Congratulations on 1,400 miles! That heat and humidity is brutal. Keep doing what you need to do to get through the days. Love the vintage AT trail idea.
@tresannrn8454Ай бұрын
Congrats on that 1400 milestone. I’m so glad on this day you were able to escape the heat. No one should be hiking, especially with limited water, in temps like that. Be safe wherever you’re hiking today. You two remain a blessing to follow. Thank you! Godspeed!!✌️🙂💚
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
Thank you!
@maureenmukhlis2934Ай бұрын
Oh that snake was huge!!! 😱 So happy you were able to get off trail and out of that heat!! It’s just not safe out there!! Take care and get in those electrolytes!💗💗💗
@Elizabeth-pt4bvАй бұрын
Congratulations on 1400 miles 👏 👏👏 and a huge rattler, too. Yikes!! You're so smart to get off trail in the heat. It's been brutal lately. Stay safe, and thanks for sharing
@jimhenderson387Ай бұрын
Better safe than sorry, for sure!
@KathyColorado1Ай бұрын
That heat is brutal! "hotter than the hinges of hell" Way to stay safe. Colorado Girl on the Colorado Trail
@debkheiry5846Ай бұрын
After a few years of using a ZPacks cuban fiber Solplex, I trashed that sucker for a freestanding tent for EXACTLY these reasons. Someone else mentioned using rocks - well that’s not always an option either. I loved my Solplex but at the end of the day, the extra weight was worth it. As you guys age, you’ll find that a few extra pounds will drastically improve your QOL on the trail. Get a cuban fiber Big Agnes and don’t look back. ❤
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
We have a 3 person BA tent at home that we love but it was wayyyy too big for a thru hike lol
@markviers998Ай бұрын
In that heat totally get taking the old route with water! Congrats on passing 1400 and that big snake!
@AmyStoneYTАй бұрын
Congratulations 🥳 on 1400! Such a HUGE accomplishment 🎉 It’s been ridiculously hot and humid here in the Toronto area of Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. Humidex of 40+ Celsius. I can’t imagine hiking the miles you’ve been hiking in that and hotter. Yuck! Glad you were able to get off trail and into a cool hotel!
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
The heat has been relentless
@dogwigglemusicАй бұрын
You are doing the right thing. You have reached heat exhaustion and headed for heatstroke. Listen to your body and don't be hardheaded. You did what you could do and that's enough.
@stanthemanhikes2965Ай бұрын
Too hot to hike for sure. I hate that reroute. The vintage section is better but on busy weekends that road is extremely dangerous to cross. They finally rerouted because a hiker was hit and killed a few years ago. We took the vintage as well. Good choice to get off and into the AC.
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
Yea I didn’t realize that was the reason for the reroute 😓
@dogwigglemusicАй бұрын
I'm sure you probably know this, but you can use rocks rather than stakes (or in combination) to hold your lines taut. Old Boy Scout trick.
@elizabethcole5582Ай бұрын
Congrats on 1400 miles!!! But DAMN!! That heat is ridiculous!! Smart move getting off trail. Keep the miles short and easy, but you knew that.
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
So ridiculous 🫠
@barndoorhostel365Ай бұрын
I do not like snakes!!! Congrats on 1400! Health always comes first! It has been brutally hot even up here in the Whites.
@amywert8088Ай бұрын
They are saying June was record highs, looks like July might be too!
@suemoore1965Ай бұрын
STAY COOL
@fordjubileeАй бұрын
May have asked this question but if the Hostels didn't show up do you think you would still be out there? Free Standing Tent ---Mine weighs in at 2:14 ish Kelty 2 person... Wouldn't hold up to a thru hike but section hiking ...perfect...
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
We’d still be out here but it would have a total suck fest in the heat wave lol
@charlesreed9155Ай бұрын
We also wouldn’t be covering anywhere near the miles we have without them. When you hike all day through brutal heat, then lay awake all night sweating, you can’t recover. So your miles just fall off. But we would definitely still be out here either way.
@dogwigglemusicАй бұрын
Heather is having her heat meltdown. No shame!
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
🥵
@Flipperwi715Ай бұрын
When I see a snake in AT videos, why do I always say out loud in a evil voice, "I shall grant you access"?
@BicheBug1996Ай бұрын
Keeping that hat on your head in this heat adds to your heatstroke feeling in the head
@heather__hikesАй бұрын
@@BicheBug1996 thankfully the back half of the hat is mesh so it’s not as hot