MORAN BASIN: CABINET MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 

Very beautiful nature

Great to see that Bird Dog Tom made it to Montana!

I wouldn't have had the hiking adventure go any differently...(except your damn shoulder injury).....thanks for showing me around the Cabinets. They did not disappoint. And you were a terrific host! Thanks for everything! Tom

All your hikes look amazing, thanks for sharing. I plowed the forest floor with my face this summer, I’m experienced enough not to let any important body parts take the fall

Another great video to brighton my day. Blitz looks good.

Dang hope your shoulder is better. Beautiful hike. Blitz was pooped.

Checking out your channel Jesse and this hiking adventure. We're glad you got your shoulder checked out, take care of yourself! Full watch support always 12:20 👍🏽24 and greetings from same state as Tom🌟💙

Wow it's so beautiful there! Hope your shoulder's doing better

Hope you get better! Always enjoy the videos (and especially the burgers!)

That used to be a game trail, but after you continued with your injured shoulder, it is now a man-way.

Good video man. There is some real cool stuff there. Sometimes you fall, old guys brake they dont bounce. That cross country stuff is hard times I still have all kinds of scares on my legs from mountain lake surveys.

You didn’t tear anything bro.just rub some dirt on it.💪

Cool to see those lakes. Have wondered what they are like. Is there more then one camp spot? Sorry about your shoulder. Thanks for sharing! Hike on!

As long as you didn't tear the space-time continuum, we're good. Get well soon or at least get a pretty nurse!

You almost caught a fish.....ever ever so close!

"Possible" Pro Tip: remove the straps from your trekking poles. ShastaBubba Dan does but he is a stickler for lightening his load. Personally, I've never removed mine and I hike everywhere with my sticks. However, one got hung up on a tree root once and the next thing I knew I was on the ground with the pole under my chest. Certainly knocked the wind out of me, and I thought I might have broken a rib or two. Fortunately, I didn't. I don't know if not having been secured to the stick would have made a difference for me or for you, but it might have. Nevertheless, kudos for forging on with the German shorthair from Virginia.

Great hike Jesse. I was in that area and above Moran Basin a few weeks ago, but I didn't drop down into the lakes. Beautiful area. Sorry about your shoulder. The last time I tore one of mine was a couple years ago while on top of Houser peak. It is a freaking painful injury. Kudos to you for continuing on with the hike!! Also, I'm not sure if you know this or not, but your not allowed to fly drones from within the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness area at all.

Moran Basin is one of America's Most Dangerous hikes! Not because of bears or rotator cuff injuries, but because there is a local guntuber that has multiple videos of himself recklessly unloading full mags at the lake from atop the SW ridge.

Mushroom Swiss Burger > Cheese Burger!

How’s the shoulder doing? Injuries do suck. After spraining my ankle last March (nearly broke it), I didn’t do any overnighters until early July. Thought I’d do the Elwha Trail to Humes Ranch because, on the map, it looked easy. And I’d just had a different surgery a month before. Was minding my own business (kinda like you were most likely doing) when a small rock decided to sabotage me. My bad ankle rolled. My trekking pole, which was SUPPOSED to be there for me, telescoped, and sent me almost head first off the downhill side of the trail. I did what could best be described as a drunken ninja move (drunk from exhaustion) and did some sort of flail roll over to regain control. Not sure it worked, but to my decreased misfortune, a small bitter cherry tree was there to catch me. Relieved that I didn’t have to hobble 9 or so miles out of the mountains, I took a moment to ponder what had just happened. My trekking pole had some how loosened up and when I put weight on it during the fall, it gave way. I was then a little shook up because if this had happened on a part of the trail with any vertical drop and not trees to stop me, I could’ve had a nasty and possibly fatal fall. Having forgotten my trekking poles when we went to Montana in August, I had to do the Swamp Creek Trail without them. I noticed that it seemed actually easier only having to focus on where I placed my feet and not on were to place my trekking poles as well. I may have to rethink always hiking with my trekking poles. I’ve also had a few times where I’ve also tweaked my shoulder with them. They do have their place, but definitely not going to rely on them for every hike.