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This can prove to be extremely useful - not just for people who want to do a thru hike, but for anyone attempting any major journey. The tips, as coming from someone having already been out there, are most valuable. They are basically gold when one actually gets to grasp their true worth.

How long before hitting the filter like that ends up breaking it? Which I suppose is bound to happen, effective though the method may be in helping clean the filter.

Can bleach be used for backwashing and vinegar for getting rid of the white stuff that's like in hard water areas? 🤔

Does it realy can be used forever 🤔

It's not cheap, in the uk over 60£ about today 77$. 😔

Kevin, i have the GAIA GPS app and signed up for your channel/email. I received your link for the free download but have absolutely no idea on how to to access it and download into GAIA. Your link just keeps taking me in circles on your webpage

Love it, thanks!

Great video! Just one question - I clicked on the link to "Art Loeb Trail GPX map file" and entered my email where it says "Send Download Link", but when I follow the link in the email it just takes me to your home page. No GPX file to download. Mind sharing a link to your Art Loeb GPX file? Thanks!!

Thanks you've got me in the right direction to start planning

Great videos! I’ve been hiking this trail for over 20 years and thru hiked it twice, once in each direction. It’s an 8 day trip for me. I noticed you stopped on the banks of Lake Jocassee before the Toxaway River. I always go just a little farther to the Toxaway River. A camp site with a picnic table is such a luxury. And they’ve added a permanent outhouse since your hike. Thanks for sharing.

2200 miles on the AT and I only cleaned it when I came home. Nothing came out . Course the flow has never diminished because I only ever ran clear water through it. I never had to filter brown water on trail cause you could ALWAYS find good sources.

Going in a week! Thanks for this video!

I just tossed my Sawyer filter. It failed spectacularly on me on a hike. Can't remember whether I backwashed after I used it last time. But I do remember that I didn't filter very much water with it. I pulled it out to filter some water on my hike and NOTHING would go through. Not a drop. I've never had that happen with any of the other filters I've used. This thing is not reliable enough for me to risk my life and health on.

Very helpful!

Awesome! Thanks for posting

What about a smell from Sawyer squeeze... I use bleach water combo after hiking to clean and let the filter dry out for weeks... Just pulled it out to use on my upcoming hike and it smells bad tastes bad... But I've had it for about 9yrs. Does anybody have this issue?

What was the date you started out of Pagosa?

This is so helpful and simple.

Music ruined the video

Awesome.

Made a big difference. Thanks for the video.

Hi. Recently completed watching your series on the BMT. Used to live in Cumming, GA (Feb. 1999 - May 2021) and while there, day-hiked the BMT in GA (by myself, up and back each time). Your series gave me the chance to see what the rest of the trail looks like. Nicely done on your filming, composition, and the narration at the end of each video. I've been section-hiking the AT since 1992, and am now at Caledonia State Park in PA. However, I'll probably do one more hike and call it quits with respect to new AT miles. But, you have inspired me to walk trails closer to home (we retired to my wife's home area, Laurel, Mississippi in May, 2021). One Idea I got from your series was to walk the BMT through the Smokies. A bigger/stretch idea was: Hike the BMT from Fontana Dam to the northern end, then the AT from Davenport Gap to Fontana Dam. Basically, a circle of this wonderful national park. When I section hiked the AT in the Smokies, it was south to north. So, my plan mentioned above would give me a different view of the AT in the Smokies. Just an idea... Have subscribed and will look at other hike series on your channel. By the way - was great your wife would help with the logistics. Does she hike with you? God Bless!

Epic journey and epic story. Thanks for showing us the timeless beauty of the landscapes and the animals.

I saw that Hut on that ridge in another Thru Hikers vid Little Skittle. Great to see the ridge and the hut again!!!

In your video it seems like the beginning of this trail is at the top of springer mountain? Or does this trail start with the approach trail of the AT?

Just finished the same hike with my son today. You captured it brilliantly, thank you

thanks

I thoughtly enjoy your series on the BMT and have subscribed so I can go along on whatever other trips you've vlogged. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!

great video and I like your attention to the details

Great idea. I'm wondering if there is a way to test filters. I also wonder what I can use to filter out fluoride, from city water.

Thermarest has replaced my pads too. So I now have four (replaced them on trail).

oh my god, what a great shot of the Towhee!

Dirt? A better tip is to pre filter thru a bandana or milbanks bag.

I really enjoyed that! My wife and I will be doing this in May, really happy to have taken the time to watch this video, Great work and thanks!

GPX files on your website doesnt work.

Planning a loop for at least 3-4 days. This was an excellent video and intro into planning this trip. Links for maps were very much appreciated.

Great to see! How did you manage the upper river crossing? Since the bridge being washed away i wonder how people navigate that crossing.

I always carry an extra SD card. It weighs practically nothing, and is hardly bulky.

For some, a 12000-foot mountain sounds like you have gone way up, but the elevation at Grants is 6400'.

Wow, Episode 3 and already as far north as Grants! Nice photography, I'm glad you have a decent camera. I would like to have seen a bit of the lava fields.

Planning a bartram trail hike for this coming march, thanks so much for sharing this thorough & thoughtful video! -A hiker from Kentucky

This is a really excellent, well-researched video. Thank you for taking the time to do it! Very helpful for my upcoming thru :)

How was the weather/rain during your hike? I know in April you can still find snow, sometimes. How was the smokies in May?

I did enjoy it. 2 Questions: 1. What time of year did you hike the trail? 2. What temperature ranges did you encounter?

I have enjoyed your VLog. Thank you for creating it. I am in year 12 (1553 miles) of my AT Section Hike. I have hiked the Alabama Pinhoti (don't like long roadwalks 15+ miles) for fun and practice 3 times. I expect to finish the AT in the next couple of years and was looking for 200-300 mile trails to hike. This Vlog has pointed out a trail to hike. BCM

Beautiful video's brother. I'm looking forward to backpacking this trail.

thanks! very helpful video! thx for sharing

Beautiful journey. Thank you for bringing us along ✨

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