Watched the whole series and that was a heck of an adventure. Living vicariously through your craziness is a lot of fun :) Can't wait for the next one.
Thanks for the video series. Now, I really want to go on the hike I planned after fishing the headwaters of the Kern and learning shortly after about the lakes containning those Cutthroat trout. I have never caught a Cutthroat and would love to. All of those Goldens were so beautiful too. I'm going to need to alter my plans somewhat to allow for more fishing but less ground covered. I'm glad I found your channel a few years ago.
@@michaelb1761 Thanks for watching! I'm glad you are enjoying the channel! Yeah, hiking and fishing is such a delicate balance. Day hiking I lean towards hiking but overnight trips really focus on getting some quality fishing in. It takes so long to get there and who knows when you can come back.
Hello Jim, First, thanks again for all your videos. Nobody else does a better job at showing what hiking to fish is really like. Question: On this trip, you came within day hike distance of Tulainyo lake, the highest elevation lake in California. This lake was stocked with goldens in the 1930s and fish were aledgedly seen during a scuba dive in 1997. Have you ever fished this lake or heard anything about its fish? FWY, there is a high likelihood that I will do a hiking and fishing trip in the Sierras in 2025 after my yearly Winds trip, and this Sierra trip will be heavily relying on info from your current and past videos that I am re-re-watching. So thank you again! Bernard.
@@bernardmansey3019. Hi, thanks for the kind words. You know, it's been a while since anyone has mentioned Tulainyo and I really don't recall much about it and have never thought of heading there. Maybe next time. Good luck on your journey. Please report back.
awesome route. Just looking roughly at what I think the route was I am guessing you two covered somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-65 total miles for the total trip. Well done !
@@chili1593 😅 Shepard Pass? Yeah, I imagine it's so steep that it would require annual maintenance after snow fall. The parks probably figure it's not worth it. Some of the passes like Crabtree and Old Army are just left sketchy. Some one died falling from Old Army a few years ago.
you outta tell Roger to find a new way to secure his tent to his pack. Letting it swing like that not only is a danger to his balance but it probably adds a pound or two of momentary perceived weight each time it swings out. It may not be very noticeable in the moment, But after a full day of that, he is probably burning many more calories keeping that extra inertia stable
@@BigDoeJ424 😅 Thanks for the advice. He reads the comments so I'm sure he'll see this. I would bet he gets that but isn't concerned or simply hasn't found a solution he likes better. Thanks again!
@@highcountrychronicles Depending on the pack design, one way is to lash it vertically down the middle of the back. This works great between the two tube pouches of a Dana Terraplane, for instance. BigDoeJ is right about the physics. Also, motion produces stress & wears gear.
The climb out of that cut-throat lake qualifies as Class Three Nasty, or even, given the exposure, Class Four. Plus route-finding uphill is so much harder -- downhill you can see more of the terrain you mean to cross. I love crosscountry, but I want it to have an element of fun, less sheer unremitting stress. One cool thing about it is how you have to pay close attention to every step, so you see all sorts of details -- "the first rose-quartz I've seen." Agreed that Shepherd Pass trail on the east side is totally sketch. Bring a beginner and scare him sh*tless. False saddles are the worst. My least favorite is the climb out of Escondido Camp to Lost Valley in the Ventana, an unrelenting grade, always hot as hell with the morning sun full on your back, and just when you think you've got it licked -- no, there's another 400 feet of elevation to go. Somebody says that the only genuine training for hiking with a pack is hiking with a pack. Things like running will build your general body strength and stamina, but they're still not specific to the activity. We feel this most the first few days, when the load is heaviest and we're not broken in to the trail yet. Thanks for this epic series of videos. Totally absorbing.
@@jimpowell6789 Yeah, I agree. I usually ruck with 45lbs once a week in addition to my 3 x week full body workout but cut out the ruck and one workout so I could run more. It paid off from a running perspective, which was my big goal for the year but I definitely felt it backpacking.
Man cannot live by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and poptarts alone. It says so in the Good Book. The better the fuel the more energized the hiker, too. Bring a lemon and some dill (in an airtight baggy), a 2 oz plastic re-usable squeeze bottle of olive oil, and some foil. Put a few pinches dill inside the fish, scrape lemon rind off into it, lightly, head to tail, sprinkle a little salt, rub it over on the outside with a little olive oil, double-wrap it in foil, bake it on coals for maybe 10 minutes -- or more, depending on the size of the fish & the quality of the coals. (Once cooked and on your plate, you can dose it with a little lemon juice, too, if you like.) And get back to us.
Watched the whole series and that was a heck of an adventure. Living vicariously through your craziness is a lot of fun :) Can't wait for the next one.
@@7Wolf2k Thank you! Glad you are enjoying the series and the channel!
Thanks for the video series. Now, I really want to go on the hike I planned after fishing the headwaters of the Kern and learning shortly after about the lakes containning those Cutthroat trout. I have never caught a Cutthroat and would love to. All of those Goldens were so beautiful too. I'm going to need to alter my plans somewhat to allow for more fishing but less ground covered. I'm glad I found your channel a few years ago.
@@michaelb1761 Thanks for watching! I'm glad you are enjoying the channel! Yeah, hiking and fishing is such a delicate balance. Day hiking I lean towards hiking but overnight trips really focus on getting some quality fishing in. It takes so long to get there and who knows when you can come back.
Hello Jim,
First, thanks again for all your videos. Nobody else does a better job at showing what hiking to fish is really like.
Question: On this trip, you came within day hike distance of Tulainyo lake, the highest elevation lake in California. This lake was stocked with goldens in the 1930s and fish were aledgedly seen during a scuba dive in 1997.
Have you ever fished this lake or heard anything about its fish?
FWY, there is a high likelihood that I will do a hiking and fishing trip in the Sierras in 2025 after my yearly Winds trip, and this Sierra trip will be heavily relying on info from your current and past videos that I am re-re-watching. So thank you again!
Bernard.
@@bernardmansey3019. Hi, thanks for the kind words. You know, it's been a while since anyone has mentioned Tulainyo and I really don't recall much about it and have never thought of heading there. Maybe next time. Good luck on your journey. Please report back.
awesome route. Just looking roughly at what I think the route was I am guessing you two covered somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-65 total miles for the total trip. Well done !
@@tortoisewhisperer1580 thank you! Yep. Strava put it at 68 miles. It was absolutely beautiful. 😁 Thanks for watching!
That was a nail biter! When you’re tired is when you’re apt to make mistakes. Glad you both got outta there safely!
@@Tenkara_Retiree Yep. I was definitely not as confident climbing as I normally am. Better to do early in a trip rather than late. 😅
That trail definitely needs some love.
@@chili1593 😅 Shepard Pass? Yeah, I imagine it's so steep that it would require annual maintenance after snow fall. The parks probably figure it's not worth it.
Some of the passes like Crabtree and Old Army are just left sketchy. Some one died falling from Old Army a few years ago.
@ yes. And hats off for getting to those Colorado trout lakes. I wonder how they planted them?
@ Thanks! I'll send you an article all about it later.
Did you read the article in American Currents about this swap of trout? It was very interesting.
@ I did. It's the article I plan to send later. I don't necessarily want to post it here since I haven't named the lake.
you outta tell Roger to find a new way to secure his tent to his pack. Letting it swing like that not only is a danger to his balance but it probably adds a pound or two of momentary perceived weight each time it swings out. It may not be very noticeable in the moment, But after a full day of that, he is probably burning many more calories keeping that extra inertia stable
@@BigDoeJ424 😅 Thanks for the advice. He reads the comments so I'm sure he'll see this.
I would bet he gets that but isn't concerned or simply hasn't found a solution he likes better.
Thanks again!
@@highcountrychronicles Depending on the pack design, one way is to lash it vertically down the middle of the back. This works great between the two tube pouches of a Dana Terraplane, for instance. BigDoeJ is right about the physics. Also, motion produces stress & wears gear.
The climb out of that cut-throat lake qualifies as Class Three Nasty, or even, given the exposure, Class Four. Plus route-finding uphill is so much harder -- downhill you can see more of the terrain you mean to cross. I love crosscountry, but I want it to have an element of fun, less sheer unremitting stress. One cool thing about it is how you have to pay close attention to every step, so you see all sorts of details -- "the first rose-quartz I've seen."
Agreed that Shepherd Pass trail on the east side is totally sketch. Bring a beginner and scare him sh*tless.
False saddles are the worst. My least favorite is the climb out of Escondido Camp to Lost Valley in the Ventana, an unrelenting grade, always hot as hell with the morning sun full on your back, and just when you think you've got it licked -- no, there's another 400 feet of elevation to go.
Somebody says that the only genuine training for hiking with a pack is hiking with a pack. Things like running will build your general body strength and stamina, but they're still not specific to the activity. We feel this most the first few days, when the load is heaviest and we're not broken in to the trail yet.
Thanks for this epic series of videos. Totally absorbing.
@@jimpowell6789 Yeah, I agree. I usually ruck with 45lbs once a week in addition to my 3 x week full body workout but cut out the ruck and one workout so I could run more.
It paid off from a running perspective, which was my big goal for the year but I definitely felt it backpacking.
Any thoughts of trying Wright Lakes during your trip?
@@roddines8329 Initially but it was number 5 or 6 on the list of lakes I wanted to visit. We would have needed another 2 days to do it right.
Hey Lowe do you ever eat the fish you catch in the back country?
@@jayhernandez5642 Not usually. I don't like trout. I once cooked a Golden Trout at Top Lake just so I could say I knew what they taste like....
@ wow excellent 8 day trek take care looking forward to watching you again.
@@jayhernandez5642 Thank you and thanks for watching the series. I'll have a new video up in a week or two!
Man cannot live by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and poptarts alone. It says so in the Good Book. The better the fuel the more energized the hiker, too.
Bring a lemon and some dill (in an airtight baggy), a 2 oz plastic re-usable squeeze bottle of olive oil, and some foil. Put a few pinches dill inside the fish, scrape lemon rind off into it, lightly, head to tail, sprinkle a little salt, rub it over on the outside with a little olive oil, double-wrap it in foil, bake it on coals for maybe 10 minutes -- or more, depending on the size of the fish & the quality of the coals. (Once cooked and on your plate, you can dose it with a little lemon juice, too, if you like.)
And get back to us.
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