I will be doing a Livestream on Sunday, September 26 @ 8pm ET / 5pm PT where I will be answering a bunch of your questions about my gear on the GDT! Go set a reminder for yourself for the livestream and drop a question here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gfb3HNDYUwg.html
Lol I’m from Sweden but it took watching a Canadian RU-vidr to realize I could use the Swedish cloth (Wettex) to wipe off my tent, works like a charm - THANKS!
1:40 "might have saved my life" 🤣 more DEFINITELY saved your life. I hope to God I never get that close to one. I've seen countless documentaries on them. So beautiful yet unbelievably deadly. Safe travels for the future and am loving your gear setup. 🙏🏾
You are the real deal Justin. Well done for your professionalism in doing this straight after. Most of us would be sitting watching movies, eating chocolate , drinking beer and wallowing.
Why would someone give you a hard time about bringing earbuds??? You’re the one hiking, not the keyboard warrior - when they can hike 30+ days…then they can leave the earbuds at home.
I love that you include an estimated food & water weight in your lighterpack! Gives me an idea of what the pack actually weighed full. That’s how I count too. Sure base weight is the comparable number but I’m interested in knowing if I can carry my total pack weight. Also makes it easy to see what percentage of their body weight that someone carries
Amazing series Justin! Thanks for sharing and putting all this effort into documenting. I plan to do the GDT at some point and I’ve never seen any thing better out there. Side note, give the Norda trail shoes a try. I really really think you’ll like them.
Justin thank you for all of this great content. It was with your helpful gear lists and recommendations that I got myself some new gear for a 2 week backpacking trip I am starting out on this Sunday. And may the gear gods help me, but Decathlon just opened a store locally 😵 😉
Neat your Komperdell trekking pole. I have the Tracks Sherlite with the camera thread under the wood knobby cap. I use a stick-pick on the trekking pole tip to attach my little Coolpix for my meagre meanderings.
Such an informative video, thanks for sharing! Could we get a food video? Maybe a collaboration of meals or what you enjoyed most or got sick of etc? Everyone love the food videos. Also interested in the 8 day carry menu.
I have this video with all the food I brought (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jx_SyH78MFo.html) but will also be doing a "favorite food from the trip" video in a week or two!
This is such an ACE resource! saved and faved! Only thing I add is these ultralight packs tend to be too short for me to reach the side pockets. I am 6 4 and my arms have difficulty bending up and back so high to grab water or bear spray. But they are still the packs I will continue to use, just ask my wife to grab my water or carry the water in the strap mesh in front.
Would you consider a separate (short) close up video on the Mayfly sandals? I was looking at GG Gear and yours looked like they were a little different. Also wondering if you compared notes with Jesse about his hike -- co-video idea?? He didn't bring you a watermelon, as trail magic 😂. Cant wait to try some of these things on my next AT section. I have been watching your CDT hike to help improve my gear and of course watch the beautiful view with you. Thanks for all your hard work.
Your BeFree is probably fine, because the test you did was incorrect. The same thing happened to me last week and I saw the same bubbles. I called Katadyn today and the correct test is with a saturated filter and empty bag like you showed in your vid, but instead of squeezing and getting bubbles, you blow through the outlet end and try to blow the bag up. If you can't blow up the bag through your wetted out filter, your BeFree is fine.
surprised you brought the trekology instead of the hikenture pillow haha I just sent back the trekology and ordered the Hikenture instead based on your pillow video.
Great video! One note on shelter fabric differences: Silpoly doesn't absorb water and stretch like silnylon does. You mentioned that DCF doesn't stretch like silnylon or silpoly. Otherwise, great stuff!
Technically all 3 stretch, but DCF stretches the least, followed by poly, then nylon. Looking at spec sheets, the variability between fabrics, even of the same weight and type is crazy.
@@JustinOutdoors but saying DCF doesn't stretch like nylon and polyester gives the impression polyester stretches when when, while it doesn't. Silnylon sag is well documented but Silpoly doesn't share that same characteristic. Silpoly does however, need to be seem sealed and doesn't exhibit as strong of tear strength characteristics as DCF. Additionally, DCF can suffer from shrinkage, deformation and creep under load. Anyway, just wanted to point out the distinction between silnylon and silpoly as I think your points on the strengths of DCF inadvertently sounded a touch misleading to someone who maybe hasn't spent much time reading into the pros and cons of dcf vs silpoly vs silnylon fabrics in shelters. Love the vids, awesome to see a Canadian making UL content. Keep up the good work!
@@matthewkenny2344 Thanks for the conversation and I agree that I don't present the information in the clearest way possible. It's tough to try and cram textile science into a 10s piece in a video! From my understanding the sag when wet for nylon is actually a different characteristic compared to the stretch. When wet, the nylon expands, which leads to the sag. I'm not actually sure if the stretch factor changes when wet though. I also couldn't easily find any data on stretch factors fabrics. I really need to get my Lab off the ground so I can start testing some of these things!
Great video coverages Justin and a big warm thanks for sharing, your hiking learnings. How much fuel average per day for the stove during GDT ? Did you use the winter version?
Loved your videos Justin! I wanted to recommend the Atlas Showa Best 282 gloves - They are not hiker specific but were recommended by Andrew Skurka. They definitely work for cold & wet and keep your hands dry! Also if you want to try a *non-breathable* waterproof jacket - check out silicone coated silpoly jackets - like from LightHeart Gear. A step above the Frog Toggs.
Hi Justin, We love what you do and all your videos. Actually, we are moving to Calgary in June from Sydney Australia and I was wondering if could recommend a camping shop in Calgary where to buy all the essential for camping? Thanks
We’d love to help you create more content! Can we send you a 2.1 ounce tripod adapter with ultralight ballhead? You can turn branches, trekking poles, or even stakes into a fully functional camera tripod. Let us know if this sounds like something worth testing out. Cheers.
Hi Justin, Great series of your expedition, I watched every morning while having breakfast here in New Zealand. How many gas cylinders did you go through?
Hi Justin, I was curious, did you shoot this whole trip on a go pro? I didnt hear you mention much about camera gear but I may have missed it. Great content, subscribed for more!
Hi Justin, congratulations on your accomplishment! I'm curious to know how well did the OR Astroman Hoodie worked for you as a next-to-skin active layer. Being made out of nylon, I believe it would not wick sweat as well or fast as a polyester garment? Love to hear your logic on this. Many thanks!
i replace for a week my sleeping bag for a emergency blanket, it wasn't a bad experience to be honest, but i am looking a compact quilt now, how much do you carry?
Thanks so much for the lighterpack list. I have been examining it with a fine tooth comb to see why on earth you can get 8 days of food into your Zerk and I cant even manage to get 5 in lol. Our gear is super Similar except different clothing brands but similar in weight. I think it was because I brought the Big Agnes 2 person tent instead of my Dyneema tent to get a bit more room for 2 people and its a bit bigger than your tent. I was also trying to use 2 separate DCF bags for clothing and sleeping bag inside my nylofume bag and I think its just not compressing as much as your method of putting everything directly into the nylofume bag. I am super scared of my stuff getting wet. I am going to try to stuff it all in the nylofume and see if it helps.
The free-packing of my quilt and clothing is probably what is doing it. I also had to store a day or two of food in the front pocket when carrying 8 days.
Wow. Great list. You talked briefly about it, but more info on your planning. In particular reserving site. How did you manage it? Were there issues at some of the popular campsitrs? If you were to do it agsin, would you kerp the same pace?
I got lucky and was #400 in the booking lottery. And because I was moving pretty far each day, I needed fewer campsites in parks. I'd 100% do it at the same pace, it actually ended up being perfect more me. Pushed myself a lot but never felt like I was rushing.
I love Garage Grown Gear. But I wouldn't say their shipping is super fast lol. That may be the USPS too though lol. I have so many things from them!! The tooth brushes are the best lmbo!!!
Haha. True. USPS is slow. But I usually have my orders shipped same or next day, which gets the stuff here in 7-10 days from order most of the time! Faster than some Ontario orders I've had. haha
How did you assess the number and/or size of fuel canister you needed for your stove? I am guessing size based on what would slide into the pot. Thanks.
I know I use about 6g of fuel max to boil 500mL of water in that pot (tested at home). So just ended up doing the math. I actually could have gotten away with 2 or less fuel cans for the full trip.
Great presentation of all your gear. I also have Injinji socks and the Speedgoat 4s. I blew a hole in the top of my Speedgoats within 175 mles while on the Oregon section of the PCT. I was able to patch it using Gorilla tape on the INSIDE (since I need the tape to deal with the friction before it reaches the shoe's upper). Also, I developed holes in my Injinji's pretty much every 10 days ... so I ended up going through a lot of those. But I'm curious .. it looks like you're ONLY wearing Injinji's ... vs. (what I was doing) wearing the Injinji as a liner, and then wearing a Darn Tough lightweight hiker over that. So how did you like that system? What are the benefits of wearing ONLY a liner sock? Seems like they'd dry faster. But comfort wise ... they were okay?
I wear the injinji run light mini crews. The benefits of a thinner synthetic sock are that your sock AND shoe dry a whole lot faster. I also find that I have less moisture being kept against my foot. When I have a comfortable shoe, the thin sock is not a problem. Two socks, especially if one is wool, will take a very long time to dry out and the wool will get saturated very immediately and keep water near your foot if walking through water.
Hi Justin, thanks for your videos, they’re really helpful. I was wondering, what temperature rating is the enigma quilt you used in the gdt? Thank you!
Hi Justin. Great gear video! My only question is for the day hiking gear did you have an insulating layer on the really cold days or did you only wear the sun hoody.
@@JustinOutdoors thanks for responding! I’m surprised with snow that was warm enough but with all the moving around it makes sense that would keep you warm!
Polyester doesn't absorb moisture either, it's hydrophobic, unlike the hydrophilic of nylon. Just ainor correction. It weighs more than DCF but it's no more moisture absorbent
I haven't noticed any difference between zero and 5mm drop on the downhills, but everyone is different. Legitimately glad you've found something that works for your feet because it's tough to do!
Curious what bear spray brand you used. I used UDAP when solo hiking in Denali. That’s also the brand they sold @ the mountain store closest to the entrance. Didn’t see it in your links.
I just watched your gdt video. I was pondering... the military often put Gore-tex bivvy bags as their outer layer. Would something like that would have helped with your lightning bags?
As far as I know throw away plastic water bottles release micro plastics when exposed to the heat or sun which is extremely unhealthy to consume. I’m definitely not going to use them a anymore. I’m currently looking for bottles designed for long term use.
