Hey there! My name is Nathan, and Beyond The Treeline is where I hope to share my love for wilderness through my canoeing and backpacking adventures. I enjoy engaging with others over the admiration of wild places; and, in sharing my experiences, I hope is to inspire a love for wilderness.
I love filming in nature because it helps me to slow down and appreciate everything around me in a simple and pure way. I intend to keep my videos authentic to that and independent from brands, sponsorships, and advertisement. If you feel like supporting me in that endeavor, feel free to visit my Buy Me A Coffee page. But more than anything I hope you'll connect with me over this passion for wilderness!
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Just subscribed. Loved the video and I think this channel is going places!
I did that trip 40 years ago. Highly recommend but use a guide service because you could die up there from a dozen difficult causes. And don’t go during black fly season because if you do, you will probably want to kill yourself and not wait to drown or something else.
“🍄”As I stepped beyond the threshold, I entered another world-like Dorothy walking into Oz. A slight breeze swirled the leaves and branches and blossoms of the garden, brushing the skin on my arms. Soft air and clear light caressed my face. Just then, the music stopped. It took me a moment to realize that the music in my head was actually in my iPod and the iPod must have run out of power. I took out the ear buds and a far more fantastic music flooded in, leaves rustling, birds chirping, insects buzzing, the distant shoosh of tires on the road invisible behind the trees. I sat at the wrought-iron table and put my feet up. The crystalline light astonished me. The air, neither hot nor cold, was invigoratingly dry. I felt energy radiating from my body into the air, mingling with the radiations emanating from all the life surrounding me. I scanned the back yard. The ornamental grasses had begun to shoot out golden tufts; the crepe myrtle, hydrangea, stone crop, petunias and geraniums all had covered themselves in blossoms. Figs grew large and heavy on the fig tree, which exploded tropically in one corner of the yard, and fat red tomatoes swelled on the still leafing vines in another. Tendrils of Virginia creeper and wild grape dripped from the pines across the back fence, persimmons hung from the persimmon tree like Christmas ornaments. I had seen all this the previous morning, and many other mornings before that. But now I had stepped into a page from an illuminated fairy tale. Just as that thought entered my mind, three large yellow butterflies appeared, flitting in spirals around me. I laughed aloud: I was in Oz after all🌄… …I can’t think of any other way to put this but to say the sky opened, and grace poured down all around me. Light itself had transformed into a palpable substance, spilling down as if from a fountain. But it was more than light. It was blessings of every kind, goodness incarnate, flowing inexhaustible and immutable from above. I didn’t say to myself, “What is this?” I didn’t guess. I knew, I saw, I was in the presence of God. This wasn’t a God with whom I could have a conversation, at least not two-way. I think I said, or shouted, “Ok, I am DEFINITELY not an atheist,” but God was mute, or rather, I understood, or perceived, that the only response God would ever make was the boundless bounty of beauty cascading over me. After the shock and awe, my first thought was that this gift absurdly overmatched anything I could possibly have deserved. I thought, and said aloud, “Why me?” Instantly, that seemed too pleased with myself. I could just look at this phenomenon that confronted me, this Niagara Falls of beauty pouring down, and know that I hadn’t been “chosen.” I was no one special. This was just what God was, a permanent condition that somehow had remained invisible to me until this moment..” reset.me/story/tried-psychedelic-mushrooms-35-years-saw-light/🌈 🍂🌄🍄🌄🍂
The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma❤️🔥 Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎) =Intent(❤️) The Figure 8 Analogy: An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience. We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake state and the Dream state. When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind (8-0)… Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream-world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy. While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state. The “Symbolic Analogy” consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the “circle of death” ( O ) abstractly overlapping the ‘circle of life’ (Earth(🌎)with the overlapping area representing the dreamstate-like the common area in a Venn Diagram-and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death (by which explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc) for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife; and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.” In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place like our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+Earthly bonds eternally engrained and intertwined. 💫👁️~8~👁️💫
Thank you for taking the time to film your paddling trip.
@@fly4u-trt thank you for appreciating it! I hope you enjoyed it. I love being able to share the adventures :)
What a great story, combined with a great edit. Thanks for sharing your Dash!!! - Davey
@@daveysdash thank you Davey! That’s a nice compliment. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
What a wonderful chill adventure. Y’all are awesome.
@@Ekib-Niatnuom thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the kind words!
Thank you.
The constant selfie shots were awful and quite unnecessary... Can't even imagine anyone thinking to add those in post production. Made me quit the video early.
Would you mind sharing which trail(s) you were on for this video?
@@samuelpetrovich4998 yea absolutely! We started from the Santa Barbara Trailhead and hiked in on the West Fork of the Rio Santa Barbara Trail. That meets up with the Skyline Trail that took us to Truchas Lakes and Truchas Peak.
Why do you chandlers think that music adds value to a video on nature. We all love the sound of nature not music? It spoils the nature experience. Note; how many nature themes do you see at the theatre spoiling the music? Thumbs down - goodbye.
LOL you boys were lucky, I remember about a decade ago when You'd 'ave been battling mini icebergs... I swam in The Alantic Ocean, And I have swam in superior... O swear the ocean is warmer.... Why did you stop by wawa, ya should have kept comming down to the Soo ( Sault Ste. Marie ) Cuz that stretch is where you get all the awesome sandy beaches .... Stop off at Pancake bay for, well duhh... then travel about 20 km south to Chipawewa falls, which is apparently the mid point of trave;;ing across Canada by land ( The Trans Canada Highway)... Bring your fishing rods next time. The nest cooked stek is Camping steak, I miss camping cooking, but yeak notyhing tastes better than a slab of meat cooked on coals no propane or other gasses, add some birch smoke, or pine smoke, Oak or Maple... or heck just throw a log of each in the pit stir them coals around... finger lickin good, just watch out for those dirty trash Panadas... too many people ( Tourist) feed the wildlife, which is dangerous cuz now the willife expects it and can/will come real close Nice shot of the moose... looked like a little fellow... hard to tell on vid... still looks bigger in real life though ... EH Yeah the onkly thing thats sucks about the area is in the spring you battle the blackflies, up your nose in your eyes, or summer time when you battle Deer flies, or worse yet those Horseflies... why do they call 'em horse flies, Cuz I Betcha a horse could step on them and theu'd still fly away, and its not a simple poke like a mosquito ... ih know you'll know and be eemindded for days... I Remeber may yeah that must have been a 'fun' trip... its been a little cooler/wet this year I was surprised waves werent that big... tobad you did't get any to see any lightn\ing show or the Auroras ...( Northern Lights) Next year fer sure , eh... :) Take are...eh... Oh do you have a campfire cooking cookbook? u should start one esearch the wilderness you are in and incorporae some of the local plantlife in your meals... lol that stupid bird ( Grouse) looked mighty tasty
@@VonLigenstein I love this comment! LOL, your matter-of-factness is getting me! It’s all so true! Yea it crazy how much warmer it is around Superior now than it was. This year was impacted a lot by El Niño, but still, it seems like less and less of the lake is freezing over each year. Still cold though! On our way back we drove that whole coast from Wawa to the Soo and it looked incredible! No joke we were talking about how we need to come back and paddle that stretch next. We stopped and did a couple hikes in Superior Provincial Park on the way down and it was stunning. Definitely want to go explore more up there. Oh boy, you got me wishing I was cooking on an open fire right now! I want to get more creative with my camp cooking. That’s something I’ve been playing with little bits over time. I should pick up a camp cook book sometime! I’ll have to bring the fishing pole next time for sure. And I’d love to get more familiar with the plant life to incorporate into the food too. That grouse did look good haha. I was thinking that the whole time I was filming him lol 😂 And yea, we were really hoping for some Aurora but just had so many clouds at night that we never did catch them. Next time for sure! Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Have you heard about the planvto sell chunks of it off. They are supposed to have a public comment period but i hqve not heard how or when.
@@mikjb oh wow, no I haven’t heard about that. A quick google search and I saw something about the DNR proposing to sell more lands to the Forest Service? Is that what you’re talking about?
@@Beyond_The_Treeline Yes they want to sell parcels all through out the BWCA Cutting holes in it essentially. Thinks about what is allowed in the national forests and then think about that being in at least 100 different spots in the BWCA look into it deeper. If they have to do it that would be the stupidest way to do it. They would be better off trimming an edge if they do it at all.
@@Beyond_The_Treeline I should say I am assuming that is the deal it has something to do with school funding. I think we can find better ways to fund the schools than dismantling something that was so controversial and took years to put together. Can you imagine the federal government having control over it.
@@mikjb wow that’s crazy! Yea I’ll look into it more. That would be really disappointing if that goes through.
@@Beyond_The_Treeline One of the things I read this morning said the way it is set up now makes it difficult to manage for logging and mining. Isn't that the whole point of the BWCA to keep humans from interfering? We came to a land of bounty precisely because no man was trying to manage it. The natural forces had thier way and a thing of beauty was created BECAUSE no man was interfering. No man stopping fires, no man bringing in invasive plant species, nature in the raw doing what it does. To my knowledge the Bowery waters was created to preserve wilderness. Not create a savings account of unclogged trees and unlinked ground. Punching holes through out it degrades the whole. What other purpose is there for creating a bunch of holes in a fence?
definitely no canoeing and portaging experience would this be achievable with a little prep? Big back country hiker and enthusiast. Late Sep early Oct sounds awesome avoid the crowds and all that
@@PeterDresch I totally think it’s doable with a little prep! Especially if you are an experienced backcountry hiker/backpacker. I wouldn’t recommend it as your first canoeing trip just because those lakes are big and canoeing is a bit of a learning curve, more so than kayaking. You’ll want to get familiar with how the boat handles and get comfortable with a few paddle strokes. Otherwise it’ll be exhausting and could be dangerous on those bigger lakes. But if you get comfortable with a canoe you’ll be fine. The portages are relatively short on this trip and there are only 5 of them if I remember correctly. The longest one that walks past the ghost trains can even be skipped if you paddle a little further south on Chamberlain Lake and hop over the little dam leading into Eagle Lake. So definitely a very doable trip! And September/October is incredible! It really just got cold on us the last couple of nights. If you decide to go and I can help with any other planning I’m happy to! Feel free to reach out!
Your videos and commentary are remarkable…drawing your viewers into your adventure! Great job an keep it up!
@@carolguezen5829 thank you! That was the hope! I love being able to bring people along through the video and giving a picture of what it was like. So thank you for sharing that!
Very well done. Thanks for making and posting this nice video.
@@fireflyrocks1 thank you! I love being able to share these adventures, so I’m glad you enjoyed watching!
Awesome adventure!
@@oldsmugglerflyfishing It was! Thanks for watching along!
Stunning. Extraordinary adventure. I'm a veteran of the BWCA and have considered a Lake Superior trip....for maybe five minutes. Well done you two!
@@daveenyart thank you! It really was an incredible experience. Honestly it was doing lots of BWCA trips and driving up the north shore that got me seriously thinking about Superior. I love the BWCA! It’s a place that keeps me coming back time and time again. If you ever get the chance to do Superior it was totally worth it!
Wow! We have been to some of these places, but for you to take this whole journey and make such a well produced vid is an amazing thing. We are just a couple hours away from there and you guys drove 35 hours is impressive!! Inspiring!! ALso, what topography graphic did you use at the beginning?
@@buckchase1 thank you for the encouragement! And thanks for sharing your beautiful state! What an incredible place. It was a long drive but totally worth it! We used the National Geographic topo maps. There’s an Allagash north and south map and they were very helpful.
Well done adventure.
@@michaelbroyer3918 thank you!
Is 2nd week in October to cold?
@@jamesday5636 it got cold towards the end, but overall that time of year was amazing. I’m sure it’s spotty then and a bit unpredictable. But when we went it was mostly high 30s / low 40s at night and 60s during the day. Towards the end of the trip it did get into the 20s at night, but I don’t mind cold mornings. So if you’re into that, the benefit is you get the whole place to yourself :)
Im so glad i came across your videos literally a few days ago. I have a '15 Subaru Forester and i just built a sleeping pad for my back seats 2 weeks ago so i can go on long car camping trips. Just waiting for the window screens to come in. Its so interesting to see how you set up your Subaru for car camping. Great videos too!
@@sarahkathleen3231 thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Yea mine is a ‘15 also, great car! I love the bed setup in the back. Found some designs online and kinda added my own tweaks. It’s such a great addition for long road trips. You’ll have fun with it :) Thanks for watching!
What a horrible place. Glad yinz made it out of that horrible place. I bet your glad to be back in the subdivision.
@@hardrock6r I appreciate your attempted analysis, but your assumption is incorrect. Northern Maine is actually stunningly beautiful and I’d rather be there over the suburbs and congested cities any day of the year!
@@Beyond_The_Treeline really?
@@hardrock6r really.
@@Beyond_The_Treeline Your adorable. Im not even gonna try and explain. Stay gold Pony Boy! Stay gold
Phenomenal video series. I read comments on all the videos…lotta critics. I thought it all kicked ass! Made me feel the emotions involved with the memories of when I did it with friends last year. 10/10
@@ericburns4718 thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words too! Glad it brought back memories from your trip. What time of year did you go? The Allagash is so gorgeous! I absolutely loved that trip!
Nice trip, What is the name of the rock ridge at 14 minutes? What brand is your boat?
@@trav-Elr thanks! That ridge is called “The Narrows.” If you look it up online, you might see it spelled “The Nars.” And the canoe is a 15ft Nova Craft Prospector.
Beautifully filmed! I felt like I was there with you in the canoe, especially during the whitewater sequences. Can't wait to watch your other videos.
@@boylessix thanks! I’m glad it pulled you into it. Thanks for watching and for the comment! I hope you enjoy the rest of the videos :)
My brothers and I made this fireplace at horseshoe bend in April last year! Glad to see the area is looking good!
@@joshhorton4090 hey nice! That’s awesome. Well it treated us well! I love that area on the Buffalo.
Your intro has an uncanny similarity to the call of Superior that rings in my own ears. First impression: it looks like you're paddling on the ocean, like where I canoe fish on the Northumberland at River Philip! Only a billion times prettier.
@@CanadianSledDog it’s a compelling call! It’s hard to put to words, so I’m glad you understand the feel and sound of it too. There something about that lake that I know will keep me coming back. That’s awesome! The Superior coastline truly feels like an ocean. And it’s by far one of the prettiest places I’ve ever seen too!
nice trip!
@@Axe_North thank you!
If you guys get the chance you should do the fish River waterway from Fish Lake to Portage lake. A little more aggressive paddle but much shorter.
@@billyjackcurtis4680 I’ll have to check it out for sure! Always interested in another canoeing route. Thanks for the recommendation!
Having grown up and spending my youth fishing canoeing and guiding the north maine woods via Portage Lake this was a beautiful reminder of younger days.
@@billyjackcurtis4680 so glad this brought back good memories! We absolutely loved northern Maine. It’s such a special and beautiful place. What an incredible spot to grow up around and get to spend so much time!
Maaaan, this was dope!! Can’t wait to get back out to the BNR once it cools down a bit. Such a beautiful place
@@Morgan.Bentley thanks man! Me too! It’s my favorite time to be out there!
Beautifully filmed and edited! This is my backyard...I ski these peaks...nary a soul around except for the bighorn! 🐏 😅 🏔️
@@alexlimkin7397 thank you! Yes that area is sooo beautiful! And I love that you can get away from the crowds and escape for days without seeing anyone. Going back to the Pecos in about a month and very much looking forward to it!
This was really amazing there gentlemen! Great views, drone footage and just wilderness! I saw a couple spots you could hang a couple hammocks on the ramparts!😂. In all seriousness this was truly amazing! I really really like that jute twine fire lighter. I’ve seen a couple entity’s selling those. All joking aside, have you considered a hammock setup at any point? My last backpacking trip it rained probly 4” in 3 days and I was so glad to have my ddhammock setup. I hung out and watched Netflix while it raged outside. Anyway!!! Cool watch dudes! Take care. NQU
@@notquiteultralight1701 thanks man! So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the kind words. lol 😂 What a view that would have been to wake up to! Haha. Yea actually I used to exclusively backpack with a hammock. I loved it! Still do, but at some point I got a decent ground sleep system and I’ve just stuck recently. I actually rigged up a hammock in my dorm room in college and slept in it for 4 years haha. So I love hammocks and should probably incorporate them more again. Especially like you said for those rainy days! That’s when I feel like they really shine. No worrying about having water pool under your tent and getting you all wet. Also! You recommended the twig stove to me didn’t you? I ended up getting one that you recommended! Totally brought it on this trip and meant to use it, but it just always worked out that we built a fire and it was cold enough to justify cooking over it instead. So I’m dying to actually use it! I hope I can incorporate it into one of these trips soon because it’s such a fun piece of kit! I tried it out in the back yard and it’s great. That fire wick I used is also amazing, so would highly recommend. This is the first time I’ve used it and it made lighting a fire so easy!
I use the same fire building technique. the log cabin! lol 🤘
@@Paddle-On I love it! It works so well!
El gran lago superior, en verano las aguas deben estar frias, debe tener un clima cambiante. Excelente viaje en canoa 🛶.
@@jobmanuelnogueraperez7889 it was definitely colder up there, but a great trip! Thank you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Tired of watching you land your canoe, launch your canoe, set up your tent, pack your tent, start your fire, boil some water, cook and eat your food. Boring.
That's why I don't watch Kent survival anymore all he does is cook
I can't believe anyone would say that. You missed the point and just don't get it.
Well, that looked like an amazing trip! I can tell that you spent a lot of time filming and setting up your shots. That is definitely a lot of extra work on a trip like this. Good for you for taking the time to do it! Well done! 👍
@@iCanoe_ thank you! It really was a great trip. Filming definitely is a lot of work but rewarding to be able to tell the story. I find filming brings me into the small moments of the trip too in a different way. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment!
Did the Allagash River 3 times and the St. John's River once. I have some great memories of those trips. Total solitude.
@@thelakeman5207 that’s amazing! How was the St John? I’ve wanted to check that out too.
@@Beyond_The_Treeline As long as you have enough water, do the St. John River. There are long stretches where you'd have to drag the canoe over rocks. We went at the end of June and the water level was high. No dragging the canoe at all. The rapids, Big Black Rapids and the Big Rapids at the end are WILD! The St. John is the better river because there no lakes, all river! Allagash , we did in around 10 days and the St. John, 8 days. Includes a lot of fishing too. Good luck!
@@thelakeman5207 that sounds amazing! Yea the all river and bigger rapids is very attractive to me. That makes sense about water levels too, even out last stretch on the St John was lower in the fall. I would imagine spring/early summer would be a good time. Thanks for the info!
Beautifully filmed and narrated , one of the best canoe trip on lake Superior I have seen on KZread with those of Jon of " Lost lakes " . Its too bad you guys didnt do any fishing along the way ... Thanks for sharing , awesome video !
@@bonpecheur4565 thank you! That’s a big complement. I love watching Jon’s videos too. His Superior trips gave me a lot of perspective and good information leading up to this trip. I know! I kinda wish we had done some fishing because I bet it would have been incredible. There were so many things I wanted to focus on for this trip and unfortunately fishing got the short end of the stick. Glad you liked the video! Thanks for the comment!
What a beautiful time spent with a great friend, truly enjoyed every minute.. well done boys..
@@jimhanson7476 thank you! It really was. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Loved the video. Your comments at the beginning and ending are both insightful and moving. Also, just the right amount of narration and dialog. The variety of filming techniques kept me interested in this longer piece. It would be hard to wait 4 weeks to see all of the trip if you only offered one part per week. I look forward to your next work of art!
@@michaelpagelaramee7757 thank you! I’m glad that’s how you felt about it. I love the feedback! I think I really like the full video style. Episodes are fun to make because I can look at the trip in bite size chunks, but this was better I think as a full video and I like that. Probably will stick with that. I’ve been trying to get better at variety of filming too, so I’m glad that came across! Thank you! I have more trips in the works this year so I hope to get better with each one I try to tell a story for. Thanks for the comment!
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Super Cool. Thanks for sharing. I also like you canoe cover. Cheers
@@looking4leasuretime thanks! Glad you liked it. Thanks for the comment! Yea those Northwater spray decks are amazing. Definitely glad we had it.
WOW, what a beautiful video and amazing adventure. You are an amazing story teller. Thanks for the video. Living in Minnesota I am lucky to be only two hours from Superior and three hours to the BWCA.
@@decoeric thanks! So glad you enjoyed it. I’d love to live closer to Superior. That whole region is one of my favorite places on earth!
Another great movie, felt like I was there.
@@DanielVeazey thanks! Glad you enjoyed this one too!
Great trip. Superior's weather is notorious
@@bethcook1576 thanks! Yea it really is.
You 2 are incredible, loved this video. What did you bring for food? I live in Massachusetts, but I just love, love Maine❤
@@eleanormenz7169 thanks! So glad you enjoyed it. We did a lot of things for food. I dehydrate a lot of my own. One of my favorites is chicken tikka masala. I dehydrate the sauce and bring chicken packets and rice. Super easy to make. We typically do oatmeal or bannock for breakfast, wraps with cheese, summer sausage, and veggies for lunch, and a variety of dinner options like that tikka masala. Maine was absolutely gorgeous!!! I want to go back! Thanks for the comment!
Epic journey Bud and great filmmaking! I enjoyed this greatly...just subscribed...look forward to watching your films...well done
@@thepeacerunners thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the channel. Got plenty more trips on the books, so I’m sure you’ll be seeing more as they come! Thanks for the kind words :)
Great video!
@@kimduran8891 thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
You boys have been getting around!
@@jefflanham1080 haha yep! I love a good road trip!