Stealth Camping In The Hills | Santa Monica Backbone Trail Thru Hike Ep 4 | CDT 2022 Prep

[@elsajohnson6663]

Just absolutelly spectacular! Wow.

[@Danleone77]

Omg that scenery with the sun setting was amazing.

[@ervinslens]

Glamorous landscape scenery, and really touching shots.

[@nicholasbalius2733]

love how you get out explore large sections connecting remote areas that's really fascinating .thnx alot .mountain scenery beautiful

[@RS-pk4mp]

Gorgeous scenery! Stark and majestic. And a beautiful sunset before the fog/mist as well. A very cool hike, and so very, well, Western. All of my hikes have been on the East Coast, so it is great to see just how different the West is. Hike on! Tortoise

[@quirkykindalife2948]

Being above the clouds is such a cool feeling.

[@eaglerare1273]

Not bad views Matt! Can you tell a brief snake story (s) in upcoming vids? If you have before lmk what vid it was. Thanks brother, onward and upward!

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks. ✌️👊

[@stitch3163]

Nice marine layer view, Matt!

[@no_soy_rubio]

As an English man who will be in these hills later this year, can someone please advise me what you're supposed to do about these rattlers? 😱 and is it true they're active at night? Thanks for the video dude 🤙

[@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes]

If they go off give them space. Otherwise I find they mostly mind their own business. They’re kind of like bears in that people think they’re a bigger threat than they are.

[@no_soy_rubio]

@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes ok that's kinda reassuring haha

[@thatsamazinggrace9512]

wow! that sunset! This is going to be a silly question, but are you leaving the water caches in advance yourself? I haven't hiked out west as of yet but I know trail Angel's often leave water on the PCT. Do you ever have to worry about people taking them?

[@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes]

I hide my water caches off in bushes and mark them as “thru hiker water” to hopefully avoid that. So far I’ve never had an issue. The pct water caches are usually really established

[@thatsamazinggrace9512]

@@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes Thank you Matt, I always wondered about that. Determining location must really require quite a bit of planning.

[@tomgarcialmt]

Two non sequitur interrogatories: 1. Is there a better place to post questions that are not directly related to the video topic? 2. How did that solar powered GPS watch workout for you? Did you post a review or some sort of feedback somewhere?

[@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes]

As far as publicly posting questions not really but your welcome to message me on Instagram or send emails. Watch review video is coming once I’m not in motion for a day or two. I feel like I have a good handle on the ins and outs of using it on longer trips now

[@rosscampbell4884]

Leave your captions up a little longer would you pls

[@FirstChurchofTheMasochistHikes]

Sorry about that. iMovie defaults to a really short period and I sometimes miss overriding it

[@virtualmayhem877]

unfortunately, I think the biggest impulse for the no camping rule in Malibu is to give them an excuse to harass homeless folks by giving them no wiggle room. any camp seen can be cited that way :(