Great tips! Planning my first hammock trip for next week. Very helpful. Thank you!
@RobMurray-ev4ot15 күн бұрын
The clothes don't have to be soaked. Contact with a few molecules is all it takes and spraying until the surface appears damp is sufficient. The ticks do have to make contact. Consider rolling up the bottom 6" of pant legs.
@jjayladАй бұрын
Space blankets work well too. They reflect your heat back at you and can be used for emergency warmth if needed. If spread loosely they don't get ripped. They are about 6' x 8' and we tuck them under the edges of the tent so as to avoid runoff being caught and channeled under the tent. :)
@soletrail2 ай бұрын
Enjoying the channel mate. New Sub From me. Greetings from Ireland ☘
@michellegoldstein5922 ай бұрын
My family and i just did this hike. Beautiful but at times scary. One person on the trail saw a wild boar, we saw gators. Thankfully no bears. I enjoyed your video.
@TimWatsonOutdoors2 ай бұрын
That is awesome! Glad you enjoyed the hike
@Divici026234 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing👍
@easton73904 ай бұрын
😔 promo sm
@pixiecolors4 ай бұрын
So I saw your comment on that pillow washing video and I now have a question: Is that shirt you're wearing in this video canvas, wool, or some other ridiculous and expensive fabric? Because you only have the best of the best, correct? Those were your words. So I had to ask: What does a clothing snob wear while hanging a hammock? Just curious. You seem very invested in your clothing and the other things that you have acquired. Especially when telling other people how to wash their pillows.
@AJKPenguin4 ай бұрын
10:40-10:44 LOL
@paddlepower8884 ай бұрын
Wow. Brings back memories of my PCT hike in 2015. I hammock camped most of California and all of Oregon and Washington. I saw about twenty mountain goats near Knife’s Edge in the Goat Rocks. Cheers Jeff
@Dr.Pepper_not4 ай бұрын
“adds a lot of character to the van”… classic I love it!
@NatureInspiredSnipsnSnaps4 ай бұрын
Wow its too bad this happened to your van, never got to see this in daylight before, glad all were safe, guess bears are everywhere, our districts had a lot of bears this year due to wildfires pushing them to town and causing havoc looking for food, they were sleeping on garages , taking out fruit trees and trying to taxi in vehicles.
@SalineScott4 ай бұрын
Wow!!!
@uptrail71694 ай бұрын
Wow! 😥
@ghpatriot4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@rachescakes4 ай бұрын
“It adds a lot of character to the van.” 😂 I’m dying!
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
lol!
@aronr3994 ай бұрын
Man, I bet you wish that you had remote power doors for this one! That’s rough. Glad that everyone was safe.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
The van is old. It actually does have it but the cable is the first thing to go. So now it’s manual. 😂
@EvansBackpackingVideos4 ай бұрын
Wow that’s nuts. How unfortunate for the bear and for your car!
@allenstratton53994 ай бұрын
Wow, glad you and your family are all ok. Items and cars can be replace or repaired, a lot harder for people :)
@potatothorn4 ай бұрын
wow that's rough// they know what minvans are // in yosemite bears are known to target them over most other vehicles because of course there is food spilled in there some where from some time long ago... they always smell it, they rip right into them no problem locked or not // glad the damage wasn't too terrible sure makes for great stories so cool you got the video!
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Yea once I got over the initial shock it was a cool story! Van has been through a lot. Didn’t have bear damage on my bingo card. 😂
@john_kelley4 ай бұрын
That's insane! Glad no one was hurt...including the bear.
@cockazn4 ай бұрын
Don't leave the doors unlocked 🤷?
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
👍
@OutLan4 ай бұрын
Oh wow. My worst nightmare 😬
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
I can think of much worse. 😝
@xwingsports58564 ай бұрын
Awesome video 😂😂
@CalvinHodgson4 ай бұрын
I'll fess up, I left the van door open as I thought you needed to grab your Carmex out of the center console!
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
😂
@willarn14 ай бұрын
Omg! Sorry for your van, thanks for the entertaining story.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Thanks! I actually had fun editing it. The quality of filming made me wish I had filmed it. 😂
@hikewithmike46734 ай бұрын
I never mess with bears after my encounter in the middle of the night in the Green Swamp....sometimes when I camp alone I still get some bear anxiety. A ranger once told me a story about a bear that tore up a car in the mountains of South Carolina and the only thing in the car was a roll of peppermints and it tore up the car for that they have an amazing sense of smell
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Black bears don’t scare me as much as grizzlies. But any close bear encounter is enough to keep most people up.
@redwhiteblue78314 ай бұрын
Nice... Tim back out on the trail. Missed you buddy.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Thanks man!
@clydemobleyjr304 ай бұрын
Hay time i live about 2hrs away in McMinn county tn
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
You live in beautiful country.
@Eurrro4 ай бұрын
We used to have a bear where I lived that also found out how to use car handles, he went on a multi week crime spree, letting himself into unlocked cars on our road. Then one day he found out that he could grab the top of the door frame and peal it down as easy as I'd bend a small tree branch.. That night 3 cars had their doors folded open. Not long after the game warden came and captured him, he was relocated far into state land.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Wow!!
@jacobpoucher4 ай бұрын
"At Farmers we know a thing or 2 because we've seen a thing or 2"
@GoneFeralWithSquidly4 ай бұрын
“Character” 🤣😂🦑
@MeOutside4 ай бұрын
Perfect excuse to start a van camper project. 👍
@texashikeaholicsadventures56514 ай бұрын
Oh my!!! Glad it wasn’t worse!! What a great story!
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
I didn’t feel like filming it. 😂
@juliomb14 ай бұрын
Does insurance cover bear attacks?
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
We just have liability on it (it’s old).
@CalvinHodgson4 ай бұрын
Probably comprehensive insurance as that is for everything but collisions.
@sdrc921264 ай бұрын
🐻
@cgriggsiv4 ай бұрын
A very brave police officer Good for you young man for keeping your wits
@cgriggsiv4 ай бұрын
That poor poor van
@RandysWSG4 ай бұрын
Oh man!
@BrosephRussell4 ай бұрын
WOW 😮
@jacobpoucher4 ай бұрын
Wow thats a old oddesy still going strong untill then.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
lol yes. I love the thing.
@jacobpoucher4 ай бұрын
@@TimWatsonOutdoors great condition too 👍 big big fan of the Honda myself.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
It has made me a huge believer. We bought it thinking we’d eventually replace it…and here we are.
@jacobpoucher4 ай бұрын
@TimWatsonOutdoors lemme guess, 200k+ ? The j series engine is a great engine, ahead of its time, great hp per liter. I've personally seen and wrenched on a few until almost 400k.
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Good guess but we’re at 190k. Just regular oil changes, maintenance and putting about town with the occasional long trip.
@luischavez17014 ай бұрын
I work in a place where im expecting to get hit with pressurized water to the feet. Do you think these will hold up?
@TimWatsonOutdoors4 ай бұрын
Hmmm. If your feet is consistently in water I’d go with a complete rubber boot. The tongue of these boots is the weak point.
@luischavez17014 ай бұрын
@@TimWatsonOutdoors ah okay well thank you for the advice 👍
@shramj4 ай бұрын
I bought the Exos 48 like 7 years ago, I really like the design of it and the back panel is awesome for getting air on your back.
@MeOutside4 ай бұрын
Good to see you still in a hammock. I bought a Duplex; now it’s pretty much 50/50 hammock tent for me.
@rachescakes5 ай бұрын
I did a double take when I saw a new video. I definitely checked that it was posted 2 days and not 2 years ago. Glad to see you back!
@TimWatsonOutdoors5 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@jakeva98025 ай бұрын
No poop trowel talk? This is fake Tim
@TimWatsonOutdoors5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@jasonjackson72935 ай бұрын
Great to see you back!!!
@JMD19655 ай бұрын
MAN have I missed your videos!!! ..and yes, I completely understand about priorities of life. Beautiful view at the camp overlook!!
@tomwillard72515 ай бұрын
The Dolly Sods have been on my list for a while. Thanks for bringing us along and good to see a video from you!