ODT Day 43: Owyhee Canyonlands IX - Finish at Lake Owyhee (Oregon Desert Trail Thru Hike 2022 Vlog)

Day 43 thru hiking the Oregon Desert Trail. Last day on trail, and excitement is in the air. Excellent hike this morning out of Three Fingers Gulch and Long Gulch as we continue hiking through the Honeycombs Wilderness Study Area. We cross over a ridge and into Carlton Canyon, then up the awesome Painted Canyon. There's some fun scrambles at the end of this canyon, something we haven't done much of on the ODT. Next we climb up to Sheephead Ridge drop down to Rookie Canyon Spring and enter cow country for the last time. We leave the Honeycombs Wilderness behind and hike Owyhee Ridge over to Birch Creek. This is the final descent now to Lake Owyhee and the finish line. I can see the rocks jetting out into the lake from above, and they are glorious. The sun is shining and the backdrop is just perfect for our Oregon Desert Trail finish. Donny and I celebrate here, enjoy our last moments on the ODT and get a lift into town... BIG THANKS Sammy at Friends of the Owyhee for the ride, and to ONDA for all they do to support this route and all those who hike it. Thanks for watching the series, it's been another wild thru-hiking adventure!
About my Oregon Desert Trail Thru Hike vlog series:
726 Miles, 43 Days
Dates Hiked: May 12 - June 23rd
7 zero days
Most miles in a day: 33
9lbs of camera gear
24 hours of raw footage
35 episodes, 11 min avg length
6.5 hours total runtime
2 months of full-time work (50-90hrs/week) to edit!! (**Show your support here: / seekinglost** )
The Oregon Desert Trail (ODT) is relatively new long distance hiking route in the Pacific Northwest. For more about the Oregon Desert Trail, visit ONDA's website: onda.org/regions/oregon-deser...
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[@johnlyngdal8601]

Well done. I thoroughly enjoyed your travels to many places in Oregon that I visited over the past 50+ years.
You truly captured the essence of Oregon and why I continue to call it home.
This closing episode made my day.

[@SeekingLost]

Many thanks, for watching the series and for your kind words!

[@edmolash3401]

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your adventure with us. Hopefully you & Donny will work with the ODTA to help improve the route.

[@SeekingLost]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@robinowen3058]

Wow! Congratulations on completing a very challenging through hike! It was great to see it through your lens, really looking forward to what you’re up to next.

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks so much Robin!

[@JoeLanctot1]

Thanks for bringing us along! I really enjoyed it and I have a new appreciation for Oregon.

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks for watching, Joe!

[@kerynklein5605]

Congratulations! Epic adventure, stunning scenery and so many magnificent moments. Thanks so much for sharing

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks for following along!

[@gordonweaver2970]

Congrats! And thankyou,enjoyed every mile!

[@SeekingLost]

Thank you, Gordon!

[@michaelsherwin282]

Excellent series. I watched many episodes more than once.
I really appreciate all the time you put into filming... and all the extra miles it took to film yourself. And good editing too. Well done.

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks, Michael! This was perhaps my favorite hike series yet from an editing perspective, glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@marydishong3647]

I've been watching you for a long g time now. You never disappoint.
This hike looked challenging but you are" seeking lost" can't wait to see what's next.
Happy trails,
Mary❤

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks for following along, Mary! Some good stuff coming in the future :)

[@marydishong3647]

🏔🏕🌞

[@justicebratcher]

Another awesome series. thanks for taking us along

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@samgoeshiking]

Congratulations!!

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks Sam!

[@Alfie127]

Woo hoo!

[@Xommie]

Thank you once again for sharing this incredible journey that few people will ever experience. Your last videos of the Owyhee were an awesome way to end this journey. I’ve got the are notes down for if I’m ever back in the US again. On the other hand: can’t help but wonder what the canyon might’ve looked like without the reservoir and feel a little sadness because of it.
Looking forwards to your next adventures!

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks for watching! The end here at Lake Owyhee was excellent, and beautiful day for it! I always wonder that too, what some of these canyons would look like before they were dammed up. Lake Powell is interesting right now because it's dropped so much that many of the canyons that were underwater after it was dammed are now hikeable again, due to the water levels dropping. Fascinating.

[@Twobarpsi]

What an incredible hike! I definitely have learned to appreciate the State of Oregon through these videos! I found your channel because of your original CDT hike, a few years ago. That was an incredible series of videos that I always enjoy. This Oregon hike was just as memorable! Congratulations on an incredible journey!

[@SeekingLost]

Thank you for watching, for all these years! Oregon has so much long distance hiking potential. Several new routes being created there, like the Blue Mountains Trail. It's a wild place.

[@reneepatrick4498]

Congrats! I loved your videos, thanks for taking folks along the ODT with you!

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks so much, Renee! and thank YOU, for all you do for the ODT!

[@pintahalfmusic]

Fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole series!

[@SeekingLost]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching!

[@gibrigg]

Great journey! Really enjoyed it. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks for watching!

[@greg.jacobs]

What a great trip, thanks for sharing the adventure.

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks for watching, Greg!

[@ironpig701]

Congratulations. What an awesome trip. And such diversity is such a short span. Also you showed what hiking is truely about and how hikers are a different breed. The fact you found Heavy Teva and Donnie on trail and then you hiked together.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

Congrats, guys! Great job!

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@emiliabaltazzar8150]

🎉🎉

[@thuggoe]

Donny keep on trucking

[@dianesoini]

Congratulations to you both! I was thinking maybe I can just do a section in the Owyhee and then you had to go and climb a bunch of pour-offs and I'm too old, short and scared of that kind of stuff. I enjoyed this series. The ODT is really interesting.

[@SeekingLost]

The only pour offs I can remember were near the upper end of Painted Canyon. There are plenty of other great areas in the Owyhees to hike without the pour offs, too. Don't miss the Owyhees, any way you can experience them will be profound, I'm sure. Thanks for watching!

[@vannemocilac274]

Aww man. I’m crying. Happy for you both! Your voice sounded like Augustus mc crae in lonesome dove.

[@SeekingLost]

It was definitely brutal, but also redefined my definition of "what's possible". The BRT left me with an immense sense of accomplishment, and the feeling that we can do anything if we put our mind to it!

[@Karen-dq8nw]

Great series!!!

[@SeekingLost]

Thank you!

[@gentryaustin]

Congrats dude. Beautiful day for a finish. You should do a video interview with Donnie. I bet he has an interesting story.

[@SeekingLost]

Thanks, I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day at the finish line!

[@loganmcguire8317]

What kind of gaiters are those?

[@SeekingLost]

Dirty girl gaiters