You marched right through some of the roughest parts of Parkersburg. I also wasn't aware the American Discovery Trail went through there. I'm not in the areas you walked all that often though, so I suppose that's why I've never noticed any through hikers.
Parkersburg is my hometown and trust me there is nothing special about that town. I been planning on doing the north bend rail trails for a while now, starting at the wolf summit trail head. How long did it take you to reach Parkersburg from there?
nice to see where "the trail" actually goes through in Washington County, OH. When you do the NCT in southeastern OH you've got future trail angels in my neck of the woods
Good day with lots of trail angels. Nice to see them out there trying to help. Fingers crossed (toes crossed?) on the shoes since achy feet are a true torment. Hike on! Tortoise
Great one ! Finally Ohio . Those gravelroads are a pain to walk on , even with half used shoes. Hope you finally got new ones. By the way : waiting in anticipation for a " Masochist top 10 social media worst hiking advices " video .😆 Keep on trekking.
John Denver and the Monkees? Sounds like what I grew up listening to. I enjoy watching your videos; a bit of voyeuristic travel is always fun. Be sure to keep the umbrella; it'll be useful as a parasol later on when the trees go away and there's no shade.
I hike a lot out west and I’ve tried using an umbrella for sun multiple times and never really found it to be worth the hassle. There’s usually enough wind that it’s not usable. I’m convinced they sell a lot of them for that purpose just because it looks neat on social media :)
Glad to see you cleared West Viginia. Glad to see you finally found some good coffee. I guess in my old age I have become a wuss. Instant coffee would push my survival skills to the limit!
I’m picky but I’ve found a few instant coffee brands I don’t mind. Sometimes used them in the van also if I was too lazy to run the hand grinder again. Hell, look at how k cups have taken over the world
Hey Matt, saw a video yesterday that showed ADT going past our favorite Houisier NF campground, Buzzard Roost. We will be glad to do what we can to get you through this area comfortably. And oh by the way wet weather is coming, big winds too, and Hail !
I can’t tell what weather is coming. I keep getting forecast for a half inch of rain and then it ends up being sunny. If you could give me a better idea of what area you are in I’ll make a note in case anything comes up through there.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes We are in KY, 70 or so miles from Buzzard Roost. Our favorite nearby campground, Between Sulfer and Derby, (each with 2 general stores. Magnet is closest to BR, 1 diner was closed last year. 20 some miles to Cannelton with nearest Walmart, right next to Tell City.
A river you could paddle in Florida: put in on Lake Griffin at Leesburg, go down the length of the Ocklawaha River (with a side trip up Silver Run to Silver Springs) to the St. Johns River. The Ocklawaha River corridor is nearly all public land, and it would probably take 5 days. If you want, you could then either continue up the St. Johns River to its defacto headwaters at Blue Cypress Lake west of Vero Beach. No idea on how long that would take. Lots of public land, although I'm not sure how available campsites are on the upper part of the river. (Going downriver on the St. Johns River from the Ockalawaha to the Atlantic Ocean wouldn't be worthwhile IMO - no camping, lots of civilization.)
Seems like a shpadoinkle day in this video. 😂Its not often I hear someone comment on the fine musical "Cannibal! The Musical". Maybe its an IT kind of movie.
O-H-I-O!!! Congratulations! You won't see flat lands until Illinois. Glaciers never made it to the southern 3rd of OH and IN. Enjoy the rolling hills while you have them.
That is interesting to know. I am currently in enterprise, and it has been rather hilly. Which, combined with the mud and the more extensive trail sections has cut into my daily mileage.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Yes some of the PUD's will cut into your mileage. Shawnee will be a slower day with the lack of switchbacks. Are you going to be hiking around Hocking Hills tomorrow? I'm thinking about taking the day off to hike. Possibly late morning hike/trail magic. Water cache?
I got held up around enterprise and I’m just headed south from there as I type this. Hocking is 17 miles ahead so likely passing through it tomorrow barring major misadventure
I saw you got to stay in another shelter! We just built that one about 4 years ago. Once the trail goes by my shelter, they will be about 11 miles apart. Abundance of dispersed camping in that area also.
Do you have any idea how much of the ADT is road walk? It seems like so far it's like 80% or more. Dirt roads, back roads, big roads. Very little actual trail. Even that tow path was paved and very little like anything I'd call a trail.
See I would call that Towpath basically a road. There are a lot of ATV tracks and jeep trails that seemed a lot more trail like to me. But the answer depends on where you draw that line. My expectation was there was going to be a lot of road walking. That is pretty much just the reality of any long-distance travel in the US.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Personally, I think anything paved counts as "road" regardless of what it's called. However, it was in fact you that proved to me how little road walking was required on the CDT. Before watching your hike I truly thought that it was at least 35-40% road when it turns out that it's much less and all the road you see in people's videos is just laziness and shortcuts. So far this "trail" doesn't really live up to that title.
Yea, the CDT roadwalking is heavily influenced by choices / laziness. Going in I knew this trail was more like the ECT: lots of roadwalking with some sections of trail. For the last couple of days I’ve been overlapping with the Buckeye Trail, which has involved some significant dirt trail sections.
I’ve learned my lesson on cheap shoes. A mostly worn out pair that fits me does a lot less damage than a Walmart special that shreds in a day and isn’t wide enough for my feet.
In regards to commenters using AI to post long comments, if a comment is over two or three sentences I don't read it. I enjoy reading comments but I don't need to read a speech. I'm really loving the videos, thanks for sharing the adventure.
I’m not sure I’m seeing whatever comments you think are AI driven. I’m sure it happens, but I am more suspicious of some of the generic short ones. Just trying to add history to bot accounts.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I'm talking RUclips in general, not any channel in particular. Some of the political channels have super-long posts. Most of the posts on your channel are brief, succinct, and written by humans.
If there was a desperate plea for help written in the bathroom, the person reading should probably call the authorities rather than pist about it on the internet. It could be a serious situation like himan trafficing or kidnapping.
Jen and I have debated this sometimes. Often the major problem is just people being afraid of problematic folks they’ve seen on the news or around town. people have almost always been willing to share water. They’re just afraid I’m a junkie. Who’s gonna set up nearby
You marched right through some of the roughest parts of Parkersburg. I also wasn't aware the American Discovery Trail went through there. I'm not in the areas you walked all that often though, so I suppose that's why I've never noticed any through hikers.
Parkersburg is my hometown and trust me there is nothing special about that town. I been planning on doing the north bend rail trails for a while now, starting at the wolf summit trail head. How long did it take you to reach Parkersburg from there?
You should check out the James River in Va. 300+ miles and beautiful. Much public camping and stealth island options along the way
nice to see where "the trail" actually goes through in Washington County, OH. When you do the NCT in southeastern OH you've got future trail angels in my neck of the woods
Good day with lots of trail angels. Nice to see them out there trying to help. Fingers crossed (toes crossed?) on the shoes since achy feet are a true torment. Hike on! Tortoise
Day 31. Late watch. Beer and pizza. Another beautiful stretch of countryside to hike through. That bull looked mad at you!
Great one ! Finally Ohio . Those gravelroads are a pain to walk on , even with half used shoes. Hope you finally got new ones. By the way : waiting in anticipation for a " Masochist top 10 social media worst hiking advices " video .😆 Keep on trekking.
Yes please do this for one of your topic videos.
John Denver and the Monkees? Sounds like what I grew up listening to. I enjoy watching your videos; a bit of voyeuristic travel is always fun. Be sure to keep the umbrella; it'll be useful as a parasol later on when the trees go away and there's no shade.
I hike a lot out west and I’ve tried using an umbrella for sun multiple times and never really found it to be worth the hassle. There’s usually enough wind that it’s not usable. I’m convinced they sell a lot of them for that purpose just because it looks neat on social media :)
Its amazing how much nicer the feeling is in Ohio as opposed to West Virginia. It looks like people actually care about their surroundings in Ohio.
I would say it really depends on the area. I went through some really rough spots in both of those states.
The Buckeye state is an awesome state !!!
Glad to see the cheerful Mat 🎉
Glad to see you cleared West Viginia. Glad to see you finally found some good coffee. I guess in my old age I have become a wuss. Instant coffee would push my survival skills to the limit!
I’m picky but I’ve found a few instant coffee brands I don’t mind. Sometimes used them in the van also if I was too lazy to run the hand grinder again. Hell, look at how k cups have taken over the world
Hey Matt, saw a video yesterday that showed ADT going past our favorite Houisier NF campground, Buzzard Roost. We will be glad to do what we can to get you through this area comfortably. And oh by the way wet weather is coming, big winds too, and Hail !
I can’t tell what weather is coming. I keep getting forecast for a half inch of rain and then it ends up being sunny. If you could give me a better idea of what area you are in I’ll make a note in case anything comes up through there.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes We are in KY, 70 or so miles from Buzzard Roost. Our favorite nearby campground, Between Sulfer and Derby, (each with 2 general stores. Magnet is closest to BR, 1 diner was closed last year. 20 some miles to Cannelton with nearest Walmart, right next to Tell City.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes whats worse is when i get 3 inches of partly cloudy in my basement.
A river you could paddle in Florida: put in on Lake Griffin at Leesburg, go down the length of the Ocklawaha River (with a side trip up Silver Run to Silver Springs) to the St. Johns River. The Ocklawaha River corridor is nearly all public land, and it would probably take 5 days.
If you want, you could then either continue up the St. Johns River to its defacto headwaters at Blue Cypress Lake west of Vero Beach. No idea on how long that would take. Lots of public land, although I'm not sure how available campsites are on the upper part of the river. (Going downriver on the St. Johns River from the Ockalawaha to the Atlantic Ocean wouldn't be worthwhile IMO - no camping, lots of civilization.)
Parts of Ohio are really quite lovely. Nothing spectacular but gentle rolling hills of rural America.
I love the way cows turn to look at you as you pass. They don't move their bodies, just their heads.
Wow...your still alive..thought the Tweakers finally got to you...thanks
I would hope taters would put up some sort of memorial statement if that was the case….
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes lol
"Cannibal: The Musical" 😂 Totally have thar DVD
Seems like a shpadoinkle day in this video. 😂Its not often I hear someone comment on the fine musical "Cannibal! The Musical". Maybe its an IT kind of movie.
Welcome to my state of Ohio!
Wow, traffic is way better entering Ohio, that's a relief. All the trucks in WV would be a deal breaker for me.
I know how your feet feel when your shoes are way past replacing. Hope your shoes arrived 😎☮
Nice work
O-H-I-O!!! Congratulations! You won't see flat lands until Illinois. Glaciers never made it to the southern 3rd of OH and IN. Enjoy the rolling hills while you have them.
That is interesting to know. I am currently in enterprise, and it has been rather hilly. Which, combined with the mud and the more extensive trail sections has cut into my daily mileage.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Yes some of the PUD's will cut into your mileage. Shawnee will be a slower day with the lack of switchbacks. Are you going to be hiking around Hocking Hills tomorrow? I'm thinking about taking the day off to hike. Possibly late morning hike/trail magic. Water cache?
I got held up around enterprise and I’m just headed south from there as I type this. Hocking is 17 miles ahead so likely passing through it tomorrow barring major misadventure
I saw you got to stay in another shelter! We just built that one about 4 years ago. Once the trail goes by my shelter, they will be about 11 miles apart. Abundance of dispersed camping in that area also.
Just saw that another hiker who finished the ADT went through 27 pairs of shoes, altra lone peaks.
Ohio is much nicer! Pretty scenic so far.
Do you have any idea how much of the ADT is road walk? It seems like so far it's like 80% or more. Dirt roads, back roads, big roads. Very little actual trail. Even that tow path was paved and very little like anything I'd call a trail.
See I would call that Towpath basically a road. There are a lot of ATV tracks and jeep trails that seemed a lot more trail like to me. But the answer depends on where you draw that line. My expectation was there was going to be a lot of road walking. That is pretty much just the reality of any long-distance travel in the US.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Personally, I think anything paved counts as "road" regardless of what it's called. However, it was in fact you that proved to me how little road walking was required on the CDT. Before watching your hike I truly thought that it was at least 35-40% road when it turns out that it's much less and all the road you see in people's videos is just laziness and shortcuts. So far this "trail" doesn't really live up to that title.
Yea, the CDT roadwalking is heavily influenced by choices / laziness. Going in I knew this trail was more like the ECT: lots of roadwalking with some sections of trail. For the last couple of days I’ve been overlapping with the Buckeye Trail, which has involved some significant dirt trail sections.
Like you didn't see enough cows on the CDT
And the AT. Probably the PCT in a few places. And of course the Mississippi. It’s enough to make me nostalgic.
I would have bought myself a new pairs of shoes when I was at walmart getting the stove gas ah dah!
I’ve learned my lesson on cheap shoes. A mostly worn out pair that fits me does a lot less damage than a Walmart special that shreds in a day and isn’t wide enough for my feet.
A Shpadoinkle video
In regards to commenters using AI to post long comments, if a comment is over two or three sentences I don't read it. I enjoy reading comments but I don't need to read a speech. I'm really loving the videos, thanks for sharing the adventure.
I’m not sure I’m seeing whatever comments you think are AI driven. I’m sure it happens, but I am more suspicious of some of the generic short ones. Just trying to add history to bot accounts.
@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes I'm talking RUclips in general, not any channel in particular. Some of the political channels have super-long posts. Most of the posts on your channel are brief, succinct, and written by humans.
Cold soaking sucks
Do you ever fill your water up in cemeteries most of them have a water source ??
A lot of the cemeteries I pass aren’t very fancy. I guess I haven’t seen water sources at any of them.
One of my favorite 8 mile running routes has a cemetery about halfway that we would stop and get a drink if needed.
Nice!
its 92 in daytona beach today
It has started getting warm and humid out here some days
If there was a desperate plea for help written in the bathroom, the person reading should probably call the authorities rather than pist about it on the internet. It could be a serious situation like himan trafficing or kidnapping.
Sadly a lot of people just lack empathy
Sadly some people just really lack empathy
Sorry for the socialist rant. Matt... air, water, food should be free to all.
Jen and I have debated this sometimes. Often the major problem is just people being afraid of problematic folks they’ve seen on the news or around town. people have almost always been willing to share water. They’re just afraid I’m a junkie. Who’s gonna set up nearby
It’s kind of a similar issue to visibly waving a weapon around. How do you let people know you’re one of the “good guys”