10 Days $100 Appalachian Trail Fontana Hilton and Smokey Mountains National Park

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@yochin1954 6 ай бұрын

It is great to be able to forage and hike, adds to the journey when you start to learn about the way everything is connected out there. The mushroom you harvested from what I could see in the video is not chicken of the woods, some mushrooms can really mess you up, and when you do find chicken of the woods boil it for about 15 minutes to make it less likely to cause stomach upsets( some people react with upset stomachs, but cooked properly I have never had an issue). For the mushroom look for a shelf like mushroom, with a very orange top, and white pores on the underside if the mushroom is close to or on the ground at the base of a tree, it will usually have yellow pores when found on the trunk of a tree. Luckily from my understanding most shelf mushrooms aren’t poisonous, just not eatable, but it is best practice to only eat with 100% certainty. Great Vlog as always, it is inspiring!

@somewherewithalmostthere 6 ай бұрын

I just wanna say I think this whole challege youre doing is amazing. This whole thing is great advice for future thru hikers. Thank you for showing that we really dont need $4,000 to $6,000 to hike the trail! Its a different hike for sure, but still doable so far. Keep kicking ass!

@michaelpowers4402 6 ай бұрын

That guy at the end keeping it real 👋

@Lifesvagabond 6 ай бұрын

How do you keep your calories up? Sounds like youre crushing 20 mile days with top ramen for dinner. Id waste away to starving marvin level really quick.

@Joe_Serious 6 ай бұрын

I just got back from a short hike in the smokies and heard you were there! I met Burnt Beard and California at Icewater, I think it was last Tuesday. Burnt Beard was running to the shelter literally a second before the sky opened up with a torrential downpour 😂California was super interesting to talk to and very polite. Both great guys, hope they have a successful hike 😀

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Haha so great you met them

@Foghorn77 6 ай бұрын

You're definitely meeting some characters this hike. Is Marvel going to do any of the hike with you?

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

She won't be

@db.mc2 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack! 👊🏻👍🏻 Hope you Pyro and 60 are doing well my friends 🤞🏻Stay safe and take care 👍🏻 God Bless 🙏🏻 Appreciate you!

@zenkathikes 6 ай бұрын

I think a poultice of wild plantain might help with the poison ivy. I so appreciate you and your content. I've been telling my hiking buddies about this challenge. Also. Definitely will be interested in your training course. I hike with lots of chronic injury issues from a really bad car accident in 2014. My knees were both broken along with my tib fib plateau. I desperately want my knee mobility back as I plan to attempt the AT. You look like you are having a blast. Hike on.

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Goodluck with your recovery!

@aaroncondon9264 6 ай бұрын

Glad you’re doing this. QQ, in the pre video in which you’re getting your gear together, I thought the $1k was for gear and trip costs. Is it only for costs incurred on the trip including pre bought food?

@SydReed-n8u 6 ай бұрын

Gear isn’t going towards the total, even though it was fairly cheap and a lot of it homemade :)

@marthadoelle7585 6 ай бұрын

I think 500 for gear and 1k for all food and overnights

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Great is not in the 1k. 1k for food is already pushing it for a3 month trip

@Oldsparkey 6 ай бұрын

"Aw" Yes , the morning shower from the tent when shaking the excess moisture off it and even the ground cloth. When I can ( most of the time ) I go shower less by taking a Jungle Hammock.

@danielstoddart 6 ай бұрын

Amazing that you for real met Sam Bankman-Fried on the AT

@CanCanHikes 6 ай бұрын

You are doing great! Love the discipline ❤

@DRaZuL77 5 ай бұрын

I noticed you didn't include a bear bag or container. What's your reasoning for not using one?

@QuadzillaHikes 5 ай бұрын

In the areas with bear issues there's cables and bear boxes.

@DRaZuL77 5 ай бұрын

@@QuadzillaHikes good to know, where do you store your food outside of areas with bear issues?

@chrisghikes1693 6 ай бұрын

"Multiple orifices of the animal use the same hole." 🎶 The More You Know...🎶🌠 🤣

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

He was such a character

@RC-qf3mp 6 ай бұрын

What do you think of the Ray Jardine claim that a tarp is better than a tent b/c the lack of condensation in a properly pitched tarp can prevent condensation, keeping you warmer?

@dumbcrumb879 6 ай бұрын

I feel like that really only applies if the condensation ends up touching you and your sleeping bag but otherwise it would be the same.

@RC-qf3mp 6 ай бұрын

@@dumbcrumb879 Jardine was a NASA engineer. He didn’t go by what it ‘feels like’ to him, but years of experience, analysis and testing. It’s not just about condensation touching you, but air flow and warmth (from lack of condensation) and colder temperatures caused by condensation.

@samuelfox8126 6 ай бұрын

The top surface of any material in a most environment will have condensation from dew when the dew point is reached. You are describing the condensation from breathing and body perspiration. The fabric of a tarp and tent, made of the same material, will be equally wet from dew.

@RC-qf3mp 6 ай бұрын

@@samuelfox8126 so you’re saying Jardine, a NASA engineer and pioneer in hiking, who basically invented ‘ultralight’ hiking and the very idea of a ‘base weight’, had no clue what he was talking about? Of course dew can be reached on the outside. That’s not the issue. The issue is whether a tarp is superior to a tent, as Jardine claimed, because of the ventilation and air circulation on the inside that allowed for warmth. Jardine wrote a chapter on this topic in his hiking book, and wrote a book on it in his book on tarps.

@samuelfox8126 6 ай бұрын

@@RC-qf3mp I'm saying Quadzilla would've had his tent inside out if he were trying to shake off the inside condensation. So inside condensation isn't what Quadzilla is addressing. He was addressing dew. And I'm regards to dew, a tarp is no different. It's placement. But since you're questioning me using Jardine's credentials to back you up, NASA has had more than a few MASSIVE blunders. That's kind of a gentle up yours. It's kind of being Captain obvious to say a tarp ventilates more. That takes zero intelligence.

@ppalom2245 2 ай бұрын

Loving your trek. Great information and motivation. On an aside - your background music is too loud and overshadows your speaking..

@csaflip 6 ай бұрын

What camera/mic setup are you using?

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Sony a6700 And rode mic

@ambulowan 6 ай бұрын

How much are you down on your 1k Budget?

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Have$800 left and enough food to get to Damascus

@ambulowan 6 ай бұрын

@@QuadzillaHikes Nice, would you have money left or gone if you continue to spend like you did so far. Seems like Money left.

@richardross7219 6 ай бұрын

There are various milage challenges along the way. The CT challenge is 54 miles in one day. In 2018, I saw a tramily of 4 do it together but very few since then. As a retired US Army Corps of Engineer(USACE) Officer, I can tell you that projects are of long duration, great complication, and exciting to complete. The Fontana Dam is a USACE project. You might enjoy getting involved in a construction project. I built many bridges and really enjoyed the process. Have fun. Good Luck, Rick

@schmitzcj 6 ай бұрын

I'm wondering about the 4 State challenge as well,.. curious to know if he's thinking about doing it.

@papatrekit 6 ай бұрын

I'm always surprised when I see everyone cooking at the shelter

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

They put the tables there 🤷‍♂️

@christopherch7307 6 ай бұрын

👍🐿👍 happy trails

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@musingwithreba9667 6 ай бұрын

Ouchie, I hope you were able to take care of the poison ivy reaction!

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Oh it got way worse haha

@musingwithreba9667 6 ай бұрын

@@QuadzillaHikes 😲

@knitaesthetic2549 6 ай бұрын

@QuadzillaHikes anything with jewelweed in it will help.

@DirtyBagel 6 ай бұрын

They have to redirect the water to start and build a dam.

@clydevanwinkle7382 6 ай бұрын

I think

@wcamericanmade9828 6 ай бұрын

I as well think

@atlmtnbiker 6 ай бұрын

Not chickens

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Yes it is, look up white pore chicken of the woods

@atlmtnbiker 6 ай бұрын

@@QuadzillaHikes I would just about bet my house that's a Berkeley's polypore, and I've had two mushroom experts I know agree with that. None of us have ever seen Laetiporus look like that. Google Berkeley's polypore and look at the first few pictures. Luckily, that's not one that's going to hurt you. You can eat them, but it's not recommended. Stop eating mushrooms if you don't know what they are lol! Hope this helps.

@atlmtnbiker 6 ай бұрын

There's a slim chance it's chicken of the woods, but if it is it's been taken over by a parasite.

@erinmichaud9111 6 ай бұрын

Yikes. Not chicken of the woods!

@QuadzillaHikes 6 ай бұрын

Yes it is, look up white pore chicken of the woods

@erinmichaud9111 6 ай бұрын

@@QuadzillaHikes Its a little too pale. I thought it may be old, but it definitely crunched when you tore it off. Both COW species in the east are bright orange. Berkeley’s Polypore or black staining polypore - both are edible, but not as good as COW. BTW, I'm hoping to catch up with you in CT and bring some trail magic. Following your journey!