What They Don’t Tell You About Hiking the John Muir Trail / Nüümü Poyo

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Why call the trail Nüümü Poyo? To show respect for the folks that called the area home for centuries! This is a really good article explaining more, you should give it a read: www.rei.com/blog/news/nuumu-poyo-a-story-of-reclamation-on-a-well-loved-trail or search Indigenous Women Hike on Instagram! Why am I still using JMT in my titles and such? So people interested in the trail but haven't heard the indigenous name yet will know what I'm talking about!

[@ulisirius9027]

You are anglo-saxon. In your language it isn't. Taiga walk: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnyoZ5KbatB5nK8

[@ulisirius9027]

Jeans are something american. But all long trousers are GERMANIC. They were the sign of the germanic peoples (for males original). Romans didn' t wear trousers only togas, celtic people wore kilts or skirts or were painted or even nude. Only germanic people and chinese knew to eat on a table with a chair. All others sitting at the ground or lieying during the meal.

[@ulisirius9027]

And by conquering the roman Empire, the germanic people and tribes took over the power became christian created feudalism and founded Europe. And that was throughout Europe, anyway germanic, romanic, celtic or slavonic territories. So the long trousers enforced all over.

[@melbaker9495]

We should certainly honor the legacy of the tribes who lived in the Sierra before Europeans. However, John Muir has been unfairly slandered. When he was a young man he did call some of the tribes he encountered dirty, but he also called white sheepherders the same. The tribes he meet in Yosemite had been devastated and he saw only a remenent of what they were, as workers in the valley. Later he would incounter intact Alaskan tribes for which he had high praise. We have to understand people within the context of their times and when we do judge we must ask, "did they change and grow" and Muir most definately grew as a human being, far more than most of us ever will.

[@ubermensch1312]

Sounds a bit ridiculous to call someone born in 1838 a racist. Had you been born in 1838, you’d likely have a very different worldview

[@StamfordBridge]

We can condemn Muir's racism but still praise Muir as the single greatest champion the American wild has ever had. People are complex. I am happy we have a trail named for this great hero. And thankfully we have the o.g. conservation organization founded by him.

[@Lennen-N-Motion]

Maddie, excellent information for first time JMT’ers. I like that you are identifying the trail as it originated by the aboriginal peoples. John Muir does deserve a place in the history books as well, for preserving & preventing that area from corporate takeover. I just landed a JMT permit for late June 2023, so your JMT playlist has become my go to instruction guide while I plan and prepare. Good luck in Alaska and happy travels. Sorry I missed meeting you as you passed through my home state of Louisiana. I spent the night in a tent on that very beach where you got stuck.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I loved that beach!! I felt really lucky to see two really beautiful and really diverse places in Louisiana. Best of luck on the JMT! I hope it doesn’t rain as much for you as it did for me! I read that if John Muir hadn’t fought to preserve the land that he did, Yosemite Valley could have looked like the American side of Niagara Falls. To be honest, I haven’t been there yet, but it sounds very touristy! I don’t mean to disparage him as much as I mean to honor the native peoples. They did things like controlled burns to prevent wildfires and tended to the land in a way it seems to me like they’re not given enough credit for!

[@MatthewMcDermott6]

The sounds of loud planes / fighter jets was definitely a surprise to me as well, you really hear so many!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yeah!! Thanks for backing me up on that!

[@XA1985]

I’m going ultra light 5 pounds base weight, my goal is 25 miles a day average and I’m hitting the gym hard for the last two years, this year is my year 😊

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Wow!! You go!!

[@whatthefunkwasithinking7645]

Wow as a former JMT Thru-Hiker, PCT (sobo) Thru-Hiker, AT LASHER, That is Quite the goal!! Good Luck City Boy!! ~Siesta

[@mtadams2009]

Please make sure you give your body time to climatize. Many year ago I drove out from the East Coast and jumped out of my car and headed up the trail to climb the Grand Teton. I was able to reach the top and get back to my tent but I was seriously sick. It was like the worst hangover I have ever had. I did the same trip a couple years ago but I gave my body time to adjust to the lack of air and my climb was not an issue at all.

[@moniquemamikunian9997]

After spending many weekends hiking in the Eastern Sierras you are spot on with your recommendations. I love that you are calling the JMT by it's original name. Hopefully that starts a movement. One observation about cleaning yourself in the lakes - it's far better to take the water from the lake and rinse your clothes away from the lake rather than dunking them into the lake. The pristine alpine lake ecosystem can become negatively impacted by the sheer number of hikers cleaning off their sweat soaked, sunblock smeared, dirty clothes directly in the lake. Good luck on your future trails.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh, that’s a great point about rinsing off in lakes!! Thank you for letting me know! And thank you, I hope the original name gets more popular too!

[@timothycushing5473]

Maybe you just shouldn’t go there. Your impact is destroying the environment.

[@jeanninebilland5708]

Here in Hawaii,we have the same problem. Tourist come in by the droves,raping the beautiful islands by being so disrespectful on their selfish

[@billr5842]

Fortunately there are many lakes which are very difficult to access that aren't destroyed by all of these hikers!

[@whatthefunkwasithinking7645]

Thanks Ranger for the info!! Fellow Kentuckian here (small town, Taylor Mill in NKY) PCT thru-hiker (sobo 2016), AT LASHER GA>VT & Katahdin. I cut my backpacking teeth in the Red River Gorge, always exploring the Big South Fork in the Fall & Winter when in town. Take the month of February off every year to live in Death Valley, Organ Pipes, KOFA, Sedona, Zion, Bisbee, Mesa Verde, etc. Keep Doing what you LOVE!! ~ Siesta

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

That’s awesome!! Such wonderful places you mentioned! The Gorge was a big starting place for me too!

[@snowdropinbloom7088]

So Highly Informative & Elucidative for would-be beginner Hikers/Adventurers and explained in a simple and no nonsense way. Also great that modern day Hikers who use the 'People's Trail', respect, appreciate and pay Homage, in recognition of the traditions and Legacy left behind by the original Indigenous Palute people, who in a sense bequeathed their Ancestral Trails and Home, for the benefit of modern day Hikers to continue to honour that Legacy. To the Nuumu Poyo people, we owe so much. Commented on Gear I Loved, Hated, and Wished I Had on the John Muir Trail/Nüümü Poyo

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yeah, so true!!! I’m so glad to hear you feel this way!

[@hikesome]

So good that you pass on your experience and knowledge after hiking the JMT. I think many hikers are beginning adventures wit a mindset which is positive but a bit too naive and that can cause a lot of pain ;)

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yup, that’s true! And with something that involves soooo much knowledge, it’s impossible to know every little thing!

[@wabbitt86]

thank you, someone that still says Happy Trails ...good post

[@kibashisiyoto6771]

1. I believe ESTA does take cards if you call the day before to reserve a seat. 2. Embrace the stink! 3. I was one of those guys who had to pee right on the trail up in the needles section. I'm diabetic, and have to pee more often and it comes on urgently. At least I tried to be discreet, but I didn't have a whole lot of options to get to safely up there. I almost walked in on a gal relieving herself on the 99 swtichbacks, so it's not just guys who do it. 4. You are so right about trimming the nails. 5. It is fairly easy to get to the trail heads and back home using public transportation entirely. YARTS and ESTA are the keys. Don't have to worry about bears getting into your car or having it marmotized. 6. The hitchhike from Whitney Portal to Lone Pine has got to be the easiest hitch in the world, and is generally recognized as safe, you're amongst your fellow hikers. If you haven't talked up a ride at the store, go down to the stop sign at the exit from the overflow parking lot. The first time I stuck out my thumb as I walked down and didn't even make it to the stop sign before I was picked up. Second time I only waited for the second car to get my ride.

[@jonathankulic6840]

I didn't know how much I needed this information until I watched your video

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Really?! Thanks, glad I could help!!

[@A-K_Rambler]

Beer Stipend!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thank you! 🙌🙌

[@JasonSnailer]

Thank you for your videos they were so fun to watch. I start my JMT hike on Oct 2, 2022.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh that’s so exciting!!! Stay warm!

[@eljed]

Great vid. That's going to help a lot of people. I prefer to hike alone and camp with trail folks. CHAPSTICK.

[@jimmymalone3494]

Great job Maddie i enjoyed it and thank you for sharing with us. Hope you have great Week.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thanks, Jimmy! Same to you!

[@nicholashernandez4367]

The south end of the trail is closer to Edwards Air Force base, which is probably the reason you saw military planes towards the end of the hike.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh that makes a lot of sense! Thanks for letting me know!

[@LightsonDevon]

Also China Lake Naval Weapons test station

[@Pitchingdad]

I did the JMT as a kid, and the fighter pilots screaming through the canyons at eye level, well. . . it got me excited about flying, so I became a pilot. Yes, for that brief moment the tranquil bliss was shattered, but what a thrill. I don't think they're allowed to do that anymore. Most jets are from China Lake and you'll never escape flyover commercial flights. Covid introduced backpacking to a new generation, for which I'm grateful; but it's a highway now. Minimal impact on the trail and lakes should be our mantra.

[@EK-mx7zb]

Those are really helpful tips. The FB group I followed for a while was just full of posts about gear and (dumb) newbie questions about hiking in general (why on the JMT? Dunno). Man, and the history info! Hadn’t heard that yet either in other sources. And congrats, you are tough as nails and pretty darn sharp to tackle all the logistics, endure, and complete such a tough trail!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thank you! I’m so glad I could be helpful! And yeah, Facebook groups can definitely get to be a bunch of nonsense sometimes!

[@Casual_BackPacking]

Thank you for the amazing information! , love your videos!

[@janerainsford8996]

Tuolumne Meadow in Yosemite. I want my ashes scattered there. Such beautiful memories.

[@viracocha4261]

It's pleasant when you encounter people who genuinely care. Selfishness just has no place in the world. Thank you for your video.

[@fulltilt151]

Digging the videos. Got into hiking a few years ago (quit drinking strangely enough) and needed to burn all this extra energy. KZbin gods served up your page while I was looking at gear, etc. etc. so here I am. Dream is the AT, Sheltowee, PCH. I just need time :) Keep up the good work! Liked and subbed. Hello from Louisville! (Audobon area).

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Whoa! How cool! I bet you saw somewhere that I’m from Louisville too, but I grew up in that general area! I don’t wanna get too specific on here, but it sounds like we have a lot in common!

[@fulltilt151]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces Yep, same, dont want to get too specific but I started seeing familiar places and as was like "hold up, small world!"

[@greggnovotny3492]

I did this hike in the early 70s and had zero food drops. I ate trout every day and left on June 23rd I was the first to leave from Happy Iles. Lots of snow

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Zero food drops for 211 miles? That's a lot of fishing! I'm really interested in learning as much as I can about how backpacking has changed over the years, thank you for the info.

[@jetv1471]

I hope you carry something now tho ! ❤❤❤ thank you for an excellent and informative video !

[@ShowMeAnAdventure]

This is so interesting, especially the history of the trail. Thank you for sharing! 💕

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thanks for watching!!

[@samgoeshiking]

I'm going to start my JMT attempt in early July. I'm excited!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Nice!! May the weather be in your favor!

[@HaiiGenApe]

yay another great video!!!! thankyou for the info and great insights from your own personal experiences. ps: van looks so comfortable, so awesome. stay safe out there , loving the content.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Glad you liked it! And thank you, I love my van ☺️

[@sokbok]

Im trying to do Huumu this August. I dont have a permit, but have been researching getting one day of and keep trying. any advice?

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Hmmm, mine was the week in advance option, so I don’t know. Maybe you can try for both week in advance and the walk up? If you can, it’s online so make sure you’re somewhere with good WiFi and just keep refreshing the page. If it looks like everything’s gone, keep looking at different options and refreshing, because all of a sudden there went from being 0 permits in a section to 2 and that’s how I got one! Best of luck!! I hope you have a great hike!!

[@unemployedrobots]

Awesome info! Finally got the frame and floor made just need to reinforce the frame and make two trap doors for the back went to truckee and did a rad bike ride along Conner lake psyched. I learned so much from this video. Keep inspiring others🤙🏽🏄🏽‍♂️👊🏽

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Truckee, California?! I love that area! And glad you enjoyed the video!

[@unemployedrobots]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces 💪🏽🚀💫truckeeee yeppers

[@adavid2548]

Ridgecrest / China Lake is a big Naval Air Base and its not far from My Whitney. That’s probably the reason for the military planes at the end.

[@randygonzalez5758]

To catch a ride from Whitney Portal to Line Pine, just start hiking down the Portal Road to LP with ur thumb out….you’ll get picked up within a mile

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Good to know!

[@gkirby68]

Well done, young lady! Very informative.

[@sunnyrivers]

Sorry I missed you Maddie‼️ Happy travels bright eyes😎

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thank you! 😊

[@lorenzomendoza1748]

Hi Maddie! New subscriber, I've been enjoying all your videos!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yay!! Welcome! I’m so glad you’re along for the journey! 🥳🎉

[@stevenstewart6349]

So much helpful info. Thanks!

[@pambrown6260]

The reading about the first nations people would be interesting

[@tengonadacluewhatsgutsprec1419]

My BO has dropped off tremendously ever since I stopped using deodorant, no one at work believed me when they asked "my secret" to not stinking by the end of shift. Some of them have to spray themselves like every two hours, it's disgusting... Seriously clean clothes and a daily shower is all you need to smell pleasant throughout the day even when working a physically demanding job

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yes!!! You get me!

[@ervinslens]

Outstanding upload my friend, this was enjoyable and funny too.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh great!! Glad you liked it!

[@MichaelB-pf8xx]

Hi Matty I am new to your channel. Cool idea to visit all fifty States, congratulations on reaching your goal of 10000 subscriber. I live in Ireland, I'm Irish. Different time zones. Best of luck to you in completing your journey.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh that’s cool! I went to Ireland for a little bit, and I’m trying to go back someday. Thanks for following my channel!

[@davidemm829]

Strange, military I'm sure..I had no idea ppl road horses on that trail. Did you have cross over Donner Pass ?

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Not on this trail, but I did happen to drive over it another time!

[@seanpozin]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🪶

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Glad I could help!!

[@paintingworlds]

Kim Stanley Robinson’s new book ‘The High Sierra - A Love Story’ about his 50 years hiking the Sierras, tell a more balanced take on John Muir starting on page 350. Please read more before you condemn him.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Okay, I’ll see if I can find that book

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

It was actually available online! I’m not sure i would called that balanced, as it only shows Muir in a positive light, instead of discussing good and bad attributes. In any case, I’m always open to learning more. I hope you feel the same and will read the article I attached in the pinned comment.

[@boymama2620]

Great info! As a solo female hiker, I always have a knife and pepper spray on me. Would the park ranger also have taken pepper spray if you had it on you? I know bear spray comes in a much bigger container. I'm just curious.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yeah, I asked and they said pepper spray isn’t allowed either! I wanted to say, “well that rule was made with solo hikers in mind, was it?” But I’m not that bold!

[@mtadams2009]

Just don’t tell them. Remember is always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. They will never see your pepper spray, just keep it out of sight.

[@Swimdeep]

Nü was part of a 28 day trip with no resupply. Heaviest pack I ever carried, before or after.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh my gosh!! You had to be starving by the end!

[@shawnheneghan4110]

There were horses on every pass (except trail pass at the southern end). While the JMT is beautiful, there are better places (and long hikes) available throughout the Sierra.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I'm glad you found it!

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

Love that you gave the trail its original name - Nuumu Poyo. Chapeau BBP !

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I’m glad I came across that info! I hope more people find out and spread the word!

[@jimkanzelmeyer7722]

Lone Pine Kurt is awesome!

[@jaspersteve9420]

Thanks for all the detailed information! Scary you have to carry cash on the trail, seems like a perfect disaster for predators that might take advantage. You should have so many more followers, your editing, scenery and comments are amazing! Thanks for sharing your journey and your thoughts with all of us!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Aww thank you so much! 🥰 So glad you liked it, I really wanted it to be helpful and fun to watch! As for carrying cash seeming like a perfect set-up to get robbed, how about parking lots for hikers at the trailheads, too! Like, here’s a lot full of cars whose owners won’t be back for around three weeks! Maybe there’s cameras watching those parking lots, but I still wouldn’t be comfortable with that!

[@brianrobison5871]

Are people actually scared of being robbed for cash on trails? Seems a lot like living in fear of something that will never happen.

[@LightsonDevon]

I seriously doubt people looking to rob someone would take the effort involved to get to the trail. Much easier in the big city.

[@connorbailie8094]

The jets come out of nas lemoore and it is because it’s super cool lol

[@spencerjadenmoore]

This video is great, thanks!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Glad you liked it!

[@timtom...americancritic8079]

Hey , so you're videos are well done and really great to watch. They're fun and educational! However, you're videos have such low views with the exception of a few, why do you think that is? How can you change that? Doesn't that discourage you from making more? I find you're videos great so I've been puzzled by the low views.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I don’t really know why that is! Maybe my videos haven’t found their way to more people yet, or this niche is already saturated with content that looks really similar on the surface. But I remember only getting views in the hundreds or less for like the first 8 months or so I was on KZbin, so to me this seems like a lot! I see channels all the time from people that seem really nice and informative, with beautiful visuals and crisp audio, and wonder why they don’t have more views either. Just one of those things, I guess!

[@timtom...americancritic8079]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces You're video about the van conversion has almost 400k views!! So I do believe that there are too many channels out there about outdoor adventure. You're channel is "beer in beautiful places" and that's what made me watch you videos because i thought your channel was about road trips and going to different towns for food/drinks etc. Which is what your channel is about but I think you've increasingly have been focused on an outdoor activity in different places, which has turned your channel into an outdoor channel. I would make outdoor activities a small and regular part of your videos along with everything that you do, don't make it the focal point of your video that might help separate your channel from the pack. Just some ideas and suggestions.

[@davesanders9203]

Thanks for all the "tips and tricks" about 'The people who don't bathe everyday" LOL!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

:)

[@graceraven3423]

This video was so great! Lots of tips I don't know if I would have thought of a lot of. But people with any kind of texture to their hair needs products lolol it's not our modern bodies think they need them. Antiperspirant is no good but deodorant is great for keeping bad bacteria at bay and helping out the pH of the very warm and moist and dark area for the good bacteria. People have been using oils, herbs, and extracts for forever 💝

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh yeah, very true!! I was thinking in terms of detangling my own hair, but I shouldn’t have phrased it in a way of advice for everybody! As far as bacteria and deodorant, I had no idea, I’ll have to look more into that! Thank you for correcting me!

[@MrPlumberguy23]

this would be #2 on my list to hike.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Nice! What’s #1?

[@MrPlumberguy23]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces Appalachian trail. I live in Mississippi so I can get on some of it but I want to do the whole thing. what's your # 1?

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Cool! Mine is the AT too! It’s the most iconic and I have good memories from doing small sections of it throughout my life

[@sarainventura]

Interesting facts!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thank you!

[@coreym162]

30 seconds in and you earned a new sub :)

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Awesome!! Welcome aboard!

[@davidemm829]

Very nice ty Maddie

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Glad you liked it!

[@CRAIGNV]

VVR HAS TWO HUGE METAL HIKER BOXES, WHICH WERE FULL OF GREAT FOOD THAT THE JMT HIKERS COULDN'T CARRY IN THEIR PACK HEADING SOUTH. SO AS NOBO PCT HIKER, THANKS

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yes! Great point! I meant to say I would find stuff out of the hiker boxes first, then buy whatever I can’t find, at Tuolumne, Reds, and VVR, but I got nervous and forgot that part when I was filming!

[@davidemmerich9058]

Calling John Muir a racist is a bit ridiculous given the time he lived in and that he did have different opinions throughout his life. What will we be judged for 150 years from now?

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

We have to recognize and call out wrong doings of the past to move towards making life better for those who are still affected today.

[@StamfordBridge]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces But if we use one negative aspect of a man to eclipse from history the monumental good that man also brought to society, we are not moving forward at all.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

@@StamfordBridge I believe his conservation efforts were great, but they are more commonly known so I didn’t see the need to highlight them. If you’d like to make a video about the moral intricacies of this man, please do, but in this one, I just wanted to give some facts that aren’t as known before moving on to the next point

[@StamfordBridge]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces Look, I have no desire to crucify you here - I enjoyed your video! But you yourself said you were uncomfortable with the John Muir Trail carrying the man’s name because “he was a racist.” In effect, you were canceling him. This, despite the fact that this very trail would not exist today without him, and, as he was the co-founder of the very concept of the national park - an idea that has spread worldwide - the global size of wild nature preserved today solely because of this one man is incalculable. The desire to erase his name is - sorry - wrongheaded and repugnant. Imagine if I refused to call a Martin Luther King Boulevard in any city by its name because the man was a womanizer. Yes, fair treatment of women is paramount, but it cannot eclipse a person’s profoundly positive legacy.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

@@StamfordBridge that’s a really interesting point. While I still think there’s so much violence and disrespect toward native people today, I want to do everything I can to honor the original caretakers of the land, but if I was to redo this video today, I would definitely word things differently. Thank you for the new perspective and for disagreeing with me so civilly!

[@CAHOBBES]

JMT is John Manure Trail

[@Vrindavan1008]

Love it

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thank you!

[@nickmartini6708]

How is bear spray illegal and how do they expect you should protect yourself in lieu of bear spray? Guns?

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I don’t know! It might say on their website!

[@StamfordBridge]

You do not need protection from black bears.

[@drummindreams]

YARTS - Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System :)

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Didn’t I put the right version in there? It was supposed to show it after my guess

[@maxwellkromer]

Shout out to Lone Pine Kurt!

[@mtadams2009]

I would give John Muir a break. He lived in a much more difficult time than today. I am much older than you and my father and most my friends parents were also very racist. It was sadly actually normal back then and people generally did not question this behavior. We have come a long way and yes there is still work to be done. I am sure old John was pretty much like everyone else then.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I know that’s how it was back then, that still doesn’t make it okay though. We won’t move forward to a better world for everyone if we don’t call out the mistakes of the past that still have effects today🌻

[@JonJaeden]

​@@BeerinBeautifulPlacesHike South Chicago next, and get back to Muir.

[@absoluegreen]

But you'll still use his name for views?😂

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Like I said in the description and the pinned comment, I'm using JMT in my titles and such so people interested in the trail but haven't heard the indigenous name yet will know what I'm talking about!

[@kookkamajunga]

Muir radically changed his racial views on the natives. Just a FYI.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I read that he had the same mindset of the people of that time up until his death. Where did you find out he changed his mind?

[@robert6642]

Good video

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Thanks!

[@peterbedford2610]

If you hit the JMT from June thru August, be prepared for quite a bit of traffic as it gets way more people than just the strictly JMT permitted hikers.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Yeah!! Great point!

[@operationandy]

lol cause the Indians weren’t “racist” or anything …… to their own kind from separate tribes or anyone on hunting grounds or anything. 😂

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

It’s not up to me to place judgement on another group of people. What is up to me is noticing that I’m benefiting from something that causes injustice, and doing what I can about it

[@LightsonDevon]

I liked your video. Bear spray isn't really needed on the JMT. If food is properly stored they won't get it. As far as using it on people.... Really? I've read accounts of many solo female hikers enjoying a peaceful hike on the JMT with no issues. Most all the people you meat out there are out for the same reason, Not to assault people.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I agree! I filmed this when I was traveling the whole US alone and constantly on-guard, wary of everyone and everything. Now I’ve done the AT and have much more experience sleeping out in the open outdoors, and my thinking has changed!

[@AaronMaz]

Please don’t cancel culture the John Muir trail name.

[@birds.and.blazes]

Quick story about Paul from the shuttles - he picked up some of our tramily from the Whitney Portal to go into Lone Pine. He immediately stopped the car while still in the parking lot, got out, and peed literally right on the sidewalk in front of people. He then proceeded to warn our friends that he might fall asleep at the wheel (not jokingly!) because he didn't get any sleep the night before. His car was also filled with so much trash that they were buried up to their calves in the back seat😂

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh my gosh!! That’s ridiculous!!

[@nickmartini6708]

My body definitely has not gotten "used to" deodorant. I sweat hard everyday and nothing has changed. I still smell good every day .

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Nice, that’s awesome for you!

[@SasSaga]

John Muir, “a racist person”….well, that was his culture, at the time….

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Very true, but that doesn’t grant him a free pass in these times!

[@michaelnoel-v6f]

So cute

[@exitthrugiftshop]

Without John Muir the trail wouldn’t still exist and we likely wouldn’t have so much preserved land in the Sierras or anywhere in America. Try to show a little respect. It’s the John Muir Trail, always will be.

[@StamfordBridge]

Thank you.

[@Michael-tn5yg]

Bashing the horses for not being LNT yet you're doing laundry in a pristine alpine lake?

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Oh that was just a joke! Horses can leave all the traces they want!

[@jonnyboom5993]

I love how horse poop is ok but God forbid you dont bury your dog's poop.

[@yesidtac7863]

Aya no hay osos

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Solamente osos negros, que no dangeroso!

[@Mike_Greentea]

👍

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

🍻

[@kellyprobst4084]

hide your bear spray from rangers

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

I’m a big believer in following the rules, especially when they were made by people whose whole career it is to study these things!

[@catherinewhittington4567]

Ranger that stopped me made me empty my entire pack

[@tomnoyb8301]

Yikes!

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

?

[@aljawisa]

The jets are dumping chemtrails.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

Interesting!

[@StamfordBridge]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces Seriously?!?!?! NOT interesting!!!!! It's a ludicrous and easily debunked conspiracy theory. With your gullibility here and your ill-thought-through views on Muir, you strike me as very young and naive, I'm afraid.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

@@StamfordBridge i don’t believe in chem trails, friend, I was just responding to a comment without opening up a debate

[@StamfordBridge]

@@BeerinBeautifulPlaces Fair enough, and I’m glad to hear it - and I appreciate that content creators may not be eager to criticize commenters. That said, I’d say that the unchecked growth of conspiracy thinking is today as great a corrosive threat to the health of our society as racism is - and I consider racism a perennial, endemic scourge.

[@BeerinBeautifulPlaces]

@@StamfordBridge yeah that’s definitely true! If I remember right, when I was responding to this comment, I thought this person was just trying to rile me up so I wanted the simplest response that wouldn’t add fuel to the fire. But you’re right, I should have handled it differently!