Death Hollow: 18 Miles of Sand and Canyon In Escalante - Mountain trips
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Date: 2023-01-17
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naturalverities
How to have a bad time in Death Hollow:
1. Go when it is freaking cold, when the swimming holes are uninviting and nothing but grasses have emerged from dormancy. Especially avoid wildflowers and new or autumn leaves.
2. Don't linger, except to fly a drone or stage a GoPro sequence. Traverse the lower Hollow as quickly as possible; in a fraction of a day is best. Sunrises and sunsets are undramatic anyway. Nothing to see here, move along.
3. If you encounter water obstacles, don't protect your electronics. If they are ruined, it's the water's fault.
4. Don't research your exit plan, just trust GPS coordinates for your vehicle to get you out.
Considering all that, I think you maintained pretty good attitudes! Even the hardiest of us wants a burrito, bath, and bed now and then. And even at your ages I wouldn't have been able to travel so far under my own steam in a single day.
BTW when you reach the Escalante rim you should bear right (SW) over a slight rise and descend a broad slickrock bowl to cross the Micro Death Hollow stream course and then scramble up the slickrock escarpment to the truck. I've done it many times, including in the dark. But then, you see, I LIKE Death Hollow. ;-> (just ribbin' you)
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How to have a bad time in Death Hollow:
1. Go when it is freaking cold, when the swimming holes are uninviting and nothing but grasses have emerged from dormancy. Especially avoid wildflowers and new or autumn leaves.
2. Don't linger, except to fly a drone or stage a GoPro sequence. Traverse the lower Hollow as quickly as possible; in a fraction of a day is best. Sunrises and sunsets are undramatic anyway. Nothing to see here, move along.
3. If you encounter water obstacles, don't protect your electronics. If they are ruined, it's the water's fault.
4. Don't research your exit plan, just trust GPS coordinates for your vehicle to get you out.
Considering all that, I think you maintained pretty good attitudes! Even the hardiest of us wants a burrito, bath, and bed now and then. And even at your ages I wouldn't have been able to travel so far under my own steam in a single day.
BTW when you reach the Escalante rim you should bear right (SW) over a slight rise and descend a broad slickrock bowl to cross the Micro Death Hollow stream course and then scramble up the slickrock escarpment to the truck. I've done it many times, including in the dark. But then, you see, I LIKE Death Hollow. ;-> (just ribbin' you)
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SUV
Danny, I really enjoyed the video. I watched you guys back on the day on 100 Miles to Nowhere, and News AF is my jam. I also used to live in Provo (I don't know if you're very into climbing, but I did the first ascent of the sport route up the face of Squaw Peak) and am similarly enamored with crazy outdoor adventures, though I'm not quite as hardcore as you. Also, I hate running. Anyway, keep up the awesome videos and adventures.
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Danny, I really enjoyed the video. I watched you guys back on the day on 100 Miles to Nowhere, and News AF is my jam. I also used to live in Provo (I don't know if you're very into climbing, but I did the first ascent of the sport route up the face of Squaw Peak) and am similarly enamored with crazy outdoor adventures, though I'm not quite as hardcore as you. Also, I hate running. Anyway, keep up the awesome videos and adventures.
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Doug
I've been trying to put my finger on what's so funny about selfie moments like 8: 50. I think it's this image of some guy who's just putting an overly wholesome and ridiculously upbeat yet broken spin on endless suffering. A bit of a Buddy the Elf on a sucky day. Yeah.
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I've been trying to put my finger on what's so funny about selfie moments like 8: 50. I think it's this image of some guy who's just putting an overly wholesome and ridiculously upbeat yet broken spin on endless suffering. A bit of a Buddy the Elf on a sucky day. Yeah.
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Michael
That's no slouch ride! I drove that section last April when we were on our tour of the Mighty Five. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful your part of the country is. Next trip to Utah I hope to make Escalante my home base for some awesome hiking.
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That's no slouch ride! I drove that section last April when we were on our tour of the Mighty Five. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful your part of the country is. Next trip to Utah I hope to make Escalante my home base for some awesome hiking.
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Lontoc
Always a good time seeing your adventures. Tell Blake he needs a dry bag. You can also pick up a used dr650 dual sport motorcycle for about $1000. You could buy close to 10 for the average price of todays bicycles.
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Always a good time seeing your adventures. Tell Blake he needs a dry bag. You can also pick up a used dr650 dual sport motorcycle for about $1000. You could buy close to 10 for the average price of todays bicycles.
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travel
Can you guys comment on recommendations for socks and shoes for this type of hike, across the sand, and then through the water? Is the waterproof socks the way to go or just use full Merino wool and get wet?
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Can you guys comment on recommendations for socks and shoes for this type of hike, across the sand, and then through the water? Is the waterproof socks the way to go or just use full Merino wool and get wet?
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Andrew
Hey,
You should try to monetize your videos. Y'all deserve to be compensated for providing us with such great videos! Thanks for uploading another one, and I look forward to your next adventure!
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Hey,
You should try to monetize your videos. Y'all deserve to be compensated for providing us with such great videos! Thanks for uploading another one, and I look forward to your next adventure!
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Wildland
I love your whole bike shuttle mentality. As a mostly solo hiker I've been thinking about doing this to extricate myself from the many badass shuttle hikes in southern UT.
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I love your whole bike shuttle mentality. As a mostly solo hiker I've been thinking about doing this to extricate myself from the many badass shuttle hikes in southern UT.
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Yuko
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Marshall. R. Allen
Killer vid as always! Love how you got footage of the blizz falling into the water haha! Keep the vids coming!
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Killer vid as always! Love how you got footage of the blizz falling into the water haha! Keep the vids coming!
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Zach
Which drone do you use and how do you carry it in your pack while running and make sure it doesn't get damaged?
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Which drone do you use and how do you carry it in your pack while running and make sure it doesn't get damaged?
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