I cannot stress enough how much we would enjoy content about your various interests. I think you’re the coolest, and Would love to see Earthship content and whatever else your getting into!
aww shucks, thank you so much! Well, some of those videos will come in time. I think I felt some pressure in my first year to keep things almost exclusively about backpacking related stuff. But I'm glad to hear you're interested in other things!
Since you mentioned the Govee thermometer, I have a "non-backpacking gear that you have for backpacking used for non-backpacking" story of one of those saving my ass, had power out for a stretch after a big storm recently and had the presence of mind to dig out my govee from the backpacking stash and toss it in my fridge door when the power went out, which means even though I was past the official excess-of-caution hours recommendation for throwing away all your perishables I was able to look at the graph and see that it had never gone above safe cold storage temps. Avoided throwing away more than the device's price worth of perfectly good food there so a definite win!
Honestly, the Dagger has been my tent of choice in rough conditions. Not that I would have huge pile of tents to choose from but my ultralights aren’t compatible when the tough gets going. The Dagger ( pre-Osmo ) has been abused but it’s asking for more. Every time
It's a good place to browse if you need to buy something really pricey. I bought a -20F winter sleeping bag for $250, normally $900 and it had been used only once and was in perfect condition!
@@nelsonraleyYeti bought out the company, they're keeping Mystery Ranch for the military and fire contracts, everything else is being subsumed into the Yeti brand
@@nelsonraley They are not shut down. But MR was bought by Yeti and it's unclear what's going to happen. Mystery Ranch has a robust military pack division and I wouldn't be shocked if that was Yeti's motivation to buying the company and they'll phase out the rest of the consumer goods. But we're still probably a year away from really seeing what Yeti will do with Mystery Ranch.
I think it’s the end of MR. Yeti is one of those companies that gobbles up smaller companies and turns their products into a cheap profit machine. Their overpriced cups are literally no better than any other brand. Their coolers are no better than coolers half the price.
Eric man, I love your channel. I obviously followed you when you hosted Backpacking TV. Love your content and the experience you bring to the backpacking community. Yea man, feel free to branch out with your content. We’d love to hear about other areas you’re interested in. Thank you for sharing your experience in Patagonia. 🙌🙌
I love to see this guy test Hillebergs. They’re on another level when it comes to snow camping. You can get the Nallo which is huge and it’s only 2kg/ 4lbs
This is true! One time I was camping in Sweden with a friend who had a Hilleberg tent, we got caught in a surprise winter storm. His tent held up just fine while mine wilted pathetically (granted it was exceptionally brutal wind). I've never had one of my own but I would love a 4 lb Hilleberg tent!
@ ah that’s awesome! I’d love for them to reach out and give you one. They last for a lifetime if taken care of. Bomb proof and great for chilling out inside of during a storm. The Nallo is a no groaner imo. It’s much larger than their others and is still one of the lightest. You can cook in the vestibule too. Also I love your videos. You seem like a good dude
Would be interesting to see your take on fishnet base layers. From my experience, it depends on how much one sweats; if one sweats heavily like myself it is an absolute game changer and by far the best way to go. Just understand it is the first layer of a system that will continue to move moisture away from you. For example, I avoid 100% merino layers because I can easily saturate them and they do not dry well after that (merino/synthetic blend are better but less than ideal). Alpaca is far superior for me. Alpha fabric mid layers also work well. In either case, a highly breathable but wind blocking shell then has to top it off. For a person like myself, Goretex (or any similar) always fails miserably because with any level of exertion they wet out from the inside. Like a sleep system (I’m a huge long time fan of ZenBivy), it’s the parts working together that make the whole function well.
I’d like to see someone purchase the consumer side of MR and continue that legacy. But sometimes a brand just goes by the wayside and isn’t part of the market anymore. Remember Dana Designs? Gary Fisher bikes?
Amazing to know you came to Patagonia. I'm wondering how was your experience with lightweight gear, as the wind here doesn't allow you to compromise much in terms of sturdiness and readiness for rain and snow. We don't get many of the brands you guys have in the US over here, but the learnings from your channel have been super helpful to me to improve my gear.
Can't wait for the Patagonia videos Eric! I'm going to Patagonia, The Lakes District & Easter Island in February and doing most of the hikes that you did as well as some of the other parks. I didn't realize that you also went to NAU (I went mostly for the skiing).
Nice video Eric! Thanks for answering all those questions. Would love for Yeti to continue with public bags for backpackers, which seems a bit possible with the new bags they released, but who knows. Also, what jacket are you wearing in this video from Outdoor?
I really hope Mystery Ranch keeps making backpacking packs. It's kind of all a mystery (heyo) at the moment. And the black jacket is the Outdoor Vitals Vario. It's a wonderful jacket! alnk.to/dWdemwP
About cameras, which would you recommend for beginners, for shooting photos mainly? I have been looking at a Sony A6400, or some from Canon or Nikon, but don’t know which ones are good for photos of landscapes.
Eric, if you don't mind my asking, is your (very unjust) record affecting your ability to travel to other countries? It makes me so mad that you were treated that way.
So far it has not impacted me in that way. I do wonder if it will if I ever apply for a work visa in another country. That's where I could really see it coming in to play.
It's strange when someone says they went hiking in Patagonia, it's a huge area most of which is desert and steppes and not mountainous at all, Can you get more specific? It's like if someone says they hiked the western United States.. Like ok that doesn't tell me anything.
I cannot stress enough how much we would enjoy content about your various interests. I think you’re the coolest, and Would love to see Earthship content and whatever else your getting into!
aww shucks, thank you so much! Well, some of those videos will come in time. I think I felt some pressure in my first year to keep things almost exclusively about backpacking related stuff. But I'm glad to hear you're interested in other things!
I’m unsatisfied… jokes! Can’t wait for the Patagonia content
I'm so sorry random internet commenter!
im so stoked for the Pati vids!
I have 80% confidence you will enjoy them!
Eric, thanks for sharing your adventures and time with all of us. Look forward to hearing about your Patagonia trip.
Since you mentioned the Govee thermometer, I have a "non-backpacking gear that you have for backpacking used for non-backpacking" story of one of those saving my ass, had power out for a stretch after a big storm recently and had the presence of mind to dig out my govee from the backpacking stash and toss it in my fridge door when the power went out, which means even though I was past the official excess-of-caution hours recommendation for throwing away all your perishables I was able to look at the graph and see that it had never gone above safe cold storage temps. Avoided throwing away more than the device's price worth of perfectly good food there so a definite win!
Yeah I bet you saved a ton of money! Great use case!
Honestly, the Dagger has been my tent of choice in rough conditions. Not that I would have huge pile of tents to choose from but my ultralights aren’t compatible when the tough gets going. The Dagger ( pre-Osmo ) has been abused but it’s asking for more. Every time
Thanks for the geartrade tip...I like what I see (+the rest of your great content)
It's a good place to browse if you need to buy something really pricey. I bought a -20F winter sleeping bag for $250, normally $900 and it had been used only once and was in perfect condition!
Mystery Ranch will be missed greatly by the hunting community.
did they shut down????
@@nelsonraleyYeti bought out the company, they're keeping Mystery Ranch for the military and fire contracts, everything else is being subsumed into the Yeti brand
@@nelsonraley They are not shut down. But MR was bought by Yeti and it's unclear what's going to happen. Mystery Ranch has a robust military pack division and I wouldn't be shocked if that was Yeti's motivation to buying the company and they'll phase out the rest of the consumer goods. But we're still probably a year away from really seeing what Yeti will do with Mystery Ranch.
I think it’s the end of MR. Yeti is one of those companies that gobbles up smaller companies and turns their products into a cheap profit machine. Their overpriced cups are literally no better than any other brand. Their coolers are no better than coolers half the price.
Patagonia is absolutely beautiful - the weather is extremely changeable though. I'd love to go back .Really useful video .
It's one of the most beautiful places on the planet! I love it so much.
Eric man, I love your channel. I obviously followed you when you hosted Backpacking TV. Love your content and the experience you bring to the backpacking community. Yea man, feel free to branch out with your content. We’d love to hear about other areas you’re interested in. Thank you for sharing your experience in Patagonia. 🙌🙌
You're here from the way back! Thank you!
Yay! New video!
You waited patiently, thank you!
I love to see this guy test Hillebergs. They’re on another level when it comes to snow camping. You can get the Nallo which is huge and it’s only 2kg/ 4lbs
This is true! One time I was camping in Sweden with a friend who had a Hilleberg tent, we got caught in a surprise winter storm. His tent held up just fine while mine wilted pathetically (granted it was exceptionally brutal wind). I've never had one of my own but I would love a 4 lb Hilleberg tent!
@ ah that’s awesome! I’d love for them to reach out and give you one. They last for a lifetime if taken care of. Bomb proof and great for chilling out inside of during a storm. The Nallo is a no groaner imo. It’s much larger than their others and is still one of the lightest. You can cook in the vestibule too.
Also I love your videos. You seem like a good dude
Would be interesting to see your take on fishnet base layers. From my experience, it depends on how much one sweats; if one sweats heavily like myself it is an absolute game changer and by far the best way to go. Just understand it is the first layer of a system that will continue to move moisture away from you. For example, I avoid 100% merino layers because I can easily saturate them and they do not dry well after that (merino/synthetic blend are better but less than ideal). Alpaca is far superior for me. Alpha fabric mid layers also work well. In either case, a highly breathable but wind blocking shell then has to top it off. For a person like myself, Goretex (or any similar) always fails miserably because with any level of exertion they wet out from the inside. Like a sleep system (I’m a huge long time fan of ZenBivy), it’s the parts working together that make the whole function well.
This is helpful! Yeah I've got a winter trip coming up and I'm curious about fishnets. This is a good way to think about it.
I’d like to see someone purchase the consumer side of MR and continue that legacy. But sometimes a brand just goes by the wayside and isn’t part of the market anymore. Remember Dana Designs? Gary Fisher bikes?
I hope it endures! Dana Designs basically became Mystery Ranch, same guy.
Thank you for the great video! Much appreciated!
You're welcome!
Amazing to know you came to Patagonia. I'm wondering how was your experience with lightweight gear, as the wind here doesn't allow you to compromise much in terms of sturdiness and readiness for rain and snow.
We don't get many of the brands you guys have in the US over here, but the learnings from your channel have been super helpful to me to improve my gear.
I chose to bring my beefiest 2P tent and it still only barely survived!
Can't wait for the Patagonia videos Eric! I'm going to Patagonia, The Lakes District & Easter Island in February and doing most of the hikes that you did as well as some of the other parks. I didn't realize that you also went to NAU (I went mostly for the skiing).
Amazing. Sounds like a great trip! Lumberjack fo life!
Unhinged title for a Q&A lol.
It's all in good fun. Hopefully others see it that way!
@eric_hanson I'm not mad about it lol.
Hi Eric. Great video. If you have time, take a look the nu27 headlamp.
Nice video Eric! Thanks for answering all those questions.
Would love for Yeti to continue with public bags for backpackers, which seems a bit possible with the new bags they released, but who knows.
Also, what jacket are you wearing in this video from Outdoor?
I really hope Mystery Ranch keeps making backpacking packs. It's kind of all a mystery (heyo) at the moment. And the black jacket is the Outdoor Vitals Vario. It's a wonderful jacket! alnk.to/dWdemwP
About cameras, which would you recommend for beginners, for shooting photos mainly? I have been looking at a Sony A6400, or some from Canon or Nikon, but don’t know which ones are good for photos of landscapes.
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Would you consider publishing your itinerary? Hoping to go in 2 years.
For the whole trip? Or just where we camped in El Chalten / Glaciers National Park?
My frame pack is about 80 liters. If it does not fit I could not carry it anyway.
my backpack fits on the floor of the trailer that is hitched to my Snowcat .... actually it fits in between the heater and twin bunk next to the head
ha! Well that's one way to do winter travel!
Eric, if you don't mind my asking, is your (very unjust) record affecting your ability to travel to other countries? It makes me so mad that you were treated that way.
So far it has not impacted me in that way. I do wonder if it will if I ever apply for a work visa in another country. That's where I could really see it coming in to play.
It's strange when someone says they went hiking in Patagonia, it's a huge area most of which is desert and steppes and not mountainous at all, Can you get more specific? It's like if someone says they hiked the western United States.. Like ok that doesn't tell me anything.
fair point! I went to El Chalten and Torres Del Paine. But yeah, Patagonia is massive!
That's not a jeep!
It's a Jeep Renegade. But it has none of the heart of a real Jeep!
It is just a Fiat Panda disguised as a Jeep 😂😂😂
The new RUclips mobile UI is so terrible.
I'm not a fan of it either.
@eric_hanson 😂
Walk Kungsleden it takes about a month in slow phase, it's 450km 280 miles
Then you haven't been in Norway my man
I have not. I would love to though!
@eric_hanson you have a Scandinavian name you must have family here.
@@Fenrir.Gleipnir according to an Uncle who took a deep dive into family history I come from a line of Hansons from Telemark, Norway.