand new hiker from New Jersey . Just started 2 months ago. I’m doing Delaware water gap area columbia nj. Watching your video and learning.
Once again, extremely informative. I jotted down the links and apps you suggested. You'll be able to write a great book with all you know and have experience with. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Changed from Apple Watch 4 to COROS Apex (not Pro- not necessary for me) and just completed Super Extended Pemi 42 miles with 50% battery life still on watch after being in full GPS mode. Love COROS. Load easily to my Strava
You should mention the 10 essentials, as well as the hike safe card (in NH), and satellite messaging/emergency beacons for emergencies outside cell coverage.
You’re very organized. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching!
Taylor - Check your GPS settings on your Garmin watch. Depending on the model you may have UltraTrac Mode that extends the battery life greatly. It essentially slows the data measurements down from say once a second to more like once a minute. This is perfect for longer hikes as most people are more interested in the general gps track rather than super accurate heart-rate for the whole trip.
Always check weather before Mt Washington 🌩️ . Had to hunker down during lightning ⚡
Ok, I downloaded GAIA GPS.... Thanks !!!
Just what I was looking for.
Very useful
That is really organized. I usually look up routes on all trails and print a map from the National park website. Definitely need to start looking up the mountain weather.
This is SO HELPFUL -- thank you so much for putting this together! I echo your thoughts with the Garmin Vivoactive watch... I have the Vivoactive 4 and the battery life is decent for most of my hikes, but my biggest gripe is that I've had a few issues with the barometric altimeter being way off. It's inconsistent though... weirdly it's usually OK when I'm hiking mountains in NH, but it's WAAAY off when I do hikes more local to my area around coastal MA. Sometimes it shows me suddenly a couple hundred feet below sea level, or gaining significantly in elevation when I'm walking a flat trail (do I live in some kind of weird barometric pressure vortex?!). Anyways, for a data geek like me, that's just annoying. I'll be interested to see how things work out if you end up getting a COROS... that's a contender if this Garmin ends up driving me nuts with that altimeter! 😁
That’s just the problem… around the coast..
As they work off pressure differences, relative. They have not a clue if they are on a mountain top, or other. Just always sensing the changes of pressure from one spot to the next.
@@markcummings6856 Thanks -- that's helpful to bear in mind, and that's kinda what I suspected. Honestly it's not really the end of the world since my phone app (which I use concurrently) tracks things based on GPS, so at least one track has accurate elev gain/loss. But like I said, being a data geek, I tend to... well... geek out about it a bit. 😁
@@ThatFrigonHiker Gotcha. Totally agree.
Thanks for the info
OMG! I wanted you to do this video and you did!!! I just discovered your channel and I love it! I love New Hampshire as well. I'm not good at tech gadgets but I'm going to try the APP and buy the watch that you want to get. I think they will both be helpful. Also, why do you set your watch for "run" instead of "hike"? I need to watch your New Hampshire videos. I only did Mt. Washington and the Franconian Ridge. What would you say are the top 5 or so must do hikes in New Hampshire. I'm in good shape so feel free to pick hard ones they don't have to be easy. I also love lists and really organize everything. You should do a video of your gift shop. I think that would be nice. Does your boyfriend not hike? Does he not like being on TH-cam? Just saw The Alpinist movie in the theater. I highly recommend it. Thanks for your channel! Love watching . And Congrats on the AT! HUGE accomplishment!
Excellent video!
Did you use Gaia gps on the a.t. have you used all trails app?
Maybe you could do a video on your inreach. We just bought the Zoleo because it had features the inreach didnt but i think that would be a useful video.
Interesting about gaia, ive been debating whether to get all trails or gaia but i think your description of gaia helped with my decision.
I use All Trail and generally like it. However their coverage is spotty. Check if the area you hike most often has all trails included in all trails. I'm also not sure how precise their hiking distances are. I find them sometimes by more than 20% off compared to GPS trackers and what other websites say.
Thanks! Some great info! You can never be over prepared! Does the Gaia app wear down your battery too much ? I was just curious if that’s why you don’t track your hike with it.
Just please use a phisical map too. In Norway there is 600 cases of people getting lost every year Imagine is waaaaay higher in the US. In Norway there is a fjellvet rule to always bring a map. Specially also in local areas where people get most accidents.
Apps and Gps devices should Always be treated as second alternative.
Agreed, there's no substitute for paper. My Samsung 8 battery overheated one time, it killed the phone and the phone didn't work for a couple days. Not good if you're on a hike relying only on the phone. I use paper maps for primary, phone maps are for convenience only.
While I agree that you should always have a compass and paper map (my trail name is Azmath after all) I always think of the paper map as a back up rather than the phone as a back up. Of course I make sure to take the map out from time to time and keep myself in practice, especially if I’m going to use a bushwhack
100% agree. A paper map is one of my ten essentials. You can get away without a compass if the map is detailed enough and you have proper skills but you have to take a paper map.
@@hindsfeetonhighplaces I use phone maps all the time but by primary I mean the map you're actually going to rely on if you get into trouble. Paper maps don't fail the way cell phones do.
@@davem4193 Your definition of primary sounds like my definition of back up. When things go bad I’m going to use the tool that is easiest to use, and for me that’s a phone with GPS. However if the phone fails my back up is a paper map. But at this point it sounds like we are agreeing on everything but Termanology
that RGB though
Very informative😎
Thank you for doing this
no problem!
Hi... how about a video where you discuss that fancy looking computer behind you? Or please respond back what the CPU cooler is :)
Haha I'm not sure many other people would be interested in that but it's a Coolermaster hyper 212!
@@TaylortheNahamshaHiker Lol thanks. My last pc build was in 2011. I got a pre-built last month, swapped cases for more air flow. The modern ARGB fans are pretty, and now trying to decide on a cpu cooler.
Well done! I admire your organizational skills!
I thought you needed Gaia Pro for use Offline (without a signal) is that correct and what you use or do you have the standard App?
I pay for Gaia, I've never used the free version so I'm not sure what the difference is between them
@@TaylortheNahamshaHiker Thanks Really enjoyed following your AT hike this year on TH-cam. Congrats on completing the journey!!! I'm doing the ADK 46er's with my son, we try to do a couple every year, next trip is early October to hopefully knock off 3 - 5 peaks
I really wanna know what games you play on that beefed up gaming pc
Used to be EVE. Now it's mostly for work and video editing
I find All Trails hit or miss in accuracy. I try to have a physical map & compass with. I have small battery banks to recharge my phone.
This video “apped” me out!
Sweet tools!!!!!!!!! What's your favorite trail in the whole wide world?😏🌹🦈🔆🗝🤙🕯🗡💀🔥❤🔯🏁
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Did anyone see the hidden message? 👋🏼
You dont use Alltrails!?! What??? That's crazy
Please give a thumbs down if you have a better channel.