Episode 82: Bridge of the Gods | PCT 

“And then she smiles and everything is ok.” - 2CH

You guys are living the life. How sweet it is. The trail is life for you Cory. Stay on it. Off trail is just one big couch.

Eating healthily according to your metabolism rate and amount of exercise you do is the key. My whole life I have been pretty much able to eat whatever I wanted and not put on weight, my junk food intake is minimal, I probably eat out once a month and have takeaway once a month, in fact I was in my forties before I ever passed through the door of a KFC joint and only then because my children felt they were being deprived! I know I was fortunate but from 18 years old until my mid 40's I was a constant weight and waist size!!! Then I noticed my waistline creeping up from a 30" to 32" to 34" when ordering work trousers, initially I thought it was a change in the manufactures used, then I weighed myself, something I hadn't done in twenty years and the truth dawned I was putting on weight. Basically my metabolism has slowed down with middle age and I now have to monitor what I eat and if I want to consume more I have to exercise more. One thing I have noticed over the years when eating in other peoples houses is, bigger dinner plates generally equals "bigger" people.... At some point you are going to have to rethink your whole approach to diet, food quantity and lifestyle to find a balance that helps you maintain that "house" you are building, even consult a professional. I'm glad to see the back is getting better,

Cory wandered into the blackberry patch and was never seen again 😂

You get it! You sir, will continue to do well! Very happy for you!

Thanks. Enjoyed the comments at the end too. Real and inspiring.

That was epic! I have not seen any other PCT hikers film that bridge hike! It made my heart pound just watching it! I'm so glad we all made it off safe & sound! Love you!

You keep on moving, I'm gonna camp next to that smoked salmon stall

I actually got chills when you panned out towards the water. Crazy!

I am glad you are feeling better. You're far from done. As soon as you can get back fully ...do it. Change your life forever. I am proud of how far you've come.

Welcome to our state - you continue to inspire - ENJOY!!! :)

I eat a lot but it's mostly fruits and vegetables and less bread, beans, rice. Really helps with weight and health.

Thank you for the subtitles Editor 👍🙏

replace your food addiction with a hiking addiction.

Hungry is your friend. Embrace it, love it. Let your body and mind get used to it. Your appetite will ‘shrink’. You will be amazed at how your body and mind adapts in just a week. Give it a month. We do not need all the food we eat. That is why even the skinny person puts on weight later in life. Match your food consumption to your lifestyle. Sweet and Sugar is your enemy. Glucose high tricks your body into storing fat, makes you more hungry.

5 steps forward, 1 back. Great perspective, but make sure those steps take you away from your favourite take-away joint. Blackberries and salmon are the best take out snacks, bears agree. I'm so glad your back is feeling better and you are feeling healthy. Nice views of the Columbia Fiver. Happy trails Corey and keep on singing.

Cory you ARE a success. Love ya

Congratulations on the positive mental attitude, you know what they say " motivate the mind, and the body will follow " It's great to see you feeling better!!!

you two couldn't have asked for better weather to walk across that bridge. Beeeautiful!!! Glad to hear your gradually feeling better Cory 🙂

Good stuff at the end, thanks man!

Best one yet Cory! I've watched every video, and I was ROFL despite the wind, semi truck terror, etc! Glad you're getting better. 😊

You need to go walk the Mackinac Bridge some Labor Day (the only day each year they allow pedestrians) a nice 5 mile stroll. Keep on stepping Cory, keep on stepping. Yes you are correct it is a mindset!!

The Bridge of The Gods!! Thank you for the reminder! The book Wild inspired me to hike ❤️Planned a 2020 AT SOBO thru but postponed until 2021. You sir have inspired me to hike the PCT after! Thank you for your inspiration 🏆

Trust and have faith.

That bridge looks fun! Keep on truckin' 2nd Chance and Little Bee.

I'm glad I crossed at midnight 🌛

Hello my hiking friend, thank you for sharing this fine video. This is the best footage yet of the Bridge of the Gods. Please take good care out there. All the best to you and the Little Bee. 🤗

Glad that your back is getting better. Hope you get to finish the trail. Happy hiking and stay safe 😎⚘❤

Another very good video. My wife and I are doing the 6 pack of peaks of SoCal. Two weeks ago we did San Jacinto from humber park (Idylwild) you were a subject of conversation. This Saturday it's Baden-Powell's turn. We'll take you along in our conversation's. "Hiker trash til the ash!" That's our motto.

That grate. You can see how far up you are! Me-- scared of heights. You-- brave!

Great video, as always. You’re right. One step backwards and five steps forward. That’s why we love you.

“I didn’t know Oregon had blackberries.” Ha ha ha. Blackberries are our state weed. They are everywhere and they are hard to get rid of.

you are so inspiring!

Strength and Honor. !!

How cool there is free camping just downriver from the Bridge, It was one of my favorite camps when I visited Oregon! Congrats to Little Bee and to you.

Nice video man. It's always great to see you on the trail. I think you figured out your success for the future by continuing to move. That might take different shapes but it appears you have a true joy when you hike. So, maybe that will be your primary exercise, post trail. Continued success.

Processed food is also horrible. I had someone tell me to just get the goods from the outer rim of the grocery store and whole grains like oatmeal and but some nuts. I would lose weight. It's hard for me. I've lose 60+ pounds go to the gym and it doesn't get easier. Blackberries are all over Missouri

Keep your positive attitude Corey!

Fish look delicious.

I think blackberries are the state food! ;-) Marionberries were developed in the Willamette Valley.

What a great day for you and Little Bee 🐝 ♥️. I kind of agree with 🐝, the Golden Gate Bridge is definitely amazing, but there’s nothing like the breathtaking scenery you get at Bridge of the Gods It’s special. Hey, I’ve been thinking, when you’re off the trail maybe Keto would work for you? It doesn’t feel like a diet. I do mostly plant based, but my husband always loses weight when he’s on a Keto plan. I follow Dr. Berg on RU-vid and have picked up some great information about food, exercise and wellness. He’s very straight forward, yet considerate and has a dry sense of humor. For me, now that I’m out of college (I ran track), and middle aged it’s 80% what I eat and 20% exercise. Avoiding refined sugar and carbs. I can lose weight without even walking around the block if I need to. Just some food for thought...pun intended! 🙃The main thing is be happy, Cory! And, keep living your dream! 💫🙏🏼💟🐝🏕

Me encanta! I love watching your reactions to Oregon and Washington. I share the same amazement! you've inspired me to walk the Bridge of Gods.

Congrats on Bridge of the Gods! It was beautiful seeing the views over the sides. And smoked salmon! Yum! That was kind of you to leave a tip. So much work goes into catching, cleaning and preparing the fish, that they deserve every penny they earn. Good job. 👍

I assume The Editor did the subtitles here - you rock! They were great, and yes I can sense your snark. :)

Glad your back is getting better and getting back to thru hiking is near. You are awesome! Walking on that bridge is freaky with the traffic and open floor. Running into that local market must have been great! I bet that smoked fish tasted amazing!

Smoked fish is so tasty, the local farmers market does hot smoke salmon, trout and herring in a big wooden cut down barrel covered with hessian sacks, served hot at point of source the herring (Arbroath Smokies) are hard to beat! Usually ask the vendor for extra bones with my orders to make fish stock for Cullen Skink later in the week, just watching the video had me smelling and tasting it....

Best video! So good to see you feeling healthy, getting rid of the back pain! With a positive outlook! Awesome! OMG, that salmon looked delicious! I was recently hiking in Kyrgyzstan. I'm 50. I use an app to have an idea of km done, altitude done, calories burned... the app never said more than 3000 Kcal in a day, even when I did 30 km with 2000 m climb. I think it isn't realistic to imagine to burn 10000 kcal a day with exercise, unless you're climbing K2 with a lot of gear on your back. That's why it is important to deal with our food addictions. Tame them little by little. Also, if we trust physical activity to keep your weight down, you'll eventually hurt yourself by doing too much, too often, and be forced to rest, take many days off. And the weight will be gained back. It has to be two-sided: physical activity and portion control, or any other healthy way to control what you eat. When we lose weight, we also burn less, because basal metabolism depends on our masses. This may all seem grim, but my intention is the best possible. You're in a perfect situation to change the way you eat, because you're outdoors, being distracted by working on videos, nature beauty, meeting people. Much easier to deal with temptation than when alone, home, bad weather outside. Remember you've got this. It's a matter of adjusting things, thinking things, training yourself to better habits. With all you've accomplished so far... you can do it! Lose the weight AND keep it off. You are strong, young, loved. You can do anything! It isn't easy. But you've proven you can do it!

Yay for your back!

I've only driven over that section of the trail, lol. You know when it's not fun? When it's ICY. ~Amber from Trail Days.

Very beautiful hiking day and the milestone of crossing the bridge, topped off with a healthy snack of fresh smoked salmon. How can you beat that?!

Drive or walk across mackinaw bridge in MI. It scared the crap out of us, bridge of the gods is a Mindy me compared to the Mackinaw!

"Why is it so windy?!" Because you're in the Columbia River Gorge. It's not a wind surfing mecca for nothing. :D

I did some research after moving to Washington and there's no poisonous look alikes for blackberries or raspberries! They are so good right off the vine!

Yiiiiikes!!!! Don’t look down!!! I’m drooling for that salmon. Mmm those look like black raspberries- different from the Southern blackberries. Sweeter, IMHO

Good to see you healthy and hiking again. Keep up the good work. At 66, I am going to do a 50 mile trail in November.

Wow. It needs a separate walkway. Scary but so pretty

Glad the back is doing better. As far as the weight, it took years to get where you are and stabilize and the same MIGHT be true going down. Everything from gut microbiome to hormones and so on can be an issue for you. The same determination that has taken you this far can carry you the rest of your life. You'll make it. Rooting for you

Awesome footage of the bridge!! It did look scary with all the holes in the bridge lol. I’m glad your phone didn’t blow away lol

soooo many blackberries here!

That’s why it’s called The Bridge of the “Gods”. After everyone who goes “Oh God!” because they’re so scared.

If you think that the bridge is windy, you should try to cross it in winter when we have strong east winds that come down the Gorge. By the way, we have native blackberries, especially Trailing Blackberries. However, those are Himalayan Blackberries that you ate. They are an introduced species, but they germinate quickly, and have spread, up and down the Gorge.

Awesome vid and inspirational

I always lose weight when I travel because I do a lot of hiking 🥾 but when I come home I usually gained it back... 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ this year I saw a challenge on line, 100 days of sweat. I put 100 posted on my bedroom wall and take one off every day to keep me accountable. It is constantly in my face lol

Those are Himalayan blackberries. I picked and froze 4 gallon bags of them for this winter. Yum! Wish your boys could hike with you! They would have a blast!

“I'm so worried about her" (lets her go first on the bridge).

Very scary bridge!

Hey! ... If you feel healthy, then you are doing the right thing for you!!

Keep up the great work! Love your videos :)

You are doing so well Cory! I would have hated to cross that bridge :)

I've drove across that bridge, pretty scary walking it!! Great job, both of you!!🤣🤣 FYI, Oregon and Washington have lots of blackberries.😆.Your doing great on your weight loss.

Driving across that bridge is almost as bad as walking 😊

Oregon has marionberries. Give that a try.

Have to disagree with your statement that having a food addiction is ok, back where Mickey- D’s is available that could slide right into a sneaky justification, because you could also convince yourself that what you overeat one day can be worked off the next. Eat the # of healthy calories for your target weight plus the # of calories you work off. If you have a sluggish metabolic rate you will never get to eat as many calories a day as those folks with the hummingbird metabolism. Take it from a tortoise metabolism gal..

Best policy....if man made it avoid it !!!!! And of course exercise ! Loving your journey can’t wait till you start properly again ❤️

Wow Cory and Little Bee. I smoke fish for my husband when he catches fish....lol Great food for sure.

Just 506 to the border. Will you do that first then go back to the Sierras? (Little Bee)

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Why are they walking back across it??

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That's true hike first. You might not solve it by trying to solve bebore hiking. Hiking improves your health which helps you think clearer and that will help you solve your problems better! Go Cory! God cares about your health and happiness too! He made all the nature and all the food. He created is humans too! 😀

Keep moving man. But replace some of those McD trips with alternatives too! Food is good, but better fuel burns longer!!

The most dangerous part of the PCT....The Bridge of the Gods!

Congrats! I've loved watching your journey since the beginning. Question- why did you go over the bridge twice? Is this a "thing"?

Why did you have to cross back across the bridge? Love the vids

You should incorporate fasting into a healthy low-carb diet and the pounds would melt off. The wrong carbs are full of sugar and sugar does to our body what rust does to a car.

did not like the movie into the wild. love blackberries though especially the jam. hard too find in Michigan anymore. stay safe.

The blackberries are invasive in NorCal and Oregon.

The name reminds me of Zelda.

Very scary. Why did you cross twice? Beautiful but I would have wear blinders so I wouldn’t look down. Yikes! I understand Big Foot and bears like blackberries, too. 😊 Boy, couch sitting can be a real temptation. Movement plus healthy food choices help to curb the tender you to just veg. Achieving even small goals help me too. Takes my mind off worries which make me want to munch.

I think you should do what YOU know you can and should do. As far as others trying to tell you how to live your life - you owe them nothing. They should mind their own beeswax😡

How is your weight doing

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Hey 2nd Chance, as Ksenia said you can eat a lot of food, but if you eat vegetables first and pretty much only you can lose a lot of weight. Just whole foods-potatoes can be the filling food. Exercise is great, of course, but healthy eating is primary. I am loving eating whole foods-I'm a big food addict, but fruits (sometimes dates) keep my sweet tooth happy. Its the only way I lose weight. Combined with hiking-wow, GG Bridge is the best bridge ever, you probably saw it in fog, & the other in sun, That wasn't fair!

Good news about your back! So happy the pain has lessened. Thanks for the chat about options , etc. Excellent commentary. ❤️👍

Nessa cracked me up every time a simi went by. Haha I think I’ll watch again. 👏

Just make a deal with yourselves: only McDonalds when you hike or bike there!

If you had arrived just a little earlier at the gorge you could have hiked across without using the bridge. Here's the story, but save it for a zero day as it is over an hour long: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FVZYzHGvDX4.html

The tractor drivers are more scared of the pedestrians on the bridge than we are of them. They'll do everything they can to not hit you. It's the passenger vehicles that are the more dangerous.

I lived in Oregon for most my life, I didn't know that people bought black berries...they are an invasive weed. I love to eat them

(Cries) alder smoked? I’m crying because I haven’t had some of my tribal smoked salmon for years. I’m a true native Oregonian and miss my tribal family and my biological family living in Denmark. So yes I’m green with jealousy.