What a sweet episode, the lonely retreat to life affirming rock and the beauty of the knees that hands created. You have melded the best that you two have given us. There is a spirt that come with your sharing. The our real journey that leads to the launch of Arabella strenthens our imagination of what spray across the deck will be.
Did anyone else feel lost last week without their weekly dose of Arabella??? It was great to see Alix take some time away, as it has been great to see Steve take some personal time as well. But from a purely selfish point of view.....I am glad I can get my weekly fix again. Thanks Guys.
Am I the only one that saw Alix with the welding goggles on his head squinting into the oxy torch flame? No shamming, we've all (those who have torches) been there more than once!
I was wondering if the terminology is the same in the US? Most of the mines shown appear to be hading rifts, sparsely populated by timber stemples and no signs of ginging. Or, like exactly what constitutes a beam shelf in boatbuilding, are the words and meanings different?
@@andypughtube technical terminology seems to be consistent across continents, the only oddities are when you have things like whisky (Scottish tradition) or whiskey (Irish tradition)
I did some climbing back in the 70s in germany as part of an alpine training course. We did everything from snow shoeing, to cross country skiing, technical climbing, repelling, you name it. The mountain we climbed was The Watzman. As mountains go, it wasn't the most difficult but rather perfectly suited for beginners in excellent physical condition. We were impressed at the sight of it and full of ourselves when we finished the course. The only thing that took the steam out if us was realizing our instructors climbed this Mountain every 3 or 4 weeks.
Different episode - but really nice! Gread coutryside for Steve! Really incredible knees for Alix! Have fun, you two! I’m looking forward to seeing how things go on!
Excellent, excellent, excellent. Steve and his partner know how to create enticing climbing video, plus Alix does just what boat progress part should be explained. Thank you both so much!
I have spent a lot of time in those mountains. From the Cruces side you just hit it from the old rock building and follow the cairns all the way up. You can get to baldy peak fairly easily and sign the book up there. You can also hit it from the Aguirre Springs side but you really aren't supposed to go off trail on that side. The camping on the Aguirre Springs side is pretty nice. They have some neet little sites with fire pits picnic, tables, and good cover. If you are still in the area I highly recommend Soledad canyon. If you walk back in there you come to a water fall. You can climb up to the left. There is a little pool that's nice and cool year round. Or you can hit La Cueva and Dripping springs in one day. Dripping springs has a nice little pool deep enough that you can jump off a small cliff into it. To get to the pool at dripping springs you pass in front of the big old rock building so the building is on your right and you will see the trail. Its the building that isn't all broken up to he right as you head in the canyon. You are also less tan an hour from white sands national monument which isn't something to climb but its absolutely amazing especially on a full moon. So cool to see you out there Steve! NM is a beautiful place. You are about 4 hours from Bandelier, that place is amazing!
Alex's evolution into master woodworker is definitely becoming a highlight of the series as a whole. Love the taste of adventure in this one too, more to come I'm sure!
Steve stares into an old mine "I can't imagine what they're thinking." Next week on A2A "We continue our decade-long odyssey of building a yacht from wood using century old techniques and salvaged tools. Fiberglass? What's that!"
It’s good to see that you’re back. I hope your travels were restful. The project wasn’t the same without you. Also, your skills and building confidence have come a long way. I am so proud of the way you have persevered. This is your boat too. Welcome home.
Many fond memories of running around the desert of California and the ridges like that. Camping under the stars was incredible! Miss that allot living in the upstate of NY.
Welcome back Alix and congratulations on the superb workmanship of the "new knees", the grain flowing round in a curve looks stunning. When you mentioned "Victoria's old knees". It sounded a bit like a reference to our Royalty of the past, Ha Ha I noticed when you where making the long bolts for the knees, you were trying to heat the end with a gas torch before hammering a head onto it and looked like there was too much of a "heat sink" into the gripping jig. You may find it beneficial in the future to first anneal the end of the bronze rods at red heat, when they are cold they should be soft enough to peen the end into a head shape in the jig, that is my two pence worth, cheers from the UK.
One video with my two favourite things. Adventures in the outdoor - this area is topographically similar to the Cuillins on the Isle of Skye (one of my favourite places in the world) but the climate is sub arctic. Being out in a blizzard on the Cuillins but knowing you have the situation under control is one of the greatest feelings in life. And making things - I am not a boat builder I hate to buy things if I can make them myself and joy of joy on Monday I shall take delivery of a new milling machine - can't wait.
My backyard! Been hiking several areas you showed. Not technical, just walk up. The Organs are beautiful mountains for the desert. Glad you enjoyed your stay. I have to put up with scenery all year round. Robert
What a treat! I watch A to A because the project is interesting, I used to enjoy sailing until I moved to the desert, and the craftsmanship is admirable. Now I get to see the Organ Mountains again! Hiking and some technical climbing there helped me keep my sanity during graduate school (1966-1970). That was quite a rack of gear you packed-all those chocks, cams. Etc. It sounds like you didn’t need much of it--did you carry it all? I’m also happy to read the comments-it sounds like there is still active climbing/hiking around Las Cruces. I hope national monument status helped. The area certainly deserved it.
Man, I wish I had that sort of countryside available to me. Looks amazing. I'll have to make do with the South Downs in the UK. So jealous of you guys, you've got a great life. Thanks for bringing us along :)
Great job on this one. I’m a scoutmaster for my local troop and we enjoy making cedar strip canoes and kayaks with them and high adventures like rock climbing. You put both in this video, great job 👍🛶
As I'm watching the plane come into land at the airport, I'm thinking the approach is familiar. Then Steve starts explaining where they are going to be climbing. It is right in my back yard.
Gonna say I love the adventure, cactus, wind, finding abandoned mines, feeling like you're the first in a hundred years to see,hear, touch, a place on Earth, all to Crest a ridge, and see only what others dream! Nice good to see Steve have some fun. !⛰️🏜️🏃
You can pretty much bet that there are few places on that ridge that haven't been visited by miners looking for a gold strike. Before the American miners there were Spanish miners!
! Reminds me of the days of spelunking in a really wild cavernous cave in New Jersey somewhere off of route 22 by cokesbury and I really can't believe that I used to go in to these places not knowing the thing about anything about cavin and the thought of doing it today shivers me timbers
I dont think we’ve ever seen Steve quite so happy. Alix looks like he’s realizing what Steve was up to this summer and Im happy to see them both getting their time in on a massive project. My Fridays are better when I get to see an Acorn the Arabella video.
Jumping Cholla is some nasty, mean, cactus. The best part of desert hiking is the thorns that work their way through your shoes a month after you get home, just as a reminder of your trip.
The back thigh of my beloved dog had a bad night experience of the Jumping Cholla, grown on my terrace. Luckily with a thick carpet , into the darkness, I was able to detach the segments that had stuck to him without hurting myself. A real nasty experience.
Nice climbing and nice wood work. I like wood work better than climbing nowadays. When I was in the military we did lots of climbing, now that I am sixty eight I like wood working and sailing much more. More power to you for the climbing and fighting the cactus, those looked like old silver mines. Stay safe and healthy.
Alix, I have been critical of you in some past videos, but I also give credit where it is due. Those knees that you crafted are stellar. Well done, youngblood.
Really enjoyed the travelogue. That class breakdown differs from the typical California one. Class 1-trail, class2-scramble w/ hands for balance, class 3-climbing with hands, class 4-same with added difficulty and lethal exposure, 5-"real" rock climbing, mortals need a rope. None of the "class 3" routes I've done would be possible with coffee in hand!
Good on you Steve, living your best life. I'm 60 years old and recently retired, if I could do it over I would avoid the rat race and do it like you are now. Cheers.
That looks like the Organ Mountains outside of Las Cruces. I did tons of climbing in New Mexico in the Sandia's, the Organ's and all throughout the state.
When you're in cactus country, bring a hair comb. Not for your hair, but to pull the cactus out without getting more in you. It works great on the chunky cactus that come off in clusters, obviously not for individual needles. The ones at 19:39 are the kind a comb is great for. In Texas we call those 'dog cactus' because they'll jump up on your leg and bite you. They'll even climb up your leg if you don't notice them right away. And they're invisible! You can step right on them even when being very cautious because they look just like desert grass. I'm glad you got to get out and adventure. Happy Thanksgiving, and happy holidays!
So good ti hear Steve laughing, without a scowl either before Or after on his face. Much deserved break, buddy. Alix, now that you're top man-about-the-house, did you change the radio stations and pee in the corners? Lol. Love you guys whole bunches. I've started lining out the boat that I have intended to build fir the past 20 years.
👍👌👏 I'm definitely not a climber/hiker but maaaan, that landscape is gorgeous. Hope it will charge up your batteries a lot. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and health to all of you.
thats spooky enough - as you mentioned mountain cats, i thought snakes, and realized it sounds windy, probably too cold for em, and you said it, and i'm from the UK, hehe
Been a long time since I had time to keep up with the videos & I just spent the last two weeks catching up on the last year of videos. Awesome job. She's looking like a boat now. Can't wait to see the rest of it finished. Also, when did Steve have time to find a lady friend given that he's such a busy bee with the boat? She seems pretty badass! It was awesome seeing the epic scenery from their climbing adventure. Glad Alix got a nice long bit of time off too. Y'all been crushing it with the boat for so long. Keep up the awesome work.
I was pushed into a barrel cacti when I was about 7. It was taller than me and I had no shirt on. My Grandmother spent 2 hrs removing the spines. Aren't siblings great?
I know that mountain range. The Organ Mountains near Las Cruces. That ridge line called The Needles. I live about 3 1/2 from there. If you're lucky enough might have seen some Oryx or Gemsbuck as there called in Africa.
The restored knees look great! The blend of the old and new wood is such a great story and a wonderful addition to the history of Arabella.
What a sweet episode, the lonely retreat to life affirming rock and the beauty of the knees that hands created. You have melded the best that you two have given us. There is a spirt that come with your sharing. The our real journey that leads to the launch of Arabella strenthens our imagination of what spray across the deck will be.
Did anyone else feel lost last week without their weekly dose of Arabella???
It was great to see Alix take some time away, as it has been great to see Steve take some personal time as well. But from a purely selfish point of view.....I am glad I can get my weekly fix again.
Thanks Guys.
Am I the only one that saw Alix with the welding goggles on his head squinting into the oxy torch flame? No shamming, we've all (those who have torches) been there more than once!
Never did I think that this channel would intersect with my interest in abandoned mine exploring.
I was wondering if the terminology is the same in the US? Most of the mines shown appear to be hading rifts, sparsely populated by timber stemples and no signs of ginging.
Or, like exactly what constitutes a beam shelf in boatbuilding, are the words and meanings different?
@@andypughtube technical terminology seems to be consistent across continents, the only oddities are when you have things like whisky (Scottish tradition) or whiskey (Irish tradition)
Couple of nice channels out there that have really good content!
Wow that video went fast. I enjoyed the mixture of Stephen's adventure and Alix's boat work. Thanks for sharing!
Great video!! The knees are looking gorgeous!! Steve.....I hope you enjoyed your time off!! DD
Alix, those knees are incredible. Well done. (This is Paul from the UK, BTW)
Yes indeed those are the bees knees!
I did some climbing back in the 70s in germany as part of an alpine training course. We did everything from snow shoeing, to cross country skiing, technical climbing, repelling, you name it. The mountain we climbed was The Watzman. As mountains go, it wasn't the most difficult but rather perfectly suited for beginners in excellent physical condition. We were impressed at the sight of it and full of ourselves when we finished the course. The only thing that took the steam out if us was realizing our instructors climbed this Mountain every 3 or 4 weeks.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to see Steve and Alix having "too much fun," in their respective settings.
Thank you for sharing your adventures! Those knees look beautiful! Will be a nice memorial of Victoria in the new boat.
Different episode - but really nice!
Gread coutryside for Steve! Really incredible knees for Alix!
Have fun, you two! I’m looking forward to seeing how things go on!
I twisted an ankle just watching......exciting adventure. Thanks for sharing.
Steve looks 10 years younger with the beard trimmed short
Less like a homeless hipster too.
I think that he looks unhealthy thin. I always wonder where the power comes from because he's always working a lot.
Best regards, luck and health.
lucky him. once met a guy who the beard made look 10 years older, but still looked 10 years older after shaving it off.
@J Hemphill true. Mine is fully white now. Used to have a red beard, though.
But then 10 years older again with no hat on
ALIX! Those knees look phenomenal, the color and finish just pop 🖒
Insane blue sky over the ridges! Beautiful!
Those knees look really awesome Alix. Nice work
Good to see you enjoying your vacation Steve. Stay safe. Really enjoyed the scenery very beautiful.
Excellent, excellent, excellent. Steve and his partner know how to create enticing climbing video, plus Alix does just what boat progress part should be explained. Thank you both so much!
Mountain climber, carpenter, arborist and soon to be a sailor and eventually captain of a sailing vessel. Steve's a man of many talents!
Not to mention a ladies man also.
Thanks for another interesting video. It's very satisfying to watch people turn wood into art, into a product that can take you into deep water.
I have spent a lot of time in those mountains. From the Cruces side you just hit it from the old rock building and follow the cairns all the way up. You can get to baldy peak fairly easily and sign the book up there. You can also hit it from the Aguirre Springs side but you really aren't supposed to go off trail on that side. The camping on the Aguirre Springs side is pretty nice. They have some neet little sites with fire pits picnic, tables, and good cover. If you are still in the area I highly recommend Soledad canyon. If you walk back in there you come to a water fall. You can climb up to the left. There is a little pool that's nice and cool year round. Or you can hit La Cueva and Dripping springs in one day. Dripping springs has a nice little pool deep enough that you can jump off a small cliff into it. To get to the pool at dripping springs you pass in front of the big old rock building so the building is on your right and you will see the trail. Its the building that isn't all broken up to he right as you head in the canyon. You are also less tan an hour from white sands national monument which isn't something to climb but its absolutely amazing especially on a full moon. So cool to see you out there Steve! NM is a beautiful place. You are about 4 hours from Bandelier, that place is amazing!
Alex's evolution into master woodworker is definitely becoming a highlight of the series as a whole. Love the taste of adventure in this one too, more to come I'm sure!
Those mountains look just like New Mexico
Yes, those are the Organ Mountains in Las Cruces, NM
@@addictivecode aaaah! I was just in those mountains this summer! Absolutely incredible. I heard him say Oregon in the video lol.
Steve stares into an old mine "I can't imagine what they're thinking." Next week on A2A "We continue our decade-long odyssey of building a yacht from wood using century old techniques and salvaged tools. Fiberglass? What's that!"
You're beard looks awesome! I think beards are great and I think the way you had it shaped really compliments your looks.
Awesome video ! Thanks boys and girl !👍
It’s good to see that you’re back. I hope your travels were restful. The project wasn’t the same without you. Also, your skills and building confidence have come a long way. I am so proud of the way you have persevered. This is your boat too. Welcome home.
Many fond memories of running around the desert of California and the ridges like that. Camping under the stars was incredible! Miss that allot living in the upstate of NY.
Welcome back Alix and congratulations on the superb workmanship of the "new knees", the grain flowing round in a curve looks stunning. When you mentioned "Victoria's old knees". It sounded a bit like a reference to our Royalty of the past, Ha Ha
I noticed when you where making the long bolts for the knees, you were trying to heat the end with a gas torch before hammering a head onto it and looked like there was too much of a "heat sink" into the gripping jig. You may find it beneficial in the future to first anneal the end of the bronze rods at red heat, when they are cold they should be soft enough to peen the end into a head shape in the jig, that is my two pence worth, cheers from the UK.
The knees are beautiful!
One video with my two favourite things. Adventures in the outdoor - this area is topographically similar to the Cuillins on the Isle of Skye (one of my favourite places in the world) but the climate is sub arctic. Being out in a blizzard on the Cuillins but knowing you have the situation under control is one of the greatest feelings in life. And making things - I am not a boat builder I hate to buy things if I can make them myself and joy of joy on Monday I shall take delivery of a new milling machine - can't wait.
🏴👍🏻
Those knees look amazing Alix
Love your adventure... My heart stopped when I saw the fall. Glad you're okay. Continued safety!
Cool to see that you enjoy your well deserved time off ENJOY.!!! your Patreon Rob.
My backyard! Been hiking several areas you showed. Not technical, just walk up. The Organs are beautiful mountains for the desert. Glad you enjoyed your stay. I have to put up with scenery all year round.
Robert
What a treat! I watch A to A because the project is interesting, I used to enjoy sailing until I moved to the desert, and the craftsmanship is admirable. Now I get to see the Organ Mountains again! Hiking and some technical climbing there helped me keep my sanity during graduate school (1966-1970).
That was quite a rack of gear you packed-all those chocks, cams. Etc. It sounds like you didn’t need much of it--did you carry it all?
I’m also happy to read the comments-it sounds like there is still active climbing/hiking around Las Cruces. I hope national monument status helped. The area certainly deserved it.
Certainly nothing that looks like Robin can’t handle. She’s looking mighty buff. The knees really turned out fantastic.
Missed you guys last week!!! But it is great to the time well spent!!!! ...all work and no play..... and Alix Chugging away, love it!!
Love the mix of adventure and boat building!
Great scenery! Enjoyed the hiking conversation. Hope to see more of Robin on the boat
Steve, thanks for sharing your adventure...too much fun!
Man, I wish I had that sort of countryside available to me. Looks amazing. I'll have to make do with the South Downs in the UK. So jealous of you guys, you've got a great life. Thanks for bringing us along :)
Those knees are works of art.
Nice adventuring footage.
Cheers from Juneau Alaska,
Greg Chaney
All that gear!. Awesome. I used to climb, but don't have that much gear.
Hi Guys , great to see you out and about Steve, a break now and then is good for your soul
Well deserved break, Steve - and nice progress on them knees, Alix
I can see you both in the finished boat, sailing for the horizon! :-)
Love the knees! They look fantastic!
Those knees are beautiful 😍
hot damn those knees look great!
Since the start I've enjoyed all your episodes. Have fun and please continue.
Happy to see adventure vlogs! It’s great to see you enjoying yourselves (outside of the boathouse!)
Sweet adventures Steve and Robyn! Those Knees look great too Alix!
Great job on this one. I’m a scoutmaster for my local troop and we enjoy making cedar strip canoes and kayaks with them and high adventures like rock climbing. You put both in this video, great job 👍🛶
Great episode! Thanks. 🇨🇦
As I'm watching the plane come into land at the airport, I'm thinking the approach is familiar. Then Steve starts explaining where they are going to be climbing. It is right in my back yard.
Gonna say I love the adventure, cactus, wind, finding abandoned mines, feeling like you're the first in a hundred years to see,hear, touch, a place on Earth, all to Crest a ridge, and see only what others dream! Nice good to see Steve have some fun. !⛰️🏜️🏃
You can pretty much bet that there are few places on that ridge that haven't been visited by miners looking for a gold strike. Before the American miners there were Spanish miners!
! Reminds me of the days of spelunking in a really wild cavernous cave in New Jersey somewhere off of route 22 by cokesbury and I really can't believe that I used to go in to these places not knowing the thing about anything about cavin and the thought of doing it today shivers me timbers
So cool wish I was young again
the time lapse of the sunrise was just awesome!
You came to my home mountains. Glad you enjoyed our mountains in NM...Would have loved to say Hi....
Lived in Arizona for over 30 years... you carry a COMB when you hike... works like a charm on the cactus removal.
I dont think we’ve ever seen Steve quite so happy. Alix looks like he’s realizing what Steve was up to this summer and Im happy to see them both getting their time in on a massive project. My Fridays are better when I get to see an Acorn the Arabella video.
Jumping Cholla is some nasty, mean, cactus. The best part of desert hiking is the thorns that work their way through your shoes a month after you get home, just as a reminder of your trip.
The back thigh of my beloved dog had a bad night experience of the Jumping Cholla, grown on my terrace. Luckily with a thick carpet , into the darkness, I was able to detach the segments that had stuck to him without hurting myself. A real nasty experience.
Nice climbing and nice wood work. I like wood work better than climbing nowadays. When I was in the military we did lots of climbing, now that I am sixty eight I like wood working and sailing much more. More power to you for the climbing and fighting the cactus, those looked like old silver mines. Stay safe and healthy.
Alix, I have been critical of you in some past videos, but I also give credit where it is due. Those knees that you crafted are stellar. Well done, youngblood.
Really enjoyed the travelogue. That class breakdown differs from the typical California one. Class 1-trail, class2-scramble w/ hands for balance, class 3-climbing with hands, class 4-same with added difficulty and lethal exposure, 5-"real" rock climbing, mortals need a rope. None of the "class 3" routes I've done would be possible with coffee in hand!
This is a fun video i like the change of pace. The knees came out beautiful i love the wood.
Much better with the beard gone
Good on you Steve, living your best life. I'm 60 years old and recently retired, if I could do it over I would avoid the rat race and do it like you are now. Cheers.
That looks like the Organ Mountains outside of Las Cruces. I did tons of climbing in New Mexico in the Sandia's, the Organ's and all throughout the state.
And that top rope shot is definitely the Enchanted Tower. What a magical spot, huh?
When you're in cactus country, bring a hair comb. Not for your hair, but to pull the cactus out without getting more in you. It works great on the chunky cactus that come off in clusters, obviously not for individual needles. The ones at 19:39 are the kind a comb is great for. In Texas we call those 'dog cactus' because they'll jump up on your leg and bite you. They'll even climb up your leg if you don't notice them right away. And they're invisible! You can step right on them even when being very cautious because they look just like desert grass.
I'm glad you got to get out and adventure. Happy Thanksgiving, and happy holidays!
Nice to see you enjoying some much-deserved time off with your friends.
So good ti hear Steve laughing, without a scowl either before Or after on his face. Much deserved break, buddy.
Alix, now that you're top man-about-the-house, did you change the radio stations and pee in the corners? Lol.
Love you guys whole bunches.
I've started lining out the boat that I have intended to build fir the past 20 years.
Hey Steve, I thought I had a ridiculous amount of gear, but you really are the original hardware freak!
Alix, I really missed that professional camera work. It's always a joy watching!
Robin vaping some ganja in the mountains...excellent!
👍👌👏 I'm definitely not a climber/hiker but maaaan, that landscape is gorgeous. Hope it will charge up your batteries a lot.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and health to all of you.
Loving the holiday
I hope you have a wonderful time!
Alix, I love your use of safety goggles
They do look gorgeous! Boat / mountains!
Good thing Steve has kept in climbing shape, with all the in and out of Arabella.
thats spooky enough - as you mentioned mountain cats, i thought snakes, and realized it sounds windy, probably too cold for em, and you said it, and i'm from the UK, hehe
knees look great.
Nothing like the music of coyotes😊
Been a long time since I had time to keep up with the videos & I just spent the last two weeks catching up on the last year of videos. Awesome job. She's looking like a boat now. Can't wait to see the rest of it finished. Also, when did Steve have time to find a lady friend given that he's such a busy bee with the boat? She seems pretty badass! It was awesome seeing the epic scenery from their climbing adventure. Glad Alix got a nice long bit of time off too. Y'all been crushing it with the boat for so long. Keep up the awesome work.
Wow what an adventure probably a nice little break from boat building.
The beard trim suits you, never seen it short.
Awesome vid. btw, The cure for rattlesnakes is to only put your hands where you can see them! Old trick but it works...
The ocotillos are such cuddly plants.
Great video guys 👏👏👏👏👍🇬🇧
Beautiful on all accounts.
That's a rad tattoo on that left shoulder there.
I was pushed into a barrel cacti when I was about 7. It was taller than me and I had no shirt on. My Grandmother spent 2 hrs removing the spines. Aren't siblings great?
Who needs ports? Looks like Steve can climb up the side of an Island cliff and get fresh water and food at anytime!
“It feels so good! Woo!” Is that a quote from Point Break?
Anyone else occasionally play some of the old videos just to hear the original guitar intro?
i like the new one, feels more like a movie intro to me. old one was great too though!
i really miss the old one, its so nostalgic now
@@lessvegetables2532 I don't not like the new intro tune, but I prefer the old one.
A fantastic episode, great to see Steve having a fun time & looking in his element
I know that mountain range. The Organ Mountains near Las Cruces. That ridge line called The Needles. I live about 3 1/2 from there. If you're lucky enough might have seen some Oryx or Gemsbuck as there called in Africa.
very good episode. don’t forget the fun ! OK,OK boat building is fun, too :)