I've come up to that area by shoepack since the mid 80s that's a secret place most don't know about how massive that area is all the way to the west to l 75 . In your video I remembered places I've been. Great hike. Enjoyed your video and learned things for my trip I will be planning with my partner
A lot natural gas wells around there. "Little Tomahawk Lake" in the west with the creek coming out of it and "Tomahawk Lake" east of Little Tomahawk Lake. "Tomahawk Creek Flooding" is south of the other two lakes. It seems crazy to us non-long distance walkers that you can walk this far in a day. I can't imagine walking the fifteen miles across town to my mothers house.
Yes, I always see a lot of gas wells when mushroom hunting but not on this trail. For the past 5 years I've competed in speed records on trails and was doing 55-60 miles per day so this was an easy relaxing hike for me, lol.
Hey Michael! Yes it is...I normally always look for camp near water sources but not always the best decision. I'll be editing the Pinhoti while traveling through FL with my wife over the next two weeks. I recorded 5 hours of footage over those 15 days!! Not sure how to break it up yet...might do two parts, one in each state and both parts will be at least 1.5 hrs long. Not into the short multi part series type videos anymore...I get way more views and watch time on my super long videos so I'm going to give the algorithum what it wants, lol!
Great video! You were a couple of days behind me and my sister-in-law Lisa when you arrived at the Canada Creek Shelter, you captured our journal entry in your video! We are doing the trail in small section hikes and your video gives us a little taste of what's to come on future hikes! Thanks!
@@Independent-lyRich I use a gopro 12 and for that trip I just had it set at 1080 linear mode with onboard mic set on front and rear. But moving forward everything will be in 4k. Glad to hear they look clear...sometimes I wonder since my computer screen shows them slightly grainy from time to time.
Nice hiking video Jason. Very nice network of trails! I never knew you could cook Ramen like that. I thought it had to be in boiling water for 3-4 mins. Learn something new every video.
The way you like hiking and kayaking, I'm surprised you haven't done a packrafting trip. I started to look into it, but it seems like the boats are pretty expensive.
Great trip video bud! I love going places with tons of scenery but getting somewhere that’s just quiet and isolated almost beats the views (unless you can have both!). I like the long format btw…doesn’t bother me any I just stop and start when I need to. Can’t wait to see your big trip video coming up! Happy New Years to you and your family.
Thanks AJ! Even though longer format takes much more time to edit and means less content to release, it does so much better on my channel...short videos flop for me. Maybe 2025 will finally be the year we can get together for a short trip, whether it be backpacking or kayaking! Happy New Year brother!
Great trip video. I’ve not heard of this trail but I’m going to check into it for a future trip. Looks like a great place for seclusion with nice campgrounds along the way. Great for a longer fall trip. Well done 👍
I love how you let us live your adventures through your videos . Such beautiful scenery. Someday when you make it back to Kentucky look me up and maybe we can do a little kayaking day trip . I’m a 5 minute drive from long bow boat dock .
looks like it was a nice resetting trip, love the mid 60s day temp and low 40s high to mid 30 nights. also if you havent seen or heard about it yet there is a new trail system that opened up in newago MI called the dragon, should look into that one ,would make for another great video !! keep the videos coming love watching the adventures!!!!
This just popped up on my suggested videos & I am so excited to watch & share with my brothers. We grew up visiting this very area & love the beauty of northern MI.
Jason - You are the man! I had never heard of this either until now thanks to you! I will definitely add this to the list. Thank you for sharing Brother.
My grandparents had a cabin in Atlanta just south of town. I now have a place just north of Atlanta near the Fairgrounds I love that area and the small town.
1:08:26 I have a Gossamer Gear Kumo 36 backpack.. it has a removable sit pad that’s used as a backrest and also serves as a frame. I took a thermarest pad similar to your pad and cut it in half and swapped it with the thinner gossamer gear sit pad. It makes for a sturdier frame and a better sit pad. I also use it as a doormat in the vestibule of my tent. I enjoy watching your videos.. thank you for posting. Looking forward for the Pinhoti Trail video
I was hiking and camping the Jordan Valley pathway on that same weekend. The weather and colors were impeccable. Warm days, cool nights. Perfect upper Michigan fall weekend!
Hey Jason, nice video. I did the Shingle Mill a few years ago, and have the HCP slated for next October. Looks great, glad the weather cooperated for the most part. Happy Trails!😎🥾
Z seat. works for a lot things. fan a fire, windscreen for your stove, kneel on it to pack up your tent, stand on it to change your socks or clothes, and a seat. Im a side sleeper, so I put the z seat under my hips.
Great vid man. A couple buddies did this loop during peak mosquito season and called it the Bataan Death March. I’d love to do it during the time of year you did or in early May before bugs get active. The Black River has some insane brook trout fishing. I’ve seen a lot of elk up there. Those big birds you’re talking about are Ruffed Grouse, referred to by locals as partridge. The shingle mill is a lot shorter; my daughter and I’ve hiked and camped it a fair bit. Awesome area of the state thanks again for sharing!
I hate mosquitoes and I've delt with my fair share of them up there during mushroom season...I used to joke to my buddies that Michigan skeeters are like the size of hawks compared to Ohio's and that they can about carry you away lol. I"ve been startled so many times over the years by those ruffed grouse in MI and PA. Thanks!
Love the details in these campsites! It would still be fun for a road trip to drive in. Thx! This forest looks like the Pinchot Trail in NE PA if you’re ever in this area.
Thanks! I've hiked quite a few trails in PA but not the Pinchot Trail yet. I've done the Allegheny NCT, Quahanna, Susquehannock, West Rim and Oil Creek. The NE is just so far away for me, but I'll try to get over that way next time I'm heading toward the Adirondaks.
This is so peaceful, beautiful, relaxing - perfect for a day to calm down & rest after Christmas!! Thank you! God bless you and your family in 2025. Looking forward to more great farming videos, too! 👍♥️🙏♥️
So glad to hear that you enjoyed it, and yes, those kind of trips are so peaceful and relaxing! Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate it very much!
You're right in the heart of elk country. I'm surprised you didn't at least see elk droppings. There's definitely bear there as I just harvested one this season off 622. But they'll hear you coming a mile away.
Yeah I was really surprised and a little dissapointed. I'm sure the bear could smell me a mile away too haha...thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
Mashed potatoes and olive oil would be a nice caloric add to that shrimp meal. I to am down to my last 3 pairs of Olympus 4. I'm hoping they bring them back like they did the king mtn this year. Great video-happy holidays Jason. Love the videos while I'm training
@ this March I'm planning a 67 mile day on the Colorado Trail for a birthday hike-calling it my PBSKT or Personal Best Solo Know Time. Then in August I have 5 days on the CT and plan to cover 120 miles. We live by the CT terminus in Denver making it easy to jump on. Long term goal is to give a shot at an FKT on the CT when I turn 60.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I have the lightest gear money can buy, but i've slowly upgraded it over a period of 5-6 years, and I've learned how to get by with only the bare essentials during my FKT career (fastest known times). I still hold one speed record, the 343 mile Sheltowee Trace in KY and TN, ran/speed walked it in 6 days.
Hey Jason! I haven't been able to watch your stuff much lately but we are down in S.C. again and not only do I have alot of extra time for a long video but I also always think of you when I'm down here. We've enjoyed some Gilbert's, visited Huntington Beach S.P. and then Rugged Mountain Mister and I finally completed the Swamp Fox Passage this year! So we've done the Awendaw Passage, the Swamp Fox Passage and 4 miles of the Lake Moultrie Passage. I noticed a lot of the other passages are much shorter so we may start knocking some of them out as day hikes. I promised Mister we wouldn't do an overnight next year. Anyway, loved watching your adventure here and yes, it reminded me a lot of the Palmetto Trail too in a bunch of sections. There was one shot I have to give you kudos on for your framing. You had the Wishwell Farms food bag, the Peak Refuel and the sunset all in the same shot! Well done, I think Peak should be reaching out to you for sponsorships. Epic fires with that birch bark. Hahaha how many times have you crashed that poor drone? Did you end up jogging any of the trail? Mister and I did a few times and he said, "We're just like Jason Wish!" Anyway, great video! It was fun to watch. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Hey Mark!! Glad you guys had a great trip on the Palmetto Trail! No worries on the vids....i've been feeding the algorithum what it wants lately with super long videos...they do the best for me by far. Ha, that shot with the sunset and the food bag just happen to look perfect right where I had setup..talk about luck, lol. I broke a prop on the drone and didn't bring any replacements so I couldn't fly anymore after that...I was so mad that I had to carry all that extra weight for the next 60 miles!! Thanks so much for the great comment and Happy New Year! Got any big plans for this year?
@@jasonwish- I debated about brining my drone on our Swamp Fox Passage hike but we were in a hurry and I didn't want to be tempted to stop and fly... and I definitely would have been! Nothing planned in the backpacking arena but its my wife and I's 25th anniversary this year and we do have an epic 10 day adventure planned for the beginning of summer! (Kids are coming too.) We're very excited for it! BYW, I think its awesome that the algorithum prefers your long videos!.... maybe I should try some longer ones this year. You do a great job with pacing so I'd have to up my game there.
BRS 3000t stove. Ultra-Light, Ultra-cheap, and Ultra-Unreliable. Get yourself a Snow Peak Lite-Max Titanium stove. It’s a bit heavier, but you won’t get any flare ups and you’ll make up for the weight difference in the fuel savings. That BRS sucks down the fuel compared with stoves from Snow Peak and Soto.
How are you not afraid of bears. We have property by Clare in the LP and even in that area there are tons of beat sightings. Maybe I’m just weak willed 😕
I've only seen two bears in 35 years of hiking and mushroom hunting in Michigan...they are so skittish and normally will be running away before you ever get a chance to see them. To me they are just like a giant raccoon. Now we did have a brazen bear come into our campsite at a campground once and had to yell and wave our hands to deter it, but that bear was most likely wise to the fact that campground campers have and leave food around.
Is this video a mirrored playback? I was trying to follow your path on a map and it seemed that the offshoot path to Duby lake should have led to the right (video pointed left) if you were going counter clockwise. And at the end of the trail where you met your starting point, those two paths (start & finish) were also reversed if you were hiking counter clockwise. Am I nuts this morning?????
Very strange, I’m not sure what to tell you, but I did go counterclockwise, and the sign pointed to the left for Duby Lake and everything looks perfectly correct when I look at it through the video…there is nothing mirrored. When you stand and look at the beginning where I started obviously you have to go left to go counterclockwise and that’s which way the trail was and I came from the right.
My bad. I reviewed the map. The lake is on the south side of the trail. In my defense, the name "Duby Lake" was on the north side of the trail. I took it too literally! Good video!
That is just my food bag. It’s what most backpackers use…made of dcf, dynema composite fiber, which is waterproof and often hung in trees out of reach of any bear or other rodents. Got it from Hilltop Packs, check em out.
I wasn’t searching for it, but I am aware of it and would definitely like to kayak it someday! The only main two rivers that run through the high country pathway are the black river and the pigeon river
@ compared to most places in Appalachia, where I’m from.. from the foothills trail to the north placid trail.. 👍🏻.. I’m not there, but seems do in the video..
@ yeah in some areas they definitely were, most likely from all the past logging. But some of the untouched hardwoods were very tall. I just returned from the Alabama and Georgia mountains on the Pinhoti Trail and the trees were much taller.
Lol, like you with the shoes, if I find gear that I really like I'll buy multiples of it as well in case they "improve" with a new model of it. Kuiu is pronounced koo-you, by the way. Emphasis on the koo. Not koo-wee. Great trip and nice vid.
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The birds you saw were a northern flicker and ruffed grouse. Grouse sound like a lawn mower starting. I’m surprised you didn’t see an elk. Nice video.
Ok, thanks for the info. Dissapointed I didn't see an Elk, maybe next time!
Jason, simply superb video, dialog and documentation! The High Country Pathway is definitely on my list for 2025 thanks to you!
Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool. I’ve done most of this route on a mountain bike and that was a lot of fun too.
That would be a fun trail to bike pack on especially with all the SF campgrounds along the way!
Great video! It was fun seeing you out backpacking again.
It felt so good to be on a backpacking trip again! My favorite one of 2024 was the Pinhoti Trail...hope to have it out in mid to late January. Thanks!
Awesome @@jasonwish- can't wait to check it out!
Great video Jason. Beautiful place. Nothing better than the fall weather and colors. Can’t wait for the next video.
Thanks Joel! I’m missing that awesome fall weather already!
I've come up to that area by shoepack since the mid 80s that's a secret place most don't know about how massive that area is all the way to the west to l 75 . In your video I remembered places I've been. Great hike. Enjoyed your video and learned things for my trip I will be planning with my partner
That was truly an amazing place, vast as well, I just love Michigan! Glad the video was helpful, thanks for watching!
A lot natural gas wells around there.
"Little Tomahawk Lake" in the west with the creek coming out of it and "Tomahawk Lake" east of Little Tomahawk Lake. "Tomahawk Creek Flooding" is south of the other two lakes.
It seems crazy to us non-long distance walkers that you can walk this far in a day. I can't imagine walking the fifteen miles across town to my mothers house.
Yes, I always see a lot of gas wells when mushroom hunting but not on this trail. For the past 5 years I've competed in speed records on trails and was doing 55-60 miles per day so this was an easy relaxing hike for me, lol.
Just finished watching this video. I totally agree with making a water carry in exchange for an upgraded campsite. Now, on to the Pinhoti!👍🏼🙏🏼
Hey Michael! Yes it is...I normally always look for camp near water sources but not always the best decision. I'll be editing the Pinhoti while traveling through FL with my wife over the next two weeks. I recorded 5 hours of footage over those 15 days!! Not sure how to break it up yet...might do two parts, one in each state and both parts will be at least 1.5 hrs long. Not into the short multi part series type videos anymore...I get way more views and watch time on my super long videos so I'm going to give the algorithum what it wants, lol!
Great video! You were a couple of days behind me and my sister-in-law Lisa when you arrived at the Canada Creek Shelter, you captured our journal entry in your video! We are doing the trail in small section hikes and your video gives us a little taste of what's to come on future hikes! Thanks!
That is so cool! I hope you two really enjoy the rest of the trail, thanks for sharing!
Great video Jason, glad to see you on the trail. Keep up the great content.
Thanks, I'll keep crankin them out...appreciate you watching!
1:08:56 not sure how anyone can look at the switchback and think “hey, I might like that more than the tensor” 😂
lol
This is awesome man!! I've yet to have my first real backpacking adventure, but it's coming!! Thanks for sharing your experiences, very inspiring!!!
Thanks! Glad it was inspiring for you, and hope you have a great first backpacking adventure!
If you don't mind me asking, what are your lens settings on your GoPro? Your videos have been crystal clear lately.
@@Independent-lyRich I use a gopro 12 and for that trip I just had it set at 1080 linear mode with onboard mic set on front and rear. But moving forward everything will be in 4k. Glad to hear they look clear...sometimes I wonder since my computer screen shows them slightly grainy from time to time.
Nice hiking video Jason. Very nice network of trails! I never knew you could cook Ramen like that. I thought it had to be in boiling water for 3-4 mins. Learn something new every video.
Yep, works pretty well haha. I try to avoid ramen but I was a bit short on meals when packing...at least they're dirt cheap. Thanks!
The way you like hiking and kayaking, I'm surprised you haven't done a packrafting trip. I started to look into it, but it seems like the boats are pretty expensive.
I took a 5 day dirt bike trip this summer thru out the state and saw this pathway all along my journey! Very cool to see it thru your perspective
A 5 day bike trip sounds pretty fun too! Thanks!
Great trip video bud! I love going places with tons of scenery but getting somewhere that’s just quiet and isolated almost beats the views (unless you can have both!). I like the long format btw…doesn’t bother me any I just stop and start when I need to.
Can’t wait to see your big trip video coming up! Happy New Years to you and your family.
Thanks AJ! Even though longer format takes much more time to edit and means less content to release, it does so much better on my channel...short videos flop for me. Maybe 2025 will finally be the year we can get together for a short trip, whether it be backpacking or kayaking! Happy New Year brother!
Great trip video. I’ve not heard of this trail but I’m going to check into it for a future trip. Looks like a great place for seclusion with nice campgrounds along the way. Great for a longer fall trip. Well done 👍
Thanks! So many of Michigans popular trails can be so busy so it was a nice change.
I love how you let us live your adventures through your videos . Such beautiful scenery. Someday when you make it back to Kentucky look me up and maybe we can do a little kayaking day trip . I’m a 5 minute drive from long bow boat dock .
Thanks for coming along for the ride James! I'll let you know if I come kayaking in KY!
looks like it was a nice resetting trip, love the mid 60s day temp and low 40s high to mid 30 nights. also if you havent seen or heard about it yet there is a new trail system that opened up in newago MI called the dragon, should look into that one ,would make for another great video !! keep the videos coming love watching the adventures!!!!
Awesome, I will check it out, thanks!
This just popped up on my suggested videos & I am so excited to watch & share with my brothers. We grew up visiting this very area & love the beauty of northern MI.
my favorite area!
Greatly enjoyed your journey. Thanks for sharing it.
You are very welcome, thanks for watching!
Jason - You are the man!
I had never heard of this either until now thanks to you! I will definitely add this to the list.
Thank you for sharing Brother.
You are very welcome! I would rank this right up there with any of the top trails I’ve ever hiked on in Michigan, which is quite a few.
@@jasonwish- there is also a nice sink hole hiking trail close to there.
@ I was on it for about a mile when I took a wrong turn, it was in the video at the beginning of day two.
@@jasonwish- yes i commented to early, i saw that.
My grandparents had a cabin in Atlanta just south of town. I now have a place just north of Atlanta near the Fairgrounds I love that area and the small town.
Another stellar trip man!
Thanks Dan! An amazing trail in a beautiful state!
1:08:26 I have a Gossamer Gear Kumo 36 backpack.. it has a removable sit pad that’s used as a backrest and also serves as a frame. I took a thermarest pad similar to your pad and cut it in half and swapped it with the thinner gossamer gear sit pad. It makes for a sturdier frame and a better sit pad. I also use it as a doormat in the vestibule of my tent.
I enjoy watching your videos.. thank you for posting. Looking forward for the Pinhoti Trail video
Awesome video. I loved your kayaking series on the mad over the summer!!! I'll be trying to get some 20 plus mile days next year!!!
Thank you! The Mad keeps calling me back...I'm sure I'll be on it again next spring!
Thanks for showing this trail!
you are very welcome!
I was hiking and camping the Jordan Valley pathway on that same weekend. The weather and colors were impeccable. Warm days, cool nights. Perfect upper Michigan fall weekend!
It sure was a beautiful time to be on trail! I really enjoyed the Jordan Valley pathway and hope to be on it again someday.
Great hike buddy , Glad you are able to find a new adventure. Bird tail feathers from a Yellow shafted Flicker prolly pulled out by a preditor.
Interesting, thanks for the info and I appreciate you watching!
Hey Jason, nice video. I did the Shingle Mill a few years ago, and have the HCP slated for next October. Looks great, glad the weather cooperated for the most part. Happy Trails!😎🥾
If I'm up in that area again I may do the Shingle Mill. Hope you have a great hike on the HCP! Thanks!
Z seat. works for a lot things. fan a fire, windscreen for your stove, kneel on it to pack up your tent, stand on it to change your socks or clothes, and a seat. Im a side sleeper, so I put the z seat under my hips.
This looked fun for sure
Indeed...I'm missing that wonderful fall weather right now 😁
Great vid man. A couple buddies did this loop during peak mosquito season and called it the Bataan Death March. I’d love to do it during the time of year you did or in early May before bugs get active. The Black River has some insane brook trout fishing. I’ve seen a lot of elk up there. Those big birds you’re talking about are Ruffed Grouse, referred to by locals as partridge. The shingle mill is a lot shorter; my daughter and I’ve hiked and camped it a fair bit. Awesome area of the state thanks again for sharing!
I hate mosquitoes and I've delt with my fair share of them up there during mushroom season...I used to joke to my buddies that Michigan skeeters are like the size of hawks compared to Ohio's and that they can about carry you away lol. I"ve been startled so many times over the years by those ruffed grouse in MI and PA. Thanks!
Love the details in these campsites! It would still be fun for a road trip to drive in. Thx! This forest looks like the Pinchot Trail in NE PA if you’re ever in this area.
Thanks! I've hiked quite a few trails in PA but not the Pinchot Trail yet. I've done the Allegheny NCT, Quahanna, Susquehannock, West Rim and Oil Creek. The NE is just so far away for me, but I'll try to get over that way next time I'm heading toward the Adirondaks.
This is so peaceful, beautiful, relaxing - perfect for a day to calm down & rest after Christmas!! Thank you! God bless you and your family in 2025. Looking forward to more great farming videos, too! 👍♥️🙏♥️
So glad to hear that you enjoyed it, and yes, those kind of trips are so peaceful and relaxing! Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate it very much!
@@jasonwish- Great video - as always! You put some miles on those shoes!! 😉👍
You're right in the heart of elk country. I'm surprised you didn't at least see elk droppings. There's definitely bear there as I just harvested one this season off 622. But they'll hear you coming a mile away.
Yeah I was really surprised and a little dissapointed. I'm sure the bear could smell me a mile away too haha...thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
Mashed potatoes and olive oil would be a nice caloric add to that shrimp meal. I to am down to my last 3 pairs of Olympus 4. I'm hoping they bring them back like they did the king mtn this year. Great video-happy holidays Jason. Love the videos while I'm training
Absolutely...I did that on my FKT's. Olympus 4's are probably my all time favorite shoe. What are you training for? Thanks so much for watching!
@ this March I'm planning a 67 mile day on the Colorado Trail for a birthday hike-calling it my PBSKT or Personal Best Solo Know Time. Then in August I have 5 days on the CT and plan to cover 120 miles. We live by the CT terminus in Denver making it easy to jump on. Long term goal is to give a shot at an FKT on the CT when I turn 60.
@@BoulderHikes Man I wish I lived closer to the CT, it looks epic! Have a great time out there!
Great video! Really enjoyed your comments, seeing how you hike and camp. Also what gear you use. Seems like a pretty low base weight 👍🏻
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I have the lightest gear money can buy, but i've slowly upgraded it over a period of 5-6 years, and I've learned how to get by with only the bare essentials during my FKT career (fastest known times). I still hold one speed record, the 343 mile Sheltowee Trace in KY and TN, ran/speed walked it in 6 days.
Hey Jason! I haven't been able to watch your stuff much lately but we are down in S.C. again and not only do I have alot of extra time for a long video but I also always think of you when I'm down here. We've enjoyed some Gilbert's, visited Huntington Beach S.P. and then Rugged Mountain Mister and I finally completed the Swamp Fox Passage this year! So we've done the Awendaw Passage, the Swamp Fox Passage and 4 miles of the Lake Moultrie Passage. I noticed a lot of the other passages are much shorter so we may start knocking some of them out as day hikes. I promised Mister we wouldn't do an overnight next year. Anyway, loved watching your adventure here and yes, it reminded me a lot of the Palmetto Trail too in a bunch of sections. There was one shot I have to give you kudos on for your framing. You had the Wishwell Farms food bag, the Peak Refuel and the sunset all in the same shot! Well done, I think Peak should be reaching out to you for sponsorships. Epic fires with that birch bark. Hahaha how many times have you crashed that poor drone? Did you end up jogging any of the trail? Mister and I did a few times and he said, "We're just like Jason Wish!" Anyway, great video! It was fun to watch. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Hey Mark!! Glad you guys had a great trip on the Palmetto Trail! No worries on the vids....i've been feeding the algorithum what it wants lately with super long videos...they do the best for me by far. Ha, that shot with the sunset and the food bag just happen to look perfect right where I had setup..talk about luck, lol. I broke a prop on the drone and didn't bring any replacements so I couldn't fly anymore after that...I was so mad that I had to carry all that extra weight for the next 60 miles!! Thanks so much for the great comment and Happy New Year! Got any big plans for this year?
@@jasonwish- I debated about brining my drone on our Swamp Fox Passage hike but we were in a hurry and I didn't want to be tempted to stop and fly... and I definitely would have been! Nothing planned in the backpacking arena but its my wife and I's 25th anniversary this year and we do have an epic 10 day adventure planned for the beginning of summer! (Kids are coming too.) We're very excited for it! BYW, I think its awesome that the algorithum prefers your long videos!.... maybe I should try some longer ones this year. You do a great job with pacing so I'd have to up my game there.
Dont take birch bark off of a living tree. Thanks for the video, I also never heard of this trail. Its on my long list of places I want to get to.
Another great video 🏕
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
I have added this place to my list.
It's worthy of adding to the list!
Paul Bunyon Punch Bowl!
Kind of made me thirsty haha
a couple weeks earlier and you would have the Elk in rut
Clipper tip…I saved my critters’ baby/infant clippers, small/lightweight.
Nice, good tip!
Those feathers appear to be from the northern flicker. By the way, I've seen up to 3 inches of snow on Oct 17th just south of that area.
Interesting, thanks! Yeah I lucked out with the weather!
BRS 3000t stove. Ultra-Light, Ultra-cheap, and Ultra-Unreliable. Get yourself a Snow Peak Lite-Max Titanium stove. It’s a bit heavier, but you won’t get any flare ups and you’ll make up for the weight difference in the fuel savings. That BRS sucks down the fuel compared with stoves from Snow Peak and Soto.
How are you not afraid of bears. We have property by Clare in the LP and even in that area there are tons of beat sightings. Maybe I’m just weak willed 😕
I've only seen two bears in 35 years of hiking and mushroom hunting in Michigan...they are so skittish and normally will be running away before you ever get a chance to see them. To me they are just like a giant raccoon. Now we did have a brazen bear come into our campsite at a campground once and had to yell and wave our hands to deter it, but that bear was most likely wise to the fact that campground campers have and leave food around.
18:43 A pocket knife turns a meal bag from portrait to landscape in under two seconds.
good idea
Hahaha. You got blown up cooking. 😂
Lol, that darn BRS 3000 was sure acting up that day!
Is this video a mirrored playback? I was trying to follow your path on a map and it seemed that the offshoot path to Duby lake should have led to the right (video pointed left) if you were going counter clockwise. And at the end of the trail where you met your starting point, those two paths (start & finish) were also reversed if you were hiking counter clockwise. Am I nuts this morning?????
Very strange, I’m not sure what to tell you, but I did go counterclockwise, and the sign pointed to the left for Duby Lake and everything looks perfectly correct when I look at it through the video…there is nothing mirrored. When you stand and look at the beginning where I started obviously you have to go left to go counterclockwise and that’s which way the trail was and I came from the right.
My bad. I reviewed the map. The lake is on the south side of the trail. In my defense, the name "Duby Lake" was on the north side of the trail. I took it too literally! Good video!
What is the wishwell farm bag? Is it a water proof bag ?
That is just my food bag. It’s what most backpackers use…made of dcf, dynema composite fiber, which is waterproof and often hung in trees out of reach of any bear or other rodents. Got it from Hilltop Packs, check em out.
Are you searching for the Big Two Hearted River ?
I wasn’t searching for it, but I am aware of it and would definitely like to kayak it someday! The only main two rivers that run through the high country pathway are the black river and the pigeon river
What's the model name of that kuiu sweatshirt you are wearing?
Peloton 97. I love it! Super light and packable...perfect for shoulder season layer.
I split my Pinky toenail about 30 years ago. It still grows in two pieces to this day.
Crazy! Mine just started a new little corner growth all on it's own...weird
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what??
The trees seem a lot shorter in Michigan..
Maybe…compared to where?
@ compared to most places in Appalachia, where I’m from.. from the foothills trail to the north placid trail.. 👍🏻.. I’m not there, but seems do in the video..
@ yeah in some areas they definitely were, most likely from all the past logging. But some of the untouched hardwoods were very tall. I just returned from the Alabama and Georgia mountains on the Pinhoti Trail and the trees were much taller.
Hi Jason try a show company called Flux....
Yeah I've heard of them
@jasonwish- best shoe I have even bought!
This guy talks a LOT.
That’s what my wife says
I'm about to watch this video but in your lead-in footage, you're stripping birch bark off a standing tree. I hope that wasn't a living tree.
Don't remember to be honest, but I tried to just grab the bark that was nearly flaked off already. For the rest of the trip I found deadfall bark.
@@jasonwish- I appreciate your not calling me a Karen for bringing this up. I do anticipate a few Karen comments, however 😆.
Cheap stove
yep but it's the worlds lightest and has never let me down yet....brs3000
@@jasonwish- when it lights your hair on fire we will see if that is considered letting you down. :)
Lol, like you with the shoes, if I find gear that I really like I'll buy multiples of it as well in case they "improve" with a new model of it. Kuiu is pronounced koo-you, by the way. Emphasis on the koo. Not koo-wee. Great trip and nice vid.