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You deserve an award, your content is up there with some of the best iv seen on TH-cam, Your extremely talented with the camera and editing. L9ok forward to more of your adventures, best wishes from Ireland, safe travels
So serene and peaceful. Thanks for taking us with you. I'm so glad YT algorithm found you. I'm planning to start hiking for the first time for my physical and mental health. I can't wait to start. Maybe I will hike the same path one day.
Love the video Alisha! beautifully filmed. We did a similar hike in 2021. Marie Lake is our all time favorite lake in the Sierra although Vee lake is also really stunning. We headed through the bear lakes over to Italy Pass, climb Julius Caesar and then returned down the Italy pass trail to meet up with the JMT and back to Edison. can't wait to go back to the Bear Lakes again but so many other unexplored places to go...
This is long-winded, but worth it. My Goodwill tour of the Eastern Sierra in September was a series of day hikes, as I previously mentioned. Recall that I saw your car parked near Paiute Pass. Four of those “Goodwill” hikes were revisits, ‘cuz my Sierra experiences were mainly in the 1970s. What applies to this video is Pine Creek Pass. My neighbors and I did a fishing trip from the Pine Creek trailhead, which ended up at Merriam Lake. That was August of 1970, just before I started my senior year in high school. Merriam Lake was a great destination, with Golden Trout galore! On my September day hike following Pine Creek, I learned from a returning backpacker about Bear Lakes Basin. That's become an obsession, envisioning a small loop using a series of short hops. Included in that “dream trip” would be Lake Italy, one of the Bear Lakes, Vee Lake, Feather pass, and a reunion with Merriam Lake. I would of course head back over Pine Creek Pass, stopping first at the Paiute Tribal Smoke Shop atop the pass, to score some cheap cigarettes and illegal fireworks. Back to your video. As soon as you highlighted Mount Hilgard early in your journey, I had a hunch you were headed in that “dream” direction, cross country style. So I got my Nat Geo Mono Divide map out. I even guessed your route between Three Island Lake and Vee Lake. It's safe to say that I lucked out watching this. Will I actually make it back to the Pine Creek trailhead? Slim chance, because I live pretty far away. Anyhow, thanks for sharing the great feature. Oh… The next time I comment, I'll limit it to seven words or less!
Thank you for sharing this and for expending the effort to produce it! You capture in video the feeling of the place better than other videos I’ve seen. I visited the Bear Lakes Basin via the East side (Pine Creek Pass trailhead, Italy Pass, Dancing Bear Pass) this past September. Those views of Seven Gables brought me right back! I found Feather Pass a bit of a challenge but went right instead of left at the top 😅. Best wishes for your future adventures, I will be thrilled to see what you post. Cheers!
Oi gosto muito do seus vídeos é maravilhoso pena que você não mostra as estrelas e a lua nosso céu é tão lindo eu adoro ver nosso universo ia ser lindo se isso acontecer obrigada
Thanks! That would be cool, my camera gear isn’t capable of that yet 😊 I also like to just sleep lol. But someday I want to capture the northern lights
I can't believe you fording streams barefoot with a packload. I only did that once (with a bigger load, but even so -- it cured me. The beginning of the Dante's Inferno seems like odd reading at the gates of heaven, though. Try Rexroth, try Snyder. There must be a reason for all the raves below. Add mine.
@@basinandrange It drew my eye because it's verse, and then, Dante is easy to recognize in just a few lines, even in translation -- a good one, anyways. But the Inferno starts at the Gates of Hell which bear the sign: "Abandon hope all ye that enter here." Whereas a trailhead is the Gates of Paradise. But I guess both are cosmological journeys -- certainly backpacking is. Try sleeping outside the tent -- for the stars, and the night. (This is easier at lower elevations -- like 8,000 instead of 10,000 -- not quite so cold -- but it's possible up there too -- a good bag, a wool cap and socks & long-johns.) The bugs and cold-blooded creepers go to sleep at night because of the cold -- they're not going to bother you at all -- and so do most mammals. It's true there are more animals below treeline, but they are not a threat . In the back country usually you'll be the first human they've ever seen and they'll either ignore you (unless you're making a fuss) or make themselves invisible. Avoid used campsites and keep a meticulously clean camp and you won't attract scavengers. Animals are just not a threat -- the biggest threat in the wilderness is our own mistakes. Carnivores are in the business of not being seen. You have to be sharp eyed and lucky to see most of them at all. Learning animal tracks and scat (there are booklets that teach it) opens a whole dimension of awareness. The same pamphlet (Pacific Coast Mammals, or the like) will let you identify a pine martin if you're lucky and sharp eyed enought to see one. Not many tracks to find on the higher granite reaches. Plenty of marmot poop though. The number one cause of wilderness fatalities in the Sierra is stream-crossings -- but not the kind that would tempt anyone to cross barefoot. I saw that the current was slight and the stones on the bottom rounded and smooth where you crossed -- very similar to Buck Meadow Creek where I waded it barefoot. The weight of the pack pressing my feet down onto the stones was the deal breaker, for me. Try a two-week trip where you target a largish zone of cross-country with a variety of attractive living lakes (lakes between 7500 and nearing tree-line. Use a couple days to get into the zone with provisions to hang out for ten days, and two more to exit. Hang out, moving camp ad lib, exploring, moving slowly, looking around, doing layovers when a spot appeals. Laze around, poke around, zone in, muse. Absorb. Your (smart) routing looks to approximate this already -- nice how you zeroed in on that cluster of lakes -- just expand the principle, refine the targeting, and open out more time for exploration in detail and meditation.
Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed this video and want to support the channel, consider sending a Super Thanks if you are able 💛 Every contribution helps me create more films and share these adventures with you. Your support truly means the world!
The back ground music reminds me an old fantasy game that I loved. And it makes me feel I'm watching fantasy world. I love it!
@@EMPHoon do you remember what the game is called?
You deserve an award, your content is up there with some of the best iv seen on TH-cam, Your extremely talented with the camera and editing. L9ok forward to more of your adventures, best wishes from Ireland, safe travels
@@niallegan5426 thank you!
Hard to describe how therapeutic this was for me. You've brought me to places I've not seen for far too long. I'm grateful for your gift.
So serene and peaceful. Thanks for taking us with you. I'm so glad YT algorithm found you. I'm planning to start hiking for the first time for my physical and mental health. I can't wait to start. Maybe I will hike the same path one day.
Just subscribed - enjoying the Sierra hiking films. Well done and very adventurous! Makes me even more excited for 2025 in the High Sierra 🏕️
@@Sheety33 ohh yes the mountains are calling in 2025 😄
Plans fixes,musique douce et calme,la vidéo que j'aime.Bravo
In love with the Skyrim theme. The Sierras have my heart forever and a day. Thank You for sharing this act of awakening and therapy.
Love the video Alisha! beautifully filmed.
We did a similar hike in 2021. Marie Lake is our all time favorite lake in the Sierra although Vee lake is also really stunning. We headed through the bear lakes over to Italy Pass, climb Julius Caesar and then returned down the Italy pass trail to meet up with the JMT and back to Edison. can't wait to go back to the Bear Lakes again but so many other unexplored places to go...
Thanks for posting this. An old man like me is never going to be able to see this beautiful scenery in person again.
Your photography is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing your adventure.
Stunning!
Stunning camera work and editing. Bravo!
I’m like really calm right now. Also, just found my next JMT day hike!!
Absolutely stunning video! You have a great talent at telling a story through video.
You know what you're doing when hiking you know where all the water sources are you know how to make a fire you know how to fish and navigate 👍😎
WOW! Such incredible videos, Alisha! Thank you for taking the time to put in the work to create and share your adventures with us!!!!
@@JayFAdventures thank you for watching! 😃
This is long-winded, but worth it. My Goodwill tour of the Eastern Sierra in September was a series of day hikes, as I previously mentioned. Recall that I saw your car parked near Paiute Pass. Four of those “Goodwill” hikes were revisits, ‘cuz my Sierra experiences were mainly in the 1970s. What applies to this video is Pine Creek Pass. My neighbors and I did a fishing trip from the Pine Creek trailhead, which ended up at Merriam Lake. That was August of 1970, just before I started my senior year in high school. Merriam Lake was a great destination, with Golden Trout galore! On my September day hike following Pine Creek, I learned from a returning backpacker about Bear Lakes Basin. That's become an obsession, envisioning a small loop using a series of short hops. Included in that “dream trip” would be Lake Italy, one of the Bear Lakes, Vee Lake, Feather pass, and a reunion with Merriam Lake. I would of course head back over Pine Creek Pass, stopping first at the Paiute Tribal Smoke Shop atop the pass, to score some cheap cigarettes and illegal fireworks. Back to your video. As soon as you highlighted Mount Hilgard early in your journey, I had a hunch you were headed in that “dream” direction, cross country style. So I got my Nat Geo Mono Divide map out. I even guessed your route between Three Island Lake and Vee Lake. It's safe to say that I lucked out watching this. Will I actually make it back to the Pine Creek trailhead? Slim chance, because I live pretty far away. Anyhow, thanks for sharing the great feature. Oh… The next time I comment, I'll limit it to seven words or less!
@@randyspotts5069 thanks for sharing your story!
Thank you for sharing this and for expending the effort to produce it! You capture in video the feeling of the place better than other videos I’ve seen. I visited the Bear Lakes Basin via the East side (Pine Creek Pass trailhead, Italy Pass, Dancing Bear Pass) this past September. Those views of Seven Gables brought me right back! I found Feather Pass a bit of a challenge but went right instead of left at the top 😅. Best wishes for your future adventures, I will be thrilled to see what you post. Cheers!
Superbly done. Excellent work indeed.
Watched it with great interest.
I enjoyed it very much.
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
impressive on all levels. thx for sharing.
Gorgeous hike my friend, place looks so enchanting and simply enjoyable!
@@ervinslens Thank you 😊 this place is so magical, especially around sunset when the light hits the peaks!
Wow, great journey, superb work on capturing it!
I hope you have more trips in post production, trips planned in the future, you do great work.
@@Robert-ki9mb thank you, there’s more coming soon!
Well done video. Congrats on the videography!
Abo and Like....
Nice Video👍👌. Greets from Germany.
Well done.
Skyrim FTW. “I used to be an adventurer, until I took an arrow to the knee.”😅
Oi gosto muito do seus vídeos é maravilhoso pena que você não mostra as estrelas e a lua nosso céu é tão lindo eu adoro ver nosso universo ia ser lindo se isso acontecer obrigada
Thanks! That would be cool, my camera gear isn’t capable of that yet 😊 I also like to just sleep lol. But someday I want to capture the northern lights
We were in the same neighborhood… th-cam.com/video/i46e5VDjOaE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=k1WF9P0-gcRqc1Mu
I can't believe you fording streams barefoot with a packload. I only did that once (with a bigger load, but even so -- it cured me.
The beginning of the Dante's Inferno seems like odd reading at the gates of heaven, though. Try Rexroth, try Snyder.
There must be a reason for all the raves below. Add mine.
@@jimpowell6789 omg you figured out what I was reading that’s awesome 😂 yeahh I’d only ford barefoot in gentle streams
@@basinandrange It drew my eye because it's verse, and then, Dante is easy to recognize in just a few lines, even in translation -- a good one, anyways. But the Inferno starts at the Gates of Hell which bear the sign: "Abandon hope all ye that enter here." Whereas a trailhead is the Gates of Paradise.
But I guess both are cosmological journeys -- certainly backpacking is. Try sleeping outside the tent -- for the stars, and the night. (This is easier at lower elevations -- like 8,000 instead of 10,000 -- not quite so cold -- but it's possible up there too -- a good bag, a wool cap and socks & long-johns.) The bugs and cold-blooded creepers go to sleep at night because of the cold -- they're not going to bother you at all -- and so do most mammals. It's true there are more animals below treeline, but they are not a threat . In the back country usually you'll be the first human they've ever seen and they'll either ignore you (unless you're making a fuss) or make themselves invisible. Avoid used campsites and keep a meticulously clean camp and you won't attract scavengers. Animals are just not a threat -- the biggest threat in the wilderness is our own mistakes.
Carnivores are in the business of not being seen. You have to be sharp eyed and lucky to see most of them at all. Learning animal tracks and scat (there are booklets that teach it) opens a whole dimension of awareness. The same pamphlet (Pacific Coast Mammals, or the like) will let you identify a pine martin if you're lucky and sharp eyed enought to see one. Not many tracks to find on the higher granite reaches. Plenty of marmot poop though.
The number one cause of wilderness fatalities in the Sierra is stream-crossings -- but not the kind that would tempt anyone to cross barefoot. I saw that the current was slight and the stones on the bottom rounded and smooth where you crossed -- very similar to Buck Meadow Creek where I waded it barefoot. The weight of the pack pressing my feet down onto the stones was the deal breaker, for me.
Try a two-week trip where you target a largish zone of cross-country with a variety of attractive living lakes (lakes between 7500 and nearing tree-line. Use a couple days to get into the zone with provisions to hang out for ten days, and two more to exit. Hang out, moving camp ad lib, exploring, moving slowly, looking around, doing layovers when a spot appeals. Laze around, poke around, zone in, muse. Absorb. Your (smart) routing looks to approximate this already -- nice how you zeroed in on that cluster of lakes -- just expand the principle, refine the targeting, and open out more time for exploration in detail and meditation.
Winter time is for dreaming over maps.