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For the Centennial Trail, are there any permits you need to get prior to the trip for any of the parks you hike through? or all they all walk up permits?

Appreciate it, I use the ridge runner/thunderfly combo as well, but my base is more then you, wonder what is your weight for your hammock and your tarp.

There’s no such thing as paying “a little bit extra just to make it a little bit lighter.” 🤣 I bet costs to upgrade average around $40 for each ounce saved.

Watched quite a few of your videos. Great work. If you were going to hike 80 miles or so in that first 170 (springer to Fontana) what would you choose? Thanks for any advice

Fellow MN native here. Love your channel and it has inspired me to get back out into backpacking again after 10+ years of hiatus (due to a wildly terrible 100+ ticks & black bear trip that scarred me in 2013.) I love your Dorito ritual and plan to adopt it. Hope you don't mind. Imitation, flattery and all that... :)

At least you don’t have to worry about bears in the Black Hills. Scariest thing there is the mountain lion which you will be lucky to ever see. Also, lots of rattlesnakes so you have to watch your step

There are actually a lot of ticks in the black hills/paha sapa. They can also potentially carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Good call on the permethrin

Grab Shokz headphones and dump the speaker, otherwise nice setup

I'll be hitting the Centennial Trail with my son on Aug 25th. We loved the loop trail you shared with us so we had to go back for more!

Great video

Mr Backpacker, your diet is terrible. :)

Having used pieces from both Aclima and Brynje I can confirm the performance of these kind of baselayers. Both Aclima and Brynje share a really poor fit, however. They're both about 80%/20% wool/polyamide I think. Expect to size up from what you'd expect from their size charts and be prepared for long sleeves that aren't very long. My Aclima stuff wore out very quickly and, whist the Brynje material seems more durable the fit is poor - very snug in the shoulders and a good 5" short of my wrists. The mesh stuff from Ortovox is a way better fit and is much stretchier, and their Thermovent products are happily 99% merino and just 1% polyamide. It's very expensive though, so I'll be acquiring items as and when I spot them at end-of-season prices.

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I swear the ticks in the Ozarks are immune to it

Sadley, I ordered a pack in November of 2023 from Waymark, and it arrived in January of 2024. I ordered their 60 L pack, it was on sale for 20 percent off, which was nice. The pack arrived and it fit fairly well but the hip built did not fit correctly. I sent Waymark multiple emails and I tried to contact them by phone. They completed ghosted me. I think they have gone out of business. The pack was nicely made but super-hot on my back compared to my Zpacks pack. I am not sure what I will do with this pack, I guess sell it at a loss and move on. I was looking for a beefier pack because I hike with my dog, and I carry all of her food and gear. Maybe I will try a ULA pack instead. I will admit I am very disappointed and how they treated me. Take care

Fun video. It's nice to walk around town instead of driving everywhere.

That's hilarious my wife would probably find humor in doing the same we have a similar dynamic I'm semi in shape and used to be a pro athlete and my wife isn't... Lol also I'm familiar with that area I graduated from Red Wing in 93.

Not as challenging as our game when I was a kid. It was called "get in the trunk" you'd get dropped off to figure out where you were. No cell phones then.

You should have swam across that river and saved some miles :)

Oh snap. I knew you lived somewhere in my neighborhood but I didn't realize it was that close to me. Hastings resident here.

I don't think I heard you state it in the video, but how long did that trek take?

I think that's your wife's way of saying that you have been home to long and need to get out of town for a few days :)

This was Awesome. I just got one question how do you train your body to do 20 plus miles a day. I am lucky to get 10miles

Do you two have a safe word?

KOD!

Nice job Jeremy, that was entertaining.

What was cell reception like for you? Were you able to get some signal everyday?

InsectShield will treat your clothing for you. It lasts up to 70 washes. You can buy treated clothing from them too.

Thanks for such common-sense advice! I have found, too, that the condition of one's knees/hips/feet is a factor as well. I have the beginning of a bunion as well as a knee that wants to give me 'runner's knee" on descents if I am not in shape (it resolves after many moderate hikes). So I have to be careful about how I walk (heel first) as well as toe box size. I now have 0 drop Keen water sandals, 11mm drop Moab 3 shoes, and 17mm drop Keen Cascadia. I may get a trail runner at some point but yes it'll vary per trail. Thanks.

I'm in the UK where it's usually cold & wet all year round. A good example of our summer time is today - it rained last night soaking everything, the sun was out this morning, it's now 12:10pm and it's been raining for an hour and everything is soaking again but now the sun is shining again and the temp is 61°F 🤣 I've seen lots of UA-camrs 'promoting' non waterproof trail runners because they "dry out faster than waterproof boots and because they're lighter you won't fatigue as quickly"... I'd like to know your opinion on this from our cold wet environment stand point, bearing in mind that most people in the UK are weekend warriors and not the thru hiking type. The British army debunked the claims in a study that a lightweight boot reduced fatigue compared to a full leather heavier boot while walking (The results were so small they were negligible) The results changed when they were running, the fatigue increased with members using the heavier full leather boot. So unless you're running, the weight of the boot doesn't make much difference to fatigue. I guess that's why they call them trail RUNNERS not trail HIKERS 🤣... My next gripe is that they say that trail runners dry out quicker than a waterproof boot. Now this maybe true but if you're only going out for 1-2 nights and it's wet out, your feet are more likely to stay dry the whole time if you wear fully waterproof boots but as soon as you step out in non waterproof trail runners your feet will be wet through within minutes! Plus they're NOT going to dry out within the day/night so unless it's really warm and dry the whole time you're out you're feet are going to be constantly wet/damp in trail runners?... So my question is: Which do you think is a better option for UK conditions? No waterproof trail runner or fully waterproof boot?

I bought one pair of mid cut trekking/hiking shoes for all terrain types and even in city walking because I can't buy different type of shoes for different areas, so I decided to buy one that has toughness for all walking terrain, besides it looks good to my feet.

I favor alcohol though admittedly I haven't been on any longer hikes. I usually add a dash of 91% isopropyl along with my HEET so I can see the flame easier. My reasoning is primarily due to the multi-purpose nature of alcohol, it's obviously a fuel, antiseptic and it works wonders on pine sap. There are probably a number of other uses I'm overlooking, feel free to add below 😁

what a genius "Lymes disease"... Lyme Disease, Lyme, named after a town in Connecticut... where it, Borrellia Burgdorphi, was first identified because of a cluster of juvenile arthritis cases. I have had it.

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I had untreated Lymes for over a year. Not good.

How do you manage a long drive after a hike or canoe trip. Ended a canoe trip in BWCA due to thunderstorms and hail NE of Ely. Played it safe and put out a day early. Portage out was grueling. Great show.

Why don't we just design a tick-proof suit. Ticks can't bite through leggings for example.

After our BWCA trip in 21, trying to hang four guys food was a pain. I went out and bought an Ursack, Best decision

Whooo buuuddyyy!!

Ahhh 50 bucks with shipping… nah

Great organization I wish I had one place I could store all my gear

Love the editing 👍👍

Great series i enjoyed it, also enjoyed the unpacking, awesome gear room!

The drive is the most demotivating part of camping for me

Have 40% small vial mil grade. How to mix with water?

Great end of trip tiddy up method! Love it! Everything in its place and things that need to air out are taken care of. Nice work on telling this story!

Every time I drive home to Duluth from the cities I feel fortunate. I just wave at all of the cars stuck in traffic headed back from the north shore.

This is the content that I come here for... Also what is that car ride hoodie? Also I'm still torn between the Wuru sun hoodie and the Evolved Co. Mirage sun hoodie...

I'm exhausted just watching this :)

Great video. Organization helps speed up the packing/unpacking process. Love the ending.