Darwin, I really hoped you would make post hike video about how you feel after the hike, what do you do now, how did you adjust back to your life. It is really interesting to know how do you go back to life after 4 months of hiking.

Congratulations Darwin, really enjoyed following you on this hike. Wondering what's next.

I was just thinking how I needed my Darwin fix, and BOOM! There is a new video waiting! Thank you Sir!

Awesome update. Valuable info. Try to plan out hike for next year. I have hiking several sections of pct in California. Ran into a bunch of nobo hikers in June and a bunch of sobo hikers in September. Always great to meet and talk about the trail. Thanks for clearing up the shoe question. I'm ready for a new pair. Wanted lone pine 3.5 in June none available in my size. Went to timps and was ok, but after 400 miles they have been hurting to walk on rough rock trail in the eastern sierras. I'm going to update them also. Thanks

Hey Darwin! Thanks man, for all the information and videos... I have followed every single step in this thruu hike and it's just amazing, congrats for that. I'm Brazilian and here we don't have this kind of big trails, I love that and hope could do this PCT once in a lifetime. Send you good vibes from Brazil bro!

Thanks for taking us on the adventure!

Am glad you made this video dude can't wait for the next journey

Darwin, your channel is an inspiration and means a huge amount, thankyou!

Thank you Darwin for answering my question. Rock on. So excited to hear that your AZtrail doc is a go! Hope to see that AZtrails hat back on soon!

Really enjoyed and looked forward to all your PCT videos, great stuff and thanks for sharing your adventure with all of us U-tubers !

Your decision to keep things short and sweet was the best one.

Thanks for the post hike Q&A. One thing I enjoy about my trips west is being able to cruise on the smoother trails.

Answered a lot of questions I had. Looking forward to the Q&A with the editor and the announcements.

Loved the series! Hats off to Kat she did great, loved the music the feel and flow. Thanks bro! Can't wait for the big news!!

When you said you decided to bring your editor on with you for the PCT all I could think about was her just stuffed into your backpack like a baby kangaroo furiously working on a tiny MacBook. Loved the whole series, thank for sharing your experience. And thank you Kat for your work and well.

Great Q and A, can't wait for the big news!

Top class videos. A real pleasure to follow you on your hike.

Awesome stuff man. Looking forward to the Q&A with your editor. Happy trails

Great story and video’s capturing everything 👍🏽👣👣👣🏔 Kate did an awesome job

Hi Darwin - Solid answers to a great selection of questions. Total agreement on the mosquitoes being worse than biting flies, maybe because of the swarm size (and the whine). The "season' is totally dependent on the melt tracking with the altitude and northern progression, which can change multiple times each day. As for snowshoes, mount and dismount is a pain in the melting snow/rock in the Cascades and Sierras. But MSR snowshoes work well in this snow, and the vertical traverses and pitches. Lastly, the Pacific Crest Trail is well named since it pretty much follows the crest of the Sierra and Cascades, with Oregon essentially a plateau from the California to Washington borders (the trail climbs and drops at both ends of the state).

Thanks for the Q&A! lots of good info. Looking forward to the next adventure.

@DarwinOnthetrail

5 жыл бұрын

No problem! Definitely needed to get some of those questions out of the way! Hike On, Darwin

As always, thanks for share your hike experience.

Haha, thank you for answering my question! Gotta admit.. I was a little flattered ;) Thank you for sharing your amazing hike, this is the kind of content I want to watch after I come back from a long day of med school.

Super job on the editing, Kat!

Thanks Darwinn I really enjoyed your PCT hike

I loved it all. Thanks to you and Kat. Well done.

Can't wait for your Q & A with Kat.. I have never made a video and I would love to learn. She did such a WoNDeRFuL job. Can't wait!!!!

Thanks for all the videos man, it’s been informative and entertaining, thanks. Question for your next q&a, with so many miles per day, how did you air the sleeping quilt properly?

It's been a while..welcome back..

I love your videos! It would be amazing if you could do the Alps sometime!

I'm gonna miss watching you do the PCT Darwin. Hike on buddy!!

Thanks Darwin... As always great job Man

Hey Dman, glad to see your back!.. Q/?'s--How did your iphone, the Canon G7 X M-II the Anker power bank fairing? Did use still use Joshua Tree sunscreen out there? Hoobilly...

The PCT is graded for pack animals. That's a lot of the reason why it is easier.

We can never say this enough: thank you!

Loved your videos. Thanks for the adventure! Any plans to do the entire CDT?

Love your vids. Would love a vid on how do you get to the start of all your adventures (and likewise, how do you return home?) Especially curious how you lug your gear (trains? planes? hitchiking?) and how did you transfer bikes beginning and end of BRP? thanks for all your amazingness!

You know, they make these amazing things called snow baskets. They come with trekking poles. You should try them sometime in the snow, they work really well.

Darwin love the videos!! From Columbus indiana always hiking around lake monroe!!! Hopefully you been there.

Hey Darwin, good to see you post another video. My daughter Eliana, who still wants a shout out, was afraid that since you were done with the trail they would end. My question... Did you ever imagine you'd become this popular? Happy hiking!

Thanks for answering my question, brother

Your gear list states you're using the z packs shoulder pouch. At 1:50 that does not look like it and it's holding a 1L bottle. Who makes that?

You EARNED that hat man. Cheers!

love the way darwin uses his hands

Nice summary. You have mad skills 👍

Thanks very good info. Respect from Denmark

Thank you Darwin for making such great videos! I just recently found your channel and I can't stop watching.

Thanks for the video series of the PCT. Enjoyed them all, CDT next?

@DarwinOnthetrail

5 жыл бұрын

NOPE... Hike On, Darwin

What is your next trail ? Really enjoy your videos.

Hi great video hope to see you on the trail one day

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences, Darwin! I really enjoy them and look forward to when I'm done with grad school and can get out hiking/backpacking more! I was wondering what your navigation setup consisted of? Do you use a GPS unit? Trail book/maps? Your phone? A combination? I was impressed at how you seemed to instantly know which trails were shut down, alternate routes to use, and how to get into/out of towns off the trail without having the internet and ranger's offices at your immediate disposal. :)

Thanks Darwin! Awesome, as usual!’n

Great videos man. Congrats!

Congrats on finishing the PCT! I was always impressed with the big miles you were able to log (30-40 miles per day sometimes). My burning question is: when you are doing a long distance hike with your significant other, how do you keep the peace when inevitably two people will be comfortable at different paces? Thanks!

Thank you for what you do.

Hey Darwin. Are you ever going to do the North Country Trail in the future?

Hey Darwin! Love all the videos. I have a question for you: have you ever dealt with scorpions on the desert section of the PCT or the AZT? I hear bark scorpions, which are common in the southwest, can curl up under your tent and sting you. Thanks and keep on hiking on!

Thanks !!! Enjoyed your hike

Regarding filming, I personally would like to see you climbing or what you are about to climb. Sunsets and Chica did a good job at this. I am glad you compared and contrasted the East vs. West Coast. Gd. bless.

Great job completing the PCT! Would you ever do it again?

Living in the PNW I was really Looking forward to your trek through Oregon. Any chance of a state by state video breakdown?

I’d take skis, or even my splitboard, over snowshoes for any kind of distance. And by the summer, the sun cups make that untenable too.

Question for you and your editor: I’m guessing you used something like Dropbox or Google Drive to get footage to her. Did you ever have any issues with being in WiFi for long enough to send large amounts of video? Anything else to that process?

Hey Darwin, love the videos you are truly an inspiration. Do you listen to podcasts on the trail? If so what do you listen to? Also, have you ever considered starting one?

IM(Canadian)E showshoes still work well on wet snow, because they just spread your weight so you posthole much shallower, exactly like in dry snow, it does not matter if it's packed or powdery (but it's more of an advantage in powdery loose snow, it's why they exist). Basic physics. They don't stop working and posthole anything like not having them, but you're right that they're a right pain on hills and annoying to carry.

Great videos, very inspiring! Congrats on finishing! Do you get back pain from your pack and can you recommend one that can be used for multiple day/thru hiking. I have a pretty cheap pack and i get bad mid back pain off to the left most of the time. The pain ruins most of the hiking experience. Thanks for your help.

I feel your pain about the mosquitoes, I grew up in Oregon and when I was younger my parents and I would camp at Waldo Lake in Central Oregon in late june or very early july, and we'd always have the entire campground to ourselves because the place was a post-apocalyptic mosquito breeding ground. Had to essentially bathe in DEET for the entirety of those trips. If I die of cancer, I'm pretty sure that's what caused it haha. Hoping to hike the PCT within the next 5 years and will definitely need to mentally prepare myself for that again.

6 months to go! I'm going to the PCT

Great video THANK YOU!

Love my Olympus shoes!

Still waitin' on my souvenirs, man.

Perhaps saucers on the tips of your poles might have prevented them from going into the snow too deep. Also used for walking with snowshoes. Of course when you fall on them they will probably still break.

Thanks Darwin!

@DarwinOnthetrail

5 жыл бұрын

No Prob Bill! Hike On, Darwin

Hi Darwin! You keep mentioning "hiker boxes", but I have never heard of/ seen one myself (I guess there aren't many in Europe). So I was wandering, what is the weirdest thing you have ever seen in one? And have you ever seen anything so expensive or cool, that you took it with you? Love your style dude! Greetings from the Netherlands :)

are you going to do any major hikes in europe or asia?

Cool to hear you grew up in southern Indiana. Hard to believe the mosquitoes are even worse than that!

Thanks for the Q&A video, I'm taking some Boy Scouts hiking this weekend, have you ever gotten involved with a boy scout troop before? You could help a lot of up and coming youth get into hiking and camping.

Man thats a cool looking hat!

For your next q&a on thruhiking, I'm wondering what have been the most valuable skills you've learned on the trail that have made trail life easier? I understand it's kind of a broad question but I'm just curious about overall skills you've learned along the way. For instance, something that helped me a lot when I first started hiking was learning to mend a blister with needle and thread, or what things that you have with you that can be used as a fire starter if you're in need, such as using Vaseline and toilet paper. I guess you could say I'm pondering what sort of hacks a veteran with 6500+ miles has learned along the way. What has stuck out the most; something that you wouldn't hit the trail not remembering?

I'd love to hear your review on the Katadyn filter. I'm considering it for my PCT hike next year because of how speedy the flow is, but I'm unsure if it will hold up for the whole trail...

Very good, thank you for your info. One thing I noticed on trekking pole ratings on Amazon: problems breaking or not staying extended / set for a scary subset of people who wrote reviews. Conspiracy theory: trekking poles that break after a good amount of time are good for profit. Collapsible poles break too much for me to want to use them, even some of the 'top' models for which I have read reviews. In the end, I figure why bother using collapsible trekking poles. They can easily store handing from the backpack or across the top. I understand some people lover the convenience and that's fine but trekking poles should last for years 99% of the time, and a certain type does: ones that aren't collapsible. Doing a simple search of trekking poles on Amazon they are basically all collapsible at least the first page of them. Is it really by demand of the consumers? Anyway, I never had a pair but I'll use aluminum or wood. I don't hike long distances, though, like you. Weight is a big factor. I would consider buying graphite poles if they were not collapsible. To me, telescoping is pretty much a guarantee of return service aafter breaking. I looked for non-telescoping and non-folding trekking poles very briefly and found one: Black Diamond Distance Carbon Z ($170). Guess what? Even this one is shown to have lower durability than the telescoping ones. Does anyone know of a nonadjustable graphite trekking pole set? I can literally put my own handles on it. Piece of cake.

How many extra miles do you suppose you backtracked getting all those shots hiking towards or away from the camera? Really enjoy your videos.

Love it !

Hey DarwinAlways cool to watch your logs & Videos. Love them! I was asking myself why you're hiking the same trails over and over again and why you don't come here to europe to hike the via alpina from Triest to Monaco trough all eight alp-countries. That would be a completly new challange in kind of rougher/colder conditions and not a lot of people around. Would be so nice to have you here! Any Chance you'd be up for such an adventure? Kind regards

Are you planning on any bike pack trips in the future? If so, where are you thinking? Are you interested in going back to finish the AZ trail?

The tent issue is why I transitioned to a tent that only needs one trekking pole from previously owning a Ultamid 2.

I still think snow shoes would have helped. I've hiked in the mountains in snow shoes. Yes, flat is easier, packed snow is easier, but they work in sloped terrain as well, you just have to cut them in a bit. Hard work, but easier than post-holing as dramatically as you did. And most modern snowshoes also provide nice grip on slippery snow or ice.

Hey Darwin. Do you think it would be possible to use a hammock on a pct thruhike ??

Do you ever feel like you miss being able to experience places, when you move so quickly through?

With how well you hike, have you ever considered doing an "Fastest Known Time" (FKT) hike?

thanks for sharing

When you finally hit the CDT you should definitely put out more footage. Seems like the PCT was just a blur and pretty short for only 21 total videos. I'd be willing to bet all your subscribers would enjoy watching more of your next journey, I know I would. Still enjoyed following your journey on the PCT tho. Congrats

Tights. On the post hike gear there was only a pair of trail shorts and wind pants. Did you wear the warm tights in Oregon/WA.? And did you use your microspikes?

@DarwinOnthetrail

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, I got rid of them back in Northern Washington. I was too warm to use them, so I ditched em'! Hike On, Darwin

I do not miss my spork at all. I think the long handle Toaks spoon with the polished bowl is the bees-whiskers for everyday use.

@richeiler881

5 жыл бұрын

Bees have whiskers??? WHo knew??? lol

@41degreesN12degreesE

5 жыл бұрын

G Henrickson 😂 bees whiskers! Love it 😁

Is hiking beneficial for healing a torn tendon? Are you recovered?

I still think you should wear a big'ol sombrero for sun protection 😀. Don't laugh, they really do work to keep you cool.

It's called Sierra Cement for a reason

My question is what are the names of all the fantastic songs you use in your videos :)

Re: snowshoes, I've done mountain hiking with Evo Ascents with elevators ... they are light and handle the ups and downs very well. Even with corny snow you were in, I believe perhaps they would have helped. The question is, could you swap out your shoes for boots for the snowshoe sections?

Now that you have used both the Sawyer Squeeze and the Katadyn Befree, what do you think of them? What do you like/dislike about each, and do you have a preference?