FYI - The new Sawyer filters come with an extra O-Ring inside the cap 😉
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Yep. Found it and found another one in a hiker box, so doing well
@ernestlathren3597
4 ай бұрын
My knees are hurting just watching you navigate down blood mountain.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Serious pounding on the joints, it feeling much better. Thanks
@SteveFox1105
4 ай бұрын
Beat video I have seen so far of the descent off Blood. Well done! I can see why people want to do it in dry weather! Thanks for sharing and best of luck to you.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@dalemyers9439
4 ай бұрын
Best wishes Chuck from Jekyll Island, Ga. Great video and comments. The trail will greet you every morning with hope. Emotions will be a roller coaster but that’s part of the challenge. Prayers for a safe journey. “ Everyday is a gift and our only response is gratefulness!” Hike on !
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Couldn’t have said it better
@davidlooney3018
4 ай бұрын
Best video I’ve watched coming off blood mountain looked tougher than I would have thought. Thanks for sharing 👍🥾
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Appreciate it. Now if I can just keep from getting lost o. The trail😂
@pauliedavis49
4 ай бұрын
Well done! Very detailed and enjoyable. I love when you let us listen to the sounds of birds and the nature around you, though I completely understand the desire to add music. Thanks for taking us along. Hoping and praying that knee settled down!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. I think I’ll leave the music out from now on. I don’t even listen to music out here. I just love the sound of the trail
@Kari-bb3rm
4 ай бұрын
I love that trail, the rock stairs, the beautiful terrain. Thank you for all the detail!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thank you. I plan on doing a video soon that has less of me and more of the trail.
@sulj3373
4 ай бұрын
Glad you showed detail of the rocks coming down Blood Mountain and the cabin too. Great video.😊❤
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@t-manbassfishing8090
4 ай бұрын
Coach Chuck. Taylor Trantham following your journey. Stay safe out there.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Cool! Good to hear from you Taylor!!!!!! Glad to have you along.
@billdent7449
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the journey. That one section of downhill rock on the trail looked like it could give somebody some problems. Stay safe
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Very true!
@pleok08
4 ай бұрын
Sunday, February 25th: Nothing wrong with staying in the shelter. There's always trade-offs. Just be aware when the hiking bubble arrives, norovirus lives in shelters. You got this! Good luck! Mountain Crossing is good place to resupply. Happy Trails! Ross08
@chaosncheckt9356
4 ай бұрын
I think the bubble is starting around 1 March but I could be wrong.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Yeah. Trying to stay ahead of the bubble
@chaosncheckt9356
4 ай бұрын
@@ChuckHowell-Outdoors I was way ahead of it last year. Even with that, in Vermont, NH and Maine things started to get crowded. Stay strong
@patriciabarnhart1886
4 ай бұрын
Real nice video - thank you!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@dorotheaholder2370
4 ай бұрын
Great video!! ✌️ ❤ 🙏
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙌
@wandahale8118
4 ай бұрын
Very nice. Cameras never can show the steepness for some reason. And that's why your knees hurt. Happy safe hiking on.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Very true! Going too fast is part of it, but the trail can be much tougher than the camera can show
@NomadicSutter
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely love your content man. Safe journeys!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Much appreciated!
@rachelhuiras7587
4 ай бұрын
Best video of Blood Mountain, thank you
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@hollylong28
4 ай бұрын
Love your videos! Keep em coming ❤best wishes for your thru hike 🙏
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Will do!
@barbaramassey3787
4 ай бұрын
I like to hear your footsteps and see the trail. Hope you got some warm gloves.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
I did! Thanks
@wjbslick67
4 ай бұрын
You picked a great time to start!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Got lucky…..and blessed
@chrisking6763
4 ай бұрын
Really appreciative of the footage. Ive watched a lot of these and you have shown views of the trail already that I have never seen before!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@richardyuen4352
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing Blood Mountain with us! You earned a good rest in a very nice cabin!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard!!!
@nancyt4143
4 ай бұрын
Cheering you on from Maine!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@papajeff5486
4 ай бұрын
I’m not gonna stop here…Way to go Chuck! Thanks for sharing…from East Tennessee.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
You bet. Glad to have you along
@vivianhelt8860
4 ай бұрын
You take as many breaks as needed. You will find your pace. Just keep going!❤
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@user-tv8xi8rq3p
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video. It was great. Thank you for taking us along. Enjoying very much. Have followed you since you first started posting. Rest your knee.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you! Taking a zero today and knee is feeling well
@dougorman5372
4 ай бұрын
Later on when you get to Hot Springs, NC consider a section slack with the Trail Head Lodge. NB 326.5 on FarOut ..can push/pull you all the way to Erwin TN..Walk Safe …Be Well…subscribed and Tracking
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
I’ll definitely give it consideration
@MaryTravels53
4 ай бұрын
The Blood Mtn shelter used to have windows, but idiots kept knocking out the glass. Also the Ga Trail club used to maintain the fireplace, but too much use resulted in closing it down (also fear of burning down the oldest structure on trail). No windows panes and heat designed to deter folks from sleeping inside. Oh! I forgot…mice live in the rock walls and come out at night like roaches. I’d rather get a room in town.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Yeah. It’s a shame but not somewhere I wanted to stay
@paulahilliard1201
4 ай бұрын
Get some rest Chuck! So happy for you. My husband and I are following your journey. I'm hoping to follow in your foot steps one day.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
You can do it! Glad to have you along
@bethhelfrich1227
4 ай бұрын
Enjoy your nero day!! Congratulations on making it to Neel Gap.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@smokymountainangel5923
4 ай бұрын
Enjoying your videos. You’ve had great weather to start. I thought coming g down Blood Mountain was much worse than going up. Glad you got a cabin. Looking forward to sharing your journey.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. And you’re absolutely correct about Blood Mountain
@UntakenTrails
4 ай бұрын
I love that Blood Mountain shelter. It sure is beautiful up there. I can see why one would get turned around up there with the roughness of the trail. That's a nice little cabin. Enjoy!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Easy to get turned around. Many of the hikers around me made a wrong turn in that area
@user-mw2xn3lj7s
4 ай бұрын
Chucky , I'm lucky forward to the walk every day keep them coming
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. This must be someone who knows me from way back.
@geoffreyrichcreek2178
4 ай бұрын
I got off trail at that exact same spot on my section hike last year!!! So easy to do. Be careful and enjoy yourself😊
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. I think a lot of folks do.
@geoffreyrichcreek2178
4 ай бұрын
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors yeah it was so easy to go down and to the right instead of up and over those rocks it seemed like the natural way to go🙂
@williamking4316
4 ай бұрын
Blood Mountain is a tough one, hiked it many times, my son and I done a night hike there on Thanksgiving several years back, we slepted in the shelter and it was very cold and woke in the morning with snow on us that blew through, lower elevation the next time lol. Great video!!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Katahdinbound24
4 ай бұрын
Hey Chuck, hope your hikes going well, thanks again for your help down from gooch mountain shelter…I’m resting my knee at home will get back on trail in about a week.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Super fantastic!!!!! I’m glad to hear you’re getting back on trail. My videos are a little behind, but just letting you ( and I guess a lot more folks now) that I should be in Franklin in a couple of days
@charlesbuckalew4246
4 ай бұрын
Great video production! That was flatrock gap at that last trail junction.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Kinda hard to keep up with the names of all the gaps
@HikingHermit1975
4 ай бұрын
One section of Blood Mountain could be marked a little better it appears. Glad you made it through there. Following from Connersville, Indiana
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Yeah. Several people took wrong turns in that area
@bobhanson6586
4 ай бұрын
I usually pick 3-4 people per year and follow their AT hike. Very much liking your narrative and hiking style/ability/age. Very relatable, very matter of fact and humble. Easy to root for. Stay healthy and go get em!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Happy to have you along
@valane178
4 ай бұрын
Glad you were able to share a cabin. It beats staying in the hostel. Hope you're able to get some warm gloves while you are at Neels Gap. You still might run into some colder weather. Love your videos and glad you had a good day to descend Blood Mtn. Happy Trails...Winkle
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Great stay at the cabin.
@Dave_Outside
4 ай бұрын
Outside the knee pain is typically the IT band. That can be an overuse issue. Do some stretching of the glutes and the TFL muscle. Some things like this can also be caused by the way a person walks or the shoes. Anyways, something like this needs a day of rest probably. Otherwise it can get worse. Stretching is one of the best things to do or massage the TFL with a foam roller or by hand.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. I’ve been doing the stretching and using the roller. I’m sure it’s an over use issue. I had to look up the TFL, but I know what is is now. I’ll definitely roll it. I’ve also taped the knee with KT tape. It just needs rest. I’ve slowed down a bit, and plan on taking some town days to rest it.
@PaulR-xq3no
4 ай бұрын
Great. Thanks for detailed video. Now I understand why everyone says down from Blood Mountain is worse than up. Congrats on reaching Neel Gap - milestone. Safe hiking.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@LynnStAubin-od5qe
4 ай бұрын
I did a small section hike for my 65th birthday. I took 4 days to do Springer to Neel Gap and that was slack packing through to Woody. I backpacked SOBO over Blood to Lance because I didn’t want that decline. I still got twisted around a little too going up Blood. So it hasn’t been marked any better in three years 😉. I’m enjoying your hike.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Blood Mountain was beautiful, but several in our small bubble made wrong turns up there.
@pcrice-lr2dn
4 ай бұрын
Good job, now you’re in Good company with Fresh Ground,he does an excellent job with his ministry 👏👏👏🌿
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!!!!
@donaldparry5157
4 ай бұрын
I know I'm going the white way! Thanks for showing the more difficult descent !
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Any time! Kinda wish I’d taken the “ white” way😂
@melissahempfling2824
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the views.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
You’re very welcome
@lambo7403
4 ай бұрын
Well done sir 👍🏻
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@KrizAkoni
4 ай бұрын
Picture perfect day up on Blood!
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!!!!!
@Bibs123
4 ай бұрын
Great video. What program are you using to edit your videos? If your feet/legs start bothering you more, look into the Altra Olympus shoes. They have significant more cushioning than the Lone Peaks, but still have the same toe box. They might be a bit less stable though! I don't know that it would make a difference to your knees, but it might. I had to switch to them due to foot pain.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips! The Lone Peaks are working fine. My feet are feeling good. I’m sure the knee is just from over use, and the only real cure is rest. I’ll be doing that as much as I can. I’m using Power Director to edit my videos. The videos are shot straight from my IPhone 15.
@Judy-fi7ce
4 ай бұрын
Nice hike and comfy cabin at the end. Audio was a little soft. Hard to hear. Take care.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
I’ll pay more attention to the audio from now on. It sounds good from my end, but I can’t carry my computer with me to really check it.
@squirrelcovers6340
4 ай бұрын
Where are the white blazes? I would be completely lost.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
Sometimes they are spread out a bit
@walk-tall-hikes
4 ай бұрын
I have been following KZitem hikers on the AT for the last 6 years at least. I've never seen anyone actually sleep in the blood mountain shelter. When I hike the AT when I'm 62. I'm going to sleep there just because nobody else does.
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
4 ай бұрын
It’s cool looking, but pretty dank and dark
@deandobbs2727
2 ай бұрын
How much is a night in the cabin?
@ChuckHowell-Outdoors
2 ай бұрын
I can’t remember. There were 2 of us. I think it was around $75 each.
@somerandomguy4149
4 ай бұрын
That would not be fun at all with ice on it!! Lol more like death trap......☠️ glad to see yournot trying to over do it. With trying to get as many miles as you can and just enjoying yourself. Just take your time maine isnt going any where. 😁 wowit only took you 3 days to get to neel gap. Thats very impressive. And thats crazy withall the shoes. Im guessing someone has to cut thos down every year tho. People under estimate the A.T
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