it was so lovely - we also saw some marmot-looking creature (?) at top of Pinto pass which ran by me quite close, super cute. Unfortunately too fast to take out the camera... we also saw a porcupine (?) around Mary Schaeffer at dusk, cutest thing ever. This is our first hike in Canada, so the wildlife was new to us :) PS: Fortunately, we did NOT see a 🐻 !
@@carolinegalvan5456 Marmots are quite large and relatively slow. It is their high-pitched whistle that is very distinctive. So glad you saw wildlife! I practice bear avoidance so I call 3 times fairly often so bears can triangulate my position. Unfortunately it scares away other creatures too.
16:37 If not a leak then perhaps -- wild guess -- condensation?? -- Esp. if ambient temp has recently been even colder than 5C overnight, and perhaps, if outside of cannister was wet with rain, then with an added wind-chill effect making the plastic cool to even lower than the min ambient air temp? Or was all the food content too dry for that explanation to work?
Hey David! Yeah, good guess! 🤓 And good exercise to keep our brains young and healthy! 🤓😄 l really don't have an answer, but l can tell you what l think that happened. The bear canister has at the top like a 'lip' that rises up from the 'side wall' and is present all the way around the circumference of the canister. This lip creates a small space, perhaps about a milimiter tall, between the lip itself and the area where the top is screwed in. My take is that the water, once accumulated in that area (and helped by continuous rain), may create enough pressure for it to find a escape, thus rising up in between of the nanometer space there is between the canister and the top (the part where the top is screwed in), then getting inside. Now, l don't think my explanation is good enough to account for the (relatively) large amount of water Caroline found inside her canister (∼200ml). Time to ask the company bearvault.com/ for answers 🤓😄@bearvault
Looks incredible Antonio. Maybe in another lifetime I’ll get to hike over there. For now my next trip is the Lake District in February - hoping for some snow :-) . Ed p.s. sure I saw a bear watching you guys once or twice there 😂
Yeah, it was epic 😻l admit it'd take too many hours just to start the hike and then you'd be jet-lagged, which isn't great. If you want snow, head to Scandinavia in May, when the weather isn't so extreme (still colder than Lake District in January or February). l doubt you'll find any snow in the LD (maybe a thin layer of frost?), but you can always hope! 😅Don't mean to discourage you, just for you to set the right expectations 😉In any case, you'll have a great time, it is beautiful there! l'm sure you must have watched it already, but an English friend and l headed to the Lake District in January 2022 looking for some snow, and all we got was rain, sleet and gail (then some frost covering the ground that yes, some people in the UK call 'snow'): th-cam.com/video/ePBti-DOCAs/w-d-xo.html We had a great time though! 😊
@@alwaysforwardyt yes, snow is a bit hit and Miss in the UK! I know the Lake District quite well already, but this time am taking a friend. Obviously can never compete with Scandinavia when it comes to snow, but I think the Uk despite its small size still has stunning land and mountain scapes than one could spend several lifetimes exploring. I’ll check out that video again.
@@edwardstroud8245 l really love Scotland. To me, that's as 'remote' as you can ever feel while in the UK. l'll surely go back when we're back in Europe, if that happens. What l love about Scandinavia (that l can't find in the UK) is the sense of remoteness (because it is more remote, after all) and the 'real' (Arctic) winter. However, l found out that being close to civilization has its advantages, of course. In the Lake Distric, for example, it cannot be easier to walk down the mountain and get yourself a good dinner and a room in a hotel or youth hostel. It's also so easy to get in and out, same as Scotland (compared to Scandinavia, where it can be a real pain). Trade-offs!
@@alwaysforwardyt Norway does sound like an incredible place to go in Europe if you want proper remoteness. Scotland has a romance attached to it as well I think, with some of the oldest mountain ranges in the world I believe. I’d happily do the Cape Wrath Trail again, or better still move up there, although my wife has other ideas haha. Galicia is hardly remote, but I guess the picos de europa are not far away. I keep buying maps of trails I want to do, and the backlog is building 😆. In the meantime I’ll keep watching your videos :-) And yes, plenty of great cosy pubs places to eat in the LD after a days walk.
@@edwardstroud8245 l've always had a great time in Scotland (also the LD, but l've only been there twice) and l would love to move there. Galicia would work for me, too. One of those small towns to have a simple and quiet life. My neighbour calls it 'travelling from the chair' (referring to 'travelling' on a map 😊). l do it all the time! He got me the world glove you can see in my "Canada - Summary" video. l have my eyes on a solo Baffin Island crossing in winter, but l'm still convincing the Big Boss to let me do it 😊 Just to say, l know you've been here watching my videos for a while so thanks for your support, it's much appreciated 🙏
Yes, it does. Just by getting there you realize how remote the place is. Just think about a 7-8 hours bus ride to get to the trialhead. Then, once you leave (for example) Jasper, there is nothing else around... As for the app, l used Gaia (the wife had a subscription and l admit l now love it).
Brilliant presentation guys, such a beautiful scenery! 👏👏
Thank you! Yes, it is SO beautiful! 😻🤩
So special to see a weasel!
Especially when it was the first one we had ever seen! 😻
it was so lovely - we also saw some marmot-looking creature (?) at top of Pinto pass which ran by me quite close, super cute. Unfortunately too fast to take out the camera... we also saw a porcupine (?) around Mary Schaeffer at dusk, cutest thing ever. This is our first hike in Canada, so the wildlife was new to us :) PS: Fortunately, we did NOT see a 🐻 !
@@carolinegalvan5456 Marmots are quite large and relatively slow. It is their high-pitched whistle that is very distinctive. So glad you saw wildlife! I practice bear avoidance so I call 3 times fairly often so bears can triangulate my position. Unfortunately it scares away other creatures too.
@@unightie better safe than sorry 😊
Great to see you in 🇨🇦. Hope you enjoyed your visit here. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos👍🏻👍🏻 Always very entertaining👏🏼👏🏼
We loved it in Canada! We really want to go back! 😻😊 l'm happy you enjoyed the video (currently working on 'Episode2')! ATB! 😊
👍👍👏👏👏
Was up there at the beginning of July. I remember that tough climb up Owen’s Creek
Hard to forget 😅👍🏻
16:37 If not a leak then perhaps -- wild guess -- condensation?? -- Esp. if ambient temp has recently been even colder than 5C overnight, and perhaps, if outside of cannister was wet with rain, then with an added wind-chill effect making the plastic cool to even lower than the min ambient air temp? Or was all the food content too dry for that explanation to work?
Hey David! Yeah, good guess! 🤓 And good exercise to keep our brains young and healthy! 🤓😄 l really don't have an answer, but l can tell you what l think that happened. The bear canister has at the top like a 'lip' that rises up from the 'side wall' and is present all the way around the circumference of the canister. This lip creates a small space, perhaps about a milimiter tall, between the lip itself and the area where the top is screwed in.
My take is that the water, once accumulated in that area (and helped by continuous rain), may create enough pressure for it to find a escape, thus rising up in between of the nanometer space there is between the canister and the top (the part where the top is screwed in), then getting inside.
Now, l don't think my explanation is good enough to account for the (relatively) large amount of water Caroline found inside her canister (∼200ml). Time to ask the company bearvault.com/ for answers 🤓😄@bearvault
Looks incredible Antonio. Maybe in another lifetime I’ll get to hike over there. For now my next trip is the Lake District in February - hoping for some snow :-) . Ed p.s. sure I saw a bear watching you guys once or twice there 😂
Yeah, it was epic 😻l admit it'd take too many hours just to start the hike and then you'd be jet-lagged, which isn't great. If you want snow, head to Scandinavia in May, when the weather isn't so extreme (still colder than Lake District in January or February). l doubt you'll find any snow in the LD (maybe a thin layer of frost?), but you can always hope! 😅Don't mean to discourage you, just for you to set the right expectations 😉In any case, you'll have a great time, it is beautiful there!
l'm sure you must have watched it already, but an English friend and l headed to the Lake District in January 2022 looking for some snow, and all we got was rain, sleet and gail (then some frost covering the ground that yes, some people in the UK call 'snow'): th-cam.com/video/ePBti-DOCAs/w-d-xo.html We had a great time though! 😊
@@alwaysforwardyt yes, snow is a bit hit and Miss in the UK! I know the Lake District quite well already, but this time am taking a friend. Obviously can never compete with Scandinavia when it comes to snow, but I think the Uk despite its small size still has stunning land and mountain scapes than one could spend several lifetimes exploring.
I’ll check out that video again.
@@edwardstroud8245 l really love Scotland. To me, that's as 'remote' as you can ever feel while in the UK. l'll surely go back when we're back in Europe, if that happens. What l love about Scandinavia (that l can't find in the UK) is the sense of remoteness (because it is more remote, after all) and the 'real' (Arctic) winter.
However, l found out that being close to civilization has its advantages, of course. In the Lake Distric, for example, it cannot be easier to walk down the mountain and get yourself a good dinner and a room in a hotel or youth hostel. It's also so easy to get in and out, same as Scotland (compared to Scandinavia, where it can be a real pain). Trade-offs!
@@alwaysforwardyt Norway does sound like an incredible place to go in Europe if you want proper remoteness.
Scotland has a romance attached to it as well I think, with some of the oldest mountain ranges in the world I believe. I’d happily do the Cape Wrath Trail again, or better still move up there, although my wife has other ideas haha. Galicia is hardly remote, but I guess the picos de europa are not far away.
I keep buying maps of trails I want to do, and the backlog is building 😆. In the meantime I’ll keep watching your videos :-)
And yes, plenty of great cosy pubs places to eat in the LD after a days walk.
@@edwardstroud8245 l've always had a great time in Scotland (also the LD, but l've only been there twice) and l would love to move there. Galicia would work for me, too. One of those small towns to have a simple and quiet life.
My neighbour calls it 'travelling from the chair' (referring to 'travelling' on a map 😊). l do it all the time! He got me the world glove you can see in my "Canada - Summary" video. l have my eyes on a solo Baffin Island crossing in winter, but l'm still convincing the Big Boss to let me do it 😊 Just to say, l know you've been here watching my videos for a while so thanks for your support, it's much appreciated 🙏
I thnk Canada must feel much more remote than Norway for example. Is there an app for navigation that works offline?
Yes, it does. Just by getting there you realize how remote the place is. Just think about a 7-8 hours bus ride to get to the trialhead. Then, once you leave (for example) Jasper, there is nothing else around... As for the app, l used Gaia (the wife had a subscription and l admit l now love it).