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Hey! We are currently doing a big hike in the Sierras :) New Hayduke videos this fall. Can’t wait to share the rest of the series - thank you for watching!
Worst Bushwhack Down a River - the Hayduke: part 3
Hi! Welcome back.
The Hayduke is an 800 mile hiking route across the remote backcountry of Utah and Arizona.
It took us 65 days to complete.
In “part three,” we started this tough 120 mile section near the small town of Hanksville and ended at “Hole-in-the-Rock Road” outside of Escalante, Utah.
We took a double zero in Hanksville to rest and recover from the brutal hiking we did in “the hayduke: part two”. At one point, we were at the RV Campground and met Pina, who saw our backpacks and asked what we were doing. He was traveling across the southwest in his truck camper, and we were very interested in his setup. He gave us a ride to the grocery store and was nice enough to do an interview about his camper and the joys of traveling.
Back on trail, our next objective was climbing up and over the Henry Mountains (11,400 feet). There was snow, but nothing too crazy. We climbed up to the south ridge while the snow was still firm and had an incredible view of the entire state of Utah (it felt like!)
On the other side, the terrain turned sour with thick brush until we popped out onto a dirt road (our favorite). The road ended the next morning and we had to navigate across the open desert to the steep descent off Tarantula Mesa. It took us awhile to find the safest way down and the navigation didn’t get any easier at the bottom. A confusing series of mud hills and ledges made everything difficult, but we kept pushing.
Thankfully, we had a food/water cache at the top of the Burr Trail switchbacks. As fate would have it, we ran into some other hikers (pct, at, etc.) on the road to our cache. Thanks for the peanut butter crackers! They had just finished a week long trip in Capital Reef and were driving to get cheeseburgers. If we started hiking three minutes later that morning, we would have missed them entirely.
What a crazy serendipitous world.
After the cache, we spent the afternoon hiking down the spectacular Lower Muley Twist Canyon. Too bad our packs were super heavy. This probably led us to contemplating why we put ourselves through such strain on the Hayduke.
Oh well - we love the hiking life. It makes us feel good about ourselves.
And what didn’t feel good? The decision we had to make about the upcoming Escalante River. There’s an alternate route around the river called “Stevens Canyon Alt,” but the description talked about steep sections of slick rock, and the ongoing rain made us uncomfortable. We heard the Escalante River was a terrible place to hike - no trail, thick brush, 25 miles, no escape. But honestly, we were freaked out by the slick rock and chose the river (which is the official Hayduke route).
Bad call.
The river was a bushwhack in the truest sense of the word - bush constantly whacking us. But hey, it was our decision to come this way. After the first brutal day on the river, our focus quickly became: better make it out before running out of food.
25 miles later, past exhaustion, we made it to Stevens Arch and the end of the river. We still had 15 miles to go before the road, but that didn’t matter. We survived! And our reward was Coyote Gulch, an Eden of greenery and beautiful arches hidden in the desert.
After an hour long hitch down a very bumpy dirt road, we ate pizza in the town of Escalante. It’s safe to say the Outfitters has the best pizza in Utah.
At this point, we had hiked 310 miles of the Hayduke with almost 500 miles left to go.
***Follow along (subscribe/like!)
More videos out later this summer! We are going hiking again soon.
🚐: Thanks Josh “Piña” for showing us the rig!
(@jmanthecheff)
The Hayduke is an 800 mile hiking route across the remote backcountry of Utah and Arizona.
It took us 65 days to complete.
In “part three,” we started this tough 120 mile section near the small town of Hanksville and ended at “Hole-in-the-Rock Road” outside of Escalante, Utah.
We took a double zero in Hanksville to rest and recover from the brutal hiking we did in “the hayduke: part two”. At one point, we were at the RV Campground and met Pina, who saw our backpacks and asked what we were doing. He was traveling across the southwest in his truck camper, and we were very interested in his setup. He gave us a ride to the grocery store and was nice enough to do an interview about his camper and the joys of traveling.
Back on trail, our next objective was climbing up and over the Henry Mountains (11,400 feet). There was snow, but nothing too crazy. We climbed up to the south ridge while the snow was still firm and had an incredible view of the entire state of Utah (it felt like!)
On the other side, the terrain turned sour with thick brush until we popped out onto a dirt road (our favorite). The road ended the next morning and we had to navigate across the open desert to the steep descent off Tarantula Mesa. It took us awhile to find the safest way down and the navigation didn’t get any easier at the bottom. A confusing series of mud hills and ledges made everything difficult, but we kept pushing.
Thankfully, we had a food/water cache at the top of the Burr Trail switchbacks. As fate would have it, we ran into some other hikers (pct, at, etc.) on the road to our cache. Thanks for the peanut butter crackers! They had just finished a week long trip in Capital Reef and were driving to get cheeseburgers. If we started hiking three minutes later that morning, we would have missed them entirely.
What a crazy serendipitous world.
After the cache, we spent the afternoon hiking down the spectacular Lower Muley Twist Canyon. Too bad our packs were super heavy. This probably led us to contemplating why we put ourselves through such strain on the Hayduke.
Oh well - we love the hiking life. It makes us feel good about ourselves.
And what didn’t feel good? The decision we had to make about the upcoming Escalante River. There’s an alternate route around the river called “Stevens Canyon Alt,” but the description talked about steep sections of slick rock, and the ongoing rain made us uncomfortable. We heard the Escalante River was a terrible place to hike - no trail, thick brush, 25 miles, no escape. But honestly, we were freaked out by the slick rock and chose the river (which is the official Hayduke route).
Bad call.
The river was a bushwhack in the truest sense of the word - bush constantly whacking us. But hey, it was our decision to come this way. After the first brutal day on the river, our focus quickly became: better make it out before running out of food.
25 miles later, past exhaustion, we made it to Stevens Arch and the end of the river. We still had 15 miles to go before the road, but that didn’t matter. We survived! And our reward was Coyote Gulch, an Eden of greenery and beautiful arches hidden in the desert.
After an hour long hitch down a very bumpy dirt road, we ate pizza in the town of Escalante. It’s safe to say the Outfitters has the best pizza in Utah.
At this point, we had hiked 310 miles of the Hayduke with almost 500 miles left to go.
***Follow along (subscribe/like!)
More videos out later this summer! We are going hiking again soon.
🚐: Thanks Josh “Piña” for showing us the rig!
(@jmanthecheff)
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Love it when you can get a view AND some decent cover!
cuz in the mountains your brain is always convinced you're about to fall of a cliff
lmao natural adrenaline
yo amigo how can i follow food drops all in 1 place or is that poss ??
Hey! Caches at hite marina, burr trail, round valley draw, and nankoweap trail. Luckily no pack rats
@@dirtyjarhikes ONLY 4 CACHES ,,,,, IS EACH ONE GOOD FOR 5DAYS OR 7 ?? I HOPE U DONT MIND IF I SHORTEN UR T-NAME TO DJ,,,,,,, EASIER TO TYPE LOL, I'M KEY BOARD LAZY ;)
@tracykooken2606 yep exactly! The caches made the hike much more doable.
just one of many amigo !!!!😊 i traveled diff parts of the w🎉orld n i could say that more than once 😅😂❤. ATB amigo !!!!!
It blows our minds 🤯💥🎉
Cotezi won let’s be real
It’s easier that way 😂
😂😂 that b right 😊
walking fixes a lot haha!
It's been a month. You two still alive?
Yo! Not dead yet. We are doing some big hikes in the sierras and haven’t had time to edit videos. We are planning to upload the last three hayduke episodes this fall, along with some gear videos, and lots of footage from the sierras. Thanks for watching :)
Why didn't they fill their bottles more than a tablespoon?
Because filling that kind of bottle would take far longer than the Shorts format can sustain.
Bacteria
Micron filtration...
🤨Hey! They found my shitting spot...🤬
Comes with free Covid 20079
I really wanted to see y'all grub.
I c that white streak and it is 1 more reminder that millions of years couldnt create a line so neat. but a flood could, a Creation could !!!!
darn skippy guys !!!!!!!!!!😂😊 atb to u 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
"....gets there in the least straightforward way possible..." 😂 Y'alls series of the Hayduke is very different than the other one I've been following. I really like the interview style of yours. Both very good.
Hey that’s really nice! We love all the other hayduke videos too.
I still wouldnt trust it. You never know whats upstream. Unless youre at the source
They have filters on the water bottles champ
It's fine,as long as it's running water.
This is why I like my wide-mouth CNOC bladder. 😅
😊 congrats u2 !!!!! i loved ya journey 😊
isnt that always true !!😊😅 ATB AMIGO'S !!!!
Can’t get enough of these endless viewsss!!
You guys are rad. I loved watching the Hayduke videos. I just got to do my first solo trip in the Allegheny. ❤️✌️
That’s so cool. How was your first solo trip?!
r there any color changes starting yet ???? new england in the fall.... WOW.😊
@@tracykooken2606not quite the fall here, hopefully soon though! Love those golden fall colors.
Getting ready to head out to Utah from New Zealand in a few weeks. Been so great watching this - enjoy the Sierras, pumped to see more of this when you drop part four!
Awww yes! That’s awesome, where you headed to in Utah? We recommend the pizza in Escalante haha. The sierras have been a mountain dream, about to head back out for more :)
Enjoying the videos! So fun to relive this trail. Might have to hike it again sometime??
Hey! That’s awesome because we really enjoyed watching your videos before the hayduke. They got us excited to hike!
Try this for the "waterfall drop off" facebook.com/share/r/cRWMBCMQY3Xjkyig/?mibextid=oFDknk
What exact locations did you decide to leave resupply food ? Thanks...
Yo! We left caches near Hite, the Burr Trail switchbacks, Grosvenor arch, Nankoweap trailhead, and Mount Trumbull Road 🚗
@@dirtyjarhikes thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you both enjoy the palante hats?
Hey! We liked the hats for cooler weather. The material is on the thicker side. They were nice for early mornings and cold nights. We think they would be good for fall hiking.
You have amazing physical and mental strength. And you are a great team. I love your content. Thank you for your efforts putting this out to all of us.
Thanks! That’s very nice of you to say. We appreciate it 🏜️❤️
These have been great fun! Thanks for sharing! Posted up on the couch after knee surgery, so these have been keeping the stoke alive. Hope to do this hike someday!
Absolutely! Hope your knee feels better soon. That’ll be such a great feeling to get back out there 🏔️🌱🙏
I'm one of those old guys who wishes I could be there! Keep on trekking!👍🏽👊🏽
We will keep at it 👊 good luck on all your mountain ventures!
Is this the exit out of Parunuweap? That’s some gnarly poison ivy
It was the exit out of Fat Man’s Misery along the east fork of the Virgin River. Kinda miserable in hindsight lmao
❤ u 2 !!!! they dont call it the " DUKE " fer nut'n 😅😮😊. thewater can really b iffy 😢. i cant do the bouble bed thing cuz i'm a very restless sleeper 😢. i use a Klymit 6.5R rated 27"s wide ( insulated...duh ) and a EE 20 degree Convert quilt/bag. 40 degree fer summer and BOTH if high and cold enuf. U both seem sure of ur packs so if not 2 spendy perhaps i'll try 1😊. ATB amigos !!!
Hey! Yeah we really like our packs. The klymit 27” sounds very nice. A good nights sleep can’t be beat!
Hey friends! We are currently doing a big hike in the Sierras :) New Hayduke videos this fall. Can’t wait to share the rest of the series - thank you for watching!
I hiked the first 600 miles. We only put out one water cache. The alkaline water didn't bother us. The tinajas are great. I wonder if you took our work around the pour off in Rustler Canyon. We used Li Branfors gps track.
That’s awesome :) what year did you hike? The water in indian creek really threw us and some other hikers off this year because previous reports said it was a good source. Some hikers who went through in March didn’t have a problem, which was odd. We felt like we were going crazy haha. Maybe the mineral leaching was especially bad by April, making it extremely alkaline. Thank god for tinajas haha
You guys rock!!!!
Love love these videos! Really enjoyable, real people. Impressive route finding. Love the way you mix up the hiking with cool reflections on the hike and then how you ask each other questions. And the geology mixed in.
This is really nice :) made our day
Nice film. It’s truly a special mountain- a stratovolcano covered in glaciers rising steeply around 7000 feet from the forested trailheads. I managed to summit three times via the Avalanche Gulch route, overnighting at Helen Lake. On my fourth attempt the snow pack was gone, so I decided to attempt the Clear Creek route. I started from the trailhead at 6800 feet with a late 8:30 start time. The slopes above the treeline were steep and loose. It was one foot up and six inches down. It took three hours to ascend 2000 feet. By 3:30 in the afternoon I encountered the two climbers I knew to be in front of me coming down at around 13,000 feet. I knew that if I continued successfully to the summit, I’d be coming down alone in the dark. So I decided to bail and follow the other two climbers down. No regrets. A day in the mountains is always one of the best days in your life, and a day on Mt. Shasta is one of the best mountain days, summit or not. The ascent is optional, but the descent is mandatory!
Wow that sounds like a heck of a hike! You’re right, Shasta is a special mountain. We won’t forget the view while climbing up, it’s otherworldly. Cheers to more time in the mountains 🏔️
🗑🏁👏🎉👏🎉👏🎉
Trashhhhhh🗑️!
everytime i watch these videos i am inspired to get my ass off the couch and get back outside . can’t ever sit still for too long. y’all are an inspiration ! i hope to do a thru hike one day 🩵
That’s awesome! We love thru hiking and can’t recommend it enough ❤️
u 2 r crazy awesome 😊
"How the f**k is this easy walking?" LMAO! Loving this video series. I feel like this should be on TV--on the Discovery channel or some shit. Good stuff!
So. Many. Curses. The guidebook said it was easy walking for the first half mile, but we think it was sarcasm 💀
Love your series. I can’t speak highly enough about Stephens Canyon. It changed my life back in ‘99
Stephens Arch was such a powerful place. What was your trip like in ‘99? Did you go through Coyote Gulch?
@@dirtyjarhikes The whole area was way less traveled in ‘98-‘99, it was a brand new National Monument. We saw nobody in Stephens, the Escalante or Fools Canyons and most everywhere else in the monument… only 2-3 people in Coyote.
@capn_shawn that’s incredible. It felt like an eden back there. So cool you could experience it when you did.
Tarantula Mesahhh! haha I love watching you two. I love watching y'all take on this adventure. Stay safe and happy trails!
This is top notch quality content :) can’t wait to see part 4! And all the rest of the videos, on the Hayduke. 😍
I love these videos! Really well put together!
these vids rock so hard! thanks for sharing
I love ur vids!! Greetings from germany ✌️
Thanks!! Greetings from Utah 👋
Mountains therapy memories for life, love the story and the people ❤
Beautiful words 🫶
Lizard press-ups are dope 😮
He had good form 💪
You guys are knocking it out of the park with this series!
We appreciate ya! ☺️
This is such a great video! Love watching Dirty and Jar do their thing! They made me laugh and it felt like you were there rooting them on! Gorgeous views. Can’t wait for Part 4!