Thank you. I will never forget the beauty of this adventure. Being solo creates a very intense personal experience on the trail.Certainly not the only way to go but a good option.
We started on the 20th of September last year, a day behind you. It's funny the things you caught on camera are the things I caught too. Like that VERY blue pile of bear skat is the same pile I recorded. Thank you for sharing! I love seeing others perspectives out there. We're headed back this year, again! Can't get enough of the thorofare.
I wish someone would let me join them or I'd find someone that would like to go explore the area with me...the Norwegian Explorers videos of the hike he did there sold me on the place...particularly the upper Thorofare drainage and the Open Creek drainage...and it looks like Hidden Creek drainage would be amazing as well.
@@twochordcool Tim, I'm heading back on the 2nd of October. If you have the time to go, I'm looking for a hiking buddy for the trip. It's a 10 night, 11 day trip down the Thorofare from the Heart Lake Trailhead, ending where I started. Interested?
You really make a great video! Totally interesting throughout. You’ve shown me an area of YNP I haven’t been able to get to. I’m a new subscriber! Thanks!
Hey I asked somebody else this but I'm curious to know your opinion on it...if you happen to know the answer to it: What do you think it is about humans, camped in a tent, if you did everything right and don't smell of food, that makes grizzly bears know that you are not something to be messed with?
I don’t consider myself something a grizzly bear won’t mess with. Everything is a risk. Not everything is rewarding. One must pick the appropriate ratio of the two.
I think the smell of a human is foreign and weird to them, and they probably recognize it as another fairly formidable animal. There's plenty of documentation of bears turning tail and running the other way when they catch the scent of a human on the wind. Occasionally you'll get a curious one that sniffs around a tent, and the **exceptionally** rare one that tears into a tent, but that's much rarer than bears just staying away.
@@JacksonAlvey I think that sounds about right. Surprised they fear much of anything but yeah, even normally behaving grizzlies seem to prefer to not cross paths with humans.
@@JacksonAlvey Well I'm glad and I'm hope I'm not that rare person that get's dragged out of his tent at night by a grizzly bear because I like to camp in areas that have grizzly bears...they tend to be wild and beautiful places.
So awesome. Anyhow, is that one of those twig stoves? Do you find them reliable? They must save you a little bit of weight in gas canisters, huh? (Especially me as I always am sure to bring MORE than what I'd probably need!)
This is a titanium wood-burning stove I think 4 ounces. Fire Ant. I love it as much as anything that I carry. I carry fuel cubes to burn in the morning using the same stove.Time to bring water to boil is very competitive. I find it very reliable in all conditions with the exception of heavy winds. I might call this my luxury item if I had to nitpick I love it so much.It has the feel of the old school with the technology of today.
@@wanderandwonder7058 Nice, but I don't know if it's a luxury item if it is a necessary item and it saves you so much weight. I'm going to be 54 this summer and I want to do a major trip into the Thorofare / North Fork Yellowstone this summer, with a detour into Hidden Creek if possible...but my backpacking equipment is traditional equipment and moderately expensive so it has traditional backpacking equipment weight. My pack would be somewhere in the ballpark of 50 pounds probably. I just got a Mystery Ranch T100 backpack which is 7 and a half pounds by itself...but it is supposedly solidly built to carry the remaining 42.5 pounds more comfortably. I have a few stoves that don't weigh too much but for a 10 or 11 day trip, even just boiling water, I'll be looking at bringing 2 of those medium size MSR Isopro fuel cannisters.
@@wanderandwonder7058 Under my current circumstances, with so much gear invested in, I have no idea how to get my pack weight anywhere near 12 pounds. (I guess you mean weight without food?)
I hear that. And when out there- the beauty and adventure is so overwhelming that the fear fades away. Yes bad things can happen- that must be understood. And yet when you’re out there the only feeling is “this is worth the risk”.
Great video! I love the fact that there's no music and all the sounds of your surroundings. Thanks for sharing! Very peaceful!
I appreciate that.
Totally agree,
You did a very good job of my favorite place. Not been back since it burned. Was there twice during the fire.
Ditto!
Thanks for taking us along, appreciate it much!!!🖖🙋♀️🙅♀️🙆♀️
Loved it! Thx for taking us on your journey!
love that there’s no music. i would so much rather listen to the sounds of birds, wind and footsteps 😍
Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing your trip/adventure.
Loved this! Quite the adventure! Now I can't stop dreaming about getting back out into the wilderness.. well done.
You- and those like you have been enormously generous with your contributions to our community. Thank you.
@@wanderandwonder7058 loved the vid. Just curious about your gear. Type ? Brand? Sleeping bag and tent to keep your pack as light as it is?
Beautiful, thank you..
Oh the quietness and beauty of Yellowstone. It's soul inspiring! Thks for the Vids and hike.
I loved this video. "Comin' in! Comin' in... LIKE A BOSS"
Beautiful footage, thanks for sharing.
What a great video man. Very inspiring. Can’t wait to get out there this summer but I must say I’m a little nervous to be solo in bear country!!!
Make good choices and the beauty overwhelms the fear.
Nicely done!
This is amazing. So incredible you did thorofare alone
Thank you. I will never forget the beauty of this adventure. Being solo creates a very intense personal experience on the trail.Certainly not the only way to go but a good option.
Well done!
Like A Boss
Brass out.
We started on the 20th of September last year, a day behind you. It's funny the things you caught on camera are the things I caught too. Like that VERY blue pile of bear skat is the same pile I recorded. Thank you for sharing! I love seeing others perspectives out there. We're headed back this year, again! Can't get enough of the thorofare.
I wish someone would let me join them or I'd find someone that would like to go explore the area with me...the Norwegian Explorers videos of the hike he did there sold me on the place...particularly the upper Thorofare drainage and the Open Creek drainage...and it looks like Hidden Creek drainage would be amazing as well.
@@twochordcool Tim, I'm heading back on the 2nd of October. If you have the time to go, I'm looking for a hiking buddy for the trip. It's a 10 night, 11 day trip down the Thorofare from the Heart Lake Trailhead, ending where I started. Interested?
INice, f I have enough knees left maybe I can get out there again and try that hike.
Dream trip for me too
You really make a great video! Totally interesting throughout. You’ve shown me an area of YNP I haven’t been able to get to. I’m a new subscriber! Thanks!
Makes my day. Thanks!
Nice video, and hope this wasn't 2020. Cheers!
Appreciate no background music!!!!
It seems a commercial appears before this video at times maybe even often. That’s not my choice. Anybody know how to help me get that off there?
I did not see one, so I think it might be gone. Love your vids!
🤙 much appreciated
Hey I asked somebody else this but I'm curious to know your opinion on it...if you happen to know the answer to it: What do you think it is about humans, camped in a tent, if you did everything right and don't smell of food, that makes grizzly bears know that you are not something to be messed with?
I don’t consider myself something a grizzly bear won’t mess with. Everything is a risk. Not everything is rewarding. One must pick the appropriate ratio of the two.
I think the smell of a human is foreign and weird to them, and they probably recognize it as another fairly formidable animal. There's plenty of documentation of bears turning tail and running the other way when they catch the scent of a human on the wind.
Occasionally you'll get a curious one that sniffs around a tent, and the **exceptionally** rare one that tears into a tent, but that's much rarer than bears just staying away.
@@JacksonAlvey I think that sounds about right. Surprised they fear much of anything but yeah, even normally behaving grizzlies seem to prefer to not cross paths with humans.
@@twochordcool Yeah no doubt a person is no match for a grizzly, but for some reason they want nothing to do with us usually. Haha. Fine by me!
@@JacksonAlvey Well I'm glad and I'm hope I'm not that rare person that get's dragged out of his tent at night by a grizzly bear because I like to camp in areas that have grizzly bears...they tend to be wild and beautiful places.
So awesome. Anyhow, is that one of those twig stoves? Do you find them reliable? They must save you a little bit of weight in gas canisters, huh? (Especially me as I always am sure to bring MORE than what I'd probably need!)
This is a titanium wood-burning stove I think 4 ounces. Fire Ant. I love it as much as anything that I carry. I carry fuel cubes to burn in the morning using the same stove.Time to bring water to boil is very competitive. I find it very reliable in all conditions with the exception of heavy winds. I might call this my luxury item if I had to nitpick I love it so much.It has the feel of the old school with the technology of today.
@@wanderandwonder7058 Nice, but I don't know if it's a luxury item if it is a necessary item and it saves you so much weight. I'm going to be 54 this summer and I want to do a major trip into the Thorofare / North Fork Yellowstone this summer, with a detour into Hidden Creek if possible...but my backpacking equipment is traditional equipment and moderately expensive so it has traditional backpacking equipment weight. My pack would be somewhere in the ballpark of 50 pounds probably. I just got a Mystery Ranch T100 backpack which is 7 and a half pounds by itself...but it is supposedly solidly built to carry the remaining 42.5 pounds more comfortably. I have a few stoves that don't weigh too much but for a 10 or 11 day trip, even just boiling water, I'll be looking at bringing 2 of those medium size MSR Isopro fuel cannisters.
Brother!!! Cut weight! Don’t be a hero. My pack weight was about 12lbs. (4 season) So worthwhile to GO LITE.
@@wanderandwonder7058 Under my current circumstances, with so much gear invested in, I have no idea how to get my pack weight anywhere near 12 pounds. (I guess you mean weight without food?)
As always make good choices and get out when you can.
I couldn’t enjoy myself out there I would be too worried about bears. 🐻
I hear that. And when out there- the beauty and adventure is so overwhelming that the fear fades away. Yes bad things can happen- that must be understood. And yet when you’re out there the only feeling is “this is worth the risk”.