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These videos have such a positive effect on my mental health. I understand that it might be a huge responsibility for you to have thousands of people that love and adore you and your content. It's wonderful to hear that you are enjoying yourself and we can feel your enjoyment climbing, hiking, camping and eating what you have cooked. Thank you for everything that you do here for us on RU-vid!
This video is a great example of knowing your limits. No matter how good you are there is always someone “better”. Always know when to call it quits, and to sit back and enjoy the view! Incredible footage.
Definitely... When you don't respect your limits and listen to you gut, that is when you get injured or killed. It doesn't matter how good you are or how many times you done something right, because it only has to go wrong once.
Foresty Forest! New subscriber here... Or Foresty Fiend. I Discovered Your Channel a couple weeks ago, and have shamelessly binged over 100 of Your Episodes. I don't Plan on stopping anytime soon either! Thank you for creating such an Amazing Work of Art, and sharing Your Story. You are an Inspiration to many. Be safe out there eh!
Yep did same thing! Lol Later you will get mad at yourself cause you will see an old video & wonder how the heck that didn’t make it in the binge watching 😂
Those waterfalls were amazing...Forestry you scale those mountains just like a mountain goat..effortlessly. Rocko is such a happy little dog thanks to your lifestyle.
I’m enjoying your humility in certain situations. How you back out if you’re not feeling it. So many people don’t do that or heed to their internal cautions and it ends up in a disaster or life lost. Always a joy to watch you and that little beast Rocko!!!
😲 WOW! Your friends climbing up that mountain! Wholly crap! 😮. Amazing views all around there , but very dangerous! Thanks for taking us along and thumbs UP!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
Foresty for the intermittent electrical gremlins: In many if not most cases, gremlins like you describe are caused by faulty ground(s). Since you say after driving through water you get the fault with good consistency, I would crawl under the vehicle and inspect all the battery to engine grounds, the engine to frame grounds and the body to frame grounds. The manual will describe all of the grounds, of which there are many. Really look at all of them and clean and wire brush connections and also replace any old or suspect looking grounding cables (use dielectric grease to help prevent future corrosion after cleaning). And even add grounding cables in various locations to help ensure there is a solid ground to the system that seems most affected. If ABS and traction control are the ones acting up the most, then look on an electrical schematic and try to determine where its ground(s) comes from. Once you identify it, run your own ground straight from the battery and to the module (or its sensors etc) to see if that helps. If it doesn't help, it may be some other system that ABS/Traction control relies upon that is not getting a good ground. Just ground the hell out of everything one by one and see if it makes the problem go away. It won't hurt anything and it may very well help. Otherwise, it could be a connector that is not hermetically sealed and water is getting into it during the wet driving conditions you describe. You can run simple experiments when you are not in the woods with a water spray bottle (or maybe with a garden hose or at a carwash etc). Experiment by spraying water on various locations you suspect may be possible trouble areas (which means grounds and connectors). Then drive around and see what happens. Pretty easy to do and you may discover a consistent cause and effect relationship allowing to really zero in on the culprit once and for all. Lastly, and this may not be easily accomplished depending on how buried the connectors are, but try disconnecting the various connectors and inspect for "pushed" pins or sockets. Pins and sockets have locking tabs that keep them into position within the connector. With the connector disconnected, you can press on each socket and pin with a pointy tool (being careful not to short any 2 pins, best to do this with power off and battery disconnected or use a non-conductive pointy tool). Sometimes they fail or were never fully locked into place at the factory. They may have made good enough of a connection for the first few years of the van but eventually deteriorate with corrosion or looseness where the connection becomes intermittent and vulnerable to vibration and moisture. If possible, check continuity between each connector "end-to-end" on each wiring harness. Flex the connector and wires while you check continuity. Go pin-to-pin, socket-to-socket etc for each and every one, starting with the system that seems affected most (ABS/traction in your case). Be on the lookout that sometimes the sockets and pins are still locked into place inside their connectors, but you have a pulled wire inside the insulation that is not visible externally (you can often feel a pulled wire through the insulation though). If the wires and connectors are buried deep within the guts of the van, these types of tests may not be easily doable. But after you exhaust all of the easier things described above and there's still no remedy, it's the deep dive you may need to do. If nothing else, at least check the connectors that are easy to access. You may get lucky and one of those connectors will be the culprit. Good luck brother, keep the epic videos coming.
Wish i could love this more than once. Absolutely breathtaking scenery on that headwall, and Foresty's cinematography is first rate ❤. When subscribers say this is hands down one of the best YT channels out there, they're 100% right
It isn't just that you take us with you and do the extra work and expend that extra energy to do so, it is also that you do so with such a humble spirit and when you reach your limit you are not only at peace with your effort but also excited to focus on those who went on. In a world of 'me first and selfies' you are shining star to not have fallen into that trap. As always your photography is so stunning and brings to all who see it such amazing natural beauty. 💛 Thank you.
I enjoy seeing you climb those summits and I also enjoy seeing you decide not to risk it and to turn around. As Dirty Harry said, "A man's gotta know his limitations!" You have Rocko to consider also because I'm pretty sure she would follow you anywhere you decided to go so it's nice to see you keeping her relatively safe. Those Canadian Rockies are breathtakingly beautiful but I'm glad I can see that beauty from the comfort of my own little house!
Dude....that footage at 9:53 and on of Devan and Rob was f'n insane. So glad you bailed on that crazy stuff. The amount of exposure at 10:12 is such a nope for me. Not only that but they took different routes which seems even crazier. That's a lot of faith in ice not moving etc. Kudos to them but damn that's wild.
Wow! It’s such another world to me. Beautiful, scary, serene, terrifying, epic, heart-pounding! I went through all of these emotions while sitting comfortably in my comfy chair. Hats off to you and your friends for doing these things just because you want to! Cheers!
Foresty is in his prime. I'm sure she thought he would wait; but in reality, he's got summits he needs to reach. Like she said, 'you make it look easy..'
Just staggered and mouth open when I saw your footage of the Lyell head wall.. and it’s waterfalls Wish it could have been the extended version of drone footage. What a great way to spend Canada Day weekend.
That drone footage was spectacular. Seeing those tiny humans climbing on that giant mountain is mind bending. When you look at a picture of a mountain is hard to fathom the scale so to see two tiny humans up there... It's really something.
From 7:21 onward in this video, I could believe my freaking eyes on the majesty and awe of the video. I'm so impressed that they went ice climbing for the last two peaks. Respect to you for knowing when to stop, but holy shit the drone vids you took of them was nuts.
Not as stunning as the Lyells, but when I day-hiked up Kololo solo in the Glacier Peak wilderness in summer 2013 I probed every step with my ice ax. It was all non-ablated snow on the low angle Suiattle Glacier. I knew it was foolish but I was young, suicidal, and held that peak in a special place in my heart for its view of the Glacier Peak volcano and surrounding wilderness that I had visited many times and proud to see from my home. You could say I was somewhat motivated by nihilism and escaping into the sublime simultaneously. Caught a few potential buried crevasses forcing lateral traverses and survived my stunt making my summit and carefully retracing my steps to exit the glacier before the scorching heat of the afternoon. Stunning as the deep blue icefields, shimmering waterfalls, and cliffs were, I could feel the reserved hostility in the place, patiently waiting for my fatal mistake. By 5pm I was soaking my feet in the Sauk river, not glad to be alive, but surrendering to the universe which should have taken my life and just bathing in awe at its graciousness. Years later I got news of an experienced climbing friend taking a fatal fall into a hidden crevasse on that very glacier because they chose not to rope up. Made sure to rope up for every glacier afterwards and can't view that mountain with as much endearment anymore. Glad you at least discussed glacier travel with the crew before setting out. Been enjoying your videos for years and hope to see more for years to come. Be safe up there Foresty!
I just hope you realise just how much you are both loved and how much freedom you bring to those off us who are unable to do this anymore love and hugs from the UK
Forest is sitting out on the side of a group of mountains with Rocko looking at amazing landscapes, I just came in from the back yard of my building in the city with views of the dumpsters and garages... Choices made.
Everytime I watch your videos my breath is taken away. Thank you for the opportunity to go places I wouldn't be able to on my own. Especially since I'm 74 now. Love your videos!
Wow.. that was something Special.... So Glad you & Rocko stayed back.... Seeing those 2 tiny little bodies on those Mountains seemed Surreal..... They'll Treasure that drone footage... & Glad you both made it back safely on that melting snow.... It made me think of your list phone.... Thank you & Rocko for another Beautiful video....
🎉Four peaks in one video🎉 what an adventure! Little Rocko got her butt kicked she was tuckered out at the cabin. Glad you stuck with what you thought was right and really took your time to be safe. Beautiful Simon just beautiful! Hugs to you and Rocko ❤
Wow... what the heck!! BC is by far one of the most magnificent places, beauty abounding. Thank you every single time, Foresty for some of the best footage out there!! Your videos never disappoint!!!! God's protection on you always.
Well we’ll just another day of your amazing life as Foresty Forest. The work you do is simply out of this world, we lowly creatures just watch in wonder and absolute awe. Thank you for doing the heavy lifting. 😊
Holee high views! I’m not even there and holding the sphincters tight! Church of the sky! I’m so glad you take us along. I am in awe of planet earth and what people can do!❤
Absolute fantastic 😃 after 5 years you still amaze me with your creativity, camera work, editing and voiceover. A wonderful episode 🙏. Nice glasses 🤓. 😜 Really nice 👍
I’m happy to live vicariously through your videos.. try removing the fuse/circuit breaker for the ABS.. as long as you drive descent, you won’t have a problem!
Thank you for introducing us to Madison. I just checked out her youtube channel and it looks great. I watched her video on this and am so proud of her for pushing herself, but also stopping when it was right for her. As usual, I really enjoyed your video.
@Forestyforest, was my reply to @Bigbananaappetite removed by you? I was only encouraging him to see how far she went before judging. Another reply to him seems to have also been removed. Do you have some guidelines these violated?
You’ve outdone yourself again! These views were magnificent; the head wall, the waterfalls, the ice fields 🤩 I hope you know how much we appreciate you sharing these wild places! Cheers
Forest, I own a 2011 Savana and just returned from getting finally up to Tuktiuktuk and the Arctic ocean. BUT, my van left me stranded on the Dempster Highway with a dead fuel pump. The pump was working but the power was interupted and I saw the ABS warning lights etc come up on the idiot Christmas tree lights crap. I was towed back up to the top to get it patched up enough to get me home, Lake Simcoe area. That tow and repair was the most expensive I have ever had to endure! I suspect that the gravel had been kicked up to short out the ground and power for the fuel pump. No I haven't taken all the wiring out yet, but will be doing that once i get my other idiot vehicle running, frig'in Smart Car..lol. But I suspect a beaten wire from gravel from the Dempster is the culprit and it'll take removing the entire wiring harness all the way along frame rails back to the ABS sensors at the rear wheels. I was told by someone that the pump is tied into that wiring system somehow. Go figure. Maybe your issues are the same and from the same damage???? Just a thought since it has now happened to me. I have been watching your issues for a while and didn't know how or what it could be. Maybe we have the same issue? Here's to hoping one of us can figure it out. I also wish to remove all electronic BS from my vehicles but sadly that in today's world seems impossible. Again thanks for the fantastic scenery and drone footage, can't say how much I enjoy them. I have always said the collection you put together last year is something anyone who loves the mountains would love to watch as an end of life experience so to speak on their dying bed. Absolutely stunning!
