CDT Q&A 1: Garmin inReach, water, health, bushwacking, etc
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 เม.ย. 2018
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If you'd rather not sit through the whole video I made a little table of contents below so you can click through the topics that interest you.
Topics/Questions:
02:48 - Health
04:44 - How far apart are the water sources?
05:57 - CDT Trail Maintenance vs other trails
08:22 - How many hikers have you seen?
08:49 - Antigravity Gear rain jacket vs Outdoor Research
09:47 - How many miles are you averaging right now?
10:24 - Garmin InReach
13:12 - Umbrella
14:07 - Hat
15:30 - How is the camera gimbal working out?
16:12 - How is the wildlife so far?
17:41 - Fishing
19:30 - How long is the desert stretch?
20:27 - Thoughts on hiking alone
22:44 - Night Hiking
23:31 - First trail dinner?
23:43 - How are you starting jitters vs the PCT and AT?
24:33 - Is the InReach a distraction?
27:06 - How do you find the water caches?
28:00 - What software do you use to edit videos?
28:13 - Any trail magic yet?
28:35 - Podcast with Steve Adams
30:34 - Sponsorships
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I use to be a weekend hiker. Then I had a stroke . I was convinced that I would never hike again. Then I started watching you! I get out and take small nature walks at a persves her in Oklahoma. I leave to go to Colorado and I am taking a some handicap trails, and I'm fifty two yrs old. I'm going to get back on the trail. Keep you updated. You and perk are an inspiration.
Hi there. Hello from Portugal.
I'm a late hiker that got in touch with this nice world of backpacking not long ago. I live in south part of the country which is considered one of the best places to hike in Europe. It was known for its nice beaches and always shining sun. But recently people start to stroll around and find out that it offers some nice places to visit and enjoy nature as they walk.
Your videos are inspiring and have a lot of important information.
Thank you for sharing your world with us.
We left trail magic between Lordsburg and silver city a couple of days ago. My daughter and I will keep it replenished as much as possible for future hikers. (45 mins from my house). :)
Not to stroke your ego, but you are special to us, Girl! You're our little Dixie Chick! LOL! We all want to see you accomplish your triple crown. You Go Girl!!
Ditto!
It’s not “stroke” your ego, it’s “stoke” your ego.
Hey from Arizona!!! Native Zonie here and did LOTS of hiking both in the desert and in the mountain north. Water, water, and more water. You simply cannot hydrate enough as you have found out. Keeping a slow and steady pace is the best. If you are going to begin using a hat make sure the brim is dark colored to reduce the reflection into your eyes. Tough part right now but as you know as your move further north, it will get cooler but for right now...
Great update, keep them coming. It's a vicarious thrill to "accompany" you. Right now my wife and I are looking at the AZ Trail for a goal over the next few years.
Very good Q&A Dixie. Water is your gold, I know you know that and really glad you have the inReach. It’s a wonderful tool for Plan B,C, and D. The inevitable often happens and you will be prepared. I am 71 and hike alone a fair amount and it is your safety net and also keeps loved ones informed you are ok. I use mine all the time. The built-in messages are great too. “I’m ok”,”Stopping here”, all of them. The battery life is truly unbelievably great as Garmin did their homework on that. I also carry a solar charger in addition to a Frog charger. The iridium satellite system is great. Was in a rainstorm one night at 4300’ in the Monongahelia National Forest Wilderness, in my tent, reading a book and it beeped I had a text. It was my nephew in Puerto Rico where he was working at the time, checking on me. That keeps those loved ones happy and the rescue feature has a proven record too. I hike in the Adirondacks and people are always being pulled out, saved by their inReach. With that, water, food and your wonderful mental toughness we all enjoy, as well as your sense of humor, you will do this!!!!!
Hi from Canada! I binge watched all of you other videos as soon as I found you. Im doing my own AT thru hike in 2021 as soon as I am done school, cannot wait
Wife and I are praying for the 3 of you. Stay safe and HYDRATED !!! love your adventures!!!
Love your videos! Glad your back on the trail and taking us along with you. Be safe...
Love that you took the time to do a Q&A. You're awesome! Aaron probably was showing signs of heat exhaustion, so it's good that y'all went into town. I'm looking forward to the best episode!
So excited to follow along on your journey of the CDT!
I’m planning a section hike of the AT with some of my summer holiday- your videos are getting me through work and making me so excited to be out in the trail again!
Hey Dixie. Thank you for sharing your CDT journey. Happy Trails to you all✌️
Small pair of binoculars might help sight out trail markers if still a factor,glad everyone adapting,b safe,enjoy, peace
I love you Dixie, it's so nice to see you in between the week!
So cool to have the contact of the Q&A time with ya! I know I’m not alone when I say we covet our Dixie time! I must have missed something because I didn’t know this was coming up. Hopefully I can get in on the live Q&A time. Glad you have the InReach, I know your family is happy about that as well. So proud of you and happy for you! Still praying that your journey is safe and wonderful! Happy Trails!
This is better than TV. I love following the ups and downs of your trek. I feel like an expert on trekking now just by watching youtube. :-) Thanks for sharing!
Best quote from this vid....."if you don't cry and crap your pants, you're not a real thru- hiker". Lolol.....
I guess we oldsters better carry Depends?
If you need to drink while peeing you are either diabetic like myself or on trail.
Pinocchio Cozad What? Lol
Todd isn't there a pill version you wouldn't need to keep cold?
No, there's no such thing as an insulin pill. There are pumps, however.
Thanks for the Q&A! Another hello from Minnesota.
Dixie...thank you for being you and taking us along for the ride...we all love you and are so proud of your journey...!!! Keep on keepin on....!!!
Great up date with info. Eveyone looks like they are doing great. Hope all goes well..and stay safe. Will be looking for your next video.
Awesome vid young lady it looks like you are having a fun time stay safe and have fun on the trail with your friends
From Beijing, China too. I look forward to Wednesdays or our Thursdays. Lol.
You never disappoint! Love the little table of contents to be able to go back and catch something again without guessing where it is. Even that's not a bad option as the videos are really well done, way better than most of the junk on TV these days!
I wish you the best hike ever! You is one of my all time favorite people!
Attended the CDT Trail days and met several hikers who said you were a couple of weeks past Silver City. Watch the weather, fires, & siesta in the afternoon. 😀
Thank you for going the extra mile and putting times / content references in the description =)
Hey from Portugal! Best luck to you all...can't wait for more vídeos. You rock Dixie!!!
Hello from Oregon :) Hope you don't stress too much about putting the videos up. Triple Crown - so proud if you!
You're the best! I really love watching your videos and you've inspired me to put the PCT on my goal list :)
I love the InReach!
Nice video, me and my girl are watching your pct trail.
She's like is that normal what she is doing.
I'm like hmm, yes of course baby,..
Thanks for the update.. Great answers.
I look forward to your videos every day.
Thank you Dixie! Great q&a
I recently made the decision to get beyond casual hiking to conquer the Triple Crown! (As I've always wanted to do the PCT and AT, what's one more 😎) I found you while researching how to be a better backpacker and am thrilled to see you've achieved so much! Thank you for all your content. I have no doubt it will help me plan and hike better and happier!
Love from Utah!
~Meredith
Greetings from Scotland! Thank you for your videos and sharing experience.
I'm using inReach and as you said it sometimes unpairs and struggles to pair again. For me the easiest way is just to just remove (forget) the devise in my phone and pair again. If anybody asks. ;)
Be safe and have a great time!
I love all of your videos! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dixie for giving us freeloaders some of your VIP content much appreciated! 😋
Great update, hike on!
The sponsorship thing! I’m so glad that you’ve stayed true to your own brand and not fallen pray to the corporate matrix! 😎
We love watching your channel! AGG now has additional colors available in the Rain Jacket, as well as some other cool updated features. We've considered adding a visor to the hood, so we'll keep that in mind for the future! (: Thanks!
Love the videos!!!
You are Awesome.
Hey from Iowa .
Jessica “Dixie” you are such a genuine person....great parenting....hope it all goes well for you guys on the CDT
So glad to hear about the crapping your pants bar to be a real thru hiker lol. I thought I was the only one! Definitely gets me out of bed early every morning!
Hello from Alberta Canada 👋🏼👋🏼I love your vids and I am planning my own thru hike 2019 of The great divide trail and am likely starting where you end! I hope you have a great hike girl, have fun and play safe!!
Just joined as a patron - love your adventures!!!! keep the vids coming
Mountain house meals! Great eating. Missed this q&a will watch for next.
Thanks Dixie for the Q&A. Go #TeamDixie2018
Thanks Dixie ☺🌵🌻🌵🌻💗
I spent one night on the CDT in CO and I about blew away!! No joke hunker down up there in high country
Hi pretty girl I'm a 54 year old Nanna from Texas I love to watch your videos. Wish I could do the trails out there too. Its not my age but Lupus that keeps me from going. I enjoy your videos so much have a great time and your friends too. Safe travels and keep the videos coming!
The correct term is "cow patties". Thanks for your candid reports along the trail.
Hi from South Africa,I love your videos and watch all of them
Hi Dixie! Great post. I had really bad plantar fasciitis a few years back - like hot-poker-god-kill-me kind of pain. Sounds like you've had great results with Dr. Scholl's. I use Powerstep Pinnacle arch supports. They are about twice the cost but the arch support is more firm and more raised. If it flares up again, you might want to give them a try!
Hey, Dixie, greetings from Ky. Just sharing my favorite trail meal with you. Let me know what you think. You’ve heard of a Ramen Bomb? Instead of instant potatoes try noodles (no packet necessary unless you just want the extra sodium) and Idahoan Loaded Potato Soup plus your favorite source of protein. It’s so freaking good👍🏼
Watching from Perth Australia, loving the series. Ironically as I watch this it's pouring rain 😛.
I appreciate your decision on not tying yourself to any sponsors. Keep your independence and integrity intact. Hope there are some trees for you guys in the near future.
Neutragena sunscreen is both as sweat resistant as any of them, uses sunscreen chemicals that last (some brands lose 50% or mor in a year), and is probably the best tolerated sunscreen out there. I always carry an SPF-30 and another with as high an SPF as I can find. More expensive, but it works well--I usually put it on late morning, so I can tan in the morning while the sun is lower and the rays pass through more air before they get to you. There are some other hard to find brands that for the "light" SPF 25--30 are as good. Look for non-cosmogenetic on the label as some will clog the pores in your skin and cause skin troubles. For a guy the scent of the Neutragena sucks!
Great.
Critters come out at sunset in southern New Mexico born and raised and I truly feel your bushwhacking pains even if you wear pants you’ll get cut up.
Hopefully you will be well past the area of the summer thunder storms. Be aware as those storms are often deadly.
Your comment on the numerous cattle trails reminds me of what I wrote in my journal when hiking the Condor Trail (the 400 mile one in California). "I started to come to the conclusion that whenever I found a junction between a good trail and a faint trail, the faint trail was the actual trail and the better one was a cow path."
I don't get chafing between the thighs if my pant legs are long enough to cover them so there is no skin on skin rubbing. Good reason to wear long pants at least part of the time until you develop those thighs of steel. ;-)
With the maps, compass and GPS when I hike CDT I'll hike at night. But this will be my 4th hike of NM on CDT.
You'll get cooler when you hit the Rockies in Colorado. Expecting more snow the next two days at 7,600' at RMNP. The elk are calving and the bears are waking up! Enjoy and stay safe!
Yes! She's invoked the Price is Right Rules...hahaha
Hey! I know this probably isn't the best time to bring it up since you are right in the thick of a huge adventure. But I was thinking that since your PCT trip was hampered by that huge snow year that you could try the JMT section later in a season when the snow is mostly gone. You could really take your time and get some great photos and footage. Heck, for you it would actually seem like a vacation!
Anyway, good luck with your Triple Crown!
Also, congrats on 100k subs!
Dixie welcome to the southwest! Thanks for all you do, we very much enjoy your videos. Here's to your triple! :-) Get a canvas/fabric hat so you can wet it and wear for cooling.
Yay ty for this☺️
be your own brand!!!! :)
Hey Dixie! Have you tried there red and green chili yet? I used to live in New Mexico and it is something you need to try while you are there.
Hi Dixie, missed the live veiw but while watching ( listening) I was looking at the guthooks app. I noticed that there is a separate app for each trail. I was hoping there was an app for the knobstone trail. Unfortunately there seems to be no apps of any kind for that trail. With everyone adding info to the app do you find that there is a lot of outdated information? I want to get out on the knobstone this year and try my legs out. It would have been nice to try out guthooks close to home also.
Great Q & A's, just bought my first pair of Lone Peak 3.5's love 'um, Thank-You
That’s some tough terrain!
I’m thinking there’s a reason you’re not seeing any wildlife. It’s cuz nothing can live out there aside from snakes and jackrabbits.
Hopefully you’ll run into some trail magic soon.
Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Hey Dixie, the CDT is nothing like the other 2 thru trails !!! And I mean that in every way possible !. I'm from the south west and I Really hope you DO GOto long pants, all to do with ur health not brush ! Even after u leave the south and hit the " mid " part long pants against the sun will be ur friend. I feel for Aron, the CDT is NOT what I would choose for a 1st anything. The long openness in lot of it is a real mental game.but I know you'll take care of ur bud !!!
PS. The coast to coast has got to be next... you'll get a drunkenness while on that one... don't know how to explain that.. take care and enjoy.i love that walk 😎😋
Enjoying the updates! What is the watch you are wearing?
Is there any gear that your starting to question already and thinking of replacing already? Any gear you wish you had added that you didnt add and plan to later? Thank You for the video updates Dixie and take care.
Great thanks dixce
You look great good luck and be careful thanks
Those sunglasses are HUGE! I guess that's good for the desert....
Dixie use baking powder on your chafed legs baking powder works amazingly well instant relief I usually buy a container pour it into a ziplock bag for when I'm on the trail
😎👍
Life is mostly at night in the low desert. In Silver City the trees start and the animals become more apparent. Cougars, bears. peccary, rabbits, road runners, and south of us prong horn are seen. Natural water runs through town. I don't the trail, but the mountains should have a lot more water north of SC
"If you don't cry or crap your pants, your not a real thru hiker" lol!
Hello Dixie do you know when you all will be on the CDT in montana as I live 30 to 40 minute's out and hike there and camp along the trail. Maybe do a meet and greet somewhere on the trail. Love your video's and the q&a peace keith
Thanks for posting Jessica. So Brad Pitt huh! Ok, Brad have you smelled any section hikers yet? Seems that trail names occur around other folks... For the AT, people are with you much more... In this case, the online world responds and the wildness connects as Indian descriptions more often. That being said Aaron's trail name might be "Scratchy Feather"... Lemme guess you found him one already?! Cheers.
Can you do a video on the inreach how you set it up and hike with it also get off the trail and find your way back with it . I want to buy one but worried it's hard to set up and use how good is it without the monthly subscription?
@Homemade Wanderlust I know you have mentioned sunscreen drying your skin I had the same problem. if you are using spray they have lots of alcohol in them and do dry skin out. They make sun protection that hydrate the skin which is what I do now and never had the problem again. The one I like that you can get almost everywhere is Nuetrogina Age Shield. Clinique makes good ones for dry skin as well. Not so much available everywhere though. Thank you for sharing you experiences and tips. Safe travels!
HorrorBeautyFX Thank you for this suggestion!!!
Welcome. I hope it works out for you.
North Dakota says Hi !
Very thoughtful questions! Dixie, you should be seeing and hearing Cactus Wrens. You will smell the Javelinas before you see them. Kit foxes are also roaming the New Mexico deserts.
John McCarty No joke about the javalina smell. Used to live on the Mexican border and the smell would wake me up at night as they would approach my “guzzler”.
There is no mistaking the "aroma" I got up close and personal with a group at Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Does guthooks app show all the cannabis dispenceries in colorado?If not it should.Theres one about 50 miles east after you enter colorado.It works great as a deflamatory for sore and swollon muscles.That area is so remote.Gonna be exciting watching you guys go threw it.Good luck and thanks for sharing.
I heard you have to leave your own water cashes the first bit of the trail. Did you have to do that or do trail angels keep up the cashes?
Dixie after your triple crown is done would you like to go back and do the John Muir trail the Colorado trail or the AT again.?. you guys are doing good stay safe.
Hi Dixie, do you have any tips on water/electrolytes ratio on trail?
What brand and model umbrella do you recommend?
Have you thought about a monocular or small binoculars to help spot those posts? Also what about a compass?
If I could make a suggestion that you would make a video about in reach GPS communication device since it seems to me to be a very good piece of equipment to have in regards to safety and communication with family. Unless you have already done that and maybe I have not seen that video. I just seems to be an awesome piece of equipment. Hope you do well on the CDT.
Where did you get your umbrella
Here's a question for your next Q+A. Can you really keep your feet warm while hiking in snow wearing trail runners? Thanks
Does doing the vids take away from the enjoyment of doing the hike ?
I want to leave some trail Magic. I'm not sure where to leave it I live near the Rocky Mountain National Park.