Knobstone Trail Thru Hike // Backpacking 50 Miles on "The Little AT" 

A beautiful, rugged hike and well told. Thanks for sharing!

2:10 Your intros are always relaxing and informative, but they also get me hyped for that logo reveal and the adventure to come! This is one of your best intros. Nice job with the shot selection and narration. 3:25 I’m glad you shared this story. The feeling you’re talking about is one that I sometimes experience, even at the best of times. You and Nick have played the Danny role for me multiple times. 3:40 You weren’t too tired to come up with some creative shots! I love the color in this one as well. 4:45 These ice flowers will always remind me of our GotG trip. 6:55 That was an ambitious plan, brother. Those hills look brutal, and you look wiped out! No shame in taking a shorter day on the first. I’m never up for big miles on the first day for some reason. 8:07 Wow! Dinner and a show! It’s amazing how much of a morale boost a nice sunset or other sight can be. 9:40 I like how you open Day 2 with the tent already broken down. Nice little touch for letting us know how short your morning felt. 10:02 I’m jealous of your filtering speed😝 10:15 Is this one of those hikes where you had to listen to music so the sound of crunching leaves wouldn’t drive you crazy? 10:45 This is one of my favorite shots in the whole video. The sycamores in the background are haunting. 12:04 At least the real AT has switchbacks… 13:40 Trail Santa provides! I’m glad you had some company on this trip. It helps immensely sometimes, even when we think we want to be alone! 13:58 My best guess on these mushrooms is that we’re looking at the underside of a hexagonal-pored polypore. 15:25 Seems like it would have been pretty tempting to hitch up one of those horses and jump into a carriage. 16:45 But you just set it up!😭 17:58 This leaf is trying to tell you that you have to have ice in your veins to complete this trail in 3 days. 18:55 Nice job capturing the sound of the sandhill cranes! That’s not something you hear very often. 20:11 That’s an Indiana mountain! 21:05 I don’t care what anyone else says, I’m still partial to this shot 😜This looks like the perfect time of year to do this trail. There’s still enough color for the fall beauty to come through, but the canopy has also opened up enough for some great views. 22:10 There’s an enormous expanse of hilly woodland out there! You wouldn’t think you were in Indiana based on these drone shots. 22:50 This is a great shot too. I like the silhouetted trees in the foreground with the sunny colorful hills in the background. And those sycamores again! 25:50 I love the ending of this one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so relieved to be done with a hike. I was relieved just watching it! And the golden hour sunlight seems to be welcoming you back to Old Blue and civilization. 26:50 There’s something very nostalgic about this shot. Maybe it reminds me of many other drives home after a tough hike, listening to music, feeling triumphant. 27:40 Every video should end with Hannah complaining about taxes 🤣 I don’t know how you had time to get so many great shots while also completing this trail in such a short period of time, but you did it. Congratulations on finishing this thing. You should be proud of yourself. This video reminds me of your skydiving video in that you did such a good job portraying the experience that now I don’t need to go through it myself! 🤣🤣 No, I’ll probably do it as a 4-day hike at some point, but I’ll admit that it’s moved down the priority list, haha. Thank you for sharing this grueling experience, brother. Until next time!

Great job!!! The knobstone trail is a very challenging but a very rewarding trail with great views. Really enjoyed you’re video. I haven’t been on it In a awhile. My dad and I loved walking on the knobstone trail and I will always cherish those memories on it with my dad. Thanks again for the video. Take care buddy.

Great job Samuel. As someone who has done the KT I can attest how hard it is.

Glad you did it man!!! I've done alot of sections of the knob and I know the struggles of that trail!!. I'm finally getting ready to tackle the whole thing in the fall!. Congrats again and order you the patch if you have lnt already!!

Just subbed your channel. Great job on the videos I’ve watched so far. I live a mile from the Deam lake trailhead. I’m 60 and going to attempt the AT in April. I’m on the knobstone all the time. Most of the time I just run up to Deam lake and go all the way around it just to keep in shape, about 7.5. You know kind of like when city folks go walk around the track field at the high school. lol….

Beautiful video of the KT and congratulations on completing the trail. I live 10 minutes from the southern terminus and still haven't thru hiked it. But I have spent a couple nights on it and it's definitely one of the toughest things I've done.

Nice job! You guys gotta let me know when you’re coming up here!! The KT is a certain kind of trail, brutal, that’s a good word. Now that you’ve done a thru hike ONE direction, let’s do a DOUBLE thru hike! I did it last year as training. That’s the only way I can convince myself to do the KT! Great video though, always love the great shots. I’ll try to do an homage to your voiceover style while I’m on the AT, I love it! If ya’ll have time, I’d love to see ya on a section of the AT with me! Jason Wish is going to try, we’ll see, but I’d love to hike you and smokeybees! Thanks again!

Congratulations on your thru! Beautifully documented. Thanks so much for sharing!

Awesome and inspiring. Thank you!

Samuel, thanks for taking us on the journey! It almost looks like when they were planning this trail design, "Ooh, hill over there, lets go! Ooooh mountain there, lets go!!!" Huge congrats on the accomplishment and hugely appreciative of the shots where you had to go back down to get the camera only to go back up.

Beautiful video Brother. You have motivated me to get back into backpacking. Thank you.

I've done parts of this trail system very rugged but very beautiful and rewarding. I love your videos

I am fixing to backpack some of this in couple days. Your video made me look forward to it even more.

Who knew Indiana could have e steep hills?! Your face said it all 😆. Now it's time for you to earn your Ohio badge and do the loop at Shawnee State Forest! It's a right of passage for tri-state backpackers! Just do it the winter!

How did I forget about you doing this trail🤷‍♀️I’m just blown away at how rugged the territory was I was exhausted lol😮Kuddos to persevering and making it to the end. I know it took a lot of fortitude and determination, but you did it.🎉 The vistas were beautiful and the sunset at the end was breathtaking ❤.Is this trail near the Charles Deam Wilderness ? Just wondering because of the sign posting Deam Lake . So proud of you! Love you!

I’m going to attempt a yo-yo on the KT next month. You really did a great job capturing the landscape. Beautiful video.

Great accomplishment. Wow had no idea that region was that hilly or that beautiful. And yes taxes stink lol!

Way to push thru Samuel! I live 23 miles away from Deam Lake. I shoot there often. If you do decide to do this trail again I can be your shuttle if you’d like me to.

A friend and I did 23 miles in 2.5 days. It was really tough so I imagine the 50 miles was full days of walking each day.