Long distance hiker with more than 17,000 miles of thru hiking experience.
I want to share the adventure of thru hiking. From the gear required, the skills and techniques needed, and showing the trails themselves in short documentaries. Thru hiking is what I love, and I hope to spread my passion through these videos to help others get out there as well. I also love all things ultralight and super ultralight.... so if you're into any of that then this is the place!
As of 2023 I have done thru hikes of...... the International Appalachian Trail, Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Pinhoti Trail, Florida Trail (twice), Sheltowee Trace Trail, Uinta Highline Trail, Arizona Trail, Tahoe Rim Trail, Long Trail, Ocean to Lake Trail, Grand Enchantment Trail, Great Divide Trail, Superior Hiking Trail, (half of the) Pacific Northwest Trail, and a handful of other shorter ones and some very long section hikes! I try to get around, and in time I'd like to do them all.
I hike specifically to find poops, and to continue development on my revolutionary absolute game changing tech, poop-adar, the premier feces radar detector!
On that diet how is that you’re still alive? Haha, just kidding, I eat virtually the same stuff when out on the trail! When in town I try to eat as many fruits and veggies as I can. I find the trick is not to order too much at a restaurant, if you’re stopping at one, (mmm cheeseburgers, pizza, etc.) so that you have room left over for at least some fruit/veg. If I’m too full to eat the healthy stuff I’ll carry it with me and eat most/all of it by the end of the day!
DAYUM I have a goretex northface jacket, shakedry I believe but maybe not? It's a $350 jacket.... Absolutely ridiculous, but it's the only one that isn't instant trash bag in humidity... That frog jacket is dope af for a fall or early spring hike as if it rains it will be dumb cold. But summer, we should promote undies and flopies only hiking, can't stop won't stop moving or else you get cold xD (I sweat more than the average human, like I could be walking normal in 75+ and will start sweating. 80+ Like dripping, my shirt is going to be soaked within 30-45 minutes of walking, NORMAL walking... My dad, uncle, grandpa on my dad's side, all sweat like crazy as well.. So I am a bit different q.q )
Something pathological about people who spend their whole lives practically on these multi month excursions all the time. I wonder if they've ever searched inside and asked themselves exactly what it is they're walking away from.
I was in the back country tucked next to some bush and trees away from the lake, up the hill I then watched all the other campers set up right by the lake. In the morning, I unzipped to see mommy bear and baby bear visiting the lake.
Adding a neck gator or "buff" has been amazing. Soaks up sweat, keeps your ears from getting sunburned, somehow keeps you both warm or cool depending on the weather. Mine is UFP fabric and I swear by it
You guys should do the Bigfoot Trail. 360 miles and six wilderness areas. It’s right in my neck of the woods but hard to get the time off for a thru hike rn.
a twenty dollar buff?? bruh. you can buy those shits at the dollar store and they're just as good as "buff" brand which is one of the most ridiculous companies on par with pet rocks for taking people's money
I had sharp cheddar block cheese last a week easy (60-70F day temp, upper 20s-upper 30sF night). Sure, gets a bit greasy late in the week but who cares when added to beans and rice.
So i would sleep with my foodbag when on hikes. Did this for all of the AT and most of the PCT until one day in washington until some mice chewed through my tent. Started hanging after that. Anyway, my foodbag on rainy nights would get wet meaning i could no longer put my foodbag inside of my packliner with all of the other gear i needed to keep dry, like my down quilt, so i started putting the foodbag on top of my pack liner. Also, instead of packing my pad outside of my liner, i put my 1/8 inch foam pad inside the pack liner so when it rains while hiking, the pad stays dry. Unfortunately, on long food carries, this means i need to press down on the packliner and all of its contents to make room for the food bag, which takes away some length of cushion that the pad was providing. With bigger packs i would just use a zlite or something similar because i could shake dry it in my tents vestibule and wipe it down with a bandana. But with my palante pack, a zlite is far too bulky and i find i cant shake dry and wipe the 1/8 inch gg pad down if it gets soaked. As a result, i frequently have to be extremely careful with how i pack my foodbag otherwise i get food item jabbing me in the upper back where there is no foam to protect me. Its not like im carrying too much. My bw is about 5 to 6 lbs Im curious how you deal with a wet foam pad when hiking in the rain for extended periods of time. Specifically that pad. The best i can figure is to cut up a zlite into a small sitpad to shove in my pack between my foodbag my upperback.
More than 400$ in a rain jacket is crazy considering they're barely better than 100-200$ ones. And not that durable anyway if they're ultralight. It looks like the thermarest NXT is still the king in weight/warmth/comfort/durability ratio, even with the many new designs coming out.
Freeze-drying is very different (and superior) to dehydrating for many things where texture matters! Unfortunately they're pretty expensive, serious machines. Dehydrators are still great though within their limits!
Good to see somebody calling out the "hang your food" thing. Multiple trips in Canada/US bear country convinced me that it is almost impossible to do this adequately, except at low elevation outfitter camps.
Hi, I know that my response here on RU-vid is 3-4 months late but here is my question. You mentioned the Cirriform tarp from Yama Mountain Gear. Several years ago I purchased the Flames Creed/Aricxi 20D ultralight single person tarp. I wondered if it could replace the Cirriform tarp? I’d send a picture of it but RU-vid won’t let me do that.
I have a pyramid. I love that it goes up quick-four stakes and a trekking pole. I have used eight stakes when windy and had them pull out in winter because the ground was saturated. Tied to big rocks helped
I used to think Jupiter was this unattainable elite UL demigod. But I have found his videos to be the most practical, useful, and informative of any I've seen when it comes to UL gear advice and recommendations. Still think he's a UL demigod fr tho.
