A Week at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon - Hayduke Trail Thru Hike 14

[@JupiterHikes]

The most talked about (and maybe the most feared?) section of the Hayduke is coming up next! Saddle Canyon and the Tapeats Creek to finish up the Grand Canyon. Thank you for watching!

[@davidstrauss4808]

Insanely beautiful, insanely challenging. You are an amazing couple. A big thank you for taking us muggles along!

[@JupiterHikes]

I've also included a bunch of info on permits for GCNP for any future Haydukers in the video description, as it is a bit more involved than most trails out there

[@dirtyjarhikes]

Beautiful shots on the escalante route! That black/white snake was wild 😮

[@silverado5325]

Very well constructed series- thanks

[@stephenlewis8143]

I didn't see this section until after I saw the previous. Was unaware you'd be in the canyon for two weeks, & in the bottom with intense heat. Coming up on Tapeats Creek (plenty of water) Surprise Valley then later Kanab Ck. Surprises ahead, I've been in much of this country. I'm happy you are healthy & not collapsing from heat exhaustion.

[@MaylesTrails]

Hats off to Dave! I struggle to go into work on a Monday, after a weekend of doing nothing 😅

[@susanlevine9092]

Your videos are excellent, love your narration as well as views. I save them for a nice relaxed time when I can get lost in them, they're a gift to the day!

[@paintingworlds]

When going down the Colorado River through the canyon one travels back in geological time to the black 6 billion year old rock. Mind blowing to experience.

[@blueandgreenslacks]

What’s mind blowing is that earth is only 4.5 billion years old.😂😂😂

[@paintingworlds]

@@blueandgreenslacks You're right. I mis-remembered. The oldest rock exposed in the Grand Canyon is called the "Elves Chasm Gneiss" and is part of the Vishnu Basement Rocks, which are estimated to be around 1.84 billion years old.

[@gerrylake]

The Arizona wilderness is unforgivable. The video and editing really show this. Nice one JupiterHikes. Six hour breaks, “A ridiculous thing to do, but we had no choice.” Indeed!

[@plaguepandemic5651]

I'm proud to consistently be among the first viewers on this series:) Something I'm curious about- how do you maintain your water filters on these long hikes? I just used my Sawyer at a muddy wilderness tank, the filter got clogged up with dirt very quickly (even after pre-filtering through a sock) and the water still tasted pretty dirty afterwards. I had to waste some of my filtered water backwashing the mud out and the whole process of getting water took like 2 hours! It got me thinking about that time on the Arizona Trail when your filter broke and I just wonder how you handle this stuff on trail, as well as the daily ritual of filtering water. Thanks for reading and for sharing your travels and skills with us!

[@JupiterHikes]

I wash my filter out and clean it in every town that I am in. I find the platypus filter to be easier in that regard as it seems to have more ways of cleaning it frequently with ease. Sometimes I will avoid water all together if it looks like it might damage my filter, and I know I have more water coming up that might be better. Sometimes on an App like Farout you can see comments from other users where they specifically mention the quality of a certain source and that is helpful. Maybe a good thing you can consider, is carrying a tiny backup, like aquatabs. They weigh just a couple grams, and should your filter break, or the water be truly nasty you could use those. One final little tip, if you happen to be camping near a muddy or silty source, you can bottle the water before bed, and by morning the dirt will have all sunk to the bottom in which case you can filter easily without worry. Not a super common occurrence, but can be helpful in a lot of different situations.

[@plaguepandemic5651]

@@JupiterHikes grabbing the water, letting it settle and filtering it later in camp actually seems like a really smart idea, I'll give it a shot sometime soon and see how it works out. I'll also look into the platypus because the sawyer squeeze has been a bit of a pain to be honest, I always dread having to resupply on water. Thank you

[@ervinslens]

What a beautiful cinematography my friend, this whole area is brilliant! Epic upload 👏👏

[@DudleyNivorous]

Great videos. I have rafted the Colorado through the Grand Canyon several times. Amazing place.

[@stopgapper]

I have this image in my head of you (Jupiter) standing at McAfee knob hanging your pack on an outstretched arm over the famous rock outcropping over the valley. Sprocket standing at the overhang at 10:19 reminded me of that. Anyway, no real point to make, just some association with past videos. (Or maybe I'm dreaming.) Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

[@marleenvos4126]

Wow, such stunning views... thank you for sharing! I have really been enjoying this series :)

[@stpetie7686]

Thanks again for the upload. You really do a great job on your videos. The effort is appreciated.

[@stephenpiccolo]

I look forward to these videos each week.

[@ryanlabossiere1117]

I thoroughly enjoy these videos

[@debs_hiking_journey]

Wow so beautiful, love watching your videos.

[@KhurshidsChannel]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@celiareed1402]

I am fascinated by rattlesnakes. Looked up the pink rattler. Really cool!

[@indtexcol]

We saw the Kaibab squirrel while camping at an RV park just outside Jacob’s Lake. Beautiful animal.

[@tracykooken2606]

yes the desert is extreme. this is where i grew up. I am ready for some forested country 2 liv in !! but enjoy ur vid !!! good 4 Miss Sprocket !!!!! 4 both actually.😊😊

[@martinforrester8249]

Both the Nankoweap and Beamer trails have alarming exposed sections. Sadly, you didn't show these sections. In 2003 I wild camped on the Saddle Mountain area ( of the North Rim).Middle of the night I had to get out of my tent... for the usual.....mid flow, I heard the most horrendous scream. I'm not sure how far away, but I bid a hasty retreat into my truck for the rest of the night.

[@karenshafer234]

Amazing...Thank You !!

[@SueMayotte-bp7zr]

My husband and I were on a commercial rafting trip in May, which launched on the 18th. While watching this video I was wondering if we crossed paths with you though we didn’t know it. Once I saw your shot of the full moon I realized that we did pass you (you were probably several hundred feet higher than us). The night of the full moon we’re were in the Carbon Creek area, just down river from the Little Colorado. I have throughly enjoyed following the two of you. My heart belongs in Utah and Arizona (I live in N.H.) and I head to the desert whenever possible.

[@JupiterHikes]

The night of the full moon we were camped just near cremation creek/canyon and would be going up the south kaibab to the rim the next morning! Hope you enjoyed the rafting trip, it's definitely something I am highly interested in doing myself!

[@trakyboy5128]

Yeah u guys it's just " another heyduke day " !!!! 😂. Well said Sprocket 😅

[@LinzYoutube]

Mad respect. I don't think I would want to do this. Enjoying this series very much! That's very nice of you guys to bring that girl along with you! Would she have just done it alone otherwise if you hadn't met her? 'cause wow!

[@JupiterHikes]

She had already done about 1,300 miles hiking totally alone just before we ran into her, so she definitely would have continued alone without us just fine!

[@BearTrekAdventures]

Great video series! Look forward to seeing the remaining episodes. Superb job as usual. Congrats for completing this challenging hike! Would love to do this one day when I get more experience with routes. What kind of backpack does Sprocket use? Really like the design of her pack.

[@JupiterHikes]

She made it herself! Combining things she's liked from other packs, and trying out a lot of random things as well

[@BearTrekAdventures]

@@JupiterHikes Well done!

[@vickirogerson179]

Holy Moly!

[@jhonyermo]

Thanks for cleaning that up. I thought Sprocket was from AU and not NZ. I had heard both.

[@JupiterHikes]

Sprocket is from Aus, and Hilary is from NZ

[@dovh49]

Some of the rodents carry the plague and I remember reading an article from 10 or 15 years ago about a ranger touching a dead animal (it might have been a mountain lion) and then he ended up dying from the plague. I think he was on the north side of the Grand Canyon. We just slept on our tarps when we camped on the bottom of the canyon. The mice jumping all over the place made it so my wife didn't sleep well at all.

[@RC-qf3mp]

I’m enjoying the 2024 videos… but wondering where you’re at in your development as a hiker. How are you growing as a hiker? What have you learned from these past journeys?

[@JupiterHikes]

My development as a hiker... I've been trying to hike progressively more difficult things over the years so learning comes from that in a big way. Learning through stepping things up over time in small ways. More navigational trouble, more scrambling, more remote, less gear, faster and more miles. These are all things I've grown pretty comfortable with! My problem is more on the other end, I am not so good at just going out purely for fun with friends. Going out on trails that have tons of people and socializing more than hiking

[@RC-qf3mp]

@@JupiterHikes cool. I’ve developed a lot as a hiker thanks to your videos (Evan, and reading Jardine). Getting better with a tarp and found that no-soaking is easiest for me. Also surprised how comfortable I am sleeping with just a zlite foam pad. Frameless pack works for me too. Thanks for all the help with your instructional videos.

[@yosconisi]

How do you refill on water, given the river is very silty and you aren't always near it?

[@JupiterHikes]

Thats the fun part! You don't. Carry more when necessary, but for this section the Colorado River is for the most part the only water source

[@Rkolb2798]

Is Sprocket using a film camera ? If so , how many Rolls of film did she use ?

[@JupiterHikes]

I think she just used two total rolls for this trip. We both like the aspect of "one and done" when it comes to the physical aspect of film, rather than the thousands of photos on digital to get something right. Over the course of this hike however she did run into a small problem, there's so much blowing sand in this arid environment that without a lens cap on her small film camera the pictures got progressively more hazy as the trip went on! So it's kind of funny to look back at her photos as they descend into lesser and lesser sharpness

[@Rkolb2798]

@@JupiterHikes that’s too bad about her lens getting scratched , I totally agree with you on film , with film you have to think about what you are doing and the results you will achieve . To snap away on digital in the hope you get something is fine for the age we live in I guess , but is it art ? In the end the result is somewhat the same . There was a lady on the Camino de Santiago who carried a small box of water colours with her . Now that dedication .