Awesome! 😃💚👊

Y'all are Trail Angels! 💚👊 Beautiful snake and waterfalls! That ice cream looked so good after all the hard work! Cute dog! Thank you for your services! 😁💚👊

Nice shirt (orange)! 😛

Bad bat always said what a blessing he was to her on the hike

It looks wonderful! Thank you for your services, and for an interesting look at trail maintenance! 😁💚👊

Wonderful 😊

Thanks for saying hi! I love meeting other KZfaqrs

You did great with all the interviews. Excited about Sketching Summits Allegheny hike this summer. Loved the Grandma Gatewood! That was awesome.

Great Job capturing so many folks at trail days. It was a pleasure meeting both of you. 👍

I commented on this video, but apparently I said something youtube didn’t like? This keeps happening to me. That Hulk face painting was so good! You really caught the fun and spirit of Trail Days! I didn’t know that there were vendors in the library. Fearsome 👊 Great video! 😁💚👊

Beautiful wood carving. Hey, you got our whole group! Awesome! It was wonderful to meet you guys! Sawyer is a wonderful company. I read online that Permethrin is NOT dog safe though... Oats may need to give us more info there. Beautiful paintings. Interesting Grandma Emma Gatewood show. Great view for the Hiker Parade. You caught some awesome moments at Trail Days that I didn't get to see! Thank you for such a great video! 😃👊

Nice of you to introduce all the youtubers at trail days.

Great video! Thanks for sharing !

nice video. Very well done. I loved meeting Heidi from Sketching Summits. Her paintings are beautiful.

It was such a pleasure to meet you both! Thank you so much for including us and giving us the opportunity to tell about our channel. Best wishes in all your adventures! 😊

Very happy to meet you both at Trails Days. So much to do and see in the beautiful state of West Virginia. My mom was born in Huntington so WV is like my second home. Not sure if you’re on Instagram but I’m more active over there than on YT these days. ~RVAHG

Hello! Great to meet you both at Trail Days! Just Subscribed 👍👍

God bless this man and his gift. I truly hope for the pleasure of making his acquaintance one day.

So glad I found your channel!

Fresh Ground for the Win!😊

Saint Fresh ground. 🙏🏼

Looks like a hiker feed to me...........

Great video. Most hikers give him about 2 seconds of air time. Thanks for recognizing him.

❤

Hey Sloth and Dreamer , I’ve been watching your videos as there come up in my KZfaq feed , most likely not in order of completion but enjoying them just the same. I have driven through many of areas that the trail crosses and had always wondered about the Allegheny trail and the signs I saw. Thanks for sharing all the sights and sounds of such a beautiful place.And a late congratulations on completing such a beautiful journey.There is a podcast out now by a fantastic speaker known as Jester who has taken the trail under her wing,I think you would make a great interview on her podcast since her podcast is all about section hikers. Thanks again for sharing your experience .Ive truly enjoyed it.

Watched both videos, good job. I've never been impressed by Jansport. I know they have their fanboys, but to me it was all about marketing, and they were marketing themselves more than their packs, none of which were really new, just incorporation of existing and/or obscure features on other packs. As an old hippy, I was really disappointed when they sold out to "the man" at the earliest opportunity, which is what led to their downfall. The dome tent they designed (which was actually a tent based on existing obscure designs with new light weight materials) could have brought them greatness, but the bean counters in the corporation that bought them nixed the idea and told them to focus on packs, especially the "book bags" that were selling like hotcakes to college and high school students. North Face saw the potential and the rest, as they say, is history.

Thank you for vlogging. Do you remember the dates you did section 1?

One of my favorite places, When did you go?

I've been to the Dolly Sods 4 times, and every single time its stormed badly. The last time I was just passing through, driving, and it still stormed the entire time i was on top

I don't know how I missed the video with the bags on your feet, but the added clip of you slipping while talking about it not affecting your traction is priceless lol

Great job on the critter shots and the plant fungus stuff. Also, its not a competition, hike what you're comfortable hiking!

It's on the list, I need to research. If the road section is still part of it, might try to bike that section. 30 miles of asphalt is rough

I love the shot at 26:24, that's awesome!

hey Drema and Mark! this is great! thanks for sharing! I gotta do the Alleghany!!!

What a fun walk back through Trail Days! Got to see many things I missed! And thank so much for including Fearsome!

I did this loop 2 days ago. The walk up White Oak was pretty tough but especially those switchbacks after the first big lower falls. The fire road to Hawksbill wasn't bad but my legs were already tired at this point. Was able to press on, albeit not as quick of a pace as earlier. I really wanted to keep going to Hawksbill summit, but I erred on the side of caution for not wanting to risk losing daylight (I started in the early afternoon). That turned out to be a wise decision because halfway down Cedar Run, I got caught in a torrential gully washer. Well, lets just say that going down Cedar Run with soaking wet clothes, sore legs, sore feet, and an empty camelback during and after heavy rain was not fun. Trying to negotiate that trail was a nightmare under the conditions I mentioned. Half a mile to the parking lot, I had no choice but to chug down some water from Cedar Run, no filters or boiling, to get my back and legs to stop cramping. I finally made it to my car at around 6:30PM, completing the circuit in about 5 hours. Uncharacteristic mistakes I made were: 1. Did not check the weather forecast (which up until this hike, I had always done). 2. Not bringing enough water for both the difficulty of the hike and the warm weather. Up until this hike, I always made sure I had more than enough even if it meant more weight to carry. 3. Did not research the trail conditions, especially for Cedar Run. Again, up until this hike, I try to get a feel for what I am getting into first before heading out. This time, I did not make such plans. Going down steep rocky trails is challenging enough, much more so when they are wet and muddy. As crazy as I might sound, I want to go back on the trails again asap and I will once my lower extremities heal. Next time however, I won't get cocky and forget to come prepared. That could have turned out worse had I decided to keep going up Hawksbill. Maybe the only wise choice I made that day. EDIT: Typos

Bartman Outdoors is hiking and he has said in his videos that he would love to meet you Fresh Ground. He's up in Connecticut. You are a one of a kind. So I have seen through the hikers that I watch, like Chase's blazes and Nonnie kikes 🙂🙂🙂

Very nice

That looks like a lot of fun.

Spring has arrived here in Virginia -- 84F here today. Have a great day.

Hello from Virginia, very interesting video.

i see nahamsha

Would be more helpful and interesting if you put a map up showing you route and progress...you should have hike out to Olson tower before you hiked canyon rim road....great views...

Not much of a trail...if I'm going to walk the roads why go there...? Nuts.

I enjoyed parts 1 & 2 of Section 1. I see this was a couple of years ago. I wonder if any more maintenance has been done on the trail. I’d like to try it sometime without so much road walking!

Too funny I was just watching Taylor’s video and wanted to know more about freshground. And there she is lol

We will be in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire in May. Hope we can meet you and donate to the wonderful way you help out the hikers!!

Nice history of backpacks. I've probably had a dozen backpacks since I started hiking in 1970. I bought a Jansport D3 at around 1980 and even though I have bought a bunch of new packs since then -- I always return back to using my D3. Its my favorite pack even today. However it looks a bit different then when I bought it. The pads have been worn out and replaced and around 1986 I stripped it down so that the frame is shortened to just above the shoulders so that I could ware a poncho and make it easier to duck under brush and downed trees. I made a new full length bag with 6 removable external pockets. Without the pockets the weight is 3 lbs 10 oz and with the pockets the weight is 4 lbs 6 ozs. I use it for backpacking, mountaineering, skiing and even for day hikes. I found when day hiking with light gear -- a couple of extra lbs of the backpack was not noticable. The comfort in all activities was more important to me then saving a couple of pounds in a lighter weight pack. The homemade packcloth bag is starting to ware out so I am thinking of making a new identical bag out of the newer lighter fabrics but keep on using the same old stripped down Jansport frame.

Enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing! Looks like a great place to encounter poison ivy in the summer.

Cool video, just a suggestion, do away with the music and just let the sounds of nature prevail