Falling in Thigh Deep Mud on Kinsman Mountain 😆 | Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike 2023

[@gratitudeattitude]

Thanks!

[@TaylortheNahamshaHiker]

Thank you!!

[@MJustaddwater]

You are so lucky you got your shoe back! Have fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@EfficientRVer]

The rocks you showed going up Kinsman seem pretty similar to parts of White Dot trail up Monadnock. 20-25 years ago I climbed Monadnock 20-50 times per year. Day, night, summer, winter, if you climb a particular mountain enough, under enough different conditions, each rock and root you step on becomes familiar, even if you don't remember the exact order they're going to come at you in.

[@zigzag4230]

Thigh deep is funny from the comfort of my couch.

[@LeoneDyerCoach]

We have had so much rain. Mount Washington observatory posted "It's been a wet June - as of 0530 EDT, 28 June 2023, 16.58 inches of precip has fallen in June making it the 2nd wettest June in our dataset. June 1998 is currently #1 with 19.96 inches. But, more rain is expected in the days ahead, so 2023 could surpass it. We will see.." Good luck. Enjoy the journey. Be safe.❤

[@PaulsWanderings]

I was hoping to bang out Mt. Wash in the next week or two, I haven't been up there since 2020, and I am itching to get back there. I think that video should do well, assuming I do a good job recording it.

[@carolleslie9312]

The path that looks like rapids, the mud hole up to mid-thigh, and the rain… you took it all with a smile. Inspirational Taylor!

[@KennySmith_AKA_JerseyKid]

When trekking through places that are wet and muddy please be careful and I suggest don’t go alone. Had I ventured out alone early spring in New England had I been alone I would have not been pulled from a mud hole that I was in up waist deep both legs. And it’s the stuff that sucks you down like a vacuum cleaner. It took 5-7 people to pull me out

[@bronwenwiggin8003]

This rain is never ending this year! Currently sitting in a downpour in Maine. Good luck with the rest of your hike!

[@Lovesracing19]

Safe travels.

[@Nleary77]

Your reaction was priceless! Love the instant replay 😂 Day 101 nice job

[@barbaralojko4844]

Taylor, I live up Lost River area, drive by Beaver Brook daily,drooling at all those immaculate mts.Just think your attitude is Great.Lonesome lake is a treat , sun would have been nice! Keep On trekking.I been hiking 35+ yrs.,in Whites,other regions.Have you done A.T., my son did, plus AZT+ Long trail.I'm So proud to see younger hikers, blissful .Keep up the videos! ❤🎗️✨⛰️🥾🥾

[@garyb5877]

You are the best. Keep rocking the AT.

[@dannythecamper4186]

Good video with lots of good views, nice water fall, with lots of wet rainy hiking 😮, so let's keep on hiking 😊

[@chritinekerr1569]

Your a great person for sharing your life. You take care 🙂 💜💜 thank you from chrissy in New Zealand ☺️🙂

[@kateadams452]

We were camping in Vermont that day and the rain was constant. Lightning was a big problem and it took out the electricity for the nearest bathhouse. I can't imagine hiking the notch in that!

[@JBERRY603]

Nice job T!

[@AppalachianAdventures8556]

7:52 Pause it. My favorite part of a hike. The summit. Putting eyes on it for the first time......in clear weather preferably, but any summit is a good summit. This might sound cheesy but you experience it, you breath it in and means something years after you do it. It becomes a part of you.

[@cwfrasa]

Looks like a great day to slack pack!

[@leedanielson7452]

Loved it Kiddo! ❤🏕️🗻😊

[@janelleabbott6245]

Yes ma'am , still out there kickin' ass! Good to see you in a better mind state! Bless you beautiful

[@stevenkelly-reif2682]

Loved the footage today

[@deborahchadwick210]

Goodness, Taylor. What a trail today!! Taylor, the hiker, the myth, the legend!! What a day..thank you!! ❤

[@grantgrow]

Always a perfect length production, interesting, and wonderful information and scenes.

[@jaxxentheexplorer4156]

Hi Taylor! Just watched you on Big T's channel at Mt. Washington. So fun! I have been thinking of you as I watched Stella-Nyx head through the 100 mile wilderness. She and Leffe made a good team. Cannot imagine her going through all she did alone. You are such a strong and aware hiker....but secretly....I hope I'm not being to much of a mom to say I hope you have close tramily to help each other through that part of the journey too. You have done a wonderful job of sharing your journey. Its the first thing I look forward to in the morning. Thank you for sharing the experience.

[@jenspencer9906]

Taylor, I hope you hang around this tramily, or find someone to do the HMW with! With all the different dangers and especially the water this year, it would be wise to not be alone. You're going to crush it either way!!!! Would you ever hike again SOBO?????

[@gratitudeattitude]

I so appreciate what you are filming while hiking! Grateful for you sharing ❤

[@TommyKnoxville]

The Notch was a fantastic hostel. They somehow lost my shorts in the group laundry and did everything they could to rectify that situation. Love The Notch!

[@debsmith7050]

Guess you have many days like this ahead! You got this! Thanks for sharing

[@theresalibby3787]

You are such a happy camper, still smiling after that step into the mud!

[@tlars8569]

Everything has a value, what item that you were carrying would you backtrack the farthest to recover if you set it down and forgot it? How far would you go? ... Thanks for taking the time to vlog, edit and post 👍🇺🇸

[@RockHikerKY]

Glad to see you back on trail and in good spirits..

[@cfdrescue]

what a soggy day !! very impressive pushing through thanks for sharing !!

[@frolege1]

Watching Taylor from Denver airport .. slept in airport .. East coast storms … I’m being Taylor Strong

[@leedanielson7452]

George No offense, but I don’t think any of us are Taylor strong.!!!!😂💪🏻

[@frolege1]

@@leedanielson7452 Taylor Strong is the name of her Club .. kind of made that up but I like it

[@leedanielson7452]

@@frolege1 I think that’s awesome!!!!

[@Roadhouseee]

Flamer

[@leedanielson7452]

@@Roadhouseee Hey it’s your month to celebrate!!!! Congrats 🤣🧚‍♀️

[@lightwalker4558]

I'm glad you made it thru this part without injury. Even in dry weather your feet will get wet. I can't wait to see more footage of the Whites. 😊

[@markbegay7163]

I’ve been watching your videos, comes up here and there. I subscribed just now. Keep on trekking.

[@Jimmie2429]

It’s been raining virtually non-stop here in NH for weeks.

[@whcipher5080]

Maybe it'll stop raining by next summer

[@llw8089]

The rain has been relentless . Glad you got didn’t lose your shoe!

[@mjperkolator8854]

Crazy trail today! Good job.

[@jeannenimmo5]

Love the Whites - been going there for decades, but too old to hike, any longer. Do it while you can and while you're able - old age is a bummer. South Kinsman is one I never 'bagged.' Be well, stay safe.

[@jilly327]

I hiked Lonesome Lake down the Cascade Basin trail last week, it was beautiful up there.

[@Karen-dq8nw]

Great video showing how trail conditions can be, and why a mile is not necessarily a mile! The mud flub was excellent also - been there done that! Glad you didn't get hurt.

[@Barbara-pz8ky]

Omg so much water…thinking about you every single day Taylor…it’s been raining constantly in Vermont…thank you for the great vlogs.

[@MrMorton]

I really appreciated the trail views and conditions during this episode. Seems like a very wet day! Pushing through all of that is amazing! Have a beautiful day! 🌸🧡

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you for sharing a fun video.

[@Cindyscrossstitch]

All the rain. Keep going Taylor 👣🌻

[@kevinhouk9228]

You're a champion of today, good job.

[@cwesley2005]

You are the best Taylah!

[@david.conley]

Glad to see you back on trail. ONWARD!!!

[@denisebrown2940]

What a great video. It sure showed all the different aspects of the trail. You seem to take it all in stride. Happy hiking. You are doing fantastic.

[@RickINFJ]

😮 We almost lost Taylor to a mud bog! You shrugged it off well. What a trying day on trail. You powered up those steep granite slabs like a mountain goat. Rest well and take care ✌️💪

[@Get_Some_Nature]

Kinsman was the hardest climb for me last year of the entire trail! Wildcats are a close second. Loved the presidentials!!!

[@coastalfarmhouse1820]

Great blooper shot!

[@jchristopher1762]

WoW! That mud was. Crazy. It is a good thing you are tall cause that was thigh high.

[@kozmiczian]

Done the same kinda thing In ME. small pond with sawed off logs looking like steps, I tried the 1st log step it worked, so I stepped on second . . . it was a 'floater' . . . Went down to the waist! phew! Step by very careful step in the slippery, hard White Mountains. 'The Greatest Adventure' . . . Looking good in the Whites . . . as long as no injuries. . . be safe, Namsha🤞

[@dougw63]

hahahaha...you are not alone on that step into the abyss!

[@RC_0669]

Even tho I knew it was coming from the video description I gasped when you fell into the mud! That was scary! Glad you are ok! ❤

[@robinfinehout1160]

Remember the story of the woman who was hiking the AT somewhere in Maine and she went of the trail to go to the bathroom? She got disoriented and couldn’t find her way back. They found her skeleton in her sleeping bag and tent a year later.

[@kenmachine9951]

🎉🎉🎉 Ken NC 😎👍 Way to go.

[@deborahchadwick210]

Good Morning, Taylor!!

[@johnsandell4501]

Great episode. Thanks for plunging on camera. Priceless 👍👍👍

[@sheilasunshine9173]

Past the knee!!! Uhg! That reset day must have helped some. Take your time it’s supposed to be fun. If it’s not fun for you it won’t be fun for us!💚

[@HikeMichigan]

😂 so glad you didn’t get hurt really bad

[@michaelflynn7055]

I did the Ethan pond trail to the Zealand hut on 06/24 and the rain was crazy and the trail looked so much what was shown.

[@judithcoe7551]

Please be careful Taylor! Check the depths with your hiking sticks. Im praying God is watching over you and keeping you safe!❤🎉😊

[@dwonder]

Taylor, is it still Hazy from the Canadian fires?

[@georgedoolittle9015]

Ankle highs keep those shoes on in the mud and keep those ankles safe from The Twisties but yeah, when wet wring out the Sox and keep hiking and the heat from da' feat will dry it all out. Great postings!

[@kellycyr7038]

Yep, i did Isolation 6/19 and Davis Path looked like that. I actually stepped in water/swamp/mud on the trail that surprisingly went above my knee 😂 Wish all the rain would stop, i miss getting the views when i hike. Be safe!

[@PSUhockeygirl]

I just finished by section hike in Vermont and good GOD the mud. I think there were maybe two days it didn't rain on us D:

[@jamesadams2334]

Another great video "mud walker". LOL

[@royconnell2506]

Your top Notch. LOL 👍👍👍🤘

[@PaulsWanderings]

One of these days, I will pull out my topos so I can keep track of where you are. I have a hard time visualizing where the AT goes from day to day. This part of the NH AT I get "lost", in my mind, as it's not part of my "regular" hiking area. I am sorry but I burst out laughing when you went hip deep in the muck. That is one of my greatest fears when going through a muddy section. Ankle deep is bad enough. I couldn't imagine going hip deep. You need a chest mount for your phone so you can use both hands so I don't need to yell "put the phone down"!!! The Kinsmans are brutal. The section between Lonesome Lake and Cannon were my first introduction to the Kinsmans. That's one scary descent.

[@John572d4]

So what’s happening is last year was a dry summer, it’s rare to have back to back ones and this year it is balancing itself out. ‘20 was also dry while ‘21 was wetter but still a little below average. Also this June is going to be the first below average month (in temps) in the northeast in almost a year and a half which normally wasn’t unusual on a month to month basis…until the parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere got over 400 a few years ago. Another cycle of unhealthy air though will be shuffling in in a couple of days from the Canadian fires again, could lay low with a zero during it. Ayup, been to Maine.

[@scotbotvideos]

Nice of you to take one for the team.

[@kaiserwilhelmnh932]

This was the same day I hiked the Kinsmans with Pink Hot Dog. He kept on south and I headed back. Must have just stayed ahead of you. Best wishes

[@hdbinnc8583]

Wow! I’m glad you didn’t get hurt. That was close. We don’t need entertaining that desperately 😊. Please take care in the bogs.

[@Gwaltney-im7nl]

I watch your videos everyday before I lay down. I hope to one at least see the part of the trail closet to me

[@sharrison3974]

Great to see you back in good spirits again, able to deal with the weather conditions and plunging thigh deep into a muddy part of the trail. Winters here in England make everything super muddy so it's certainly an experience I can relate to!

[@claudiabowles1961]

Nice day, and beautiful shots of the lake and trail…even if wet.

[@andrearib6935]

OH NO! You seem to make many videos in what I deem potentially dangerous situations and I hold my breath each time. LOL Climbing up ladders/rebar stairs, with one hand, going across something where you need good balance, rock hopping to get across a water source, and you are taking a video. Each time I'm like "Taylor put the the camera away!!!!!!!!!" You daredevil you. Stay safe. Love your videos.

[@frolege1]

Funny you went knee deep in that mud after talking about your #2 cat hole incident.

[@Lordvader330]

OMG. Your laugh is the same as my daughters. She would have done the same thing.

[@Firebird8421]

Damn… I left you a note at the Lonesome Lake Hut, but I was almost a week late. 🤷‍♂️

[@Ladythyme]

I wonder how hikers thru hiked the AT to Katahdin before cell phones? Seems like every hiker today relies on Apps to find their way and to call/schedule accommodations …. I have full respect and admiration to the ones who did in pre cell phone days in days gone by. They were to be commended.

[@RickINFJ]

Good ol paper map, compass, and thru hiker word of mouth. Ultralight gear wasn't a thing either back in the day.

[@tommcdonald1873]

What a wet June here for you to hike through. I hope you are passed Rangely in real time.

[@DRESHCO84]

hello from northern Norway...

[@christyjohnson4563]

WOW!! That mud hole was crazy!! 😮

[@lorik7591]

You handled that thigh plunge into the mud very gracefully, even holding on to the camera. :)

[@nuthatch127]

Not to laugh at your muddy misfortune, but I just had a legit lol at that 😂

[@nancysatori4744]

Same! Hoping I don’t do that next year!

[@15halerobert]

Embrace the mud. It’s going to be one of those days.

[@geromemanicia3809]

At first I hated Shokz. But even with the subpar audio quality, Its still the best option for the outdoors. Its like putting a background music to you walking.

[@kevinjohnson-gp1kt]

❤

[@colleen2503]

I’d feel so much better if you put the phone away and use your trekking poles on some of those climbs!

[@wturn5354]

Hope you got your pizza at Enzo’s, best pizza around!

[@michaelmisiaszek2514]

Maybe NH is crying with joy to see you again Taylor? Enjoy every step and Keep Hiking!

[@codyhikes4054]

Anything for the vlog!!!

[@amerphoto1]

If that happened to another vlogger you know, trail name "Friz," there would have been cursing like a sailor! Glad you are OK! had it happen to me in a bog and I had a tough tome getting back out!

[@bmwman63]

Funny! Yeah, I think that rock was mostly water. Keep rolling the miles Taylor.

[@joansmith8613]

This part of the trail was terrifying to me.😮

[@jzoop1]

I missed a rock and went in up to my butt on a trail like that. What a mess.

[@davidmeridith3408]

You’ve probably answered this already but where did you get the bottle with the straw and what brand is it?

[@ghost-nq6px]

curious, did you fly in, any issues with tent poles/stakes?