What an awesome accomplishment but the highlight for Tim and I always is what you are preparing to eat LOL. That looked so good.

Hey brother, are you up to hiking the diving board with a subscriber from Sacramento? I appreciate your videos!

I have been watching your videos and came across this. Congratulations on making it to this side of life. Yes - Without my sobriety I would not be able to follow thru on my dreams like backpacking several times a year. I enjoy life to it's fullest each day one day at a time. Keep the videos coming. I am learning a lot.

Parts are beautiful, other parts look apocalyptical dead

Skied Dana and the Plateau a-lot in the late nineties. Great spring skiing and easy to get to with car drops. 🎉

lol We have a local winery here in the South Bay Area of Nor Cal and they give their customers Gold Fish that you showed and call it Sushi😜 Funny you called it your secondary fish ingredient. Nice!

Backpacking buddy of mine was with 2 other climbers on their way down and were hit by an avalanche. One of the friends had to crawl his way to the trail where a hiker found him. My friend and the other person were too injured and were rescued by a Navy helicopter out of Nevada. If I remember correctly, this happened in June. The person who crawled for help was an owner of a major winery in Sonoma County, Kudos to him for the incredible effort for making it to the trail for help! Thanks for the video!

You really captured how awesome it is to hike Mt. Dana! Big fan of your second seafood choice, i enjoy mixing those savory orange creatures into various concoctions! Mt. Dana was our first introduction to altitude headaches! Thank you for another great video! Jeff and Lisa from Illinois

Wow, that hike is really right on, heavy, and far out too.😊

Future Dana summiters try coming down by the valley between Dana and Gibbs. There's greenery and maybe some small waterfalls when you go.

Treacherous climb on rugged terrain. Certainly worth it for the view. WOW ! You'd be bruised without the flip flops, wise choice for the situation. Glad you got to explore again this week. Burrito looked very hearty and tasty. Is the jet boil new ? looks like a fine addition to your gourmet setup. Wishing you a successful and rewarding week. Thanks for everything.

Mahon I have never seen that side of Yosemite before

jealous! I climbed Mt Dana something like 35 years ago. I still hope to get back up there some day. Maybe next year.

Felt compelled to claim first for some reason now I'll actually watch you Tickle some trout this time?? Lol

Excellent video my friend! We really love the view of the Clark Range and the back of Half-Dome as you get close to the lake. This year we attempted to speak to the most angry person we've ever met hiking on the north side of Ostrander. Our theory is that she and her husband were camping near some young and loud campers and they made her upset. We tried chatting and doing a little crisis intervention with her but she stomped past and might have growled at us! We said hello to her husband who was chasing after her and he seemed embarassed and wanted her to slow down and talk to him. About 15 yards east of our location it was still a little wet and muddy from the snow melt. Karma caught up to her and she slipped and wiped out. Trying not to giggle I ran over to help. Once she was up I realized she had become more angry and away she marched with her dude chasing after. We met some cool folks from Mariposa about 30 minutes later and they told us they had tried to talk to her as well but she was still super pissed off! Moral of the story is that hiking through the Sierras should be bring you peace and happiness, not anger and frustration. Yosemite and all the amazing wilderness areas throughout the Sierras are places where we let any negative vibes we might have float away and embrace the natural beauty that the Range of Light gives to us! Hope all is well with you and your family! And thank you for sharing some of friends wedding video, it was so cool! Jeff and Lisa from Illinois

I went to North fork union school born near Fresno I knew the area well best life time adventures I have had some awesome story of what I witnessed there

I really enjoyed the video. Including the part where you just stopped and listened to your surroundings. It was very therapeutic for me. By the way, are you allowed to camp at the lake?

Still wishing I could persuade you to leave the footwear in the car. If your shoes or sandals are not with you, you're immune to the voice in your head that says it's time to put them on. And I promise you, your feet will propel you safely back to your start point 😀

The Fire Damage is crazy. I haven't been to Ostrander since 2006

That’s wild getting married at glacier point, beats getting married in Vegas any day

Nice to see you going barefoot 👣👣

awesome hike and lake views, great that nobody was there and the frozen rice cracked us up too LOL. Awesome place to get married for sure!

Just did lower Cathedral lake on Friday. One of my favorites so far. I'll probably end up waiting until next year to do Ostrander.

Great discovery, eating burrito-pops! I just backpacked to Ostrander in mid September and shared the lake with only three other people. Even saw some snow flurries while setting up camp. First visit was in 1976 and it's pretty much how I remember it.

Those are some fat ass burritos! Lol. I tried the beef, corn, and crunched up chips ones you made 1 time n they were 🔥 I eat em all the time now!

Beautiful lake! I laughed so hard when you said rice ice is not where it's at!😂 got it😊

Great to see you back on the trails. The changing seasons bring a new perspective you capture so well. Sorry you forgot the stove but you made the most of it and then created a great meal for some blistering hot day. Hope all is well with your new opportunity and friends and family are healthy. Appreciate you sharing these outings and the work to create. Thanks

I was there 1972 when I was 12 it used to have a lot more dense trees and wild life the most awesome time of my life

Why are you barefoot?

Incredible hike! Thank you for showing us another reason why we need to move to California! Hope the new job is going well! Jeff and Lisa from Illinois

From Fresno/Clovis here. Went to Christian Camp and Calvin Crest in the 80s. Hiked Fresno dome a number of time over the years. Great video :)

I bet the 1st person that wondered upon that site said “iv seen it all now” and jumped off

Thanks for taking us along for the trek. It's been over a decade since I've been to chain lakes.

Tickle them trout right outta there! That be awesome!Never even heard of these lakes before but the area really reminds me of Twin Lakes in the Desolation Wilderness. Another good one!

New job sounds good for you! glad you can now work from home on the regular. Really beautiful slice of the park

what an amazing hike and having it all to yourself on labor Day weekend. Epic. Your food looked so good and had to laugh when you talked about the older guys. Great directions too. Epic lakes!

Outstanding thumbnail man, this place looks so picturesque! Love it

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We moved from Clovis to SoCal. Miss going to Yosemite every weekend (and eating at Smokehouse 41). Your videos take us back! Thank you!! You're almost at 1,000 Subbies!

Hey that's my uncle

Another awesome vid!

I'm happy you saw Brandon! So beautiful!!

Super views and awesome snacks ! You keep showing these secluded gems with unspoiled areas... what a treat. Best of luck on your new ventures and the opportunity to work remote is ideal. If cell service or starlink is as good as promised you could work from one of those lakes, catch some trout and earn a salary everyday. Heck you won't even need the flip flops. So glad to see you back on the trails sharing your amazing adventures.

What month did you do the hike?

do you need reservations to drive into or thru yosemit national park to tenaya lake?

I ate 10 Snickers up and back…no energy issues

I hate stairs and switch back trails also

i dont like the fact that you can not go below the high water mark.. bs.. not sf lake... irritating... they should tear it down.. raise the damn at don pedro.. not much capacity at hh... bs.. intitled ppl ... should not keep people out of the body of water...

There are lots of old trails that are not maintained any more, in all the Western National Parks and other areas. They are really fun to travel on, as there are usually not too many people on them. Thanks for the info.

Awesome!