Being Circled By Bigfoot? Testing Grounds Overnight Adventure

right now everyone it is a beautiful day the sun is out it's nice and cool this morning woke up it was raining super windy it's still breezy but it's not windy like that i sat around the house this morning trying to figure out what i was going to do i decided to just go on the trip who cares about the weather then i discovered that the trails are packed they are packed luckily i was able to drive out here in the middle of nowhere i found some peace and solitude unfortunately it's not the backpacking trip that i planned on that's okay [Music] this is the tasmanian tiger pathfinder mark ii this is a very cool backpack i've had this in for a couple of months i've done a couple trips with it and i can tell you this much it is a beast it is a beast this is a 80 liter backpack tactical in nature not military grade it's still civilian in my opinion it's basically everything that you would want in a tactical civilian backpack you have functionality and comfort not to mention durability let me put this backpack on let me show you how big this thing is okay so you all can see this look at the size of this backpack the length of this pack is over 33 inches so that means that no matter how tall you are the top of this is going to be right at the back of your head or higher no matter what moving on from the backpack the tent is the jack wolfskin gossamer two person tent this is a product that a lot of people have been wondering about it is time to get this out into the field so i can begin the review process i have a lot of testing to do and it begins on this trip [Applause] the tent has been set up and my question for you all is this what does this tent remind you of is there another tint on the market that looks just like this pause the video comment down below and we'll talk about it here in just a minute you said that this tent looks like a large snug pack ionosphere you would be correct this is a two-person ionosphere it's the exact same design with the only difference it's larger i've always liked the snug pack ionosphere tent but the quality of snug pack products in general has gone down over the years and i've always been looking for a larger tent you would have more space for gear for changing clothes and so on because the one person is almost like a bivvy right it's almost like a little coffin this is more of a tint there really is a difference in size there is a question that i have who came up with the design of this tent was it snug pack or was it jack wolfskin comment down below if you know my tent is set up my sleep system is ready speaking of which let me show you all that real quick i have the climate static v sleeping pad i have a carthenia defense one sleeping bag and i also have this down blanket with me just in case i need it but you can see the size of this it's very small i'm excited to test out the carthenia sleeping bag carthenia makes incredible european military surplus they really do make good gear in fact eberly stock has a licensed version of one of their sleeping bags they may have more than one but i've tested out the revolu which is an awesome bag and it's nothing more than a relabel so without a doubt carthenia makes awesome bags that is more of a three-season bag the low tonight is in the 30s and i will need every bit of that warmth to make it through the night what i have here is the one tigress folding chair check out my review on this if you're interested this is a good product [Music] this little soto stove is amazing so far i'm very impressed a viewer sent this to me thank you so much buddy you know who you are i appreciate you big time i like talking to you too i'm glad that you're back home in the country and i hope you're having a good time so uh cheers to him cheers to you all i was just thinking there cheers to the forest [Music] talking about kovid we have to talk about the vaccine so let's keep this cool everyone my question for you all is this did you get the vaccine or did you not for myself i haven't decided to get it or not to get it luckily i don't have to deal with people face to face all that often so it's not that imperative to me it doesn't really mean a whole lot it's not going to really impact my life one way or the other i've heard from viewers who have had it the vaccine no issues i have a family friend who had the vaccine after the first dose she was put into the hospital they thought she had a stroke she couldn't talk she couldn't walk but then all of a sudden she came out of it and she was fine some viewers have had some side effects i've heard about that as well so in my opinion there's not a right and wrong thing to do there's pros and cons for getting the vaccine and for not getting it so i don't know now of course here on the channel we can talk about things like this because you're cool i'm cool we know what strength and honor is so we could disagree and that's fine we don't have to fight about dumb anyways getting off that topic i see here that i need to rebuild this fire pit i built this sometime back and it looks like somebody's come through torn it up possibly even ran it over there's some tire tracks on the ground here i'm not really sure what people were doing but hey that's how it goes once i rebuild the fire pit i'll gather some firewood get ready for tonight it is going to be chilly it's going to be chilly low in the 30s probably around 38 something like that job number one complete now i need some firewood and i'm thinking folks since i have the truck that means that i have the electric chainsaw oh yes i'm going to make it nice and easy on myself oh oh [Applause] um uh as i've been going through the forest here collecting firewood i came across some oddities maybe you all can tell me what these people have been doing check this out so i found a pair of these and i also found this metal pipe obviously they tried to cut this and they ended up just bending it and breaking it but what on earth were they doing out here i have no idea any day that you can go home with tools that's a good day i like free tools the temperature is dropping everyone it's getting late here in a little bit i'll make dinner i have no idea what i even have for this trip susie had this bag packed for a trip that her and i were going to do together but it didn't work out because of the weather so let's see i have chicken and dumplings from mountain house i have chicken teriyaki and rice from peak refuel looks like some oatmeal i think i will go with the chicken teriyaki and rice that sounds pretty [Music] good luckily i'm at the point now where everything's pretty much done for the night i can just kick back relax have a good time here instead of this being a backpacking adventure this is a gear testing trip and these are types of trips that i have to do all the time because i'm always testing out gear different products that way i can give you all the best reviews possible in this episode i know i've talked about gear a lot and i will do more so as this episode goes on and that's because my focus for this trip really is on the gear i am testing out all sorts of new pieces here you all saw the backpack the tent i have the new sleeping bag from carthenia i also have some tasmanian tiger kit bags which i'm testing out there's the new soto stove i use the dewalt chainsaw and i have some other items as well at the end of this episode i will give you all my thoughts about the gear that i've used in this trip both pros and cons with my testing so far the other day i was at lone wolf mountain and i was filming a video about a cook set and i dropped the lid and so the lid fell down on the ground and it went into some weeds and so i get down i grab it pull it back out and on my hand and on my arm are these little black specks they were ticks seed ticks i had brushed up against an entire nest of those things and my whole hand and arm was covered in them and they were just scattering out pretty creepy to be honest with you nobody likes ticks especially when there's a threat of lyme disease and so on so yeah be vigilant folks this is the year of the tick that's for sure so make sure to treat your clothing and also your skin people ask me all the time about this i treat my clothing with permethrin i have a video on this the video that i'm talking about is all about ticks and how to prevent them and also kill them permethrin is what i use on my clothing it works incredibly well it will actually kill ticks you do not put that stuff on your skin it is for your clothing and your gear only when it comes to my skin i treat that with deet and i find that this combination really works well so i make sure to treat my shoes treat my socks pants shirt outer layers and so on then your skin make sure to do your arms your neck and even if you're wearing pants you may want to do your legs a few years ago everyone i was on a backpacking trip i was basically off trail bushwhacking i did not treat my clothing with anything and so you know i hiked all day set up camp it was time for bed i'm inside of the tent that's when i started feeling crawling on my skin i turned the flashlight on i start looking and i was covered in ticks i mean i think that night i pulled seven ticks off my body that is no fun something is down there in the woods and i've heard this for like the last hour or so basically it's just going around me it's of a pretty good size possibly a bear it's not getting close it's a little bit too early for coyotes that would be unlikely bobcat maybe [Music] so it is time to eat i am starving the sun is going down the winds have calmed down for the most part there's a slight breeze let's see how this meal is uh let's see chicken teriyaki and rice smells good this is not bad at all in a way i wish it was just a little bit sweeter it's not to say that it's bland but my personal preference would be a little bit sweeter maybe a little bit more seasoning maybe but overall it's pretty good the way that i do things in life when it comes to my meals with what i eat i eat what i like all the time but i eat what i love rarely and that makes it very special so like once a week have something like really really good for an example if there's a restaurant that you like in town and they make amazing burgers have it once a week and when you do that will be the best burger you've ever had on those other days eat healthy it's good yeah is it great no that's how you stay nice and healthy i think a benefit to doing this is that you don't have to work out too hard 30 minutes a day go for a walk work out at home go to the gym whatever you want to do work out move your body you don't have to do it super hard you don't have to kill yourself it's all about balance it really is anything extreme doesn't work extreme diets extreme working out nothing like that is going to work for you all of that is temporary and that's because your body will make it so it's been about 45 minutes since i mentioned the stomping around in the woods and that is still taking place it went behind me it came around up on top of the hill here and it sounds like it's back down here so i mean it's whatever it is it is circling me it's uh rather strange i don't feel threatened or anything like that very odd all right well folks it's getting late i'm inside of the tent and i have been for i don't know maybe an hour something like that just been kicking back listening to the owls and listening to whatever is stomping around in the woods i've gone out there a few times and i haven't seen anything it's not moving and i'm not going to go too deep into the forest there the forest here in this area is super super thick it's very dense so you can easily get lost if you're not careful but yeah something's out there still i can hear it stomping around but yeah i mean it doesn't seem to be threatening at all so as long as it's just going to play in the woods that's fine i don't care but i do have my handgun with me just in case but i don't suspect that i'll need it as you can hear i'm tired um i'll see you all in the morning get out everybody good morning it is 6 30. and it is a beautiful day it's nice and cold it's cold cold for whatever month it is i have no idea what month it is don't judge me last night was uneventful with the exception of those footsteps at one point in time whatever was out there i mean i just came stomping up through the woods and got fairly close and then all of a sudden it just took off it like bolted just took off running i have no idea what it was but outside of that uneventful quiet peaceful never heard any cars i mean nothing nothing oh all right folks let's get up all right last night i used a couple of hand warmers basically i put them inside of my long johns one on each side and that was enough heat to keep me nice and warm now when it comes to hand warmers if you have issues with your circulation system if you have poor circulation these can actually burn you you do have to be careful it's interesting i'm not really sure why i know this but if you have a dead body in your vehicle and you have it just laying down on the floor and let's say that your muffler is underneath that floor even though the body isn't even close to the muffler it's still enough heat to burn the body the point of the story is if you have problems with circulation be careful with hand warmers with this adventure being primarily a gear testing trip let's talk about the tent and my sleep system so first off the tent is awesome so far so far i really like the size of this tent there's plenty of space here for two people you can easily toss and turn change clothes there's plenty of room for gear maybe a dog so far it's looking to be a good tent my sleep system the climate static feed sleeping pad and the carthenia defense one sleeping bag great combination i stayed super warm that is a summer weight sleeping bag good down to roughly 39 degrees that bag is very inexpensive military grade used with militaries all around the world carthenia without a doubt makes excellent gear now let's talk about this little soto stove this is the wind master again to the viewer who sent this in thank you so much this is an awesome little stove it's really unusual for the simple fact that the pot supports the legs it comes off check that out it comes off everyone those are the pot supports there it has a spring in it and it opens up just like so this is a little powerhouse 11 000 btus another product that i've been testing out is this titanium cup this is from bitty big q terrible name but it's a titanium cup small form factor and it comes with a utensil set this is a titanium kit here that i was going to test out with this trip but that did not happen a viewer sent this to me and this is pretty cool this is from boundless voyage it is titanium 600 milliliters and 300 milliliters two different pots or cups what makes this cool what makes this really different is this right here you see that and there's another one now take a look at this everyone we have this wire and that is to suspend this pot above your fire that's pretty cool i have yet to use that feature but i'm looking forward to [Music] for this morning's combo let's go with some black rifle coffee and some where is this from again hawaiian coffee so black rifle and hawaiian for breakfast porridge real termat to the viewer who sent this in thank you so much i really appreciate it i appreciate every single one of you you all are awesome and if you want to send something into the channel you could do so i appreciate it you never know it might just pop up in a video cheers everyone cheers top of the morning to you that is not bad i like my coffee very strong super nasty yesterday was a frustrating day i had stuff on my mind and i was thinking about this because i well i had other things on my mind namely with my family i've talked before a little bit about my father and his brothers he has two brothers one of his brothers my uncle we just found out that he has cancer and it's all over the place lungs spine i think liver and he has roughly a month to live something like that so he's doing some radiation now with the hopes of making it just easier for him to breathe but i mean there's nothing that really can be done it's too advanced so yeah i'm just yesterday i was just cruising around and i just you know upset off and this makes a world of difference it really does just being out here the peace and quiet just let everything else go yeah getting terrorized by bigfoot or whatever else was out there the strange thing is that whatever was out there was circling me for hours for hours now that i think about it i don't ever remember hearing it over here but it would definitely come over this direction there is a road over there so i mean maybe it didn't want to cross the road i'm not sure but it just do these half circles i know that sounds weird folks but you all heard it i don't know i'm sure you're wondering was a bigfoot my guess is no do i believe in bigfoot myself no not really i think it would be highly unlikely for bigfoot to be undiscovered for this long there's just simply too many people people are everywhere you would be surprised where there's people right i mean you could be out in the middle of nowhere thinking you're all by yourself and someone will pop out of the woods yes the pisco national forest is gigantic but again there's just too many people in it it's a simple fact i respect your opinion if you believe in bigfoot that's great i just don't see it i just don't see it i have lived out here my entire life and i've never known anyone to ever have a bigfoot encounter and that says something right all the mountain folk doing whatever they're doing out here no one has ever seen anything so there are some cool stories though that's for sure humans have a great way of coming up with explanations for what they see and oftentimes they're not realistic they're not logical either porridge is good porridge with apples and cinnamon those are my thoughts on bigfoot what's your thoughts is there a possibility that bigfoot exists comment down below this morning everyone when i got up check this fire it was still hot still smoldering just because a fire looks like it's out doesn't mean that it is so make sure to check it check it closely make sure that it's fully extinguished coffee is pretty much done breakfast done it's time to clean up and basically call it done for the day everyone this has been a really good gear testing trip some pieces of gear i'm using for the first time some i've been testing out for a while all in all there were no big problems there were no big fails here everything has worked and it's worked well i really like this tent i really do i've always liked the snug pack ionosphere this is even better this tent is huge it really is there's a time and a place for the ionosphere like with like stealth camping and stuff like that speaking of which my next trip will be a stealth camping adventure after the stealth camp adventure i believe susie and i will be doing a backpacking trip and then comes a bushcraft adventure after that so there's lots of adventures coming up basically every thursday there is an adventure here on the channel so uh yeah hope you guys enjoy them everybody must because the channel is doing really really well i do appreciate it big time and i want to say that once more i appreciate every single one of you thank you all so much for everything thanks for sending in the coffee the stoves and everything else if you want to send something to the channel for me to test out potentially i can't make any promises but if you want to send something in you definitely can you can check out my website for more information theoutdoorgearview.com make sure to hit the thumbs up because it does help the channel and support on patreon on youtube if you want to join the wolf pack oh yeah yeah folks that's it it's time for me to clean up everyone take care be well strength and honor i will see you all in the next upload see ya do [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 35min 7sec (2107 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 17 2021