Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and overcoming some challenges

[@badzo54321]

These kinds of videos are my favourite on youtube, solo survival in the forest, camping, making fire, hiking. Very nice.

[@saxonwench1]

me too

[@iiiparadoxiiiify]

So calm about the whole situation. I feel most people would not react the way you did while trying to get the fire started.

[@sumbodyshero]

Your walkthroughs made all the difference between me liking and hating Perfect Dark Zero. It's now my favorite game of all time.

[@mabehal-zuqyadeek8593]

Awesome stuff. Really enjoyed this video!

[@patrickhaug1157]

Whatcom County Bred here just across the border have always wanted to do this trail.

[@hrtlsmoe]

You are amazing.

[@LovingAtlanta]

👍Wow thanks for sharing. 💞

[@WatzUpToday]

New sub here. Keep up with the great vids! :)

[@fredmart7130]

Did you ever run out of food?

[@007craft]

Yes. On my first 10 days. I was unprepared as I was new to long distance trekking and only packed 5 days of food as I thought it would be enough for the stretch (I didnt know how much I would be eating or how fast I could hike consistently). I had to ration my food, which was basically just rice left for 5 days, giving myself 1 cup of rice a day and no food on the last day and a half. All this while burning well over 5000 Cals a day from walking for 10 hours. I also ran out of fuel and had a hard time cooking, which you can see a bit of in the video. Some other stuff happened in that 10 days like my pack falling off a cliff, freezing, sliding down a snow slope and self arresting with my sticks, and getting lost. I'm glad it all happened because I learned a lot and the difficulties I experienced really helped prep me for anything. I ended up experiencing real starvation, not the "oh I didn't eat dinner tonight kind", but the one where you haven't eaten in days. I lost around 20 lbs and when I made it back to civilization I remember ordering 3 meals at the restaurant, eating them all and still being hungry. I was never worried however, as I know the human body can survive on water alone for 3 weeks and knew not eating for a couple days, even with the cals I was burning wouldn't kill me. After that stretch I never ran out of food again for the rest of the trip. I often even carried 1 or 2 days extra with me just in case, and to give some to a few hungry hikers I met along the way.

[@deswill2737]

would you say you have anything to loose if you'd never come back?

[@007craft]

I've always got stuff to lose. An adventure like this was more about what I had to gain. That said, when you head into the wilderness alone on week long stretches you know theres a possibility of injury or death and you need to be mentally prepared for that being a reality. You can read a true story from my adventure below. I have many more like it and hope to write up a blog post one day to detail all the crazy events that occurred. I have over 600 high res pictures to share! One night on my journey I stumbled upon a cougar. I was alone, the sun had set and it was the end of twilight. I had just turned my head lamp on when a cougar came barreling down the mountain, towards the trail ahead . He was really loud, must have been heading somewhere, not hunting anything at the moment, thats for sure. I shouted "HEY" in a very stern voice to get it's attention. The cougar slammed on its brakes and froze solid, gazing right at me. I immediately drew my knife. I carry a 7" Ka-bar whenever I head to the mountains. It was the most used combat utility knife in WW2 and it weighs nearly a pound. The same knife some people on the trail had criticized me for bringing as it was "unneeded weight". It actually turned out to be my favorite piece of gear on the trail and saw lots of use from pegging down tent stakes to carving my hiking poles. I sure was glad I had it at that moment! I shouted some more and started banging my hiking sticks together. I was smacking them so hard that I snapped one of them in half. This made me particularly angry as they were my own hand made trekking poles and I had spent some time carving them to my liking. I was ready to fight, for my life, for my revenge! The cougar continued to stare, not budging an inch. As pumped as I was at the time, on survival mode adrenaline, I was still sane enough to realize fighting a giant cat with killer claws was not the optimal approach. I kept walking, around a bend, listening like a bat for movement in the bushes. I heard a rustle and snapped around in an instant, still brandishing my knife. He had followed me over the ridge above the bend. I picked up a lemon sized rock at my feet and through it at the cat (purposely throwing short by several feet) and gave off some more shouts. The cat turned around and started heading back up the mountain from where it came. I kept walking the trail, picking up my pace in the now pitch black of the night, trying to put as much distance as I could between the two of us. After around 3 Kms I found a decent site to setup camp while warming myself from the freezing night air and hiding from the few left over mosquitoes who were interested in a late evening dinner. I smiled as I went to sleep, knowing that the experience I just had was the type that I would never forget, and most people would never get to experience. One of the reasons I came to the trail to begin with!

[@nancie7487]

@@007craft Maybe you should have kept quiet!! That Mountain Lion would have never noticed you.

[@yugen]

Nice. I have some footage from hiking/camping in Indian Heaven. What did you think of Indian Heaven? I also had a rough time making a fire there.

[@miketj881]

is there a way i could talk to you more directly about your hike on the PCT and your storage shed apt, lol. genius, bud.

[@amyernst2912]

Beautiful

[@nigleong7817]

Do you live in vancouver canada? I just watched your storage unit video noticed you were from canada. Saw another video you posted about the vancouver riot. Im in vancouver too haha

[@DerekPK]

Nice forest!

[@accountdeleted1103]

Your awesome!

[@sirlongdickinghams9132]

RESPECT ✊🏽

[@JohnDoe-k7c]

Awesome

[@computerapple4]

How do u charge ur electronics? How big was ur portable charger lol

[@yugen]

You can get solar chargers.

[@timmytommy69]

do you not get scared if you are so 6 days from getting help or do you have a special gps phone to call for help

[@pearlbubbles6885]

Were you afraid, did you see any people.

[@accountdeleted1103]

Do you liketo go by yourself???

[@VicGreenBitcoin]

Did you lose Weight?

[@Glitchesftw]

How far did you get?

[@007craft]

I did Washington and then Jumped down to California and Did the John Muir Trail portion of the PCT. Only the last 2 clips in here are from California. I should have taken more video.

[@LeanneZackowski]

How long did it take you?

[@007craft]

I didnt do the whole thing. I was gone for 2.5 months.

[@createaplayer9415]

007craft upload a video of your apartment

[@rosegrfx7972]

This channel is old lol

[@TheStrossus]

So are you.

[@redshot1015]

mmakes no sence a damn Nike/ Walmart shoes for such a big hike wow

[@mavrrick]

Can't tell his shoes but thru-hikers are using boots less and less on the PCT and AT. It's better to have lighter Trail Runners like Salomons or Merrells. They might look like Nikes from the top but they aren't.

[@deltormedici]

mavrrick They are Nikes. You can see them better during the fire scenes.

[@mavrrick]

Oh damn, well I wouldn't think Nikes are good for that, but Hike Your Own Hike I guess. Learned my lesson there, maybe they worked for him better than my Salomon's.

[@007craft]

My shoe for the trail was the NIKE AIR ZOOM TERRA KIGER 3. Fantastic shoe, its a trail runner shoe. It took a beating, ripped on the side, had the rubber peel off and it kept going. Ive always been a fan of Nike shoes as they have a wide toebox which I need and the heal is unsupported/soft so I dont get blisters. I would not recommend it for the trail however as the insole inside did wear out quickly and I replaced that once along the way (But the shoe itself was the only one I used on the whole trek). I walked for 5 days straight with soaking wet feet in 10 degree weather in these shoes and didnt get a single blister! When I got home I rebought the exact pair and to use on all my hikes. So again, hiking for a 2-3 days in the mountain on an overnight trip, best shoe ever. Hiking for months and thousands of kilometers, you should probably try another. When I plan to head back into the wild this next summer for a few weeks ill try a different shoe for long distance.

[@deltormedici]

Make sure to do lots of filming this summer! I really enjoyed this video