Videos tagged with Glacier

This video follows a 100-mile mountain journey on a KTM 350 EXC-F motorcycle. The ride showcases pristine wilderness, rugged peaks, bear country, mountain goats, a glacier slide area, and a 'Field of Dreams' landscape. The description emphasizes the quality of experience and the capability of the motorcycle, highlighting it as representative of the TNP Dirt Rider channel's content.

This video documents the final stage of the "Where The Air Is Thin" high mountain adventure, featuring an intense ascent and descent. The adventurers, including Allie the Mountain dog and LastSuspect, navigate challenging terrain with steep slopes, windy ridges, and a 25-foot cliff. A significant event includes carefully lowering Allie down the cliff using a RuffWear harness, resulting in a minor injury to her paw. The expedition culminates in a "Glacier Olympics" glissade down a snowfield and a long hike out, concluding with a sense of accomplishment and memorable experiences.

This video, titled 'Cliff Licks' by Nutnfancy, is the second part of his 'Where The Air Is Thin' adventure. It focuses on observing mountain goats grazing and foraging on cliffside areas for mineral deposits. The video also details the start of a challenging 15-mile hike, despite the narrator's blister and Allie the Mountain Dog's paw abrasion. The content includes camp maintenance, packing, and the initial leg of their arduous journey.

This video documents a high-mountain backpacking adventure undertaken by the Nutnfancy crew in the summer of 2010. The group climbs to over 11,700 feet, encountering challenging terrain including snow fields, boulder slopes, knife ridges, and a glacier. They highlight the stunning alpine scenery, including waterfalls, creeks, quaking aspens, conifers, valley views, mountain flowers, and alpine basins. The adventure involves a treacherous cliff descent and a glacier glissade, all navigated safely. The crew, including Nutnfancy, his son LastSuspect, and their dog Allie, also has close encounters with mountain goats. The journey spans approximately 20 miles and is described as exhausting, even for those in shape, with some minor injuries sustained. The video aims to share this memorable experience with viewers and teases the upcoming 'WTAIT Actual' series.

This video, "Turn Around or Die" by Nutnfancy, details a challenging wilderness adventure where the participants, including "Allie the Mountain Dog," face rapidly deteriorating conditions on a glacier at 10,000 feet. Despite excellent gear like a Kelty SuperTioga backpack and rain gear, the inability to stay dry and the combination of zero-zero visibility, tiredness, storms, lack of ice gear, and approaching darkness necessitate a retreat. The decision to abandon their original goals is highlighted as a life-saving choice, demonstrating the importance of situational awareness and abandoning ego over fitness or gear. The video also features an encounter with another hiker who made a similar decision after experiencing a whiteout. The trip concludes with a comfortable bivouac and reflections on the experience, gear, and the beauty of the environment, interspersed with humor and canine antics.