Not a lot of employers seem to understand the importance of freedom. This right here is my favourite part of your video. Quit your job - ride a bike ✌️
Hmmmm bike pack year round live where you want to and go where you want sounds appealing though not an easy life and especially hard on your drive train.
Also, I have to admit that this is a wild thing to watch. Just one dude in the middle of nowhere by himself keeping himself alive, this is some old school pioneer spirit.
Don’t glorify pioneers who committed genocide, this is what native Americans did for millennia pioneers just came and pilfered it all and brought disease, the indigenous people surviving like this was a lot more impressive than native murdering pioneers
@@turkey4957 always some "woke" SJW martyr telling other people how to think and feel after twisting something into what it wasn't meant to be. Good job virtue signaler, everyone knows how much more sensitive and better you are than them.
Truly appreciate your Van Life videos with Rocco... but these videos. I can't watch enough of them... haha my wife wife laughs when she hears the cool music. I think she has the music memorized like I do. Thanks Simon for al you do... Planning on Western CO to WY ride via my Pivot Les Fat backcountry touring bike this July (2023). All inspired by Forestry Forest.
I use this as a lullaby in my sleepless nights. Beautiful shots, soothing music, and comforting voice bring me peace. This video has such unique positive vibes. Thank you foresty
“Walking is too slow and driving is too fast”. That’s what I told my friend last year when I bought a new bike. I take in everything on a bike. Walking I get nowhere and driving I just go somewhere
That was quite an adventure? The fat bike served you well on some of the roads full of rock on sand and dirt, and the weather on top of that being wet and rainy. I admire your determination, patience and the adventure spirit. Cheers from Oregon.
I remember my first century ride. It was actually 111 miles so at mile 90 I stopped in a rest stop. I was toast and about to quit. Then this older lady said. “What feels like torture now will feel like a grand adventure when you are done and can take a shower and have a beer “. Whenever I am really in pain I start chanting with each pedal stroke. “Shower and a beer”. So I understand your comment about a beer and a burger as a trophy.
Foresty, This is a superb video that deserves some kind of award. The videography, the humor, the music choices, not to mention the hard core riding, all make this particularly special.
I really appreciate a rare video that actually shows the scenery instead of just the bike trail right in front. Being able to travel slower than a car and enjoy the beauty, fresh air, and sunlight is the other reason to ride a bicycle including the exercise of course. I just don't have the need for high speed and extreme thrills. Thank you.
I'm addicted to your videos. They are inspired me to get out for a long ride today. Starting training to do something like this next year. Thanks for your videos.
I know this video was made about 3 yrs ago...but I never get tired of re watching them...I doubt that any of us realize just how much works goes into one of these videos! The fact that you set the camera up to watch you riding down a steep mountain road means that you have to come back up that road to retrieve the camera...and you do it time and time again when you have to be dog tired and yet your videos never suffer from poor editing...my favorite van life channel by far. Thanks for all the hard work you do...you are a perfectionist and it shows...I love it! And if you are ever in N. Calif in the Redwoods, I would love to meet you, offer you a home cooked meal and a warm bed and shower...compliments of my wife and me!
Excellent so glad you made this video. I don't usually get to watch other peoples videos as I never have the data to. This was so nice and sit back and watch well having a beer. Better than any movie I pay good money for. Your videos are up there with the best I've seen on the internet. Hope you continue and you get the rewards you deserve Cheers Chris.
Thanks I have to try and keep up with your great video's. I'm still looking for a job should have fruit picking starting at least by November . Hopefully by next year. Going to put wider tyres soon on my Koga and do lots of five day tours from my car. Cheers Chris.
So cool to go back and see you commented on Forestys tour videos, I just discovered your videos of touring Australia after specifically looking for something that would be similar to this awesome set of videos and you’re probably my other favorite bike touring person on RUclips! Keep it up
This has to be one of my all time favorite RUclips videos, I know the van touring is a bit easier Foresty but seeing another bike tour even a lot smaller ones would be so cool! These bike tour videos are top notch
I've watched this one, plus the "Going East Across the West" , and the 2 earlier ones from AK to Canada, and Canada to AZ... all, many, many times. None of them ever get old. Wow Simon, timeless great job! Tony, Carbondale, CO. US of A.
Oct 26, 2021: I had a crappy day working at corporate America. Looking for diversion, I found this video and it totally reset me. Man, I want to get on my bike and live my life.
Watching this video made me realize something about myself in wanting to make a video on my recumbent trike. The solitude and being different from all the other bicycle touring videos. So many of those videos are the same. High tech overlay of music, editing and narrative. The problem with those to me is they all blend together and become the same thing. I'm not a technology type of person. As I thought of all the burdens in trying to make a touring video for others to watch. I realized watching this video that I can be totally different than the rest. My video will be very basic and simple. It won't be overlayed with a whole lot of technology glamor. I'm not that type of person, so why try and be like everyone else. I'm mostly a loner type of person, I like my solitude away from the drama of everything and every body. Thank you Foresty Forest for your video. It inspired me and gave me a answer to my dilemma about how I want to make my own video touring.
I realy enjoyed your video. You have captured the beauty of the southwest so well. This video brings back so many memories of my childhood living in southwest New Mexico. The only thing missing is the refreshing smells of the desert after such storms. I wish you safe and wonderful journies. Thanks again.
Dude, you are my hero. I've never ridden over 100mi in a day, and have yet to tour. Did just pick up another fat bike with Shimano 1X10 . You have inspired me to start building a bikepacking rig. Thank you for these incredible videos!
Watched this all the way through and I have the you tube attention span of a house fly! You are an awesome individual and no matter where your life takes you, you will have done this! A great life history is the best we can hope for! thank you for the ride along!
Man that was enjoyable to say the least. I can’t imagine the time invested in filming and editing, but I am so glad you did. I didn’t even realize some people do this sort of adventure. Hell, I drive to a campground, set up the camper and that’s it. Man I need to get out there more. Thanks so much
Stunning. I've biked and hiked virtually all the areas you traversed. The biking, however, was all on paved options. There is no doubt in my mind that you did it the right way. I'm deeply envious! So good. Thank you for the tremendous effort you put into this film. People who don't ride have hardly an inkling of the desperate effort some of those climbs require. Bravo!
Man i can't even imagine. Folks like you who wantingly choose to tour on fat bikes will forever have my serious respect. Here in MN I dread fat bike season and even then only ride it out of pure necessity commuting in the winter. Its not the below zero (in Fahrenheit) and insane windchills that have me reaching for the car keys on those dark december days. its truthfully the slow @** fat bike. drives me bonkers expending so much energy to go so dsrn slow. I will say over the years I've learned things always go better snd somehow i seem to make better time if i resign myself from the start thats its just going to be slow goings. So much of cycling is a battle between ears and watching videos like yours and drawing motivation from you and others have left me no longer fighting the likes of hulk hogan or mike Tyson in my head and more like some dude with the upper body strength of KOM in le tour. you seriously rock man. keep it up and mad props!
What a treat to watch. I am too old for these kinds of journeys anymore, but it reminds me of my younger years. Thank you soooo much for sharing this with us all!
I'm just an old gal who use to hike and bike, and came across your travels while searching out route 722 off I-50 in Nevada for a day trip.... What a delight it was, so enjoyable, to watch your video. You are a remarkable young man, and it was both inspiring and awesome watching your tours. I found myself wondering about what equipment you carry with you, how much it weighs, etc. And as a mother, I was hoping like hell you take a SPOT messenger with you! Best to you on you future travels... Check out the Ruby Mountains and Jarbidge Wilderness if you ever get to Northern Nevada....
This video is absolutely a You Tube Classic! I have to come back and watch it again from time to time. More entertaining than most movies. There is something purely captivating about the lonely desert. What vivid scenery. What a rich history in most of the locations. I long to do something similar....just to go for a week on old dirt roads. Wouldn't matter where...it's the journey, not the destination. One of the Best videos on You Tube. Well done, Amigo! Thanks for sharing......Now do some more fat bike touring and share some more.
People buying camping and off road bikes and never take them and push them to the limit. Our boy Foresty Forest putting these fat bikes to the design limitations bringing them actually outside in the nature and wilderness!
This is a fantastic video of your adventure. Very well done. The shots all look epic. A cut above most all the rest....came back to post some more....this IS the best...great videography, great narration...soo very interesting........great editing.....WOW
Avid Foresty Forest viewer here. Just stumbled upon this pre-crock pot video from four years ago. Glad I did. Having lived in Southern California for most of my 56 years, some of the spots are familiar, if only from a more comfortable perspective. 16:40 "It's a bit of a fixer upper." LOL
My God, what an amazing trip! Amazing what you did! What with the camera work and the riding, and the road and weather conditions, etc. I just kept shaking my head the whole time thinking, holy cow!! One of the very best outdoor videos I've seen in ages and I watch a lot of them. It was more like a documentary. SUPER to go along with you!! WOW!
Outstanding footage! Thank you for all off your good work. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this vid. More shots from a chest mount or helmet mount cam blended in might add to the story. Working a while and saving for your next adventure and repeating could be viewed by some as a listless, wandering existence......Those who see it that way fail to recognize that one's life is lived in the moment. It isn't the pile of things you collect that bring you satisfaction......it is the list of experiences and relationships you build with people that are the treasures of life. I envy your determination for your adventure at your age.......something I drowned in booze and pot when I was young. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Every man dies, few men truly live. Bike on, Dude!
I’ve driven all those trails in Death Valley. It was tough doing it in a 4x4 truck. Forestry Forest did it on a bicycle. He was my hero when all I thought he did was live free in a van. Now he’s a God!
Damn brother. Mad respect! I would love to do this too. Have binge watched your videos to this point, about to convert my van and totally emulate your lifestyle. What you said earlier about your freedom being the most important thing. Definitely me, 100%. No job is more important than my freedom. Lived out there and traveled throughout the Southwest. My favorite part of the US. Amazing adventure!
I've watched this twice now and it's still amazing. I'm gonna let my family watch this right after dinner.✌ Makes you realize what is possible out there.
Thank you for this. What an epic trip and beautifully documented. I've ridden my dual sport through DV and cannot believe the climbs you endured. Lippencott road and Hunter Mountain as examples. To be out there for 45 days is truly impressive. Well done.
I watch this video about once a month or so, its one of my favs. dude you are the king of B roll, you rode at least twice as far as whatever the actual distance was doing all that b roll! im inspiured now to not be lazy and actually get my coming and going b roll shots more often.
I really enjoyed the video, my fat bike takes me so many places I am glad to see you came back with one so you could experience the area more. Safe riding!
Just got to watch this video, and it was AMAZING!!!!! Gotta give you much deserved credit, for such an amazing journey!!!! I follow you now, and love all the footage of the different mountains and adventures you and Rocko take. Thank you for all the wonderful adventures. Helps me plan my future trips, with my family.
I am watching this vid again after a few times. I just love the music, the fantastic camera work and especially Foresty's sense of humor. I long to be there, on the open adventure, not knowing what the next day will bring. This day to day existence isn't living......every day in the saddle on your fatbike.........now that is living! I enjoy solitude as much you do, but wouldn't a partner on one of these excursions be a good thing? Rock On
Yes its an amazing video and this is my third time watching. I wish I was younger and in better shape and I would have loved to adventure bike like this. Loved riding my Mountain bike back in the day
On a road trip, the downhill stretches go by quickly, while going uphill takes so much longer that it seems like you're spending your entire day going only uphill. And with cars continually passing you by, it seems like you're moving even slower.
I'm not a fat bike fan and the problem with this video I couldn't stop watching, enjoyed few humble comments, scenery and music tunes, appreciate your tripod work! Thank you
INSPIRATIONAL- wow, well done, well documented and great footage. You are making me consider creating a trip to get away - thank you thank you thank you.
Living the dream. Got to admire you for chasing yours. I have done my own smaller trips, but I will not pretend that will be able to follow in your tyre tracks. I'll take my long adventures vicariously through your videos. Thanks for taking the time to record and narrate such wonderful trips.
Mud,frozen water,freezing nights,snow,naked old men,flat tires,border patrol,bomb areas,up hills,down hills,wash outs, closed roads and l forgot the rest. You're one tough young man.
WOW!!! This is absolutely awesome!!! Thank you for spending an extra few days to capture this footage plus editing! If you are interested in sponsors - let's talk.
I built a drone you just click a button on the handlebar and it leaps off top of your helmut and does a full panorama of you for up to 15 minutes. You click to tell it when to come back and land. I can see its camera in my head-set. When ever I am breaking it charges the battery under my seat. Helmut is connected to that from my back .
I assume you meant pedal. A loaded bike like that with the water he is carrying is pretty heavy. Low and granny gears are the only way to get through the mountain roads and rough terrain
I just bought my first fat bike, but it’s a 1000 watt e cell AWD bike, I old now and retired so I need the battery 🔋 for help I am still strong 💪 and hopping to get stronger. I hope 🤞 to see a lot of the back country with this bike they say it get about 70 miles with peddling so that’s nice. I can put it on a tow bar hitch with bike rack on the back of my new Honda Ridgeline truck and a small generator to charge the battery 🔋. Wish I could afford that new Tesla truck I could charge the bike with my truck battery 🔋.
@@crosisofborg5524 Actually fat bikes have been around and in use for a long time. It's like Minecraft, people say "oh it's only popular now" but they've always been there. I've seen them regularily all the way back to 2008. The real fad is pretending a 1x drivetrain with less gears somehow has more range and the severe cross chaining is suddenly ok now. That and roadbikes with wider 1980s style tires are so much "faster" now. Running out of marketing ideas and going backwards just to keep sales up to the braindeads who obsess over anything with "le new" label on it.
I totally agree. My first one was delivered today. I rode my brother in law's fat bike last september. I was amazed at how well it handled deep sand and gravel. Every Spring he and some friends do an 85 mile trip around a lake in Western Nevada. That's their boys week out. Over all kinds of terrain and all are hard tails. Amazing how much of the bumps the tires soak up. Anyway, I live just east of Carson City Nv and there are old mining roads all over the place out here. I think I'll take my prospecting gear along with me. Instead of racks, backpacks and panniers, I bought a Burley flat bed trailer to carry the extras... Hopefully it will all work out good!
This must be one of the best videos I watched so far...and trust me there are many.When the boarders open...I am off on my second Fat Bike trip...whish me luck !!Finished Mr Pugsley yesterday with my dream upgrade !!🥳🥳
Hey Forest where are you now? Last time I saw you in the spring you were in Whitehorse. Hope you had a good summer. The Yukon is a great place to Bikepack- endless possibilities. Stay safe and keep on riding. Love your videos!
Fantastic video. I slowed it down or backed up a lot so I can soak up the solitude of the place! Great music! Saved so I can watch again in future! Thanks for sharing!!
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I think we should all take a moment to appreciate that he had to go back and collect his camera in all 327 scenes where he rode away from it.
@@joshpod007 Exactly.
as a photog; I really appreciate his dedication, thanks
He is just one super sweet spirited guy. His momma would be proud of him. I am.
Josh B. Lol aaaah sheez
Wrong, he just has hundreds of cameras, he throws them away
Not a lot of employers seem to understand the importance of freedom. This right here is my favourite part of your video. Quit your job - ride a bike ✌️
Life is way easier than humans make it
That line stood out to me a lot as well.
Hmmmm bike pack year round live where you want to and go where you want sounds appealing though not an easy life and especially hard on your drive train.
The only reason people can go out on long bike trips is because of our advanced civilization..
If I won the lottery sure I would do bicycle touring around the world 🌎
Also, I have to admit that this is a wild thing to watch. Just one dude in the middle of nowhere by himself keeping himself alive, this is some old school pioneer spirit.
He's well prepared and enjoying himself -thriving with tht lifestyle
Don’t glorify pioneers who committed genocide, this is what native Americans did for millennia pioneers just came and pilfered it all and brought disease, the indigenous people surviving like this was a lot more impressive than native murdering pioneers
@@turkey4957 always some "woke" SJW martyr telling other people how to think and feel after twisting something into what it wasn't meant to be. Good job virtue signaler, everyone knows how much more sensitive and better you are than them.
I would travel the world that way if I won the lottery 😊
Please tell me you’ve submitted this to film festivals. You’re an incredible human, & this is one of the best things I’ve ever watched. Truly.
These bike tours are the most amazing videos I've ever seen. I come back to them every now and then and they blow me away every time.
Truly appreciate your Van Life videos with Rocco... but these videos. I can't watch enough of them... haha my wife wife laughs when she hears the cool music. I think she has the music memorized like I do. Thanks Simon for al you do... Planning on Western CO to WY ride via my Pivot Les Fat backcountry touring bike this July (2023). All inspired by Forestry Forest.
I never get tired of watching this film. The music and images combine to create something truly unique.
I use this as a lullaby in my sleepless nights. Beautiful shots, soothing music, and comforting voice bring me peace. This video has such unique positive vibes. Thank you foresty
“Walking is too slow and driving is too fast”. That’s what I told my friend last year when I bought a new bike. I take in everything on a bike. Walking I get nowhere and driving I just go somewhere
I agree ☝️
very well said
Sage words
Thatshow ED I’m jealous bro! Lol 😂 you have clean air
Walking and driving are total bullshit perpetuated by the big oil, car and shoe industry goons.
Going back to watch these early Foresty Forest bike tours is mind boggling. This guy is a beast.
That was quite an adventure? The fat bike served you well on some of the roads full of rock on sand and dirt, and the weather on top of that being wet and rainy. I admire your determination, patience and the adventure spirit. Cheers from Oregon.
I remember my first century ride. It was actually 111 miles so at mile 90 I stopped in a rest stop. I was toast and about to quit. Then this older lady said. “What feels like torture now will feel like a grand adventure when you are done and can take a shower and have a beer “. Whenever I am really in pain I start chanting with each pedal stroke. “Shower and a beer”. So I understand your comment about a beer and a burger as a trophy.
I somehow landed here... i had seen you van/cook/hike videos but this is beyond!!! Your a super human man!!!!!!! Wow.
Foresty, This is a superb video that deserves some kind of award. The videography, the humor, the music choices, not to mention the hard core riding, all make this particularly special.
Your determination, persistence and positive mental attitude is so inspiring.
Great video. It's not often that I'm able to sit though something like this. Great soundtrack as well.
Awesome video man. Thanks for putting it together and sharing!
I really appreciate a rare video that actually shows the scenery instead of just the bike trail right in front. Being able to travel slower than a car and enjoy the beauty, fresh air, and sunlight is the other reason to ride a bicycle including the exercise of course. I just don't have the need for high speed and extreme thrills. Thank you.
Wow! Just wow. Possibly the very best RUclips vid I have ever seen. Foresty, I admire your enormous courage and fortitude. You ARE a boss!
I'm addicted to your videos. They are inspired me to get out for a long ride today. Starting training to do something like this next year. Thanks for your videos.
You my friend are on a different level your level of seeing things and level of thinking is at the right spot
I know this video was made about 3 yrs ago...but I never get tired of re watching them...I doubt that any of us realize just how much works goes into one of these videos! The fact that you set the camera up to watch you riding down a steep mountain road means that you have to come back up that road to retrieve the camera...and you do it time and time again when you have to be dog tired and yet your videos never suffer from poor editing...my favorite van life channel by far. Thanks for all the hard work you do...you are a perfectionist and it shows...I love it! And if you are ever in N. Calif in the Redwoods, I would love to meet you, offer you a home cooked meal and a warm bed and shower...compliments of my wife and me!
He went almost twice the journey with the camera.
In the name of Freedom!
Well, in the name of making a very interesting and picturesque video.
exactly, mad respect for riding back and forth to get all these shots
When you realize that for every single shot in the video he has to return and pick up the camera...
And ride up hill twice. On a loaded bike.
Holy shit. That's right!
Nope there is more than one biker. A real explorer should never be alone. Also he appears on one of his videos. Still amazing
Especially 17.50!
Juan Perez those were my thoughts exactly.
Excellent so glad you made this video. I don't usually get to watch other peoples videos as I never have the data to. This was so nice and sit back and watch well having a beer. Better than any movie I pay good money for. Your videos are up there with the best I've seen on the internet. Hope you continue and you get the rewards you deserve Cheers Chris.
Chris Rishworth thanks Chris! Your videos are an inspiration. When are you going to start fatbiking Australia?
Thanks I have to try and keep up with your great video's. I'm still looking for a job should have fruit picking starting at least by November . Hopefully by next year. Going to put wider tyres soon on my Koga and do lots of five day tours from my car. Cheers Chris.
So cool to go back and see you commented on Forestys tour videos, I just discovered your videos of touring Australia after specifically looking for something that would be similar to this awesome set of videos and you’re probably my other favorite bike touring person on RUclips! Keep it up
This has to be one of my all time favorite RUclips videos, I know the van touring is a bit easier Foresty but seeing another bike tour even a lot smaller ones would be so cool! These bike tour videos are top notch
The trophy at the end of the day is a hamburger and a beer! You truly inspire! So well done....thanks...
I'VE HIKED BY FOOT FOR YEARS TOOK FOREVER .UNTIL NOW SEEIING WHAT YOUR DOING IS AMAZING GREAT JOB THANKS FOR SHARING.
I've watched this one, plus the "Going East Across the West" , and the 2 earlier ones from AK to Canada, and Canada to AZ... all, many, many times. None of them ever get old. Wow Simon, timeless great job! Tony, Carbondale, CO. US of A.
Oct 26, 2021: I had a crappy day working at corporate America. Looking for diversion, I found this video and it totally reset me. Man, I want to get on my bike and live my life.
Watching this video made me realize something about myself in wanting to make a video on my recumbent trike.
The solitude and being different from all the other bicycle touring videos. So many of those videos are the same. High tech overlay of music, editing and narrative. The problem with those to me is they all blend together and become the same thing.
I'm not a technology type of person. As I thought of all the burdens in trying to make a touring video for others to watch. I realized watching this video that I can be totally different than the rest.
My video will be very basic and simple. It won't be overlayed with a whole lot of technology glamor.
I'm not that type of person, so why try and be like everyone else.
I'm mostly a loner type of person, I like my solitude away from the drama of everything and every body.
Thank you Foresty Forest for your video. It inspired me and gave me a answer to my dilemma about how I want to make my own video touring.
I realy enjoyed your video. You have captured the beauty of the southwest so well. This video brings back so many memories of my childhood living in southwest New Mexico. The only thing missing is the refreshing smells of the desert after such storms. I wish you safe and wonderful journies. Thanks again.
Amen
Dude, you are my hero. I've never ridden over 100mi in a day, and have yet to tour. Did just pick up another fat bike with Shimano 1X10 . You have inspired me to start building a bikepacking rig. Thank you for these incredible videos!
That's a great fat bike set up looks the boss!! Freedom is the most expensive thing you can buy. Well done!!
Watched this all the way through and I have the you tube attention span of a house fly! You are an awesome individual and no matter where your life takes you, you will have done this! A great life history is the best we can hope for! thank you for the ride along!
Thanks Ben!
Man that was enjoyable to say the least. I can’t imagine the time invested in filming and editing, but I am so glad you did. I didn’t even realize some people do this sort of adventure. Hell, I drive to a campground, set up the camper and that’s it. Man I need to get out there more. Thanks so much
Thank you 😊
Stunning. I've biked and hiked virtually all the areas you traversed. The biking, however, was all on paved options. There is no doubt in my mind that you did it the right way. I'm deeply envious! So good. Thank you for the tremendous effort you put into this film. People who don't ride have hardly an inkling of the desperate effort some of those climbs require. Bravo!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this beautiful video of your adventure.
Man i can't even imagine. Folks like you who wantingly choose to tour on fat bikes will forever have my serious respect. Here in MN I dread fat bike season and even then only ride it out of pure necessity commuting in the winter.
Its not the below zero (in Fahrenheit) and insane windchills that have me reaching for the car keys on those dark december days. its truthfully the slow @** fat bike. drives me bonkers expending so much energy to go so dsrn slow.
I will say over the years I've learned things always go better snd somehow i seem to make better time if i resign myself from the start thats its just going to be slow goings. So much of cycling is a battle between ears and watching videos like yours and drawing motivation from you and others have left me no longer fighting the likes of hulk hogan or mike Tyson in my head and more like some dude with the upper body strength of KOM in le tour. you seriously rock man. keep it up and mad props!
The effort and energy to produce this video. Survivorman has nothing on this!
What a treat to watch. I am too old for these kinds of journeys anymore, but it reminds me of my younger years. Thank you soooo much for sharing this with us all!
I'm just an old gal who use to hike and bike, and came across your travels while searching out route 722 off I-50 in Nevada for a day trip.... What a delight it was, so enjoyable, to watch your video. You are a remarkable young man, and it was both inspiring and awesome watching your tours. I found myself wondering about what equipment you carry with you, how much it weighs, etc. And as a mother, I was hoping like hell you take a SPOT messenger with you! Best to you on you future travels... Check out the Ruby Mountains and Jarbidge Wilderness if you ever get to Northern Nevada....
@Alien On a Bike nah he'll probably try to poke you in the butt. Adventuring alone so much more fun.
@@KandiKlover WTF!!!
Also been a trail runner & mother & wishing you the best
This video is absolutely a You Tube Classic! I have to come back and watch it again from time to time. More entertaining than most movies. There is something purely captivating about the lonely desert. What vivid scenery. What a rich history in most of the locations. I long to do something similar....just to go for a week on old dirt roads. Wouldn't matter where...it's the journey, not the destination.
One of the Best videos on You Tube. Well done, Amigo! Thanks for sharing......Now do some more fat bike touring and share some more.
Thank you SW Norcraft. Hope you are doing well my friend! I wish the covid restrictions would end, Death Valley is calling me again.
@@forestyforest It would be too cool if you did another ride in the Death Valley area! Best Wishes, Be Well.
I appreciate you producing this. It is so cool. I would love to try your route someday. Thanks again.
People buying camping and off road bikes and never take them and push them to the limit.
Our boy Foresty Forest putting these fat bikes to the design limitations bringing them actually outside in the nature and wilderness!
This is a fantastic video of your adventure. Very well done. The shots all look epic. A cut above most all the rest....came back to post some more....this IS the best...great videography, great narration...soo very interesting........great editing.....WOW
Avid Foresty Forest viewer here. Just stumbled upon this pre-crock pot video from four years ago. Glad I did. Having lived in Southern California for most of my 56 years, some of the spots are familiar, if only from a more comfortable perspective. 16:40 "It's a bit of a fixer upper." LOL
AMAZING sights and production. Thank you for sharing these gifts with us!
My God, what an amazing trip! Amazing what you did! What with the camera work and the riding, and the road and weather conditions, etc. I just kept shaking my head the whole time thinking, holy cow!! One of the very best outdoor videos I've seen in ages and I watch a lot of them. It was more like a documentary. SUPER to go along with you!! WOW!
Outstanding footage! Thank you for all off your good work. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this vid. More shots from a chest mount or helmet mount cam blended in might add to the story. Working a while and saving for your next adventure and repeating could be viewed by some as a listless, wandering existence......Those who see it that way fail to recognize that one's life is lived in the moment. It isn't the pile of things you collect that bring you satisfaction......it is the list of experiences and relationships you build with people that are the treasures of life. I envy your determination for your adventure at your age.......something I drowned in booze and pot when I was young. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Every man dies, few men truly live. Bike on, Dude!
Damn, Foresty is an OG and staying true to his roots. Digging these FF originals.
Yes!! This is the serious sh!t that got me hooked on FF. Great to watch it again. A drone would have come in handy on this trip!
I’ve driven all those trails in Death Valley. It was tough doing it in a 4x4 truck. Forestry Forest did it on a bicycle. He was my hero when all I thought he did was live free in a van. Now he’s a God!
Damn brother. Mad respect! I would love to do this too. Have binge watched your videos to this point, about to convert my van and totally emulate your lifestyle. What you said earlier about your freedom being the most important thing. Definitely me, 100%. No job is more important than my freedom. Lived out there and traveled throughout the Southwest. My favorite part of the US. Amazing adventure!
This is one of the best videos I have seen in arizona. Totally different when one takes the road traveled less.
Great undertaking and video. I like how you thank your parents at the top of the list. Good luck in your endeavors.
Halfway through your video and it’s already the coolest thing on RUclips.
I've watched this twice now and it's still amazing. I'm gonna let my family watch this right after dinner.✌
Makes you realize what is possible out there.
I can’t get enough of your videos.
Awesome video, I stumbled upon it and couldn't stop watching.
Thank you for this. What an epic trip and beautifully documented. I've ridden my dual sport through DV and cannot believe the climbs you endured. Lippencott road and Hunter Mountain as examples. To be out there for 45 days is truly impressive. Well done.
the fact that half a million people are watching this tells me a lot about humanity and their desires...
What a fantastic trip. Really show's what a fat bike can do.
Well, in addition to everything else: bravo for doubling back every time you wanted video.
I found this channel about a week ago. My wife and I watch at least one video a night. Love it. For once it’s real life. Not some influencer BS.
Yeah you can really tell these days who is fake and who is genuine, this channel is about as genuine as you will get. It's really refreshing.
Killer bike. Killer lifestyle. Good on ya.
Cheers!
I watch this video about once a month or so, its one of my favs. dude you are the king of B roll, you rode at least twice as far as whatever the actual distance was doing all that b roll! im inspiured now to not be lazy and actually get my coming and going b roll shots more often.
At first I thought he had someone with him. Then I saw the shadow of the camera and tri pod. Holy shit... that is crazy cool
It is amazing your were able to keep finding roads going in the direction you wanted and you never ran out of water.
I really enjoyed the video, my fat bike takes me so many places I am glad to see you came back with one so you could experience the area more. Safe riding!
Just got to watch this video, and it was AMAZING!!!!! Gotta give you much deserved credit, for such an amazing journey!!!! I follow you now, and love all the footage of the different mountains and adventures you and Rocko take. Thank you for all the wonderful adventures. Helps me plan my future trips, with my family.
I am watching this vid again after a few times. I just love the music, the fantastic camera work and especially Foresty's sense of humor. I long to be there, on the open adventure, not knowing what the next day will bring. This day to day existence isn't living......every day in the saddle on your fatbike.........now that is living! I enjoy solitude as much you do, but wouldn't a partner on one of these excursions be a good thing? Rock On
Yes its an amazing video and this is my third time watching. I wish I was younger and in better shape and I would have loved to adventure bike like this. Loved riding my Mountain bike back in the day
I love the simple shots of you just riding and the landscape. Very little talking. Looks like an Amazing adventure. Good job
When you ride a bicycle.. everywhere you go seems to be uphill and in to the wind.. or is it just me? LoL
And the roads go on forever in the desert.
@@poche660 head winds....fat tire friend, fall ov er fast mode.
On a road trip, the downhill stretches go by quickly, while going uphill takes so much longer that it seems like you're spending your entire day going only uphill. And with cars continually passing you by, it seems like you're moving even slower.
@@kenhoward3512 You truly ride a bike.
lol' more like tip over in slow motion.
I'm not a fat bike fan and the problem with this video I couldn't stop watching, enjoyed few humble comments, scenery and music tunes, appreciate your tripod work! Thank you
Wow yes inspiring every time I watch this it get better and inspires my hopes for a bike parking trip Thank Forestry Forest for putting the time in
Wow! Amazing video! The views, the music, the montage, the bike itself - everything is superb. Thank you, Sir!
INSPIRATIONAL- wow, well done, well documented and great footage. You are making me consider creating a trip to get away - thank you thank you thank you.
Living the dream. Got to admire you for chasing yours. I have done my own smaller trips, but I will not pretend that will be able to follow in your tyre tracks. I'll take my long adventures vicariously through your videos. Thanks for taking the time to record and narrate such wonderful trips.
Amazing trip and journey! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Nice shots of the view .freedom is what most important 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Mud,frozen water,freezing nights,snow,naked old men,flat tires,border patrol,bomb areas,up hills,down hills,wash outs, closed roads and l forgot the rest. You're one tough young man.
Thank you for riding by your set camera, then going back to it, then doing it again and again.
Thanks for sharing the adventure!
Dude you are such a big inspiration . thank you for posting these videos sometimes I watch them 3-4 times.
Inspiring video, thanks! Fat or plus touring/packing seems like it could be an incredible experience.
WOW!!! This is absolutely awesome!!! Thank you for spending an extra few days to capture this footage plus editing! If you are interested in sponsors - let's talk.
Thanks for adding the google map of your route! I bet water fill up stops would be hard to plan out
This is how I found Foresty and have been watching ever since. GO FORESTY GO!
loved the video. i could never be that adventurous and have no support. it must have been a pain to keep doubling back to take videos coming and going
I built a drone you just click a button on the handlebar and it leaps off top of your helmut and does a full panorama of you for up to 15 minutes. You click to tell it when to come back and land. I can see its camera in my head-set. When ever I am breaking it charges the battery under my seat. Helmut is connected to that from my back .
@@montetown5741, that's interesting.
You should share that in a video.
I would love to see it.
Great journey you went on. You some how make it look easy. As you usually do in most cases. I just love the man you are. 🤗🌱💙Happy Biking Foresty
You and Lohan are the best people on bikes 🔥👍🔥👍🔥👍🔥👍
thanks!
I'm over 50 and want to be like you and Iohan. I put together a bike with Alpkit bags. Someday?
ForestyForest
hey man, great adventure and may i ask what camera you use and how you mount it on your bike ?
Why do you have to paddle so much? Is it on a slow gear?
I assume you meant pedal. A loaded bike like that with the water he is carrying is pretty heavy. Low and granny gears are the only way to get through the mountain roads and rough terrain
Importance of Freedom... That touched
Lots of Love from Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵
Life is better with fat bikes.I thought they were a fad until I bought one.
I just bought my first fat bike, but it’s a 1000 watt e cell AWD bike, I old now and retired so I need the battery 🔋 for help I am still strong 💪 and hopping to get stronger. I hope 🤞 to see a lot of the back country with this bike they say it get about 70 miles with peddling so that’s nice. I can put it on a tow bar hitch with bike rack on the back of my new Honda Ridgeline truck and a small generator to charge the battery 🔋. Wish I could afford that new Tesla truck I could charge the bike with my truck battery 🔋.
They are a fad even if you like them. They won’t last.
@@crosisofborg5524 so they'll fall apart?
@@crosisofborg5524 Actually fat bikes have been around and in use for a long time. It's like Minecraft, people say "oh it's only popular now" but they've always been there. I've seen them regularily all the way back to 2008.
The real fad is pretending a 1x drivetrain with less gears somehow has more range and the severe cross chaining is suddenly ok now. That and roadbikes with wider 1980s style tires are so much "faster" now. Running out of marketing ideas and going backwards just to keep sales up to the braindeads who obsess over anything with "le new" label on it.
I totally agree. My first one was delivered today. I rode my brother in law's fat bike last september. I was amazed at how well it handled deep sand and gravel. Every Spring he and some friends do an 85 mile trip around a lake in Western Nevada. That's their boys week out. Over all kinds of terrain and all are hard tails. Amazing how much of the bumps the tires soak up. Anyway, I live just east of Carson City Nv and there are old mining roads all over the place out here. I think I'll take my prospecting gear along with me. Instead of racks, backpacks and panniers, I bought a Burley flat bed trailer to carry the extras... Hopefully it will all work out good!
Think I've watched all your biking videos but its been a year or so really enjoyed them so I resubscribed and starting over what fat bikes have had
Hahaha I got your Office Space reference:)
Get Bent: the heel kick!
My favorite part of the video
This must be one of the best videos I watched so far...and trust me there are many.When the boarders open...I am off on my second Fat Bike trip...whish me luck !!Finished Mr Pugsley yesterday with my dream upgrade !!🥳🥳
I made it to Western Australia....Three weeks and I will hit the desert....Mr Pugsly with the Rholoff Hubb go like a dream come tru .....
2:30 says it all ..."it's no wonder I keep quitting my job"
Hey Forest where are you now? Last time I saw you in the spring you were in Whitehorse. Hope you had a good summer. The Yukon is a great place to Bikepack- endless possibilities. Stay safe and keep on riding. Love your videos!
Beyond epic! Super inspiring!
Fantastic video. I slowed it down or backed up a lot so I can soak up the solitude of the place! Great music! Saved so I can watch again in future! Thanks for sharing!!