a flaming failure to launch - PCT near Tehachapi, California (July 2024)

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @watertankhikes
    @watertankhikes 2 месяца назад +27

    I turned around in approximately the same location back in 2012, but for different reasons. I had a foot blister that was getting infected. I caught the Kern Transit to the Bakersfield Amtrak, and I was in my hometown hospital that evening. The ER doctor said I could have lost my foot if I kept hiking towards Walker Pass. I'm glad I turned around, too.

    • @klee88029
      @klee88029 Месяц назад +9

      Me too. As a retired nurse, I say: Never let the ego over-rule the body's cries for attention.

  • @1ouncebird
    @1ouncebird Месяц назад +17

    I've not seen any other videos of yours but I am certainly going to check them out. Besides the fact that you seem like a very nice person who knows her stuff you used ZERO MUSIC on this video. HOORAY! Thank you so much for that. There are so many hiking videos with music all over them and very little of the actual lovely sounds of nature that to me they are unwatchable. Kudos to you. Glad you are safe. Thanks for bringing us along.

    • @andreweppink4498
      @andreweppink4498 Месяц назад +2

      Yeah. I appreciate that too. But there's gotta be a way of supressing wind noise.

  • @theathjr
    @theathjr 2 месяца назад +11

    I’m glad you made the smart decision to turn around. We love your adventures and want you around to keep sharing them. Safety first👊. Here in Tulare/Visalia area you could see the enormous flames from the Coffee Pot Fire near Homer’s Nose. I had never seen such huge orange flames in the Sierra’s from home before.

  • @LilRuby1961Bonanza
    @LilRuby1961Bonanza Месяц назад +7

    I lived in Bear Valley Springs/Tehachapi in the 1980’s-1990’s. Grew up in the Antelope Valley and always loved Tehachapi!

    • @ashdobbs
      @ashdobbs Месяц назад +4

      thats nice, dear

  • @Tom-cy5em
    @Tom-cy5em Месяц назад +6

    Very cool adventure you are one brave young lady to do that by yourself, please stay safe out there. a wind sock for your mic would be awesome added like and FB share too cheers.

  • @fernandocastillo1972
    @fernandocastillo1972 Месяц назад +10

    I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah, driven every kind of rig ever been made,

    • @goatuscrow4135
      @goatuscrow4135 Месяц назад +6

      …and I’ve driven the back roads so I wouldn’t get weighed,

    • @fernandocastillo1972
      @fernandocastillo1972 Месяц назад

      @@goatuscrow4135 and if you give me weed, whites, and wine, I’ll be willing to

    • @lorealmonroe
      @lorealmonroe Месяц назад

      @@goatuscrow4135
      just give me some weed whites an wine

  • @hickokhaley
    @hickokhaley Месяц назад

    Beautiful area. I haven't hiked that area. My Hubby and I hiked the PCT near 3 Points for a ways. Thanks for posting!

  • @roncross1945
    @roncross1945 Месяц назад

    I was exactly where you shot this video on March 31, this year. I too had to turn around and go back to the highway without completing the section. It will still be there next year. Thanks for sharing your video.

  • @garybarr1045
    @garybarr1045 2 месяца назад +4

    Wow! I had crossed the PCT dozens of times on the highway to Tehachapi from the Mojave side where your hike started. Many times it was on my driving time going to the Lone Pine, Mt. Whitney area. Bless your soul for what you are doing. I envy you. Hope you are enjoying your hike. You have guts, and as the lion said in the Wizard of Oz, you have C-C-C-COURAGE! Keep it going. Regroup and get at it next time around. Sent from the Lake Tahoe area. 😎

  • @MalloryBoyd-fp9ip
    @MalloryBoyd-fp9ip Месяц назад +8

    You are alive because of your wise decision

  • @jamesmonahanmusic
    @jamesmonahanmusic 2 месяца назад +4

    Holy-smoke, what a excellent adventure. 😊

  • @davidsmeglap4023
    @davidsmeglap4023 2 месяца назад +9

    Hikers have gotten into trouble not turning around and going out the way they came in. Investigators say post tragedy, the hikers made a mistake. They should have just turned around. Good safe move. Live to hike another day.

  • @jimscarnivorekitchen4731
    @jimscarnivorekitchen4731 2 месяца назад +5

    After reviewing your channel you appear to be living my dream.

  • @DavidWing
    @DavidWing Месяц назад +1

    I have those same sun glasses and love them! Smart move to turn around...good choices

  • @michaelcarr3037
    @michaelcarr3037 2 месяца назад +3

    Kinda sucks but you definitely made the right call the smoke is so bad. If the wind shifts thanks for sharing your adventure

  • @gracefilms2610
    @gracefilms2610 Месяц назад +1

    Smart gal! Did the right thing. Hike on! But stay safe.

  • @josephbingham1255
    @josephbingham1255 Месяц назад +4

    I met a gal on the trail in early spring that had come alone from Poland to hike the trail. She had hiked from the Mexico Border to Green Valley when I met her.

    • @Techridr
      @Techridr Месяц назад +3

      Wow! It's the first time I've heard (seen) the word "gal" since my grandpa used it. And I'm no kid. I'm on the west coast. Is "gal" maybe still used in whatever region you're in? Sorry, I'm off topic, but you stirred up great memories of him and now I'm curious. Also, love that trail!

    • @josephbingham1255
      @josephbingham1255 Месяц назад

      @@Techridr I live in Green Valley and crossed paths with that Polish gal on the trail. I am from people who were pioneers in an isolated valley of Eastern Arizona.
      Some young women her and your age do not like being called girls. She and you being athletic and slim. Spirited and independent as you are indeed. Not immature and girlish.. Not yet settled down with children to fall in the "woman only" category. Somewhere in between. A young woman. As in the old west of which I descend "She's some kind of a gal isn't she?" Scorpio1Artist on Friend F****rs

    • @garyhainlinejr1688
      @garyhainlinejr1688 Месяц назад +1

      Yes, unfortunately, so did several million illegal immigrants into California and other states.

    • @josephbingham1255
      @josephbingham1255 Месяц назад

      @@Techridr I am in a GREEN VALLEY along the trail. I'm from pioneers that settled an isolated valley in Eastern Arizona. "She's a nice gal" is used there for a young spirited woman.
      0:05 Pretty 🤤

  • @jaytizzle6652
    @jaytizzle6652 Месяц назад +5

    These girls going remote places all aline seems kinda crazy.

  • @flipflopsguy8868
    @flipflopsguy8868 Месяц назад

    Your smile makes me smile. 😁

  • @kuhnology8803
    @kuhnology8803 Месяц назад

    Hiked here a few years ago, desert section seems greener now.

  • @LuckyBaldwin777
    @LuckyBaldwin777 Месяц назад +3

    It's always a good day when you don't get search & rescue involved.

  • @MalloryBoyd-fp9ip
    @MalloryBoyd-fp9ip Месяц назад +2

    Good choice, fire in vicinity of walker pass would have been a nightmare. Thought fire did not consume the pct near walker, it could have and smoke was horrible

  • @TheShornak
    @TheShornak 2 месяца назад +4

    I think that was a good idea putting this off until later. Better be safe than sorry.

  • @SaBoR-d3c
    @SaBoR-d3c Месяц назад

    I would love to do something like that. But I'd have smoked lamb and rice. And braziln nut trail mix,..... auh,.. yeah. Thanks for the video. I had both my knees replaced. It's just how I roll. Yer cute!.

  • @juniorparra165
    @juniorparra165 2 месяца назад +1

    Didn't know other people knew where Tehachapi even was, I haven't been there since my grandma passed over 10 years ago, I lived there as a kid and I still have 4 aunts and uncles that live there. This video made me want to go visit again, I love it there, in town, I don't hike lol. Great vide though.

  • @videotryouts1
    @videotryouts1 2 месяца назад +5

    Good call. Glad your safe for your next adventure on public transport!

  • @rb2004
    @rb2004 Месяц назад

    Great Adventure! Okay, I had to edit this to say, What an awesome view!

  • @briancoughlin6732
    @briancoughlin6732 Месяц назад +2

    Bummer you had to bail but being safe is most important

  • @Lucysdad66
    @Lucysdad66 Месяц назад +2

    You are very brave beware of the new comers they are everywhere.

    • @atatterson6992
      @atatterson6992 Месяц назад

      Yep, one assaulted my sister-in-law yesterday, 3:15 pm, 7-11 convenience store, she was reaching into a cooler for a water to buy, she saw nobody else in the store besides the cashier and mid-reach someone presses up behind her. She turns are and it's Hose-A, with his willy out and a big smile. She's a 6 foot tall athletic blonde and she walloped him upside the head with the water and kicked him about 20 times as he rambled out of the store and down the road.
      This is Seattle, the clerk had called 911, explained the deal and the cops said they'll be there in 30-40 minutes.
      Hose-A lived to assault again, probably today since he now knows its consequence free and I'm sure he's already passed the good news on to Hose-B, -C, -D... hell, the entire burrito.
      Thanks Joe, Kumala and our spectacular Democrat Governpr Inslee and Rep. Jayapal (we call Rep. Paypal).

  • @willythewave
    @willythewave Месяц назад

    You are such a sweetheart. I love you. :)

  • @briansmith-hn6ho
    @briansmith-hn6ho Месяц назад

    I believe you're looking at Mojave and Edwards air force base. Fire moves fast, thanks for the video. Get a hiking buddy.

  • @ancientneophyte8322
    @ancientneophyte8322 Месяц назад

    Still an adventure. Bravo!

  • @AlanSanderson-u4t
    @AlanSanderson-u4t Месяц назад +1

    That is a rather inhospitable area in the summer, as high desert with altitude, heat, and low humidity. Turning around was a good decision. A different time of year would provide a much better experience.

  • @snokkensiedeutch
    @snokkensiedeutch Месяц назад +4

    Tehachipi was one of the 6 places along the trail, PCT, that I connected with my ex-girlfriend while she soloed from Campo where I dropped her off, to Mt. Hood from where she went on to finish. She had one major fire detour, too. Class of 2015.

  • @eternaldoorman5228
    @eternaldoorman5228 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow, what a beautiful place! Shame to think of all that being burned! I mean, it recovers, eventually, but still ...

    • @sdickinson5234
      @sdickinson5234 Месяц назад

      I have been living in Lancaster for the last 14 years. Every summer there are many fires around the area. There is enough rain in the winter for the brush to grow then you get 110 degree heat combined with single digit humidity in the summer to dry everything out. It's a big bowl filled with smoke for months each year. *Also it's windy here as you might guess from the wind farm.

  • @isadormoti6977
    @isadormoti6977 Месяц назад +2

    You made the right decision. Err on the side of caution.

  • @johnkling3537
    @johnkling3537 Месяц назад +1

    as always - the better part of valor is discretion - good call

  • @terrypoulton2590
    @terrypoulton2590 Месяц назад +2

    No one should ever drink water from a plastic bottle of the sit in the sun like that

  • @Herbie11
    @Herbie11 Месяц назад

    I did the entire PCT back in 2014. I started litteraly at the border wall and walked the entire PCT for two miles. In the entire two miles, I realized how stupid I was and walked back to my car and had a nice steak for dinner. True story.

  • @TedGoebel
    @TedGoebel Месяц назад +2

    I’m a Dad & my natural instinct is worry about your safety. Please be careful!!

  • @RichardFranciskovich
    @RichardFranciskovich 2 месяца назад +1

    Absolutely love you, 😂😮admired ❤

  • @danielmiszewski-cs9by
    @danielmiszewski-cs9by Месяц назад +1

    Better safe than sorry. FOR sure.

  • @atatterson6992
    @atatterson6992 Месяц назад

    The windmills add so much ambiance, don't they?

  • @johnhamaker8441
    @johnhamaker8441 Месяц назад +2

    Listen to your own posting, i couldn't understand a word you said. !

  • @zapcomix
    @zapcomix Месяц назад +1

    Don't mean to be off track, but @ 6:26 there is a beautiful view of a non-functioning wind turbine farm, horizon to horizon. It appears there are NO wind blades on any of them just the stands sticking up, abandoned. Wonder what that cost? They just left it?

    • @sdickinson5234
      @sdickinson5234 Месяц назад

      It's an illusion. You're seeing it from the side. It's fully operational. I live near there.

  • @Get_to_the_Point
    @Get_to_the_Point 2 месяца назад

    Glad u made it home safe.

  • @robertscranton8293
    @robertscranton8293 Месяц назад

    hipsterism is wonderful...I cried last night as well

  • @betterl8thannvr
    @betterl8thannvr Месяц назад

    As a railfan and a hiker, I appreciated the train shots :D Is that near Cajon Pass?

  • @jimbates955
    @jimbates955 Месяц назад

    Is there enough fuel for the fire to be a threat?

    • @sdickinson5234
      @sdickinson5234 Месяц назад

      You can get 60 MPH wind gusts so it's a big threat. That's why they put a wind farm there.

  • @guillermojacques6671
    @guillermojacques6671 2 месяца назад

    Sorry about your failure to launch. On a happier note, what brand are those 2 stripe socks you have?

  • @thehoofersclub
    @thehoofersclub 2 месяца назад +1

    What kind of wildlife you see out there?

    • @TheDesertwalker
      @TheDesertwalker Месяц назад

      In the area are mountain lions, bobcats, badger, grey fox & kit fox, various small mammals, tortoises near Mojave, quail, chukar, MOjave Green Rattlers, side winders and other cool stuff. OH, and Tehachapi gets some spectacular lenticular clouds.

  • @blumerlredpilledgirl8958
    @blumerlredpilledgirl8958 Месяц назад

    I work right across the street from Katz and Jammers.

  • @Johnpalmer-eq7yq
    @Johnpalmer-eq7yq Месяц назад

    Forward it. Two names see. If your just looking. Freeze out there soon gets too cold.

  • @jeffstorm
    @jeffstorm Месяц назад

    Katz N Jammers is a great breakfast.

  • @jeffhiatt9168
    @jeffhiatt9168 Месяц назад +1

    hi i hope you all are doing well all the est to you all you might enjoy nanci griffith singer red is the rose you cant go home again live movie rebecca 1940 all the best

  • @danielgaddis7496
    @danielgaddis7496 Месяц назад

    Don't understand why anybody would be enamored by or attracted to the California scrub desert..

  • @Johnpalmer-eq7yq
    @Johnpalmer-eq7yq Месяц назад

    They know your out there kid. They. Show up air sometimes cloaked.

  • @jasoncampbell4723
    @jasoncampbell4723 Месяц назад

    Oh you’re a little bit silly, keep it up!!!😁

  • @jerroldkazynski5480
    @jerroldkazynski5480 Месяц назад

    Palmdale!

  • @libertycan6959
    @libertycan6959 2 месяца назад +1

    in these times we are living in Id think the last place Id want to be is in a state out in the desert alone where all the borders are not secure, all the people trafficking, people missing, and crime. Hope you are staying safe and aware and can defend yourself and have someone who knows where you are.

  • @angrycatowner
    @angrycatowner Месяц назад

    This kind of adventure is perfect for LUME body deoderizer. Ask the doctor, its for your pits, fat folds, etc...

  • @robertsanders8866
    @robertsanders8866 2 месяца назад

    Bummer

  • @fjb4932
    @fjb4932 Месяц назад

    A babe in the woods ( desert).
    I've not met Anyone "normal" from Kommifornia, in the last 40 years.
    I've got a cell phone, i can call for help ( deferment of Responsibility )...
    True, but still pathetic ...

  • @Johnpalmer-eq7yq
    @Johnpalmer-eq7yq Месяц назад

    Nasa I'm in seattle broke.

  • @99guspuppet8
    @99guspuppet8 Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ very attractive

  • @steveandereggen3182
    @steveandereggen3182 Месяц назад +3

    Anyone doing solo hiking or camping during these insane and dangerous days is crazy and stupid. Too many bad people looking to do bad things. Is your life worth it? Hike with others to be safe.

    • @markfitzsimmons7544
      @markfitzsimmons7544 Месяц назад +2

      Calling other people stupid for pursuing their passion isn't necessary. I'd rather solo hike than solo walk thru cities.

    • @steveandereggen3182
      @steveandereggen3182 Месяц назад +1

      @@markfitzsimmons7544 Our cities, trails and campgrounds are not safe in todays insane world. Passion over ones' wellbeing is stupid.

    • @Castillohometv
      @Castillohometv Месяц назад

      ​​@@steveandereggen3182fear mongering, obviously echoing the sentiments & talking points of your hero diaper donald trump.😮

  • @denisiofaircow9202
    @denisiofaircow9202 2 месяца назад +2

    Much ado about nothing.

    • @Panzerfaust9161
      @Panzerfaust9161 2 месяца назад

      Right

    • @JointFive
      @JointFive Месяц назад +1

      I still am confused about the fire part, her risk looks like 0

    • @JimzAuto
      @JimzAuto Месяц назад

      Overnight w/o shelter, beautiful views.

  • @JohnDoe-pm3oq
    @JohnDoe-pm3oq 2 месяца назад +5

    All those windmills in the distance sure are ugly.

    • @Panzerfaust9161
      @Panzerfaust9161 2 месяца назад +5

      Woke energy

    • @TedMcCaleb
      @TedMcCaleb Месяц назад

      Yes, and they cause cancer and kill birds too,,,, are so I’m told

    • @1ouncebird
      @1ouncebird Месяц назад +7

      @@Panzerfaust9161 It's great that there are forums such as this where you can openly express your hostility towards progress in the world. And your negative energy.

  • @cfinstr
    @cfinstr Месяц назад

    Highway 58 where the PCT crosses to the North. She will pass springs and McGyver’s Cabin. Accidents happen. A young man was north of there brushing his teeth, lost his balance and fell on his face breaking face bones. He had to be Medivacked out to Bakersfield for Medical treatment.

  • @alliedsandblasting9211
    @alliedsandblasting9211 Месяц назад

    I go gold mining up there