Climbing, Summiting, and Getting Stuck On Gibralter // Sedona, Arizona
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2024
- The wait is over!!! The backcountry duo is back for another adventure! In our mini monument valley Gibralter is one of the most striking sandstone buttes. Without a trail or much traffic at all, Gibralter is wild and demands constant route finding. I couldn't believe how stunning the views were every step of the way. To Michael and I, summiting this mountain wasn't the challenge. Finding our way off the back east side had us stuck, frustrated, and the good kind of scared. Will our confidence and knowledge of the area help us escape?...
That's some serious bushwhacking/down climbing. Great work and spectacular as always
Once again glued to the screen from start to finish and enjoying your adventure. Once again you manage to capture both a beautiful image of the beautiful surroundings and the excitement of the adventure with your recordings. My compliments! Already looking forward to your next adventure.
Thank you so much for your nice comments! I appreciate that! I'm so glad you enjoyed and as always thank you for watching!! Always more to come...
Dude, your channel is so good. I’m a trail runner based in Flagstaff/Prescott, but I hit up Sedona quite often to run the trails there. Your videos show me places I would have never seen otherwise, and I appreciate the artistry with which you film everything!
Thank you so much for saying that! I appreciate your kind comments and thank you for watching!!!
Standing on top hill looks at views very beautiful
Da Gibralter trifecta!!! Yikes!!!😊❤
Extremely chill awesome adventure!!! Thanks!!😊❤
😅 Thank you for watching our extremely chill adventure!
Oh wow, we just went up to the first summit of Gibraltar from little horse trailhead and thought that was a lot but you guys did the whole traverse! I just made a video on it, and from below I thought it looked a little like Yosemite's El Capitan. also in a wash not too far from the trailhead, we found a old rusty car wrapped around a tree.
Thats very cool! I'll have to check your video out! I've been busy. The North cliffs of bear mountain facing Boynton Canyon look even more like El cap.
Love these vids! Living vicariously through you guys there in Sedona. None of that cool stuff here in Ohio. 😂
😂 Well thank you for watching there in Ohio!! I'm glad you are enjoying the vids!
Gibraltar has been on my list. Needless to say, I'm out-and-backing that...
I recommend that haha
Wow! A ballsy descent! You guys rock. Great video combined with some spectacular scenery.
Thank you!! Thank you for watching bro!
I rate this as an 11+ out of a 10. Absolutely loved the drone shots and the POV 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. I'm glad you enjoyed and thank you for watching!
That is one heck of an adventure. Must be quite mentally demanding when getting off becomes such a challenge. Phenomenal views. I can see the attraction.
Makes me wish I had gotten out in the canyons a lot more when I was there.
So much to explore here
Same here, although I lived in Flag, I really only went to Sedona to swim. I hiked the mountains instead.
Always love seeing a new video! Can’t say I’d be able to do this
Definitely not for everyone. Thank you so much for watching! Seriously
You guys do the best hikes!
Awesome hike. I’ve had all those same exact conversations before that you guys had route finding a new way down. 😂 Always better with a partner and always more unnerving solo.
Funny how once time starts ticking and it gets old to keep going back up certain sketchy down climbs start to look like great viable options!!!! Great job.
Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed the video. I love hiking like this. It is much more exciting and I love the challenge.
I love watching desert drifter videos but your climbs are more hair raising! Thanks.
You should attempt Mount Kinesava! Zion NP
Thank you for that suggestion. I might have to put that on the list for this spring. Zion is one of my favorite places in the world.
Really fascinating how different the terraine is in Sedona versus southern arizona. I dont run into too many shelves like that but then again I dont have too many friends to peak bag with 😢 lots of loose rocky stuff though.
You don't need a friend to bag a peak. Some of my best hikes ever were when I was alone.
@@codiacstudios thanks and amen to that. I get nervous, as around me some of the peaks are quite remote and right on the border. But you're right I just need to go, otherwise, I likely won't make it up all the peaks I want to climb :) I am only making it up a couple a year at my rate :(
@@exploringgodscountry Are there any mountains down there that would be a challenge to climb?
@@codiacstudioshrm... I did Sardina Peak on my channel. Probably most difficult but was just a steep slog for 600ft. The tallest of the seven sister peaks is on my list, but I need to gain experience. I drug a friend out to attempt it, he said he wanted to bring ropes at least for way down (that's another video). Atascosa peak I think is a class 3 with exposure (fall risk). I'm really quite terrible at knowing my ratings. I went to scout it but got spooked first time, second time I started climbing down onto the ridge. Then my buddy wanted to turn back. I'm told there's a 60 foot scramble then you're in the clear but didn't make it that far. Yeah there's a fair amount down here. I need to do a survey. Those are a few on my list, must disclose I'm petrified of heights... sometimes they bother me, and oddly others they don't. I'd like to build a tolerance, then go back to the Canaidan Rockies, used to spend all my vacations there. You have some AWESOME climbing in Sedona though and your channel is SO cool.
You guys are bad asses. If you're 10s, I'm a 3 on my best day.
You look right at the camera at 21:34 when it is right behind you.
Easy climb down:
34°48'51.3"N 111°44'32.1"W
We checked that area. We didn't see it. Maybe recent erosion cut off the route.
The easy climb down into Jim Bryant Canyon is still there, it is just not very obvious, you can see a kmz (with description) on ropewiki website under the One Trick Pony canyoneering approach route (and the Skyline canyoneering approach route). It is really funny that you guys tried to climb down both of the aforementioned rappel routes before you found a new novel way down, pretty amazing if you ask me. There are two other ways down, one is terrible down into Jim Bryant Canyon between peak 2 and 3 of your ascent, the other is a hidden trail on the westerly side back down to Llama Trail with a really nice view of Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock, if you want I could show you the route (and the easy way to the top of Gibraltar from the south side). 😉
That is cool that you know of that easier route up. I'm not interested in what's easy and what anyone could do. I like the challenge and figuring things out. I could have looked at a map on the descent but Michael and I prefer using our Navigation skills. The route we took was awesome and would definitely do it again. I had so much fun, even while getting cliffed out. The views really are just stunning. Thank you for your knowledge of the area Tony!
Are u on strava? How far was the hike?
I am not on strava, but the hike was 8.5 miles with 2200' elevation gain in 6.5 hours
you should sign up on strava so it will track your hike - people can follow you - and at the end of your video you can show a map of the hike from strava - it is free @@codiacstudios
Awesome stuff! Does this go by another name I can't locate this on Gaia gps...
Thank you! It only goes by Gibralter. Interesting that it isn't on gaia. It isn't hiked a lot but still
@@codiacstudios I just pull up Gibraltar...
@elevatedarchives nice!