Okay here's the moral of the story so far.
(bleep) snowshoes.
So here we are in the back country of McCall. We have joined two strangers who we've never met
before on a journey to Blackwell lake. And uh, we're not really sure where it is? We've just been
going up up and up. It just keeps going up. It just keeps going up. Sarah's setting a blistering pace
that i can't keep up with. Oh and McCall's right behind us. It looks so tiny in the distance.
Got no answer, can't kill that cancer how can you blame them. I was hoping, i could be open with all
my feelings, but not (--). I take that bucket without no sealing. I've been praying, but i ain't saying that
i ain't stressing. I ain't moping, cause i'm just hoping, i learned my lesson. I need g's for all my g's so
could you please try. Off your knees and all your p's don't let your dreams die. I plant my seed to
feel your need to give your brain food. If you like me the things you see will give you strange moods so i'm just...
So here we are about five and a half miles in the back country of the Payette national forest right
outside McCall. I am with my girlfriend Sarah and some people i have never met before that i met
through the youtube channel, Jen and Tucker. We are attempting to make it to Blackwell lake and uh
we've come this far and the sun is now going down. We just saw that the lake was, it's so far away.
It's just, it's just so far away. And we've already just gone five and a half miles,
gained about four thousand feet of elevation on this mushy snow and we found this stream
and we thought you know what? This looks like a good place to stop, a good place to camp
and then if anyone's feeling up for it we can head to Blackwell tomorrow morning without
our heavy ass packs. So this is my first season of winter backpacking and it's nice to go with people
more experienced. I'm already learning stuff like how to put my snow stakes into the ground.
I brought a shovel thinking i need to dig my way all the way down to the ground but
you don't. Punch out the ground with your snowshoes. You set the tent on top and you jam the
stakes down and you just pack snow on top of them. So there we go lesson learned. All right
Sarah's making a fire. Sarah's gonna make fire with flint in the snow that's how survivalist she is.
Can't get one of those cartridges because it's white gas, it's liquid, right.
So you gotta put some pressure into it. It's not pressurized like those butane cans.
Oh this is a video part. Oh okay. Then I'll take a photo.
So then i have four. Okay. Come on. Sarah doesn't like me taking video of her at weird
angles at tent time with this unusual lighting. Yeah exactly. Way down below with harsh shadows.
We are making the climb up this ridge. Jen and Tucker have turned around. Jen had some
boot failure and yeah wet feet in the winter time can really get you. But anyways
Sarah and i are going to make the trek. We want to see this lake.
We're not going to make it all the way, but there's nothing like seeing it with your own two eyes.
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