Thanks for having Maddie on Kyle, I enjoyed watching herAT trail videos, I discovered her videos towards the end of her AT hike and got to binge watch them.
I remember commenting on her original post a few hours after it came out and left some tips as a swiftwater rescue operator. Number one tip would be to string a line 45° across the current with the downstream side being where you’re wanting to go. never string a line at 90°. At 45° the current will help push you where you want to go, but a 90° will form a v-shape that can trap you. Also only ever cross on the downstream side of a line. There’s a lot of other water crossing methods you can look up (search swift water rescue water crossing or shallow water crossing techniques) but this would be the main one I suggest.
I love the way Maddie is so transparent and emotional. Cry counts and all that. Makes me feel normal. She's just Entertaining and has a good attitude ❤
Maddie the baddie….you are PRECIOUS. I had no idea how much goes on out there that I’m clueless about 😂 As a retired E.R. nurse I saw another side of the hiking/camping/hunting crowd when y’all would come to visit me in the emergency room. So it’s fun for me to watch y’all on vide and hear all about the joy, victories, defeats and successes. A through hike for me is making it completely around a five mile loop is bad ass 😂😂😂 so you guys are SUPER HEROS to me.
I love that you finally got Maddie on! You said it well as far as why she’s so enthralling. It’s her positive energy and her quirky but endearing personality that draws you in. It’s a refreshing change from most hikers’ channels. Thanks for always getting such awesome guests on your podcast!
Thanks Kyle for introducing us to Maddie and BeerInBeautifulplaces…love her vibe and attitude! I’m from Minnesota and have sectioned hiked the SHT and I’m looking forward to watching her thru hike these beautiful miles…highly recommend you hike it someday Kyle…you’ll definitely have a shuttle driver/trail magic friend at your service if you get up here❤
Maddie, I followed ur AT journey the whole way. I loved it! I was watching the river crossing and was so nervous even though I knew you made it across.
Thank you so much for having Maddie on, she is a real fun person! I watched every video and loved her authentic personality. blessed to have her share with us... Myself, shared her AT hike with family, and friends 😊 That near death experience was terrifying 😮... Maddie is a much stronger woman then myself! I would have lost it .. right then right there!!!
A sketchy water crossing can totally change my itinerary. Years ago I fell off a log into fast water , I was stuck on my back like a turtle and thankful my friend helped me out.
While watching I thought the guy on the other side was taking off his shirt to help her, but no, just going about his business! Geez! He could have headed down to give her a word of encouragement, and a hand?!
I’m so happy Maddie was on your show. I love her and can’t wait to see what she and Smoke do next. Best YT thru hiker ever That River crossing was scary for sure.
Maddie, I started watching your AT adventure when you were mid way through and was immediately impressed (and hooked) by your ability to hike AND video your experience. You did an amazing job as an observer, steward of the land, and documentarian, overcoming your own self doubt, fears but relishing in your triumphs. Thank you for taking us all on your journey. Kyle, thank you too! I love both of your channels. You are doing a great job!
Maddie has been nice to share her tells of the trail. Really happy she enjoyed it as she had to focus on the video and made a memorable experience. thanks 🌻
Three hiking channels I watch regularly .... "Homemade Wanderlust," "Kyle Hates Hiking," and of course: "Beer in Beautiful Places." Great to see two of my faves together ---- fabulous show.
That looks like a beautiful trip down the Shenandoah River!! I love kayaking or canoeing or rafting on a river. I also feel like a purist so will not do this for the AT but this does look like a blast. I have a little more respect for aquablazing now. Thank you for sharing a wide range of views on your podcast.
Oh man! I got really lucky once with a camp stove. I had the tried and true old green Coleman that matches the propane cans. I only ever used it camping and when my dad gifted me a sweet stainless steel upgrade that didn't need to be assembled, I was feeling like royalty. I was living in a small apartment with a patio. I decided to break the camp stove in and BBQ grill some meat. Welllllll...... this was circa maybe 2003? The process for this stove was slightly different with a switch and me, being 19, slammed it over and.. poof! Lost my eyebrows, lashes and some major singing around my hair. Saving grace? My hair was up in a ponytail and I didn't have hairspray or other flammable products on my hair, or skin. That was a one and done! I'll tell you what. At 40? I'm pretty good with lighting things now and sure appreciate the caution this experience taught me.
I am so glad you were OK. I did the long road walk around that river crossing. Probably around the same time after record rain fall. I had read on FarOut that the crossing was chest deep on a guy, so knew it would be even deeper on me. At the AT office in Maine they showed on a water level chart that it was running more than 3 times the amount of water that they considered safe to cross during that time. There were so many deep water crossings at that time and that water was cold in September too. Greyhound 2023!
Maddie is a wonderful RUclipsr to watch. I thoroughly enjoy her videos and her reality of how she’s feeling and the whole idea of the beer on the trail is wonderful. I wish her the best hikes in the future and life. Thank you for having her as a guest on your video. 🙌❤😊
Maddie & Kyle great episode ! Loved hearing about Maddie’s AT hike and will definitely subscribe. Kyle you’re one of the only RUclipsrs I watch everything you post….
So exciting to see Maddie on your channel. Maddie is the All-American Girl, so modest, so nice, so sincere and such an experienced hiker. and adventurer. She ranks up there with all the great hiking vloggers. Have followed her all through her AT Adventures and will be going back to watch all her videos and future videos. You ROCK Maddie!
I’m so happy to see you interview Maddie!! She’s so wonderful 💗 I followed her AT hike and as I watched that river crossing, I was screaming at the screen (as if 😂) don’t do it wait till it goes down!! I would rather go a day or two rationing my food than cross that raging water🥹🥹🥹 I BOUT HAD A FULL PANIC ATTACK WATCHING IT😱😱 I can’t wait to see what’s next on the agenda for her and Smoke 🥰🥰
It’s wild listening to you youngsters recount how you tear through pair after pair of trail runners - I cannot imagine giving up hiking boots! Granted, the boots I wear nowadays are much lighter than the ones I wore when I was young, back in the Pleistocene era.
I feel that way about shoes as well. It’s hard for me to find shoes that don’t rub my heels because my heels are super narrow and the rest of my foot is wide. I usually hike in Chacos because I can cinch the heels. I live in a warmer climate. Boots don’t solve the problem either. They’re worse. And when I find a good pair, man I don’t want to give them up!
Love Maddie and her channel. I’ll never hike the AT and with her honest reporting in her videos I felt like I was there with her through the good and bad. She has a great eye for videography by zeroing in on little things to show us, whether it is a mushroom or bug or funky shaped tree. I binge watched the AT series and am now going back in her RUclips posts to the car camping videos and looking forward to new updates with SmokeMaster. Enjoy your beers, Maddie!
I did the same thing with my stove except it was between my legs on the ground and the water spilled on my ankle and burned me. So it can happen on the ground make sure you are on level ground.
Porth Dafarch, Anglesey: two dozen teens who were thru hiking the Wales Coast Path were crowded around a single picnic table, sitting two deep, sitting on laps, sitting on the table itself, camp chairs tightly packed… and they were using ten or twelve gas stoves on the table top to boil water. I managed not to be the old school mistress with a speech to make about avoiding burns and scalds, but only just. 😮
Dude I was thinking about reaching out to you to tell you to get Maddie on the pod, but you already had it in the works! Happy to see this collab, you guys are both awesome!
I had a nasty burn on my foot when camping 2 years ago. I had bought a pot out of Poundland here in the UK. There’s a similar shop in Canada called Dollerama. I’m not sure if there’s a similar store in the States. So, I’m sitting at this campsite in Scotland with a couple of eggs starting to boil on this small hiking stove. I’m sitting in a camp seat (you’re right Kyle!) suddenly I had this searing pain shoot through my foot!!! I kid you not, it actually felt like a shock of electricity. I remember this scream coming out of my mouth travelling down the valley and echoing back at me!!! This god damn pot had a long handle on it and when the water started to boil the movement just tipped the contents out, all over my left foot through my imitation campsite crocs!! The skin started to pop, bubble and blister!! It was nasty!! Really bad. Took quite a bit of time to heal tbh. Yep people. Camping pots are shaped the way they are for a reason. Loved the podcast btw.
So it’s funny at the beginning of your podcast talking about everybody wanted to share their opinion. So here I am, I’m gonna share my opinion lol. This is specific to me haven taken a Swift-water rescue course three times. It is easy to look back and say oh I could’ve done this or I could’ve done that. You did the best you could with the knowledge you had. And the truth is it can be scary if things get worse and the river did rise higher. First of all, I was glad to see you guys were on the down side of the river from the rope. That is sometimes a mistake people make is they’re on the upside which pushes them against the rope and pins them there, which is not a good situation. But for anyone watching this that may be part of a river crossing in anyway, please remember the following one thing that could save your life!!! Make sure the line that is across the stream is on an angle downstream. Whatever it takes to get that rope on about a 60 to 45° angle across the stream (rather than straight across or 90° is imperative. The most common mistake people make (even rescue personnel) is putting the rope straight or almost straight across. It is impossible to get it tight enough and even if you had a come along in the tools to do so it is just not safe. Even a slightly stretchy or slightly slack line can work as long as is on a good angle. With a 60-45 degree angle, the river will assist or even push you down the rope to the other side of the shore. Thus you’re not having to pull yourself across against the current. In training we had to watch a lot of videos where people put the rope straight across and I’ll spare you the outcome. We also got to experience it in the river during practice. Even in Rivers where it’s only waste deep and slower moving than the one you show on the video it can be tragic to not understand the physics of crossing. I can attest it’s amazing how this one simple thing can save your life. With proper training, rivers can be navigated pretty safely and yet without that training, it can be perilous. Statistics are pretty frightening in that rivers that are far more dangerous take less lives because people are more careful and get trained before trying to navigate them. I didn’t see the river for very long and of course I couldn’t see downstream (sweepers would change things tremendously), but from the part you showed this looks like about a class three river, which is fairly navigable will the right training. #Don’tTakeMyAdviceAndDie There are some other other things that we learned on how to cross rivers and it was pretty cool on how safely you can cross some pretty nasty gnarly rivers, but I don’t wanna get anyone to trouble by giving advice. If you’re curious, look up Swiftwater rescue training. There a Canadian Swiftwater rescue company is amazing and they train all over the world. Rescue Canadarescuecanada.ca › swiftwater-...Swiftwater Rescue Training Course | First Responder Training PS: I am not a good swimmer. So it was even more important for me to have this kind of training. And as a poor swimmer, I think I would’ve been pretty comfortable crossing that river as long as the rope had been on an angle. But it’s hard to tell in a video so don’t hold me to that. lol!!!!
“You did the best you could with the knowledge you had”- thank you for saying that! I forgot to say when telling the story, we had no service and couldn’t check the weather to see if the rain would continue or not. Lots of good info here, thank you for sharing!
I agree with Smokes about today’s modern hiking boots such as Merrell Moab’s and La Sportiva truly are not all that different from trail runners. They’re basically a high top sneaker. I do the same and basically buy what is most affordable that I know fit my feet.
My stove thing happened before I lit it. I screwed the canister together close to another already lit stove. They always leak a little and it flashed up from their stove to mine. I of course dropped it and then had to stomp out the flames. Oh I was inside a shelter. Never will I do that again.
I think its amazing that people let us join in on their experiences, it is such a privilege! I would never bet against anyone finishing, that's so mean! Some people just get on you tube to troll!
Kyle please come see the MN north shore, definitely take a minute in Grand Marais (my fav. place to be) before hiking the rock beach. MN nice🤘 I’ve followed you both for awhile and love your content.
I’ve been using the same set of Walmart trekking poles for at least 5 yrs hiking in NH. I often put all my weight on them when hopping off rocks when I don’t want to bend my bad knees too far. 😊 I’ve been following Beer in Beautiful Place since her beer in 50 states days❤
Internet trolls that make cruel comments are a bother to us all. Even if we aren't making the videos. I'm so glad y'all are able to handle it and keep making videos. You are awesome people.
Sounds like that aqua blaze would work great as a fun loop. It can kinda be seen as a break in the trail, but still work for the purist. I'm thinking aqua blaze north, then sobo white blaze back to the beginning of the aqua. Followed by a yellow blaze, back to the north end of the aqua blaze, to continue hiking nobo. Just a thought from a couch hiker.
Love my ULA Circuit pack..... .I believe I saw somewhere that the leading cause of death in wilderness areas are falls......I suppose to include falls into rivers.....raging rivers.......
Sketchy stove story. Only with liquid fuel and cat can type stove. Did all the right things, just like I had done for years and years. Level ground, wind stop, anchored stove, etc. fully lit and water pot on. No worries, until, WHAM! Huge swirling gust of wind toppled it over with flaming fuel going everywhere. My tarp, the ground, leeching quickly to leaves several feet away. Luckily, there was a light drizzle happening that saved the day to avoid a massive fire instantly ignited all over. It was contained enough for me to smother it quickly and avoid disaster. After that, I gave up open stoves and bought a jet boil. The original SoloTi. I still have it. Much better than the BRS type stoves. .
She is awesome i found her on day 4 of her hikeing the A.T and got absolutely addicted. I cant wait for her A.T documentary to come out its probably going to be 10 hours long with all the videos and updates she did. And im here for it. ❤ Thereareall ready thru hikers on the trail now. There two guys that all already 10 days into there hike they started before new years. Jack & bob ross channel on you tube. If anyone is interested
Wow Maddie that's crazy that not only did you scald yourself and continued on, but then did that incredibly horrifying river crossing too and then still finished (so what if Maine was a bit out of order? 🤪) BTW, aqua blazing thru the Shennies sounds amazing, I'll keep that in mind 😉 2023 was a bad year for floods in the Northern states on the AT. A lot of hikers just called it and went home. And no judgment from me to the people that did, cuz that's some scary shit! 😳 I'm pretty sure your family is a wee bit passed off at you for doing that crossing, though, aren't they? 😂 I know I'd never hear the end of it if I did something like that and then posted the video. Congratulations on your successful thru hike. You lived to tell the tale. Good on ye 😊
Well I was delivered from alchohol years ago so I don't touch it anymore . But i did watch her at hike the one she did in southern Indiana and fully loved her vlogs.
I’m a trucker and I use an MSR stove and 1qt titanium pot to boil water for tea or ramen in my truck. Ive burned myself twice with boiling water when the vibration of the truck idling walked the pot off center. I hold the pot handle the entire time now 😅
I recall another hiker, perhaps it was Dixie?, who said her closest brush with disaster on the AT was also crossing a river. So thankful it turned out well.
I saw her do a crossing (not sure which trail) where she ended up kind of swimming part way downstream. The video looked like she was ok, but I’m sure it wasn’t safe.
I don't see her aquablazing as cheating at all. She was still traveling in nature and it was not motorized. The canoeing took some effort, dodging those rocks and all. I don't see a problem.
It's not cheating unless you forgot to hike some. I LOVE CANOEING! It's your trip. Do what you love. You can do sections, skip stuff, canoe, climb mountains & camp out when you like. Just DO it!
PSA for y'all. If your camp stove does fall, let it fall. Don't catch the pot, the stove, or anything hot. Let it do its thing and recover it after falls. You can place yourself in a better position to prevent getting burned. Glad you're ok!
I didn't even realize that it Maddie only had 2 pairs of shoes during the journey. that's amazing wow. Even a bigger testament to how much magic she has lmaooo
This was my first experience with Trail Tails and it was great! I followed Maddie's entire AT hike on her YT Channel What a great attituted she seems to have about life in general! I know she found a boyfriend while on the trail. Sorry Smoke Master, but I have to say, I think she and Kyle had some sparks flying during this interview.
Thanks for having me on, Kyle! I had a blast! 🍻
Thank you!! Let's do another one at trail days!!
You need to look at the xboil stove set. 😅 extra safe, stable and light. 👍
Great video. Really miss your videos Maddie 😊
Great episode Kyle! Followed your hike Maddie - Thanks for sharing your journey.
Thanks for having Maddie on Kyle, I enjoyed watching herAT trail videos, I discovered her videos towards the end of her AT hike and got to binge watch them.
She makes an important point, the fine line discerning " facing a fear", and "fear is there for a reason "
I remember commenting on her original post a few hours after it came out and left some tips as a swiftwater rescue operator. Number one tip would be to string a line 45° across the current with the downstream side being where you’re wanting to go. never string a line at 90°. At 45° the current will help push you where you want to go, but a 90° will form a v-shape that can trap you. Also only ever cross on the downstream side of a line. There’s a lot of other water crossing methods you can look up (search swift water rescue water crossing or shallow water crossing techniques) but this would be the main one I suggest.
I love the way Maddie is so transparent and emotional. Cry counts and all that. Makes me feel normal. She's just Entertaining and has a good attitude ❤
She really does ❤so authentic
I was hoping to see Maddie on this series!! She does an incredible job of vlogging and hiking. She's a baddie!!!!
she's awesome!!
I've followed her whole journey It was fabulous I loved her weekly longer videos and her short videos also So well done so interesting
Maddie the baddie….you are PRECIOUS. I had no idea how much goes on out there that I’m clueless about 😂 As a retired E.R. nurse I saw another side of the hiking/camping/hunting crowd when y’all would come to visit me in the emergency room. So it’s fun for me to watch y’all on vide and hear all about the joy, victories, defeats and successes. A through hike for me is making it completely around a five mile loop is bad ass 😂😂😂 so you guys are SUPER HEROS to me.
Maddie is darling! She has such a unique way of vlogging, and she’s so entertaining!
Love her channel!
she's so cool!
I love that you finally got Maddie on! You said it well as far as why she’s so enthralling. It’s her positive energy and her quirky but endearing personality that draws you in. It’s a refreshing change from most hikers’ channels. Thanks for always getting such awesome guests on your podcast!
Thanks Kyle for introducing us to Maddie and BeerInBeautifulplaces…love her vibe and attitude! I’m from Minnesota and have sectioned hiked the SHT and I’m looking forward to watching her thru hike these beautiful miles…highly recommend you hike it someday Kyle…you’ll definitely have a shuttle driver/trail magic friend at your service if you get up here❤
Maddie, I followed ur AT journey the whole way. I loved it! I was watching the river crossing and was so nervous even though I knew you made it across.
Love Maddie! I watched most of her journey on RUclips and she's a real inspiration and joy to watch.
Maddie! Loved following you, Bad Bat, and Nahamsha on the AT this past year. 100% subscribed for the beer, stayed for great attitude.
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Same. Hope BadBat is doing ok. Her life went upside-down at the completion.
@@vanessa91614same. I felt so so badly for her when her world imploded and the way it happened to her. I hope she comes back one day
Thank you so much for having Maddie on, she is a real fun person!
I watched every video and loved her authentic personality.
blessed to have her share with us...
Myself, shared her AT hike with family, and friends 😊
That near death experience was terrifying 😮...
Maddie is a much stronger woman then myself!
I would have lost it .. right then right there!!!
What?!!! Yay!!! Two of my favorite thru hikers together in a pod cast?!! This is awesome!!!!
epic!! thank you for watching our content!
A sketchy water crossing can totally change my itinerary. Years ago I fell off a log into fast water , I was stuck on my back like a turtle and thankful my friend helped me out.
wow I'm so glad your friend was there to help!
While watching I thought the guy on the other side was taking off his shirt to help her, but no, just going about his business! Geez! He could have headed down to give her a word of encouragement, and a hand?!
Really enjoy having two of my favorite channels together.
thanks for tuning in!
Maddie is awesome.. I followed her whole hike and her videos were amazing.. love Smoke master, too! ❤
I’m so happy Maddie was on your show. I love her and can’t wait to see what she and Smoke do next. Best YT thru hiker ever
That River crossing was scary for sure.
Maddie, I started watching your AT adventure when you were mid way through and was immediately impressed (and hooked) by your ability to hike AND video your experience. You did an amazing job as an observer, steward of the land, and documentarian, overcoming your own self doubt, fears but relishing in your triumphs. Thank you for taking us all on your journey. Kyle, thank you too! I love both of your channels. You are doing a great job!
Thank you! 😊
Maddie is great, glad to see her here on your podcast Kyle.
she was highly requested! and a great guest. thank you for watching!
Maddie has been nice to share her tells of the trail.
Really happy she enjoyed it as she had to focus on the video
and made a memorable experience. thanks 🌻
Woohoo! Yay! Great convo with a fantastic guest! BIG LOVE & good health to you both!
@beerinbeautifulplaces Great interview! The minute I saw the fellow on the far bank stripping down I was concerned for you. Glad he was there!
Three hiking channels I watch regularly .... "Homemade Wanderlust," "Kyle Hates Hiking," and of course: "Beer in Beautiful Places."
Great to see two of my faves together ---- fabulous show.
That looks like a beautiful trip down the Shenandoah River!! I love kayaking or canoeing or rafting on a river. I also feel like a purist so will not do this for the AT but this does look like a blast. I have a little more respect for aquablazing now. Thank you for sharing a wide range of views on your podcast.
I have been following Ranger's AT story, and this water crossing was really terrifying.
Oh man! I got really lucky once with a camp stove. I had the tried and true old green Coleman that matches the propane cans. I only ever used it camping and when my dad gifted me a sweet stainless steel upgrade that didn't need to be assembled, I was feeling like royalty. I was living in a small apartment with a patio. I decided to break the camp stove in and BBQ grill some meat. Welllllll...... this was circa maybe 2003? The process for this stove was slightly different with a switch and me, being 19, slammed it over and.. poof! Lost my eyebrows, lashes and some major singing around my hair. Saving grace? My hair was up in a ponytail and I didn't have hairspray or other flammable products on my hair, or skin. That was a one and done! I'll tell you what. At 40? I'm pretty good with lighting things now and sure appreciate the caution this experience taught me.
Thanks for having Maddie on, Kyle! Happy New Year!
I am so glad you were OK. I did the long road walk around that river crossing. Probably around the same time after record rain fall. I had read on FarOut that the crossing was chest deep on a guy, so knew it would be even deeper on me. At the AT office in Maine they showed on a water level chart that it was running more than 3 times the amount of water that they considered safe to cross during that time. There were so many deep water crossings at that time and that water was cold in September too. Greyhound 2023!
She’s so sweet and genuine, great episode
Maddie is such a fun person to watch! She has such an easygoing personality! Great episode, Kyle G
glad you enjoyed it! very grateful to Maddie for coming on!
Maddie is a wonderful RUclipsr to watch. I thoroughly enjoy her videos and her reality of how she’s feeling and the whole idea of the beer on the trail is wonderful. I wish her the best hikes in the future and life. Thank you for having her as a guest on your video. 🙌❤😊
Maddie & Kyle great episode ! Loved hearing about Maddie’s AT hike and will definitely subscribe. Kyle you’re one of the only RUclipsrs I watch everything you post….
We love Maddie❤ so glad you had her on!!
So exciting to see Maddie on your channel. Maddie is the All-American Girl, so modest, so nice, so sincere and such an experienced hiker. and adventurer. She ranks up there with all the great hiking vloggers. Have followed her all through her AT Adventures and will be going back to watch all her videos and future videos. You ROCK Maddie!
I’m so happy to see you interview Maddie!! She’s so wonderful 💗 I followed her AT hike and as I watched that river crossing, I was screaming at the screen (as if 😂) don’t do it wait till it goes down!! I would rather go a day or two rationing my food than cross that raging water🥹🥹🥹 I BOUT HAD A FULL PANIC ATTACK WATCHING IT😱😱 I can’t wait to see what’s next on the agenda for her and Smoke 🥰🥰
im so glad she was okay! thank you for watching the show!
It’s wild listening to you youngsters recount how you tear through pair after pair of trail runners - I cannot imagine giving up hiking boots! Granted, the boots I wear nowadays are much lighter than the ones I wore when I was young, back in the Pleistocene era.
I feel that way about shoes as well. It’s hard for me to find shoes that don’t rub my heels because my heels are super narrow and the rest of my foot is wide. I usually hike in Chacos because I can cinch the heels. I live in a warmer climate. Boots don’t solve the problem either. They’re worse. And when I find a good pair, man I don’t want to give them up!
Love Maddie and her channel. I’ll never hike the AT and with her honest reporting in her videos I felt like I was there with her through the good and bad. She has a great eye for videography by zeroing in on little things to show us, whether it is a mushroom or bug or funky shaped tree. I binge watched the AT series and am now going back in her RUclips posts to the car camping videos and looking forward to new updates with SmokeMaster. Enjoy your beers, Maddie!
Oh my goodness! I watch her videos. Thank God she is ok.
thank you both maddie & kyle for such a delightful and inspiring interview. happy trails!
Kyle Hates Canoeing - new content for the channel, mate. This was a good one.
Maddie keeps it real. Love her videos. She is awesome
I did the same thing with my stove except it was between my legs on the ground and the water spilled on my ankle and burned me. So it can happen on the ground make sure you are on level ground.
It's a good idea to dig a small hole the size of the gas canister and drop it in a few inches to stabilize it 👍
yikes!!
I watched her from day one ! Was so excited to see her on your channel. 😊
hope you enjoyed it!
@@trailtalespod loved it !
You know me, leaving a comment for the algorithm 🍀🐌 I do enjoy the trail tails videos since you have been adding them as real vids!
Im so glad @beerinbeautifulplaces is taking off :) Super exciting to see you on Kyle's channel. Still have the glasses I won in your beer giveaway.
Thanks for supporting me for so many years! 💚
Always love you Maddie. You're an awesome girl, kind, positive, brave, generous...😇
Porth Dafarch, Anglesey: two dozen teens who were thru hiking the Wales Coast Path were crowded around a single picnic table, sitting two deep, sitting on laps, sitting on the table itself, camp chairs tightly packed… and they were using ten or twelve gas stoves on the table top to boil water. I managed not to be the old school mistress with a speech to make about avoiding burns and scalds, but only just. 😮
Great video Kyle, thank you for sharing it. All the best to you. 😊
When you interview Jack and Bob Ross I'll subscribe and give a 5 star 🌟 review. I love those guys. SEND IT!
Maddie had the best tramily ever! I’m not at all biased, though 😇!
Miss the CareBears!! 🐻🌞🏕️
Dude I was thinking about reaching out to you to tell you to get Maddie on the pod, but you already had it in the works! Happy to see this collab, you guys are both awesome!
i had a bunch of people request her! so glad she came on!
I started watching her AT in May. Loved her vibe, honesty, perspectives. So great to see you guys, who's adventures I'm invested in, together.😃👏
I had a nasty burn on my foot when camping 2 years ago. I had bought a pot out of Poundland here in the UK. There’s a similar shop in Canada called Dollerama. I’m not sure if there’s a similar store in the States. So, I’m sitting at this campsite in Scotland with a couple of eggs starting to boil on this small hiking stove. I’m sitting in a camp seat (you’re right Kyle!) suddenly I had this searing pain shoot through my foot!!! I kid you not, it actually felt like a shock of electricity. I remember this scream coming out of my mouth travelling down the valley and echoing back at me!!! This god damn pot had a long handle on it and when the water started to boil the movement just tipped the contents out, all over my left foot through my imitation campsite crocs!! The skin started to pop, bubble and blister!! It was nasty!! Really bad. Took quite a bit of time to heal tbh. Yep people. Camping pots are shaped the way they are for a reason. Loved the podcast btw.
So it’s funny at the beginning of your podcast talking about everybody wanted to share their opinion. So here I am, I’m gonna share my opinion lol.
This is specific to me haven taken a Swift-water rescue course three times. It is easy to look back and say oh I could’ve done this or I could’ve done that. You did the best you could with the knowledge you had. And the truth is it can be scary if things get worse and the river did rise higher.
First of all, I was glad to see you guys were on the down side of the river from the rope. That is sometimes a mistake people make is they’re on the upside which pushes them against the rope and pins them there, which is not a good situation.
But for anyone watching this that may be part of a river crossing in anyway, please remember the following one thing that could save your life!!! Make sure the line that is across the stream is on an angle downstream. Whatever it takes to get that rope on about a 60 to 45° angle across the stream (rather than straight across or 90° is imperative.
The most common mistake people make (even rescue personnel) is putting the rope straight or almost straight across. It is impossible to get it tight enough and even if you had a come along in the tools to do so it is just not safe. Even a slightly stretchy or slightly slack line can work as long as is on a good angle. With a 60-45 degree angle, the river will assist or even push you down the rope to the other side of the shore. Thus you’re not having to pull yourself across against the current.
In training we had to watch a lot of videos where people put the rope straight across and I’ll spare you the outcome. We also got to experience it in the river during practice. Even in Rivers where it’s only waste deep and slower moving than the one you show on the video it can be tragic to not understand the physics of crossing. I can attest it’s amazing how this one simple thing can save your life.
With proper training, rivers can be navigated pretty safely and yet without that training, it can be perilous. Statistics are pretty frightening in that rivers that are far more dangerous take less lives because people are more careful and get trained before trying to navigate them. I didn’t see the river for very long and of course I couldn’t see downstream (sweepers would change things tremendously), but from the part you showed this looks like about a class three river, which is fairly navigable will the right training. #Don’tTakeMyAdviceAndDie
There are some other other things that we learned on how to cross rivers and it was pretty cool on how safely you can cross some pretty nasty gnarly rivers, but I don’t wanna get anyone to trouble by giving advice. If you’re curious, look up Swiftwater rescue training. There a Canadian Swiftwater rescue company is amazing and they train all over the world. Rescue Canadarescuecanada.ca › swiftwater-...Swiftwater Rescue Training Course | First Responder Training
PS: I am not a good swimmer. So it was even more important for me to have this kind of training. And as a poor swimmer, I think I would’ve been pretty comfortable crossing that river as long as the rope had been on an angle. But it’s hard to tell in a video so don’t hold me to that. lol!!!!
“You did the best you could with the knowledge you had”- thank you for saying that! I forgot to say when telling the story, we had no service and couldn’t check the weather to see if the rain would continue or not. Lots of good info here, thank you for sharing!
I agree with Smokes about today’s modern hiking boots such as Merrell Moab’s and La Sportiva truly are not all that different from trail runners. They’re basically a high top sneaker. I do the same and basically buy what is most affordable that I know fit my feet.
Great job, Kyle.
My stove thing happened before I lit it. I screwed the canister together close to another already lit stove. They always leak a little and it flashed up from their stove to mine. I of course dropped it and then had to stomp out the flames. Oh I was inside a shelter. Never will I do that again.
I think its amazing that people let us join in on their experiences, it is such a privilege! I would never bet against anyone finishing, that's so mean! Some people just get on you tube to troll!
Kyle please come see the MN north shore, definitely take a minute in Grand Marais (my fav. place to be) before hiking the rock beach. MN nice🤘 I’ve followed you both for awhile and love your content.
I’ve been using the same set of Walmart trekking poles for at least 5 yrs hiking in NH. I often put all my weight on them when hopping off rocks when I don’t want to bend my bad knees too far. 😊
I’ve been following Beer in Beautiful Place since her beer in 50 states days❤
Internet trolls that make cruel comments are a bother to us all. Even if we aren't making the videos. I'm so glad y'all are able to handle it and keep making videos. You are awesome people.
Sounds like that aqua blaze would work great as a fun loop. It can kinda be seen as a break in the trail, but still work for the purist. I'm thinking aqua blaze north, then sobo white blaze back to the beginning of the aqua. Followed by a yellow blaze, back to the north end of the aqua blaze, to continue hiking nobo. Just a thought from a couch hiker.
good idea!
Love my ULA Circuit pack.....
.I believe I saw somewhere that the leading cause of death in wilderness areas are falls......I suppose to include falls into rivers.....raging rivers.......
Awesome. I start in March, with four pairs of Altras on the shelf. I reckon that will do it.
Maddie is my favorite❤❤
she is awesome!!
Maddie just has Angel Steps! That's why her shoes an trekking poles last so long!.❤😊
Sketchy stove story. Only with liquid fuel and cat can type stove. Did all the right things, just like I had done for years and years. Level ground, wind stop, anchored stove, etc. fully lit and water pot on. No worries, until, WHAM! Huge swirling gust of wind toppled it over with flaming fuel going everywhere. My tarp, the ground, leeching quickly to leaves several feet away. Luckily, there was a light drizzle happening that saved the day to avoid a massive fire instantly ignited all over. It was contained enough for me to smother it quickly and avoid disaster.
After that, I gave up open stoves and bought a jet boil. The original SoloTi. I still have it. Much better than the BRS type stoves.
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She rocks.
Maddie is a beautiful sole,! nice job you 2.
She is awesome i found her on day 4 of her hikeing the A.T and got absolutely addicted. I cant wait for her A.T documentary to come out its probably going to be 10 hours long with all the videos and updates she did. And im here for it. ❤
Thereareall ready thru hikers on the trail now. There two guys that all already 10 days into there hike they started before new years. Jack & bob ross channel on you tube. If anyone is interested
Ringo got burned on his 2018 AT thru hike. I ran into him on our way up Katahdin and he had healed up OK.
I used a butane/propane stove in the passenger foot well of my car once.. I was really I'll for three days from the fumes.
Won't do that again !
Hey Ranger. It's Flik. Haven't seen you since that incident with the stove. Glad to know you recovered and finished the trail.
Hey Flik! Thanks, hope the rest of the trail turned out good for you too!
2 of my favorites in 1 stop. ❤
My favorite piece of gear… tiny electric pump. Weighs nothing. Inflates pad like a boss! And my altras… so good
Wow Maddie that's crazy that not only did you scald yourself and continued on, but then did that incredibly horrifying river crossing too and then still finished (so what if Maine was a bit out of order? 🤪)
BTW, aqua blazing thru the Shennies sounds amazing, I'll keep that in mind 😉
2023 was a bad year for floods in the Northern states on the AT. A lot of hikers just called it and went home. And no judgment from me to the people that did, cuz that's some scary shit! 😳 I'm pretty sure your family is a wee bit passed off at you for doing that crossing, though, aren't they? 😂 I know I'd never hear the end of it if I did something like that and then posted the video.
Congratulations on your successful thru hike. You lived to tell the tale. Good on ye 😊
I’ll have to check her out. One of my fave hiker channels is Taylor The Nahamsha hiker but I’m biased being a native New Englander.
Watching this from balface shelter n.h what a time to be alive I love technology.
nice!!
I have seen all of Maddie's posts of the at
So happy Maddy survived the treacherous river crossing 🙏
Well I was delivered from alchohol years ago so I don't touch it anymore . But i did watch her at hike the one she did in southern Indiana and fully loved her vlogs.
I’m a trucker and I use an MSR stove and 1qt titanium pot to boil water for tea or ramen in my truck. Ive burned myself twice with boiling water when the vibration of the truck idling walked the pot off center. I hold the pot handle the entire time now 😅
I recall another hiker, perhaps it was Dixie?, who said her closest brush with disaster on the AT was also crossing a river. So thankful it turned out well.
I saw her do a crossing (not sure which trail) where she ended up kind of swimming part way downstream. The video looked like she was ok, but I’m sure it wasn’t safe.
I don't see her aquablazing as cheating at all. She was still traveling in nature and it was not motorized. The canoeing took some effort, dodging those rocks and all. I don't see a problem.
“Aqua blazing” sounds way cooler than “paddling” hahaha here in Missouri it’s just called floatin’ and a cooler full of beer is mandatory
I had no idea about the fact that you’d go through so many pairs of shoes….totally logical but obviously I know NOTHING about AT hiking 😂
Ranger!! Miss y'all.
You are so cool Maddie.
She is awesome!
Spilled burning alcohol (Heet) and burnt a hole in my sleeping pad! Was thankfully not hurt and I was able to patch the pad.
that's intense! glad you weren't hurt
The river crossing was very sketchy, not only can fast water pull you off the line but you don't know what objects are moving fast under the water.
It's not cheating unless you forgot to hike some. I LOVE CANOEING! It's your trip. Do what you love. You can do sections, skip stuff, canoe, climb mountains & camp out when you like. Just DO it!
I have never seen you blush so much Kyle, so cute!
Because she has such an attentive attractive seemingly caring presence on the video .she's a hottie in that way
hey ranger be well say hey to the smoke
So many underestimate the power of water. Glad everything turned out good and was not hurt.
PSA for y'all. If your camp stove does fall, let it fall. Don't catch the pot, the stove, or anything hot. Let it do its thing and recover it after falls. You can place yourself in a better position to prevent getting burned. Glad you're ok!
I didn't even realize that it Maddie only had 2 pairs of shoes during the journey. that's amazing wow. Even a bigger testament to how much magic she has lmaooo
This was my first experience with Trail Tails and it was great! I followed Maddie's entire AT hike on her YT Channel What a great attituted she seems to have about life in general! I know she found a boyfriend while on the trail. Sorry Smoke Master, but I have to say, I think she and Kyle had some sparks flying during this interview.