Thank you for taking us to this remote and beautiful watery place. The falls are lovely and all the round holes are really neat. Glad it is so difficult to get to!
My dad took us kids there back in the late 70s and it’s a place I’ll never forget!! I can close my eyes and smell it!! It’s worth every miserable step!!! ♥️
You guys have balls. After watching Missing 411, i would never go to the wilderness especially near the cascades or any body of water for that matter. Orgeon is a hotspot for missing persons according to david paulides.
I’m glad you found your machete. It’s so green out there. Great shots of Devils Staircase!! Really beautiful place. I absolutely love that there’s no trail to it. Great video Matt👍 Yes on episode 3
Thanks, Matt, for capturing so well the essence of this special place. It was a nostalgic stroll down memory lane, which is as close as I'm likely to come to summiting Devil's Staircase in my senior years. My first D.S. trek was in early 1980s; took three days to find the waterfall. We had to cross the Smith River at the hike's end, having done a car shuttle for the one-way trip down creek. Thankfully, my second visit, circa 2008, was a less challenging one-day hike to DS with Rep. Peter DeFazio, who championed its wilderness protection. I look forward to your next flick!
Thank you very much. It is a very special and wild place. I only heard about it a couple years ago. You went with DeFazio? Sweet! Next video is this Friday, exploring some old mining ruins in Ochoco NF.
Epic video. Mike made it look kind of easy LOL. I'd love to see a part 3, 4, 5, 6... You could explore in there forever. On Google Maps, somebody has great photos of some amazing old growth trees a little over one mile north of the Devil's Staircase. I've set my sights on trying to see those trees. But I'm still learning the road system in that area, and trying to find the best access. I hope to eventually get there.
Thanks Max. Mike was pretty much taking a stroll in his backyard. Yep those roads are crazy, and not completely accurate on google maps at some parts. The trees were something I wish I had captured more. It is hard sometimes to get everything you want when you need to focus on getting there.
Wow, such a wonderful view and fascinating how you explained the round potholes in the creek bed. Truly lovely video that I could watch again and again. This video sums up my discussion with Oregon Mike H earlier, of why I never watch TV these days as with so many beautiful videos like yours, why would I want to watch anything else. ❤
Thanks Arielle! The complicated term "fluvial geomorphology" was suggested by a scientist I know. Was a new term to me. I read about it a bunch and tried to simplify it. I also am a fan of independent media. My main thing is I like watching things that were not done for profit, it is a more pure art that way.
@@MattCookOregon you're most welcome. It was truly an interesting and informative video as well as beautiful. Yep, TV and the newspapers have lost me as a consumer. I find far more that stimulates my mind on here.
! ! ! EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL ! ! ! ! ! ! EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ! ! ! This Incredible and Enchanting Place Does Not Deserve Such an Inappropriate Name. That's Why I’d To Call It as The Holy Staircase !
Been Researching this Waterfall for 6+ months. I am so Excited to go this Spring and Try and find it. So many Maps and little hints I have found here and there! Love your Content!!
Awesome thank you very much. I could have done a detailed guide on my route, but didn't want to spoil the wildness of this place. Hope your adventure is good. Let me know if any questions on it.
Thanks Rob. Nice to have these really wild places still. This is definitely a tough adventure. Mike said he wants to go back so hopefully I can go and have better conditions for photos.
These videos are beautiful, I can't do these things. I'm older and disabled, and it makes you feel like you're almost there!!! Great videography!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you Jen. I do like to give the experience of being there so that is nice to hear it is working. This one was extra special because not many get to see this one.
Thank you very much for the take-a-along. I've added this hike to my list of "not going to places". With my physical limitations and poor navigational skills, I'll stick to mostly flat ground and clearly marked trails in metropolitan areas and leave the "fun" stuff to people with much better abilities. Obviously, someone who can find a needle in a haystack, or a machete in a thick growth forest, can make this look easy, but beware - it's not. In the past, I've done enough "off trail" hikes to recognize extreme difficulty as shown by this well done video footage. Good Luck!
Thanks Connie. Got to be careful! This has got to be the most wild hike I have covered. I do plan on another visit sometime. I would like better photography. This one was a bit rushed which happens in tougher situations.
Wow awesome!!!! Dude that place is epic!!!! I know you hated to leave there so beautiful!!! Love to see a episode 3 but please be careful, looks a little dangerous
Thank you for the beautiful and peaceful Oregon forest and waterfall. So sad because I knew a little too late for me to go see places like this at my senior age with a broken left leg caused by a motorcycle accident.
Oh dude! You found your machete! Amazing and so rare in such a dense forest. I’m stoked all that hard work paid off, and you found the destination and successfully made it back safe.
It was worth the wait! Beautiful episode...loved the whole adventure overall and the waterfall itself is amazing. I'm stunned you actually found your machete in that jungle. Very enjoyable series. Wouldn't say no to Ep. 3...
Bravo, congrats. On my bucket list. Did the second try have less undergrowth? The video makes it look that way. And yes, episode 3 please. I think you approached the falls from the same general direction I’ve been mapping. Not asking you for directions.. it’s like backcountry skiing, ‘earn your turns’ in finding your own route. How long did it take you round trip on your second trip? Hope you bought a lotto ticket after finding your knife. Amazing. Cheers.
Thanks! Second try was more clear for sure. The first try there was some branches covering that path, and ribbons going the other way. Either natural trees had fallen or some hardcore locals were messing with us haha. Round trip was probably 5 hours but would be way more if I didn't have Mike with me. Many times we would be following a faint path and it completely disappeared. Enjoy, be safe. Remember ep 1, no shame in turning around and trying another day.
I hiked to those falls about 30 years ago. Made it a several day backpack trip. I followed the route in a popular Oregon hiking book (won't say which one ;-) )It was a shorter hike through the woods to the creek, but a lot further following the creek than I think you took the first time. I'm not sure, but the route you took on the second attempt may have been the same one I took. Absolutely beautiful area! Thanks for the awesome videos. It's every bit as gorgeous as I remember it. Makes me want to go back again.
@@MattCookOregon It might have only been 25 years, time flies. The Staircase looks like I remember it, but the road in looks like it has grown up a lot.
@@MattCookOregon I was randomly looking for videos for my Grandsons to watch about Oregon. It was on a travel site. We have watched a few of your videos now. We are homeschooling right now and these fit into science and history lessons.
That is awesome to hear! I didn't get much Oregon history when I went to school. Below are 3 nice educational ones. Clear Lake: ruclips.net/video/2Y0Y-pTqNf0/видео.html Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge: ruclips.net/video/-feVq4tlxHc/видео.html Bohemia Mountain Gold Mines: ruclips.net/video/-mmWmITySHY/видео.html
@@MattCookOregon Ontario is a company that builds edged tools for the us gov they won't set you back 30 bucks and are tested in jungles of Vietnam and then some.
Sorry that I'm so late getting here to watch. I may not have won a new car..... But I did gain serenity by watching this as well as a longing to see such beauty with my own eyes.
Yeah, I had a plot up a tributary to that Wasson Creek back in 2018. It was down lower, not in the wilderness, but roadless and nasty. Thanksgiving Day. Salmon spawning on the way in. Up waterfalls and rock chutes in the creek. The final approach involved crawling on hands and knees through that evergreen huckleberry. Plot did not have very many trees, but they were huge and very difficult to measure. It was raining the entire time on the plot and we finally finished around 4. The way out was nearly a disaster as the creeks had filled up and the rock chutes were over the knees deep in rushing water in the failing light. Hit Wasson Creek in full darkness by flashlight and the grassy banks were fully submerged, balls deep trudge the final 1/4 mile. Damn near got shot at the gate trying to leave by a drunken rancher. Every time I have work in the Smith River country I dread it, absolutely the worst place in Oregon if you ask me.
Your video looks like something off of a travel channel! So well done! I used to live in Silverton, and this reminds me of a song my kindergarten teacher taught about the beauty of Oregon. Keep these videos coming! New friend here!
If you wanna take the trail i just did over the weekend Matt ill take you. All the way in and out safely. It can be done 2.5 hours in and 3 hours out at a decent pace.
Yep! Ya know I have never used trekking poles. Probably would be nice for lots of hikes. I always like having my hands for cameras and things like that.
@@MattCookOregon Since you like bushwhacking adventures, ever thought of trying to see "Big Heart Falls"? It's a gigantic seasonal waterfall that can only seen after a grueling bushwhack. I've planned to do it several times, but couldn't find anyone else crazy enough to do it with... In the Spring, Big Heart Lake during the runoff feeds into Delta Lake... and the Waterfall can only be seen from the East shore of Delta Lake... Which requires hacking through a quarter to half mile of devils club... www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall/Big-Heart-Falls-4593 As for trekking poles, you can't go wrong with these for the money: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WT8VD11/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks for the tip, never heard of it. Looks pretty interesting. I have a cheap pair of trekking poles, only used them when snow shoeing. You do much bushwacking with poles? I feel like you need your hands more often that they might not be worth having.
@@MattCookOregon Get good with them and they become your hands... The hardest I've seen guys eat it is on a bad shrub repel or a trail slip with no poles... Seen everything from broken ankle to a nasty fractured clavicle. Broken ankle girl ended up using my poles and I had a 60lb pack on my chest and back for 2 miles... That was a rough trip. When the brush is thick and ground is firm, I take the baskets off my poles so they don't get snagged... And I can't tell you how many times they have saved me from a serious knee, ankle, or other injury... Especially toward the end of an adventure when you are feeling all spaced out going downhill... In the event of a bad fall, you can usually sacrifice one or both poles to absorb the load of your body weight, but most of the time, you will catch yourself on a slip and that will never happen. I do not recommend carbon fiber poles of ANY kind. In the colder conditions the become brittle and should they catastrophically fail you be dealing with spiderweb strands of frozen carbon that can really cut you. Aluminum with a clamping lock mechanism is the way to go. And dunk them to rinse them and periodically lube them if you are a heavy sweater, the salt will run off your hands and build up in and on the pole causing bind ups and other malfunctions. I've gotten to where I bring an extra pair for the people I hike or go on adventures with... along with traction aids. And some other suggestions, OR Crocodiles is where it is at for gators... and acrteryx acrux waterproof packs (While discontinued but you can get them for a steal off Ebay sometimes). Danny Trejo recommends a Cold steel kukri machete with the handle dipped in Plastidip, and a 45" pocket hand chainsaw. And... once you get a good old pair of cross trainers and heavy hikers (or mountaineering boots), get some 1/2", 5/8", or 3/4" (whichever gives you the most purchase without stabbing your foot) sheet metal screws and drive them into the soles or lugs of your boots. All around the perimeter... I love me some Khatoola microspikes, but I swear the bands on those things fail at the worst possible times... I don't off trail as much as I used to... stepped on a massive subterranean yellow jacket complex with picking Chanterelle mushrooms way off trail one time. Even running as fast as I could, I got stung 15 times one the both legs... had them in my boots, gators, up my shorts... Didn't sleep 3 nights due to the itching... It was a complete invisible hive. Turns out I was standing on the entrance... I heard the activity and started looking around for them, had no idea they were under me. When I moved my foot the piled out... Was like something out of a horror movie. Meh, I drank a big coffee and typed alot. Your video was awesome, reminded me of my bushwhack bucket list... and all that was left undone...
Be sure to watch episode 1 first:
ruclips.net/video/tI6z9WxYF7g/видео.html
Thank you for taking us to this remote and beautiful watery place. The falls are lovely and all the round holes are really neat. Glad it is so difficult to get to!
Thank you. This is a special spot with how remote it is. I like that we have some places like this without a trail.
My dad took us kids there back in the late 70s and it’s a place I’ll never forget!! I can close my eyes and smell it!! It’s worth every miserable step!!! ♥️
Awesome. I bet it hasn't changed much. It is cool to have real wilderness still without trails.
You guys have balls. After watching Missing 411, i would never go to the wilderness especially near the cascades or any body of water for that matter. Orgeon is a hotspot for missing persons according to david paulides.
Thank you! I grew up going to wilderness so it seems very normal. People are the real scary thing to me.
I’m glad you found your machete. It’s so green out there. Great shots of Devils Staircase!! Really beautiful place. I absolutely love that there’s no trail to it. Great video Matt👍
Yes on episode 3
Thanks Jason! Every trip I hear about this place had some stuff lost. My wife also lost her knife but I didn't get any footage of it.
Thanks, Matt, for capturing so well the essence of this special place. It was a nostalgic stroll down memory lane, which is as close as I'm likely to come to summiting Devil's Staircase in my senior years. My first D.S. trek was in early 1980s; took three days to find the waterfall. We had to cross the Smith River at the hike's end, having done a car shuttle for the one-way trip down creek. Thankfully, my second visit, circa 2008, was a less challenging one-day hike to DS with Rep. Peter DeFazio, who championed its wilderness protection. I look forward to your next flick!
Thank you very much. It is a very special and wild place. I only heard about it a couple years ago. You went with DeFazio? Sweet! Next video is this Friday, exploring some old mining ruins in Ochoco NF.
Epic video. Mike made it look kind of easy LOL. I'd love to see a part 3, 4, 5, 6... You could explore in there forever. On Google Maps, somebody has great photos of some amazing old growth trees a little over one mile north of the Devil's Staircase. I've set my sights on trying to see those trees. But I'm still learning the road system in that area, and trying to find the best access. I hope to eventually get there.
Thanks Max. Mike was pretty much taking a stroll in his backyard. Yep those roads are crazy, and not completely accurate on google maps at some parts. The trees were something I wish I had captured more. It is hard sometimes to get everything you want when you need to focus on getting there.
Great video you made it👍🏻
Thanks! Was awesome to see. Though harder to enjoy while being soaked. I want to try camping there.
Great video!
BLM has commented on my video. My life is complete. Thank you BLM! You ever need anything, I got you.
Wow, such a wonderful view and fascinating how you explained the round potholes in the creek bed. Truly lovely video that I could watch again and again. This video sums up my discussion with Oregon Mike H earlier, of why I never watch TV these days as with so many beautiful videos like yours, why would I want to watch anything else. ❤
Thanks Arielle! The complicated term "fluvial geomorphology" was suggested by a scientist I know. Was a new term to me. I read about it a bunch and tried to simplify it. I also am a fan of independent media. My main thing is I like watching things that were not done for profit, it is a more pure art that way.
@@MattCookOregon you're most welcome. It was truly an interesting and informative video as well as beautiful. Yep, TV and the newspapers have lost me as a consumer. I find far more that stimulates my mind on here.
So happy to go to Devils Staircase with you today. Gorgeous and awesome. Thank You so much.
Thank you! This is a really wild place. Thinking I need to go back and get a proper photo...
Thank you for taking us where we can not go.
Thank you. This is defiantly a tough one to get to. I would like to revisit actually..
Those wilderness colors...👌
Truly a wild place, that can defend itself from us!
! ! ! EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL ! ! !
! ! ! EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ! ! !
This Incredible and Enchanting Place Does Not Deserve Such an Inappropriate Name.
That's Why I’d To Call It as The Holy Staircase !
Love it. I keep meaning to revisit. But not a great place for my kids! Yet...
That's really a beautiful and cool place.
Thanks Ninja Bro!
Some journey!!!!!Your wife is a trooper!!
Yeah this was pretty wild! Our newest wilderness zone. So wild and dangerous. Love it.
Can't wait to watch Episode 3
Sweet! A bit delayed due to covid. I was thinking sleeping down there would be fun.
Been Researching this Waterfall for 6+ months. I am so Excited to go this Spring and Try and find it. So many Maps and little hints I have found here and there! Love your Content!!
Awesome thank you very much. I could have done a detailed guide on my route, but didn't want to spoil the wildness of this place. Hope your adventure is good. Let me know if any questions on it.
Excellent expedition brother. Love to do that. Well done.
You let me know when you are in Oregon and I will show you this and much more! You can even sleep in my bed!
A beautiful spot! Im glad there are places like this that reward the persistent and intrepid explorer.
Thanks Rob. Nice to have these really wild places still. This is definitely a tough adventure. Mike said he wants to go back so hopefully I can go and have better conditions for photos.
Crazy awesome! I felt so rewarded when you guys came up on it. That place is Beautiful. Thank you I almost cried it was so pretty!
That is great to hear, thank you. The video giving viewers a feeling is the ultimate goal for me.
These videos are beautiful, I can't do these things. I'm older and disabled, and it makes you feel like you're almost there!!! Great videography!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you Jen. I do like to give the experience of being there so that is nice to hear it is working. This one was extra special because not many get to see this one.
Well done, film, music. Thank you for showing me some place I’m not fit to go myself
Thank you. Most should not even attempt this. It is rough with no trail. It was special though I might want to visit again to get better photography.
Awesome video my friend great job on the video 👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Wow. I'm in Portland gunna have to check this out
Awesome. Be very careful. No good maps, trails, markings. Very off grid.
Thank you very much for the take-a-along. I've added this hike to my list of "not going to places". With my physical limitations and poor navigational skills, I'll stick to mostly flat ground and clearly marked trails in metropolitan areas and leave the "fun" stuff to people with much better abilities. Obviously, someone who can find a needle in a haystack, or a machete in a thick growth forest, can make this look easy, but beware - it's not. In the past, I've done enough "off trail" hikes to recognize extreme difficulty as shown by this well done video footage. Good Luck!
Thanks Connie. Got to be careful! This has got to be the most wild hike I have covered. I do plan on another visit sometime. I would like better photography. This one was a bit rushed which happens in tougher situations.
Wow awesome!!!! Dude that place is epic!!!! I know you hated to leave there so beautiful!!! Love to see a episode 3 but please be careful, looks a little dangerous
Thanks Pam. Not often you get a brand new wilderness zone. I just hope the people I send are careful!
What a great adventure and amazing spot thanks for sharing your hard work!
Thank you PNW!
Thank you for the beautiful and peaceful Oregon forest and waterfall. So sad because I knew a little too late for me to go see places like this at my senior age with a broken left leg caused by a motorcycle accident.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the virtual journey to Devil's Staircase. Most people young or old wouldn't even try this one.
Hell yea brother
Thanks bro
Oh dude! You found your machete! Amazing and so rare in such a dense forest. I’m stoked all that hard work paid off, and you found the destination and successfully made it back safe.
Ha got the big knife back! But then months later I used it to start a flint n steel fire and dented it heavily haha.
It was worth the wait! Beautiful episode...loved the whole adventure overall and the waterfall itself is amazing. I'm stunned you actually found your machete in that jungle. Very enjoyable series. Wouldn't say no to Ep. 3...
EP 3: MATT HELPS SOFTROADING DESTROY HIS CAR ON DEVILS STAIRCASE ROADS. Haha. My paint job is seriously ruined. Thanks so much man.
Bravo, congrats. On my bucket list. Did the second try have less undergrowth? The video makes it look that way. And yes, episode 3 please. I think you approached the falls from the same general direction I’ve been mapping. Not asking you for directions.. it’s like backcountry skiing, ‘earn your turns’ in finding your own route. How long did it take you round trip on your second trip?
Hope you bought a lotto ticket after finding your knife. Amazing.
Cheers.
Thanks! Second try was more clear for sure. The first try there was some branches covering that path, and ribbons going the other way. Either natural trees had fallen or some hardcore locals were messing with us haha. Round trip was probably 5 hours but would be way more if I didn't have Mike with me. Many times we would be following a faint path and it completely disappeared. Enjoy, be safe. Remember ep 1, no shame in turning around and trying another day.
I hiked to those falls about 30 years ago. Made it a several day backpack trip. I followed the route in a popular Oregon hiking book (won't say which one ;-) )It was a shorter hike through the woods to the creek, but a lot further following the creek than I think you took the first time.
I'm not sure, but the route you took on the second attempt may have been the same one I took.
Absolutely beautiful area! Thanks for the awesome videos. It's every bit as gorgeous as I remember it. Makes me want to go back again.
Whoa 30 years. Bet it hasn't changed much? Super cool. I felt a little guilty covering such a secret but I figure this spot can defend itself ya know.
@@MattCookOregon It might have only been 25 years, time flies. The Staircase looks like I remember it, but the road in looks like it has grown up a lot.
Dude that road ruined my paintjob for ever. At least i can drive any offroads without a care now haha.
Please do episode 3 I have been to this place I am from Wales originally amazing footage thank you
Oh wow. This is a hard one to find. I would love to come back with my new camera.
Thank You so much! This was wonderful. It was almost like being there! You are a very good virtual guide.
Wonderful. Thanks a bunch. Were you looking for Devil's Staircase or was this a random find?
@@MattCookOregon I was randomly looking for videos for my Grandsons to watch about Oregon. It was on a travel site. We have watched a few of your videos now. We are homeschooling right now and these fit into science and history lessons.
That is awesome to hear! I didn't get much Oregon history when I went to school. Below are 3 nice educational ones.
Clear Lake:
ruclips.net/video/2Y0Y-pTqNf0/видео.html
Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge:
ruclips.net/video/-feVq4tlxHc/видео.html
Bohemia Mountain Gold Mines:
ruclips.net/video/-mmWmITySHY/видео.html
@@MattCookOregon Thank You!
I wonder whats at the bottom of that 20ft deep waterfall pool...be cool to scubadive in there!cool video
Thank you. Would be cool to see, I don't think anyone is crazy enough to carry that kind of gear. Probably crawdad heaven down there.
Nice ground score you found it!!! Still buy an Ontario in addition to your tools!
Oh man I'm collecting so many. What is an Ontario?
@@MattCookOregon Ontario is a company that builds edged tools for the us gov they won't set you back 30 bucks and are tested in jungles of Vietnam and then some.
This is awesome! I always wonder what Oregon is hiding that no one has seen yet.
Thank you! We got all kinds of good spots. I especially love the unnamed ones.
Just Wow!
Glad you stuck around for episode 2!
first comment wins a brand new car!
Matt.Cook.Oregon 😂😂😂
@@BackpackingWithJason So close better luck next time Jason.
@Marvin Williford Hey I heard those little scooters are legal at national parks so you can shred it up at the crater lake trails!
@@OregonMikeH It comes with a dog, are you sure?
Sorry that I'm so late getting here to watch. I may not have won a new car..... But I did gain serenity by watching this as well as a longing to see such beauty with my own eyes.
Yeah, I had a plot up a tributary to that Wasson Creek back in 2018. It was down lower, not in the wilderness, but roadless and nasty. Thanksgiving Day. Salmon spawning on the way in. Up waterfalls and rock chutes in the creek. The final approach involved crawling on hands and knees through that evergreen huckleberry. Plot did not have very many trees, but they were huge and very difficult to measure. It was raining the entire time on the plot and we finally finished around 4. The way out was nearly a disaster as the creeks had filled up and the rock chutes were over the knees deep in rushing water in the failing light. Hit Wasson Creek in full darkness by flashlight and the grassy banks were fully submerged, balls deep trudge the final 1/4 mile. Damn near got shot at the gate trying to leave by a drunken rancher. Every time I have work in the Smith River country I dread it, absolutely the worst place in Oregon if you ask me.
Well on the plus side the animals sure love it!
@@MattCookOregon yep, hands and knees through the huckleberry was on a deer trail, likely they have to do the same thing
Your video looks like something off of a travel channel! So well done! I used to live in Silverton, and this reminds me of a song my kindergarten teacher taught about the beauty of Oregon. Keep these videos coming! New friend here!
Thank you, I really appreciate that. I am always trying to improve to get to that travel channel and natgeo level.
If you wanna take the trail i just did over the weekend Matt ill take you. All the way in and out safely. It can be done 2.5 hours in and 3 hours out at a decent pace.
Thank you. A different path than mine? Stick around and don't be a stranger.
Paint your machete and anything else that you don't want to lose fluorescent orange. It makes it a lot easier to find.
A solid idea! Only downside is that it would remind me of the Beavers LOL
Trekking poles would help so much going up and down that crap...
Yep! Ya know I have never used trekking poles. Probably would be nice for lots of hikes. I always like having my hands for cameras and things like that.
@@MattCookOregon Since you like bushwhacking adventures, ever thought of trying to see "Big Heart Falls"? It's a gigantic seasonal waterfall that can only seen after a grueling bushwhack. I've planned to do it several times, but couldn't find anyone else crazy enough to do it with... In the Spring, Big Heart Lake during the runoff feeds into Delta Lake... and the Waterfall can only be seen from the East shore of Delta Lake... Which requires hacking through a quarter to half mile of devils club... www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall/Big-Heart-Falls-4593
As for trekking poles, you can't go wrong with these for the money: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WT8VD11/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks for the tip, never heard of it. Looks pretty interesting. I have a cheap pair of trekking poles, only used them when snow shoeing. You do much bushwacking with poles? I feel like you need your hands more often that they might not be worth having.
@@MattCookOregon Get good with them and they become your hands... The hardest I've seen guys eat it is on a bad shrub repel or a trail slip with no poles... Seen everything from broken ankle to a nasty fractured clavicle. Broken ankle girl ended up using my poles and I had a 60lb pack on my chest and back for 2 miles... That was a rough trip.
When the brush is thick and ground is firm, I take the baskets off my poles so they don't get snagged... And I can't tell you how many times they have saved me from a serious knee, ankle, or other injury... Especially toward the end of an adventure when you are feeling all spaced out going downhill... In the event of a bad fall, you can usually sacrifice one or both poles to absorb the load of your body weight, but most of the time, you will catch yourself on a slip and that will never happen.
I do not recommend carbon fiber poles of ANY kind. In the colder conditions the become brittle and should they catastrophically fail you be dealing with spiderweb strands of frozen carbon that can really cut you.
Aluminum with a clamping lock mechanism is the way to go. And dunk them to rinse them and periodically lube them if you are a heavy sweater, the salt will run off your hands and build up in and on the pole causing bind ups and other malfunctions. I've gotten to where I bring an extra pair for the people I hike or go on adventures with... along with traction aids.
And some other suggestions, OR Crocodiles is where it is at for gators... and acrteryx acrux waterproof packs (While discontinued but you can get them for a steal off Ebay sometimes). Danny Trejo recommends a Cold steel kukri machete with the handle dipped in Plastidip, and a 45" pocket hand chainsaw.
And... once you get a good old pair of cross trainers and heavy hikers (or mountaineering boots), get some 1/2", 5/8", or 3/4" (whichever gives you the most purchase without stabbing your foot) sheet metal screws and drive them into the soles or lugs of your boots. All around the perimeter... I love me some Khatoola microspikes, but I swear the bands on those things fail at the worst possible times...
I don't off trail as much as I used to... stepped on a massive subterranean yellow jacket complex with picking Chanterelle mushrooms way off trail one time. Even running as fast as I could, I got stung 15 times one the both legs... had them in my boots, gators, up my shorts... Didn't sleep 3 nights due to the itching... It was a complete invisible hive. Turns out I was standing on the entrance... I heard the activity and started looking around for them, had no idea they were under me. When I moved my foot the piled out... Was like something out of a horror movie. Meh, I drank a big coffee and typed alot. Your video was awesome, reminded me of my bushwhack bucket list... and all that was left undone...
Would not object to an episode #3. Be safe.
Thanks. Always! I turned around when things got sketchy in the first try.
There is 30,000 untouched acres of wilderness there, episode 3
True! Time to restock the bear spray.
When are we doing Episode #3? I'll bring you in the long way... : )
Fav season?
@@MattCookOregon Probably late spring just after the rains let up and the water drops...
Who decides what rocks need to be demonized in Oregon
and can we get rock staircases named something friendly ?
Lots of devils here. I think it was a racist term for Native American.
who first found this beautiful place?
Wish I knew. I am sure Native Americans found it first. Then a Scottsburg resident probably found it later.
I’m guessing timber company or blm surveyor.
Cooer with imi
what?
I would be so happy if there was never a trail. Simply let it be as is. 🤍💖❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
Yeah it is a true wilderness. I love it.