Reflections of the Past & Future - Grand Enchantment Trail Thru Hike 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The Grand Enchantment Trail is only getting harder as the years go on. Why? Because of fires! It is a very unfortunate thing, but nearly every section of this hike has been pretty deeply impacted by one wildfire or another. A fact of life in the west, but sad to see so up close. Because of this many sections have a lot of dead trees fallen across the path, a lot of overgrown weeds that have sprung up which naturally all have thorns, camping is tricky when widow maker trees are a concern, and since the ground no longer has the healthy root system of the plants once living there much of what trail did exist has no washed away. Makes for some really tough times walking, but also navigating! Fortunately many reroutes and alternates exist to help avoid this. Still, they say the trail is only getting harder.
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My path takes me high up in elevation, now in New Mexico up into the Mogollon Mountains, descending slowly down towards the Gila River. It was amazing to check out the Gila Cliff Dwellings, and briefly cross pathes with the CDT here. A couple days later I actually got to hike a bit of the Continental Divide Trail through the Black Range! I was overjoyed to be on one of the triple crown trails, and even happier again that by comparison this stretch of shared trail is way easier than what the normal GET involves. 30 something miles of bliss, and leaving the trail to continue further east was quite hard because of that. Back immediately to bushwhack, hard navigating, and much steeper grades!
Some of the water sources of this section were rather suspect. From the beautiful Gila River to cattle ponds. Some with a bunch of algae, some that were pretty good, and one of the worst water sources I have ever seen in my life. I tried to filter it, but it clogged my filter so bad I had to do the proceeding section just drinking water raw. In the end I didn't even drink the little water I did manage to filter, but instead deviated off trail 3 miles in search of better water. Fortunately I found it, otherwise I really would have been in some trouble. Still haven't been sick from bad water yet, sometimes I think I am immune to giardia or crypto. Luckily here dehydration didn't fully take me either, as like the rest of this trail, the area I was in is extremely remote, and help is nowhere near.
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The next video will be the final one from the GET! Thank you for coming along 🙂
Thanks bro bringing us good sir!
Thank you Jupiter. ❤
At 8:12, those antelope (?) jumping the fence, along with that music & background scenery, was very moving.
Yes, Pronghorn antelope. Elk jumping the fence.
We met twice on PCT year before last, My friend Ollie gave you a mini rubik's cube! This year I was around the same area doing AZT from phoenix to grand canyon at exactly the same time. The backpacking world is smaller than you realize! Keep wandering! Maybe we'll meet up again or make it on purpose next year!
Whoa, that last water situation was bad. That's the kind of thing I would fear most on that trail. Since it seemed to ruin your filter, I'm curious what you did about it. I guess we'll know in the next video. You're a brave and skilled long distance hiker.
I just didn't filter for the next stretch 😬
This is the type of situation that would warrant keeping a couple of those treatment tablets handy
When you'll be back home, Could you kindly recommand a (lightweight) filter that would handle this situation better, please ? Enjoy your hike and thx for the videos !
not as light weight but the platypus quickdraw can be easily back flushed.@@guillaume8483
Everett "Nemo" Ruess always comes to mind when I see Jupiter doing hikes like this.
Does Jupiter die of thirst? Does he survive and make it to the end???
Stay tuned to find out! 😮
Yay black range! As a child of NM, a brother of AZ, and an adopted Coloradan I so appreciate you showing this trail. Ultimate “flyover” country that’s super arid to boot. Much to appreciate and respect in the desert that so many would never know. Yay gila too 😊
❤❤Loved seeing your videos of my backyard in Southern New Mexico. I've been a fan of yours for years. Looking forward to your CDT videos when you make them!
Wow what a cliffhanger!
I've lived and travelled around the area you're hiking all my life and I 100% understand how unforgiving this area is for hikers. There's not a big hiking culture here and the water sources are few and far between and not always something anyone would be thrilled to drink from.
I'm having a great time watching these videos, but it also feels like I'm watching oddly specific content made just for me 😂
Truly beautiful country.
Really loving this hike and your smooth editing/production.
Eee that's rough. One thing I don't like about the southern part of this state is the water and lack thereof. I hope you survived.
No, and he was not able to make this video about it because he did not survive
Dang.
I’ve loved all of these videos. Thanks for posting.
Scary on the water situation……
Pretty scenery. The water situation, I hope it all worked pir🌻👣
Playing catch up on your work but you have hit hit a stride in 2023. The filming and more importantly your writing has really come along
Lack of water. One of my fears! Beautiful area but I think the scarcity of hydration in areas would keep me from enjoying it. Love the vids!
Wow this was a beautiful section in transitional kind of way! The good, the bad, and the opaque!
That was a totally unpalatable combination of distress and anxiety. When I am in the bush I don't worry about rain or hail but I do worry about the wind bringing down big trees. Difficult to know when root rot is distressing trees to become fragile and susceptible to windfall. I have seen huge white pines fallen over on campsites in the location where I would want to pitch my tent. So far so good.
Yeah boyyyyyy
That looks far worse than the stuff we had to get out of a cow pond. Clogged the filter as well the next morning I was cussing up a storm as I only had about a liter of water and 10 miles to the next water source. Fun times and hopefully a good learning experience 😊
what a cliffhanger here!!
Obviously you have survived this mistake but I’m sure it wasn’t fun at the time. A good, light prefilter solution that works well in conjunction with the CNOC or similar bag with an open top is an aquarium filter bag. You can get them in 1, 5, 10 and larger micron sizes. In very dirty or glacial runoff water I would use the 1 micron size bag as a prefilter. They can be washed to remove the sediment and debris they collect. I use a 50 micron bag to collect larger particles before I filter my water in areas where the water is generally relatively clean and clear. They weigh less than an ounce and store easily with your filter and dirty water bag.
I didn't mention in the clip but the opaque water you saw, had been prefiltered twice through a bandana! An agonizing process as it just didn't want to flow through at all, and clogged the fibers quick
@@JupiterHikes actually you did mention it. I’m not sure what micron equivalent size a bandanna filters to, I’m guessing 30 or so, but I do know that you have to use something in the 1-2 range to get the finest silt. I’m not trying to be critical; just hope to get the word out that there is a good, light and reusable/reliable solution for these situations I see especially in the West and Southwest. I encountered silty water during a several day hike a couple of years ago in the Grand Canyon and went looking for a better way to prefilter water. My filter wasn’t totally clogged but did slow down very quickly over just those few days of use. I was surprised at how much very fine silt came out and how much backflushing it took to get it to run clear when I got home. Your GE thru/hike was obviously a challenging one in so many ways; I doubt that many will attempt to follow in your footsteps. Thanks for sharing it with us.
8:15 was an epic shot.
yikes that was muddy water!
Hiba Jup ! Hope you manage to find clean water...
So you gotta go back to town now?
Man I’ve always wanted to find a shed to hang it up in my van.
Damn what a water source :D
Milbank Filter Bag .. 1.5 oz .. load it up with dirty water .. and it will dribble out +90% clear .. then you can use your filter
At 8:25 you are the Box canyon entry plenty of good spring fed water there
All private property tho and trail routes deeply around
So, are you appreciating the hot meals or are you wishing your pack was a couple of ounces lighter? Just wondering….
Taking as much time to enjoy them as possible. Coffee, then oatmeal, sometimes hot lunch, dinner, and then hot chocolate. That said, I'd prefer my pack to be lighter and my daily routines to be not so involved. Just as well, finding fuel was a massive pain on this hike.
View #168! Love your videos!
Nice to know that you have the water situation in the rear view mirror. I would have found that worrisome.
h2o mistake cost !!!! my gal n i packed w her brother n a friend of his from work in the S.E portion of the Escalante N Monument area. they thot the squiggly line that means " water spring " ALWAYS HAD WATER😮😢that was the end of the trip. filter, trashed n no water to flush n clean. !!!!!!!!!!
Are these shoes from Altra?
Which maps / guide did you use??
Oh yeahhh, that water sucks. 😆🤮
What song is playing at the beginning? Thanks!
Cody Francis - Wandering Nomad
@@_D1886Thank you so much!
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bar none that is some of the worst water i’ve ever seen. i’m not sure it even qualifies as water. looked like used drilling mud. 😮