One day maybe I'll decide to start section hiking the AZT. Also, love that you gave some education about cryptobiotic soil. We have a lot in Southern Utah.
Excellent series! After watching yours and Darwin's videos about the AZT, I feel a huge draw to get out there myself - fingers crossed I can make it happen in the next few years! Great work!
Nice job! Love that you put biology/geology in your video. Just a couple of corrections: the firetower is not the high point of the AZT; the insulator along the trail was protected historic material and should have been left. The utility corridor once held the poles that used the insulators. With repeated problems with outages, the utilities were buried, but some artifacts of the old system remain. Finally, the trail often follows what was historic trail (before the highway was built). If you look at some of the carvings on the aspens, some date back to those days. I've seen some that are dated to the 1920s. Thanks for sharing! No Butt
I’m aware the tower is .1 miles off trail, but for my track through the state it was the highest point. I wasn’t aware it was considered historic material :( I figured it fell off of a OHV or the like that was doing maintenance and was litter. Thanks for the added perspective on the area! My guidebook certainly didn’t cover any of that. I give my best try, but as always there’s more to learn! I’ll hike back there and return the insulator to its rightful home.
September 20th! I felt it was perfect timing with the leaves changing. It’s also good to keep an eye on when monsoons replenish water on the north rim since it’s pretty dry up there, a lot of people cache water.
@LIGINVESTMENTPROPERTIESLLC in my situation, I ended up going off trail for two weeks to do a news interview and see a doctor due to an injury around the half way point. That delayed my end date a bit, which resulted in winter weather making the Huachucas impassible for a few more weeks once I was 80 miles from the border. So in reality, I finished the last bit of trail in January 2020. But not counting those days, I would’ve made it by early-mid November.
@@TrailTime wow! That's still really good especially with the break. Glad you made it to the finish line! Thank you so much for creating these videos. So helpful to others
I'm 60 years old and my cardio is bad I could have done this between the age of 15 and 35 I have a hard time breathing now I'll never be able to do this I'm excited to look at your videos but I'm depressed on my physical condition
I’m glad to be able to share my experiences with you! I try my best to keep my videos as close to the raw experience on trail as possible in hopes that it can share the beauty of nature & the adventure for folks who can’t get out and try it themselves. Im sure there are opportunities to get outside in your locale! Maybe try a short hike or something of the like to get outside & work on your cardio. There are folks age 60+ that complete this trail every year, so don’t count yourself out yet! 😁
Dessert Dogg, as a 59 year old assmatic heart attach survivor I can tell you better cardio health starts with the first step. From struggling to walk half mile to ten milers in 8 months time span myself
