Hiking the Catalina Island Trail and Climbing Silver Peak

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Catalina Island, California is home to the beautiful Catalina Island Trail stretching for almost 40 miles from Avalon to the northern tip of the island, often being hiked in four days. While I hope to someday do the full trail, we did the northern half of it - a usually two day hike - in one long day.
Starting in the morning from Two Harbors at the Isthmus of the island, where Emma and I spent a week camping, we walked to the windward side of the island to Cat Harbor, then north beyond Torquemada and up to Silver Peak. I'd climbed Silver Peak before and knew the view would be well worth filming, but when we got up there, we found out that the mountain was closed!
Come along on this hike with us, ascending mountains and traversing beaches on this beautiful desert island, uncovering history and finding stunning views along the way.
My documentary on the Chinese pirate ship "Ning Po", sunk in Cat Harbor and mentioned in this video: • The Story of the "Ning...

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  • @simplystreeptacular
    @simplystreeptacular3 жыл бұрын

    I come to these videos for two reasons: 1) pretty scenery and 2) listening to Tom Lynskey give me a history lesson. And you know what? I was not disappointed in the slightest.

  • @HistoricTravels
    @HistoricTravels3 жыл бұрын

    GREAT VIDEO!!!!

  • @Freakingfantasticfilms

    @Freakingfantasticfilms

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well well well look who it is! Historic travels…………………………………

  • @GenuinePluko
    @GenuinePluko2 жыл бұрын

    This was probably the best hiking videos I have EVER watched! The crescendo build up of burger talk and dressings at the end was just the literal icing on the cake. Can I request more hiking videos? I think you have a natural gift for exploring on foot and narrating, I was absolutely captivated from start to finish. (the same can be said of the Uncle Sam mine video) New sub!

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This is one of my lesser viewed videos, so I'm glad to hear it was enjoyed! Would love to do more of these.

  • @professionalidiot07
    @professionalidiot073 жыл бұрын

    Are you still involved with THG?

  • @MarcusWeyer
    @MarcusWeyer3 жыл бұрын

    LOL the commentary on the burger was hilarious

  • @MrZadokthePriest
    @MrZadokthePriest3 жыл бұрын

    You got an adventurous woman there, Tom. Emma is a good sport to tackle a two day walking trail with you in a day. Assuming she took the long distance shots. Down with Wikipedia for insensitivity towards the bison. Really enjoyed this.

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    3 жыл бұрын

    She's pretty great, and an excellent video editor, too!

  • @MrZadokthePriest

    @MrZadokthePriest

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PartTimeExplorer A good Nova Scotia lass won't let you down. Feed her and she'll walk to the ends of the earth. Time now for a bison burger.

  • @jonzaremba
    @jonzaremba2 жыл бұрын

    You've forgotten more than I know. Really enjoy your videos.

  • @curtisv7114
    @curtisv71142 жыл бұрын

    Tom and Emma. Wow. Couple things. That was so beautifully filmed and narrated. Tom you make everywhere you go so much better than if I just went myself and didn't know the history. You bring such life and energy to everything you do. And Emma should talk more! Maybe even narrate some history herself! I think you two make a great pair. Could you quit your day jobs and do this full time? I promise to watch every video haha!!!

  • @johnnyb3477
    @johnnyb34773 ай бұрын

    I would have been genuinely saddened if you didnt get your burger. Love Emma's...We did It!!!

  • @kittybitts567
    @kittybitts5672 жыл бұрын

    It's in the low 30s with snow squalls here, my day off from work. I take a break from cleaning my house to enjoy an adventure that begins with a glimpse of Emma's lovely face. All of the stories, the commentary, (this young men set his own broken ankle! and they fine you for everything in California :) make this such a fascinating and wonderful video. I wonder if the crack in the earth at ballast point is from the active tectonic plates in the area. Thank you Tom and Emma!

  • @shanestanton8
    @shanestanton83 жыл бұрын

    Slight correction, 13:45, The Catalina Island Fox isn’t its own species. There’s a fox species native to Catalina Island and some of the nearby islands. However, on just about all of those islands, variations have arisen, and each island’s population is considered a subspecies. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_fox

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @timothyhagens8497
    @timothyhagens8497 Жыл бұрын

    The shell casing was a centerfire and more than likely a .38 special or larger. Great video.

  • @honeyLXIX
    @honeyLXIX4 ай бұрын

    I love your content, but this video was particularly inspiring. I think the concept of exploration versus a vacation is what fascinates me the most. Thank you for bringing us along! I always love emma's outfits 👒

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the lovely comment. This video is so buried on my channel that it’s nice to see someone enjoy it.

  • @ash.ab.5575
    @ash.ab.55752 жыл бұрын

    11:17 every where you find cactus on the side walk you can throw some water melon seeds, it will grow and could be useful for some one pass by, we as scouts used to do that in deserted islands hills (pure wilderness)

  • @yvetteaguirre9522
    @yvetteaguirre95223 жыл бұрын

    Ahh! Another trip adventure with Tom and Emma! So cinematic and relaxing...I can’t wait for warmer weather and unleash my adventurer self.💙💙💙 I think after a 7hr hike, you bet your bottom dollar a classic cheeseburger would be worth it. More trips dear sir! Please and thank you!💙💙💙

  • @matt291
    @matt2913 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful video. If you're ever back in the San Diego area you should check out the Midway, the maritime museum and Point Loma. Another interesting trip is to the desert training center where Patton's army trained for the invasion of North Africa.

  • @dakotaplayz3988
    @dakotaplayz39883 жыл бұрын

    Love the drone shots, your always a good youtuber for these things

  • @triplescrewsteamers
    @triplescrewsteamers3 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I can't wait for the video documenting the Ning Po to come out!

  • @aaron756
    @aaron756 Жыл бұрын

    Hey just FYI you can find gun caliber info on the rim of the shell casing with the primer in it. The casing you found looks like a .44 mag or .45 acp but definitely not a .22.

  • @oneil4252
    @oneil4252 Жыл бұрын

    Just beautiful, what a wonderful young couple.

  • @generaltophat5877
    @generaltophat58773 жыл бұрын

    Another great video Tom!

  • @sadiedavenport
    @sadiedavenport3 жыл бұрын

    Always great videos from you guys 🤙

  • @nicholasbaldwin1876
    @nicholasbaldwin18762 жыл бұрын

    I CANNOT believe that you did not mention John Wayne and his de-commissioned mine sweeper yacht "Wild Goose". A staple in the Catalina Harbors (Including being used in Movies). Still in operation out of Newport Harbor (Another John Wayne hangout). He even entertained 2 presidents on that ship!

  • @robertaviles8451
    @robertaviles84513 жыл бұрын

    Another great video by Tom Lynskey! Thank you for showing us Tom!

  • @excelon13
    @excelon133 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos, I always learn some new historical fact. Thanks for sharing Tom!

  • @filipdemski8303
    @filipdemski83032 жыл бұрын

    That masterpiece deserves much more views! Amazing drone shots! Awesome history lesson and hilarious moments! That gave me so much chill and showed me how another world looks like! Thanks and I'm waiting for more Tom!

  • @wilmarallensilva6746
    @wilmarallensilva67463 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel alot because this helped me so much 😍

  • @MattWinacott
    @MattWinacott3 жыл бұрын

    Very cool content thank you! Watched your titanic livestreams, last signals movie, now this, awesome!

  • @HoldOffHunger
    @HoldOffHunger3 жыл бұрын

    I like how this video starts out with Emma being someone just slightly in the background following you and ends with her being an integral, key character.

  • @Freakingfantasticfilms
    @Freakingfantasticfilms Жыл бұрын

    It wouldn’t be a Tom Lynskey video without some wine, tasty tasty wine.

  • @feliciajohnson6412
    @feliciajohnson641211 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love the part where you're gushing over burgers. Bless. 😂

  • @misconstruedadventures2592
    @misconstruedadventures25923 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video dude, very informative! Almost as if we were there with you both!

  • @ayjanu
    @ayjanu Жыл бұрын

    Quite an adventure the two of you had! I haven't done much hiking myself, but the last hike I went on, was a trip to the Painted Hills, in central Oregon. It was a lovely time, but the length was nothing like this! I was very glad to see that you guys made it back in time to enjoy some food - I was thinking, "They probably won't make it back in time, at this rate." Glad to see I was proven wrong - you two earned it!

  • @paddyneill1964
    @paddyneill19642 жыл бұрын

    When I lived there, I had a friend that worked at The Airport in the Sky. I would sometimes catch a ride with him into the interior of the Island. He’d drop me off at some point and I’d hike around for hours until I either hiked or got a ride back into Avalon. Good times 😎

  • @davidbates874
    @davidbates8743 жыл бұрын

    No body: Tom: here is how i like my cheeseburger..

  • @Charlie-de2nv
    @Charlie-de2nv3 жыл бұрын

    Such A Beautiful Island!

  • @DerpyPossum

    @DerpyPossum

    3 жыл бұрын

    ha! i beat you! >:)

  • @Charlie-de2nv

    @Charlie-de2nv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DerpyPossum ?

  • @DerpyPossum

    @DerpyPossum

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Charlie-de2nv look who posted the first comment on this video.

  • @Charlie-de2nv

    @Charlie-de2nv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DerpyPossum ok.....? I dont really care who got here first.

  • @scurly0792

    @scurly0792

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Charlie-de2nv coo l

  • @Daocpwnswow
    @Daocpwnswow3 жыл бұрын

    I love you and all your work, but how about putting an 'Almost' in front of the title..? x) Who closes a peak, indeed. The feeling after a long day of walking with a grumpy stomach trying to picture food at the finish line could not have been better exhibited, lol. It was spot on, you brought back memories at least 15 years old from the reminiscent feeling alone! P.S. Bacon does not do a hamburger justice.

  • @DerpyPossum
    @DerpyPossum3 жыл бұрын

    hey Tom, in the video talking about the Trupeter 1/200 model, you said something about delving into interior options on the store. Any idea how that’s going? (also when’s the new HistoBrick vid coming?)

  • @AndyHappyGuy
    @AndyHappyGuy3 жыл бұрын

    6:20 “Explosive Storage” Goes in anyways...

  • @David-fm6go
    @David-fm6go3 жыл бұрын

    Never been off the east coast but if I do ever get out this way, I would like to visit this place.

  • @zanisgardening123-
    @zanisgardening123-3 жыл бұрын

    It's quite clear tom left the titanic project... I wish people would stop spamming him with that question

  • @MRB1157

    @MRB1157

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's the fact there is no official confirmation about it that is the problem.

  • @AndyHappyGuy

    @AndyHappyGuy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. He or H&G should just upload a video announcing it.

  • @michaela1970

    @michaela1970

    3 жыл бұрын

    but LeGal IsSueS!

  • @sylvain65
    @sylvain65 Жыл бұрын

    Now I want bison burger 🍔 😄

  • @yamsi12
    @yamsi123 жыл бұрын

    Are you rocking a USMC ka-bar on your side?

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yesser!

  • @yamsi12

    @yamsi12

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PartTimeExplorer you’re a good man!

  • @Kcoolin
    @Kcoolin3 жыл бұрын

    My brother did it with the scouts in 2 days and he was like 13. I thought he was so crazy for that. He said it was 22 miles or some crazy thing

  • @MrWillyMrBrightside
    @MrWillyMrBrightside3 жыл бұрын

    how was the burger

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    3 жыл бұрын

    So good

  • @filipdemski8303
    @filipdemski83032 жыл бұрын

    17:12 love it hahahha

  • @filipdemski8303

    @filipdemski8303

    2 жыл бұрын

    30:00 you won! Hahahaha

  • @digitalsmithy
    @digitalsmithy Жыл бұрын

    wait, THEE Chuck Liddell? UFC hall of famer?

  • @tobarragl
    @tobarragl3 ай бұрын

    Between 32:29 and 32:30, there is the formula for slope. You have to slow down the video speed, to be able to see it. Is this some kind of Easter egg?.

  • @sillypaka9837
    @sillypaka9837 Жыл бұрын

    Great video!! They found bones of the giants from the bible on the island.

  • @ash.ab.5575
    @ash.ab.55752 жыл бұрын

    Tom is the new real life Brendan Fraser

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Isn’t Brendan Fraser already the real life Brendan Fraser?

  • @nattiedraws
    @nattiedraws Жыл бұрын

    this video summed up in one word: burger

  • @David-fm6go
    @David-fm6go3 жыл бұрын

    29:58 lettuce tomato and onion on a burger, god I am going to be detouring to Burger King today at this rate. :P

  • @WalterHWhite-wz4ix
    @WalterHWhite-wz4ix3 жыл бұрын

    Havent posted in a while in titanic hg

  • @HL_Eminence
    @HL_Eminence3 жыл бұрын

    How was the burger and pasta

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    3 жыл бұрын

    So good

  • @catdog7497
    @catdog74973 жыл бұрын

    wait did you two get married??

  • @buckduane1991
    @buckduane1991Ай бұрын

    It would be better to take the bison off the island and disperse them across Yellowstone, Custer State Park, and other ranches than to bring new ones to the island, frankly… I saw them when I was 11 in 2002, and they were looking pretty mangy back then. Having the uncle who single-handedly saved the Custer and Yellowstone herds from inbreeding problems back in the 70s and 80s, Burns Busskohl, and having grown up helping out with his hobby herd, he did not react too well to the pictures my dad took on that school trip to Catalina… I wouldn’t go anywhere near calling them “deficient”, but “inbred” is sadly accurate, I’m sorry to say. I’m surprised to hear they’re still even there in 2020.

  • @holi6293
    @holi62933 жыл бұрын

    1. Inbred is not a bad word, it's an accurat description when related animals breed. It's well documented that inbreeding is bad for the genes 2. The bisons don't care that Wikipedia calls them inbred, so no need to be offended on their behalf

  • @PartTimeExplorer

    @PartTimeExplorer

    3 жыл бұрын

    You must be fun at parties

  • @holi6293

    @holi6293

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PartTimeExplorer 😁

  • @mwheape
    @mwheape Жыл бұрын

    I guess the original herd was lacking in distinctive generic material, so that the years of inbreeding did not result in a unique species. That's sad. People do things but they don't have an understanding of all of the ramifications of what they are doing.

  • @mwheape

    @mwheape

    Жыл бұрын

    Genetic, not generic.