VehiclesFashionRecipesBlogsHuntTravelsSportFunHandmadeITEducation
Mini-Games
x

x
zakruti.com » Travels » Homemade Wanderlust
Episode 17: I THOUGHT THIS WAS OVER IN COLORADO

Episode 17: I THOUGHT THIS WAS OVER IN COLORADO

FBTwitterReddit

video description

Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1
CDT 2018: Rawlins, WY. Dixie's first few days in Wyoming prove to be wildly unpredictable. tim: Just read that one is better off upright, on two feet in lightning storm, due to least contact with ground. Lying down, is irrelevantly more distant from the arc. I had a Sierra, pm storm pass across valleys below, exploding trees as it approached our ridge. We huddled under biggest tree line tree we could find, and realized it was a target and decided to just hike through. At one point, as I glanced at a rock out cropping along the trail, it took a hit and shattered out, right over my head. Of course Muir liked to climb to the highest tree, to absorb as much energy as possible!
Date: 2020-08-18

Comments and reviews: 9


Welcome to Wyoming, Colorado weather ain't got nothing on us. You know, I think Montana might get worse even yet. From personal experience, I would say that 1 out of every 1, 000 cows gets struck by lightning in a year on the prairie. If there are trees that number probably increases to 1 out of every 200.
reply

Here in Alaska we have been having bad beetle kill of our spruce too. In the spring we cut down 12 spruce that were dead. But throughout the summer another dozen or so have died as well. Work for next spring when the woodshed is more empty. Great video.
reply

Do you need maps for this?
And when you did the Appalachian Trail in the Pacific Trail did you bring anybody with you did you know anybody what's the deal and how did you know where to start how do you know what time of year to start and all that stuff

reply

We always stay in Rawlins on our way through from Texas to Jackson Hole. I have pictures of the deer pals we met there. The wildlife seems to love Wyoming like we do! I wish I were there hiking with y'all. Thanks for the weekly dose of uplifting wisdom!
reply

Dixie, one trip through Wyoming, we had the same, along with a tornado. Yes, we're familiar with those in Alabama, but it's a little different there. We were traveling perpendicular to the storm, so it really wasn't that bad. Press on!
reply

OMG. I had that same exact thought about cows (or livestock in general) getting struck by lightning when I was hiking around Wyoming and Montana. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with slightly morbid curiosities. lol
reply

Wyoming, gotta-loveit. i do! i've handed more than one bottle of water and bologna sandwich to a CDT thru hiker, cyclist, motor cyclist. i may have to watch this form the beginning. ya'll come back now, ya hear?
reply

1 PM thunderstorms are typical in that region, I remember they were to be reckoned with almost every day in RMNP when I used to frequent those parts back in the 80s/early 90s
reply

Aaron's physical appearance seems to have changed since your adventure on the CDT started months back. Is he documenting this transformation?
reply
Add a review, comment






Other channel videos