Camping on a Remote Glacier for 24 Hours

Outdoor Survival

Camping on a Remote Glacier for 24 Hours #torras  #ostand  My dog and I are based in British Columbia, Canada and spend the weekends sometimes solo adventuring, exploring mountains, fishing, learning to ride my motorcycle, camping and paddling.

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00:00We have everything we need to survive the night on our backs. We're starting

00:04our journey down in the valley making our way through the raw land of British

00:08Columbia in search of a glacier to camp on. Our first animal, feces, beer scat, and

00:17into grizzly territory we go. My bag is probably about 35 to 40 pounds if I had

00:26to guess. How much do you think yours is? Probably less than yours. Really? Yeah. I don't have camera gear. I don't have dog food and dog water.

00:37Yeah. Some heavy bushwhacking. It's not too bad.

00:48This is definitely not a highly trafficked trail.

00:56No tomato. I think that might be the glacier we're going to. It's so far.

01:27That is so nice and cool. Such a nice break from the heat.

01:37I'm very happy they put the bridges in. It's always a risk. If the bridges aren't here, that would be a hard river to cross.

01:43Right now this is our flattest part of the hike. It was a little bit of an

01:48incline getting started and now we flattened out. I'm gonna walk through the

01:52valley to get to the base of that mountain. It's gonna be a very challenging part.

01:58It really is just the weight of the backpack that makes it so challenging.

02:22Slow and steady wins the race.

02:32That bag really topples me over.

02:42The bag just makes everything so much wobblier if I balance. I probably didn't pack the bag evenly.

02:51All my food's on one side, so I'm tippy. Thanks for whoever built those stairs.

02:59Okay, up we go.

03:07We're coming, we're coming.

03:10We were worried about not being able to get Kiro because we saw in the trail reports there was a rope section.

03:19But he's doing this way better than we are.

03:26After bushwhacking for about three hours, we finally broke the tree line and saw one of the most beautiful valleys.

03:35We thought this lake was our final destination, but soon learned we had to climb this ridge.

03:42But it's okay, we can do it.

03:44Our first look at the lake. This is the lower lake, and our objective is to get up there somewhere.

03:51It's beautiful.

03:58I'm dying, so Parker has something to tell you.

04:02So, we're hiking up to the glacier up there, and we're on this weird ridge.

04:08It falls down on both sides of us.

04:11So it looks like back in the day, when this glacier was coming down the valley, it just pushed all of this material off to this side.

04:20And then you can see on the opposite side, it did the same thing. There's a clear cut where the glacier was running down.

04:30Pretty freaking cool.

04:33We couldn't find Kiro for a second.

04:38There's Kiro.

04:40It's a hot day, but he's being such a good sport.

04:44He's staying ahead of us the whole way. Guy just needs a water break.

05:04Our first water refill.

05:07Filtering some glacier cold water.

05:10It's going to be good.

05:13Somebody's holding some jerky in their hand.

05:21It's so cold.

05:24It's so cold.

05:27It's so cold.

05:30It's so cold.

05:33We found our spot. I'm so excited.

05:37So, we're setting up camp and dropping all of our stuff and just taking daypacks up and around the last portion to get to the glacier.

06:02Oh, good boy.

06:11We're taking a really quick break and I'd like to thank today's sponsor, Toraz.

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06:21Having a protective phone case is essential out here and also just on your day-to-day life.

06:27It, of course, needs to be able to protect your phone when you drop it or get it dirty.

06:31Where this phone is unique is the O-Ring stand.

06:35You can turn it 360 and you don't have to worry about one of those pop sockets where it's not flush.

06:42It's completely flush with the phone, so it makes it super sleek.

06:45You can get just the stand and attach it with a really strong sticker that is the perfect shape.

06:52It's super sleek and it has a very strong magnet.

06:55You can set your phone up in different positions for filming or watching content.

07:00I download Netflix before coming out here and always have something just in case I can't fall asleep at night.

07:05It has a 300-fold test, so it can hold the weight of your phone and you don't have to worry about the hinge giving out.

07:12Another thing I picked up from them besides the phone case and the O-Stand is the charger.

07:17It looks so sleek on my desk and I love that I can see if notifications come up.

07:22I don't have to worry about fiddling with the cords. It's just a really nice, sleek design.

07:27You can also charge your AirPods if you have those.

07:30I don't have an Apple Watch, but it does have an attachment, so you can charge all three things on the one stand.

07:35If you're interested, I've linked everything below. It really helps Kira and I to use that specific link.

07:39Thank you again, Toraz, for sponsoring today's video.

07:43There's us down there.

07:45We came from all the way around there. Not a bad place to be.

07:55We've been staring at this rock wall for a couple hours now. It's time to go over.

08:26Okay, we made it to the top. Oh my gosh, look at this glacier.

08:31As beautiful as it is to find yourself in wild places like this, I always leave with a renewed sense of perspective.

08:38Standing beside these towering mountains, it's impossible not to feel how small we truly are.

08:44We were here in mid-July, just two weeks before a forest fire swept through this trail, forever altering the landscape.

08:52There were four women on the glacier when the fire started in this direction.

08:56There's no cell reception out here, but thankfully, they were able to connect to the SOS feature on their phone and send their coordinates to search and rescue.

09:04They stayed in the same location until a helicopter could land and immediately evacuated them.

09:10Investing in a reliable satellite device before exploring remote areas may just be the difference between life and death out here.

09:22There you go, buddy.

09:52There you go, buddy.

10:22Good job.

10:52There's one more.

11:12There's one more.

11:15I might as well just walk through it.

11:23And we're headed back to our tent. It's finally in shade.

11:28Watching Kiro navigate the rocks is so impressive.

11:33Just on the side of a cliff right now.

11:44I just had a good...

11:47I just had a good...

11:50I just had a good...

11:53I just had a good...

11:56I just had a good...

11:59I just had a good three to four hour nap.

12:02I just had a good three to four hour nap.

12:05Let's say three.

12:07And now it's time for bed.

12:09And I'm not eating dinner today. I'm just so tired.

12:12Kiro is zonked and he refuses to go at the foot of the tent.

12:16He has to be between us.

12:19Good morning.

12:22Last night was not too bad of a sleep.

12:25It was probably only about five degrees-ish.

12:30So I didn't have to bring my winter sleeping bag.

12:33And we slept pretty cozy in here.

12:35I like this time of year where I don't have to bring a jacket or an extra blanket for Kiro.

12:40Because that means less weight for me to carry.

12:42But we're packing up now.

12:44Gonna have some coffee and hike the four to five hours out of here.

12:50Put on my backpack for the first time.

12:52And realized the chipmunks got my backpack strap.

12:55It's hanging on by a thread.

12:58I can't tighten it or loosen it.

13:00So I'm gonna have to order a replacement strap.

13:03But now I know for next time to keep my pack inside the tent.

13:08Little rascals.

13:10That could have been bad.

13:11We would have had to jimmy something out of some extra string that we had.

13:18We tried to take a bit of a shortcut.

13:20And now we're way off trail.

13:22And are bushwhacking through some really thick brush.

13:28Sometimes the shortcut is not shorter.

13:31Just because it takes so much energy to push through these trees.

13:38And it's especially hard with a big pack that's getting caught on everything.

13:46We gotta go through there.

13:51It's really hard.

13:56We finished our bushwhacking. We're back on the trail.

13:59Back to the water sources. We're happy.

14:01E5, full plumb.

14:06Shira's trying to figure out how to get around.

14:09See if he can figure it out.

14:11We got across fine the first time.

14:21This might be the most beautiful view I've ever seen.

14:25We did it!

14:29Okay, I'm clocking out. I need to go get a cheeseburger and a blizzard.

14:35See you guys in the next one. Bye!

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