This is a preview of a member exclusive premium article.
I was recently invited to join Glen Van Peski, Read Miller, and Trinity Ludwig for a three-day hiking trip on one of the ten most dangerous hikes in America. Join us as we travel on a two state adventure through the world's longest slot canyon (Buckskin Gulch), and down breathtaking Paria Canyon.
ARTICLE OUTLINE
- Introduction
- The Trip
- Jeremy McAllister's Gear List
- Packing Total: 14 oz
- Shelter Total: 9 oz
- Sleep System Total: 22.5 oz
- Cooking / Hydration Total: 10.2 oz
- Clothing Packed Total: 17.8 oz
- Other Total: 3.3 oz
- Consumables Total: 232.5 oz
- Worn / Carried Total: 63.6 oz
- Grand Totals
# WORDS: 1150
# PHOTOS: 15
--- End of free preview ---
Member Exclusive
A Premium or Unlimited Membership* is required to view the rest of this article.
* A Basic Membership is required to view Member Q&A events
Discussion
Become a member to post in the forums.
Companion forum thread to:
Buckskin Gulch and Paria Canyon Photo Essay
Thanks for the tantalizing photos! Hopefully I'll be able to make a trip like that someday…you keep me inspired.
I have an REI Flash 30 and was wondering how you managed to pare it down to 12 oz. Did you cut out the back panel and other major surgery? Just wondering.
Happy trails!
That hike looks like one of those "hikes of a lifetime."
Thanks,
Tom
Thanks for the great report! I would imagine you're carefully checking weather reports right up to launch. But then again, that part of the country can look sunny and beautiful at lunchtime, and by early afternoon a thunderstorm hits! Is there a service that alerts you to hi/med/lo flash flood danger, or would you simply abort the hike if you saw cloudy skies? How did you decide your go/no-go?
Beautiful, outstanding photos, until…
I came to the photo which had great big foot holes chipped into the rockface.
Am I the only one that thinks such damage to a beautiful natural feature looks awful?
Often, if it weren't for notches like that, for hanging ropes, rails, and other helpers, places would be entirely inaccessible, or the death toll for visiting them would be much higher. I personally see no difference between notches in rocks left by homo sapiens and burrows dug by rodents or nests left by birds (and surrounded by landscape-marring white guano).
Many of these places we currently treat as wilderness were the stomping grounds of primitive tribes. Nature is not a museum, it's our home.
Become a member to post in the forums.