This trail has really made me aware of rail trails. Beyond the brief section of the AT on an old rail bed I hadn’t been aware of them as a thing much less the whole rail banking effort
"A-holes with blue tooth speakers." Yup. Those steps to nowhere are for any number of Railroad structures. Switching tower. Water cistern. Signal station or some such. You need to upgrade your "Old man dance." (You know Wallet? Keys? Phone?) But...Poles? Pack? Hat? Glasses? Jen?
I actually have a very specific motion I make bumping my water bottles and food bag and making sure my polls are on my pack. I’m just not used to having an umbrella in my hand. Having said that this thing is saved me from a lot of misery so far.
Ah rain! What would we hikers do without it, other than enjoy ourselves more! Still, good miles and GREAT care package of goodies from Taters. Sometimes it's just the morale boost of a package that helps almost as much as the food itself. The coffee, of course, is another matter. Morale factor AND tasty necessity. Hike on to Ohio! Tortoise
I have more issues on the ball of my foot versus the heel. And most of the inserts seem to be more about adding height or padding or structure to heal.
I have those exact same earplugs! They work great, I always bring them when we are camping in parks because there is always someone who is snoring or someone with a generator
That is why I’ve become increasingly sour on campgrounds. Which is a shame because before we lived between a few for three years during the off season I enjoyed them a lot more
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes COVID ruined campgrounds 😮💨 everyone had nothing else to do so they all decided they were outdoorsy people but they didn't take the time to learn any of the etiquette
that turtle seemed like an Orgazmo-inspired sign from the universe to slow down & enjoy the day. Self-created "bonus miles" are among the hardest mental hurdles on trail, IMO
Hey Matt, soggy day again will make you appreciate a sunny day even more. Our weather in western KY is headed your way though, may be a few more days of sog coming.
I am just enjoying your videos! Wishing I was closer to be a trail angel for you! I have been watching a fellow TH-cam person who does a lot of travel. Her laundry hack is something of interest. She uses a dry sack, laundry soap sheets and a couple gain sent balls. Fills the sac with water and “agates” it like a washing machine. Lets it sit for a 1/2 hour or less , swishes it around again. Then she rinses - same way as washing. Rings out the clothes and lets them sit to get out more water and rings out again. She then takes the clothes and rolls them in a towel and rings them out again in the towel then hangs to dry. She said they usually dry overnight in a hotel or if on trail and it’s sunny (maybe the rain luck will change?). I just found that hack to be ingenuous! I’ve done similar style of laundry out - but never thought of using a dry sac! Thought you might find that hack useful in your arsenal of tips and tricks! Hike on!!!
I’ve played with a few things like that before but honestly I find the hassle isn’t really worth it while thru hiking. A lot of work and some extra things to carry and I’ll just be getting the clothes dirty again. I could see if I was living somewhere off grid for a while though
If I’m in a hotel without laundry, just put it in the sink and agitating. It has been fine. I usually ask for extra shampoo and use that. No extra gear that way.
Happy to be following your adventure(s) My plan is to start a journey this month, probably about six weeks. I'd like to go for longer but I need to be back home in July. Anyway I feel the same sort of things that you talk about in your videos but in a parallel, cycling trip specific way. My friend Charlie Wilkins wrote a fantastic book from his walk from Thunder Bay Ontario to New York city. It's called Walk to New York. Very funny and all just factual non fiction. In 1989, a guy I met at teachers college turned me on to Bruce Chatwin's Song Lines. After reading Song Lines , I felt that I had learned something crucial and foundational and it explained / changed things for me. As a kid, reading Lord of the Rings resonated with me mostly in the majority of the pages, while time is passed hiking, camping, trekking and sharing their talk. The fights along the way didn't interest me so much; it was more the tripping for me. The scene with Bilbo and Gollum in the underground damp, matching wits, seems like a metaphorical testing of mettle for one who is a traveller and has to figure something out or else... Anyway Buddy, I understand the depression of being away from the trek. I'm staring at my bike here, drinking coffee and I've vowed to do a 100 km test ride today with half- full gear. There will be challenges I'm sure because I'm pretty out of shape now. I've only logged 150 km all spring so far. Three weeks until departure. Exciting. I'm really excited vicariously for you though. I wish my knees would let me do what you're doing. I'd walk our Bruce trail for sure. Cheers mate!
What’s the secret to setting up a tent when it’s pissing down with rain, Matt? Just be quick as possible or it there some sort of method where you can get it up without getting soaked 🤔
If you have a quick pitch model or whatever they call it you can pop up the fly on the ground cloth using the poles then put up the inner bit. Personally I’ve found that’s more trouble than it’s worth and I don’t like tents that are so delicate they require a ground cloth. My Hornet I can set up the poles, then pull out and have the inner up in maybe 20 seconds, and then throw the rain fly over the top before finishing the setup. Works well enough for me. If it’s raining that much you’re going to have moisture around anyway
im surprised you havent came across the people the all the residence are worried about. that would be good content if yall walked couple hundred miles together....lol
I have here and there. Clarksburg I had some interactions for example and that incident on the C&O. I don’t like shoving a camera in peoples faces though and doubly so when it’s someone who is obviously mentally ill or strung out on something.
Mainly due to 'neighborly' uncontrolled night time dog barking I switched to the Loop ear plugs for sleeping and found they work well for me. I thought I noticed Dude Wipes in your resupply box and wondered your uses for them along with the obvious? Worth the additional weight and bulk compared to traditional?
I switched away from paper toilet paper years ago. Wipes lead to a lot less but chafing and they can be invaluable in the event of bad events on trail as much as I laughed and mocked the dude wipe brand specifically I have found they hold up the best to compression and cold and heat. Some of the other brand of tendency to pill up After a while
Not sure of which part of Ohio you're going to hit But from what I see on your red line you have quite a few areas to choose from go all the way from the buckeye trail Wayne national Forest and quite a few others and I do mean quite a few others
Day 29. Heavy windstorms here in Colorado. Gust into the 90 MPHs. Have you looked into OnX? Would be perfect for you in identifying public vs private land for camping. Worth a look. Might prove invaluable as you cross the country!
Gaia GPS has layers for public and private property that I use pretty heavily. I’ve generally found that to be more flexible than onx but it has been a few years since I’ve used the ladder
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes good to know you have something. OnX has just updated in the past couple of months (year). Private vs public boundaries more defined etc. Onward Bishop!
I assume that thing where you said "no idea what this used to be" was a platform for train access. Seems short, but maybe the rest was wood and rotted away.
That was my guess, but there was so little space on the top of any of them it would’ve just been employee access or else something to get that part of the train
there is a hotel within half a mile of the bridge over the state route there in Ellenboro. i would not want to camp between Pennsboro and Ellenboro. The NBRT used to get so much bicycle traffic...other than the locals who would take a walk in the morning or evening....that even section hiking seemed to be a strange concept to some of the locals. There used to be a "local homeless man" who would ride his bike and homemade trailer, camping wherever. I think he may have scared some of the locals as he was rather eccentric.
Also, it seems like every little town has that one homeless guy. I remember the guy in independence, California, who wandered around with what looked like a wizard staff.
People seem to like spray painting phone numbers. Ran across several in tunnels and then shin’s bridge. I figured it was someone pranking a friend by putting up their number
That platform with stairs provides a soapbox enabling you to rant about trucks, no camp spots, rudish people, dogs, etc on the ADT. 🤣
I had not heard of this train until I watched this video. It needs to go on my bucket list for biking.
This trail has really made me aware of rail trails. Beyond the brief section of the AT on an old rail bed I hadn’t been aware of them as a thing much less the whole rail banking effort
I'm impressed by the engineering that went into this railroad- bridges, tunnels, etc., through such complex topography. Can't have been easy.
Walking through all that rain and humidity must make for some very long days. Thanks for sharing the fun parts and the hard parts.
Heavy rain can actually make things go faster for a bit. But yea, humidity is getting to me
Turtle for Taters...Glad you didn't meet any zombies in the tunnels !!
What a great look at rural America. God bless 'em.The old tunnels are awesome! You do the best trails!! One for the great memory book.
great rail trail
"A-holes with blue tooth speakers." Yup.
Those steps to nowhere are for any number of Railroad structures. Switching tower. Water cistern. Signal station or some such.
You need to upgrade your "Old man dance." (You know Wallet? Keys? Phone?) But...Poles? Pack? Hat? Glasses? Jen?
I actually have a very specific motion I make bumping my water bottles and food bag and making sure my polls are on my pack. I’m just not used to having an umbrella in my hand. Having said that this thing is saved me from a lot of misery so far.
Ah rain! What would we hikers do without it, other than enjoy ourselves more! Still, good miles and GREAT care package of goodies from Taters. Sometimes it's just the morale boost of a package that helps almost as much as the food itself. The coffee, of course, is another matter. Morale factor AND tasty necessity. Hike on to Ohio! Tortoise
Dr. Sholl's heavy duty work insoles have been a game changer for me when it comes to heel pain.
I have more issues on the ball of my foot versus the heel. And most of the inserts seem to be more about adding height or padding or structure to heal.
I have those exact same earplugs! They work great, I always bring them when we are camping in parks because there is always someone who is snoring or someone with a generator
That is why I’ve become increasingly sour on campgrounds. Which is a shame because before we lived between a few for three years during the off season I enjoyed them a lot more
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes COVID ruined campgrounds 😮💨 everyone had nothing else to do so they all decided they were outdoorsy people but they didn't take the time to learn any of the etiquette
@Gen.1.31 pretty sure Covid didn’t create assholes. Plenty of issues with music and generators for years before that :)
You're such an inspiration and a badass maso!! I really appreciate your work it helps keep me grounded thank you 🙏
Awe, thanks!
Good one ! Yes , rough day with "european" like rain but ... turtles and little salamanders for Taters . You're doing great milewise . Keep it on .
Tweakers love to roam around during the night..thanks
Nice video but a miserable day. Happy Trails. Good Luck, Rick
Matt, I'm half-tempted to join your Patreon just to help fund your inevitable knee replacement
I had knee surgery in 2015. He did warn me that it was not gonna be my only knee surgery… :)
Strong quads make for happier knees.
Gotta have those trecking poles!! Good double back
that turtle seemed like an Orgazmo-inspired sign from the universe to slow down & enjoy the day. Self-created "bonus miles" are among the hardest mental hurdles on trail, IMO
Hey Matt, soggy day again will make you appreciate a sunny day even more. Our weather in western KY is headed your way though, may be a few more days of sog coming.
I am just enjoying your videos! Wishing I was closer to be a trail angel for you! I have been watching a fellow TH-cam person who does a lot of travel. Her laundry hack is something of interest. She uses a dry sack, laundry soap sheets and a couple gain sent balls. Fills the sac with water and “agates” it like a washing machine. Lets it sit for a 1/2 hour or less , swishes it around again. Then she rinses - same way as washing. Rings out the clothes and lets them sit to get out more water and rings out again. She then takes the clothes and rolls them in a towel and rings them out again in the towel then hangs to dry. She said they usually dry overnight in a hotel or if on trail and it’s sunny (maybe the rain luck will change?). I just found that hack to be ingenuous! I’ve done similar style of laundry out - but never thought of using a dry sac! Thought you might find that hack useful in your arsenal of tips and tricks! Hike on!!!
I’ve played with a few things like that before but honestly I find the hassle isn’t really worth it while thru hiking. A lot of work and some extra things to carry and I’ll just be getting the clothes dirty again. I could see if I was living somewhere off grid for a while though
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes or in a hotel without laundry! Yes, definitely going to get dirty again!!
If I’m in a hotel without laundry, just put it in the sink and agitating. It has been fine. I usually ask for extra shampoo and use that. No extra gear that way.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes it definitely works!!
Happy to be following your adventure(s)
My plan is to start a journey this month, probably about six weeks. I'd like to go for longer but I need to be back home in July. Anyway I feel the same sort of things that you talk about in your videos but in a parallel, cycling trip specific way. My friend Charlie Wilkins wrote a fantastic book from his walk from Thunder Bay Ontario to New York city. It's called Walk to New York. Very funny and all just factual non fiction.
In 1989, a guy I met at teachers college turned me on to Bruce Chatwin's Song Lines. After reading Song Lines , I felt that I had learned something crucial and foundational and it explained / changed things for me. As a kid, reading Lord of the Rings resonated with me mostly in the majority of the pages, while time is passed hiking, camping, trekking and sharing their talk. The fights along the way didn't interest me so much; it was more the tripping for me. The scene with Bilbo and Gollum in the underground damp, matching wits, seems like a metaphorical testing of mettle for one who is a traveller and has to figure something out or else...
Anyway Buddy, I understand the depression of being away from the trek. I'm staring at my bike here, drinking coffee and I've vowed to do a 100 km test ride today with half- full gear.
There will be challenges I'm sure because I'm pretty out of shape now. I've only logged 150 km all spring so far. Three weeks until departure. Exciting. I'm really excited vicariously for you though. I wish my knees would let me do what you're doing. I'd walk our Bruce trail for sure.
Cheers mate!
What’s the secret to setting up a tent when it’s pissing down with rain, Matt? Just be quick as possible or it there some sort of method where you can get it up without getting soaked 🤔
If you have a quick pitch model or whatever they call it you can pop up the fly on the ground cloth using the poles then put up the inner bit. Personally I’ve found that’s more trouble than it’s worth and I don’t like tents that are so delicate they require a ground cloth. My Hornet I can set up the poles, then pull out and have the inner up in maybe 20 seconds, and then throw the rain fly over the top before finishing the setup. Works well enough for me. If it’s raining that much you’re going to have moisture around anyway
im surprised you havent came across the people the all the residence are worried about. that would be good content if yall walked couple hundred miles together....lol
I have here and there. Clarksburg I had some interactions for example and that incident on the C&O. I don’t like shoving a camera in peoples faces though and doubly so when it’s someone who is obviously mentally ill or strung out on something.
You may have addressed this in another video (I just started bingeing your content while sick), but why not set your tent up in a tunnel at night?
What would the advantage of that be? Seems like it would just get in the way of others using the trail
Mainly due to 'neighborly' uncontrolled night time dog barking I switched to the Loop ear plugs for sleeping and found they work well for me. I thought I noticed Dude Wipes in your resupply box and wondered your uses for them along with the obvious? Worth the additional weight and bulk compared to traditional?
I switched away from paper toilet paper years ago. Wipes lead to a lot less but chafing and they can be invaluable in the event of bad events on trail as much as I laughed and mocked the dude wipe brand specifically I have found they hold up the best to compression and cold and heat. Some of the other brand of tendency to pill up After a while
Looks like you're an umbrella convert. Mine is only 7 oz.
For rain I like it. I’ve never found it worthwhile for sun. I do wish it was a bit wider though
😎☮
Not sure of which part of Ohio you're going to hit
But from what I see on your red line you have quite a few areas to choose from go all the way from the buckeye trail Wayne national Forest and quite a few others and I do mean quite a few others
Day 29. Heavy windstorms here in Colorado. Gust into the 90 MPHs. Have you looked into OnX? Would be perfect for you in identifying public vs private land for camping. Worth a look. Might prove invaluable as you cross the country!
Gaia GPS has layers for public and private property that I use pretty heavily. I’ve generally found that to be more flexible than onx but it has been a few years since I’ve used the ladder
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes good to know you have something. OnX has just updated in the past couple of months (year). Private vs public boundaries more defined etc. Onward Bishop!
I assume that thing where you said "no idea what this used to be" was a platform for train access. Seems short, but maybe the rest was wood and rotted away.
That was my guess, but there was so little space on the top of any of them it would’ve just been employee access or else something to get that part of the train
I've left my poles behind several times, but never more than 1/2 a mile back. So far... Also, what diner doesn't have coffee? 🤣
They always have some sort of black liquid. Occasionally it is an abomination again the heavenly joy that is coffee
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes tru dat!
there is a hotel within half a mile of the bridge over the state route there in Ellenboro. i would not want to camp between Pennsboro and Ellenboro. The NBRT used to get so much bicycle traffic...other than the locals who would take a walk in the morning or evening....that even section hiking seemed to be a strange concept to some of the locals. There used to be a "local homeless man" who would ride his bike and homemade trailer, camping wherever. I think he may have scared some of the locals as he was rather eccentric.
I heard some comments from locals in a few places but I didn’t have any issues. Quite frankly there was more riffraff on the C&O
Also, it seems like every little town has that one homeless guy. I remember the guy in independence, California, who wandered around with what looked like a wizard staff.
Matt, I’m wondering if the tinnitus is due to the amount of caffeine you take in… when I drink a lot of ice tea I get it
I go through periods where I have little to no caffeine and that has not had any sort of effect on it
And her response was ehhhahhh 😂
@16:53 I wonder whose phone number that is?
People seem to like spray painting phone numbers. Ran across several in tunnels and then shin’s bridge. I figured it was someone pranking a friend by putting up their number