Tanner Trail | Escalante | Tonto | Grandview Point | Grand Canyon Solo Backpacking

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Tanner Trail | Escalante | Tonto | Grandview Point | Grand Canyon Solo Backpacking | Stars Milky Way

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I plan a 5 night 6 day trip but within the first 24 hours I get mild Norovirus symptoms and the trip gets reduced to 3 nights. Feeling awful, I push through the canyon to get to clean water at the rim.
A beautiful hike with incredible views the entire trip.
March 31, 2022 - Hike Start Date
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Lipan Point
Tanner Trail
Colorado River
Escalante Route
Red Canyon
Tonto Trail
Hance Creek Trail
Grandview Trail
Stars Milky Way Time-Lapse
Type 1 Diabetes
Backstory:
For my 5oth unbirthday (born on Leap Year) I spend 4 months (February - June 2022) at the GCNP
attempting to accomplish 12 hikes and 50 nights below the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Challenges begin soon after I arrive and my grand plan quickly dissolves.

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@kimbruns2084 6 ай бұрын

Wow...! This is the first video I watched of yours and you do a fantastic job of putting the viewer on the trail. Simply beautiful. The GC is my favorite place and your videos are going to be my go to place to be there when I can't be there. Love the background music, just perfect. Thank you very much.

@smoothatlas 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! "Putting the viewer on the trail" was one of my creative goals for these videos. The wide angle lens and full frame camera are required to achieve that perspective. More videos/hikes happening this year-2024.

@JourneyontheTrail 4 ай бұрын

Excellent trip video despite the illness you got hit with! Thanks for sharing!

@smoothatlas 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Disinfect your backcountry water while at the Grand Canyon and maintain save hygiene throughout the park. If you are anywhere public (buses, grocery store, railings, etc.) disinfect your hands. Norovirus transmits easily (air, water, surfaces) and can linger for 12-24 up to 48 hours.

@JP-jn2yx 6 ай бұрын

This video is criminally underrated. Most try to make the trail fit a story or narrative the creator has ideated. You simply present the trail as it is. Don't change a thing.

@smoothatlas 6 ай бұрын

Exactly!!! Thank you!!! I try to capture the environment as-is and put the viewer on the trail along with providing whatever intel for your future hike/trip. I'm headed back this year to create more videos. Thanks again! "criminally underrated" hahaha!! Sofa-king-awesome!

@gthornton9576 3 ай бұрын

Hope you’re doing better. Perfect videos. Hoping for more! Cheers.

@smoothatlas 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! A car accident two weeks after this 2022 trip has delayed any new content. Then leap year February 29, 2024 (my birthday) I headed back for more and did the Salt Trail down to the Little Colorado River. Winds were 40+mph then it rained creating slippery conditions. I fell numerous times, I had another brand new Sawyer water filter fail (3rd in a row now) and I called for a helicopter rescue. Video coming soon.

@ricardotorres8771 8 ай бұрын

If I could give this post 1,000 thumbs up, I would. Outstanding, well done, my respect, sir.

@smoothatlas 8 ай бұрын

You are awesome! I am glad you enjoyed and I hope your adventure goes smoothly. More videos coming soon.

@l.r.dexter5946 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!!! One of the best outdoor/hiking videos I have ever seen and I have done a lot of Grand Canyon backcountry hiking myself. A huge amount of work to do this kind of solo production!

@smoothatlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is only the beginning. I hope you enjoy the other videos.

@bobkavanagh3701 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see other T1Ds hiking the Grand Canyon

@smoothatlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@danandshellythomas Жыл бұрын

Having done this hike three times, I realize just how much extra energy you have to use to make these videos. You climbed Papago to the top and then had to backtrack to retrieve your camera. That alone is a feat itself. Just enough narration with excellent visuals. If your still at the canyon, try Boucher Trail, it's a bugger as well.

@smoothatlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes Boucher is on the to do list.

@kristaleyez2404 Жыл бұрын

I did Boucher last year May 2022 during the Norovirus scare . I made a last minute addition to my water treatment - Iodine . You are going to like that trail !

@claudiabenter6463 7 ай бұрын

Wunderschöne, eindrucksvolle Landschaft. Gut gefilmt und sehr schönes Video, dezente Musik. Erste Klasse, danke schön.

@smoothatlas 7 ай бұрын

~ "Beautiful, impressive landscape. Well filmed and very nice video, subtle music. First class, thank you very much." Ich freue mich, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat! Danke schön! I am glad you enjoyed! Thank you!

@kristaleyez2404 Жыл бұрын

My new favorite KZfaqr ❤ I watched this video several times as part of my research for my upcoming Escalante trip. The best!

@smoothatlas Жыл бұрын

Most excellent to hear! Thank you! My goals are to document the trail and provide an immersive visual description so that others can better evaluate their circumstances before taking on these challenges.

@lenbackus7198 10 ай бұрын

@@smoothatlasExcellent detailed aid for me as I am doing this trip 3/24...

@DKELLOWAYKelloway 10 ай бұрын

Excellent work. The extra effort chasing the camera and high quality resolution make it a must watch to the end. Thanks.

@smoothatlas 10 ай бұрын

Good to hear! I am glad you enjoyed! More to come.

@garymoore3446 Жыл бұрын

Awesome !!!

@smoothatlas Жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching!

@douglasmanning6092 9 ай бұрын

Wow and you had to climb back down and get your camera at Papago wall and back up again. Take your pack off for that?

@smoothatlas 9 ай бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the spectacle!

@coonhollow7233 2 ай бұрын

I may have missed it but in what month did you do this hike? I saw just a bit of snow/ice at the beginning of Tanner so I'm assuming sometime in April? Would you recommend a different month since the temps at the river were so high?

@smoothatlas 2 ай бұрын

March 31, 2022 was the start date. Yes there was snow near the rim. My hike should have begun 2 days earlier but a snowstorm arrived and I decided to wait out the snow and I am glad I did. You can clearly see the leftover snow from the storm. My original plan had me going down the Beamer Trail to the Confluence so I "dropped" those two days of the original planned hike to avoid hiking through a snowstorm my first day. Every year the river temps in Spring are slightly different. Sometimes it's pleasant in early March. Try to be flexible with your plans if you wish to avoid bad weather but you run the risk of not getting your original itinerary. When I was at the GCNP in 2019 there was snow until the first week of June and it was very cold the last 3 weeks of May. March and April are good bets for mid-day river temps in the 80's and rim temps 25-55...maybe even 65 degrees. Then there is Autumn. It gets cold after Halloween.

@wanderworm 7 ай бұрын

Your video is beautiful and I'm sorry illness averted your planned itinerary. I would like to get on this trail in April 2024 and am solo as you were. How did you shuttle from where you left your car to where you started/ended your hike depending on if your car was at the start or finish of the hike?

@smoothatlas 7 ай бұрын

Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed the video! Shuttle? Private shuttle/taxi service is illegal within the park. The park rangers at the Backcountry Office told me to "make friends" and also hitchhiking is illegal yet it was repeatedly recommended. I tried everything for several weeks; asking the staff at all the hotels and restaurants and the taxi service at BA Lodge and literally walked around asking anyone and everyone offering $100 for the ride. I was stood up three times, numerous "yes I will" then no call backs and I had to reschedule 4 hikes due to this issue holding up my itinerary for 5 weeks. I arrived at GCNP Feb 15th and my first hike wasn't until March 21st! Extremely frustrating and absolutely derailing my plans. I wish I had a better answer other than my ridiculous experience and finally getting lucky. Try Facebook group "Grand Canyon Hikers and Backpackers" and best of luck! If you find something miraculously changed, PLEASE reply back or contact me. Thanks again!

@wanderworm 7 ай бұрын

@@smoothatlas thanks for letting me know all this. I live in eastern Canada so it’s difficult to plan something like this. How frustrating this must have been for you and thanks for the tip on the facebook group.