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A seven day backpacking trip in Bomber Basin, located in Fitzpatrick Wilderness, Wind River Range, Wyoming. Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

A three day backpacking trip to Lake Louise in Fitzpatrick Wilderness, which is located on the east side of the Wind River Range near Dubois, Wyoming. Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a five day backpacking trip in Bridger Wilderness in the Wind River Range of Wyoming, beginning at the New Fork Lakes trail head and continuing up to New Fork Park and then up the Porcupine Trail just below Porcupine Pass. Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

A two night backpacking trip in Middle Prong Wilderness in Pisgah National Forest. The trip starts on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail at its junction with NC State Route 215 and continues east to the Green Mountain Trail. Using an unofficial trail I leave the Green Mountain Trail and take the Buckeye Gap Trail down to Middle Prong Creek and the junction of the Haywood Gap Trail. On the third day I climb up the Haywood Gap Trail back to the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and then back to SR 215. Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a five day backpacking trip in the Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area, commencing at the Elk Garden trail head on the Appalachian Trail. At Rhododendron Gap I leave the AT and take the Pine Mountain Trail to the Crest Trail. Continuing on the Crest Trail to Scales, I rejoin the AT heading south over Stone Mountain and drop into Little Wilson Creek Wilderness. Leaving Little Wilson Creek Wilderness and backtracking to the AT, I head south on the AT to the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail, which takes me over Cabin Ridge and back to Elk Garden. Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching! Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a two night backpacking trip on the Honey Creek Loop and a part of the John Muir Trail in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The Honey Creek Loop is packed with lots of features such as water falls, rock bluffs, rock houses and rock crevices. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a two night backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail starting at Street Gap, continuing across Big Bald to Big Bald Creek. Then back to Street Gap. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a three night backpacking trip in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park beginning at Gregory Ridge trailhead and camping the first night at Backcountry Campsite #12 (Forge Creek). Day two continues up Gregory Ridge Trail then dropping down Long Hungry Ridge Trail to Backcountry Campsite #92 (Upper Flats). On day three I take the Long Hungry Ridge Trail to Twentymile Loop Trail to Wolf Ridge Trail and climb up to Backcountry Campsite #13 (Sheep Pen Gap). Day four begins with a climb up to Gregory Bald then descending down Gregory Ridge Trail back to the beginning trailhead. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a three night backpacking trip with Joey Coconato in Cheaha Wilderness Area, located in Talladega National Forest in central Alabama. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a one night solo backpacking trip along the lower section of Bald River in the Bald River Gorge Wilderness, which is in the south district of Cherokee National Forest. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This video is a description of hanging a bear bag using two cords and a ring (2CR method). The line used to throw over the limb (“Throw Line”) is about 50 feet of 1.75 MM Zing It cord which can be found at this link: http://www.samsonrope.com/Pages/Product.aspx?ProductID=811 The line that goes through the ring and used pull up the food bag (“Pull Line”) is about 30 feet of 2 MM Aircore Spectra Plus, which can be hard to find so any 2 MM utility cord will work. I prefer a 2 MM utility cord as a Pull Line since it’s easier on the hands than the Zing It cord. On one end of the Throw Line is attached a stainless steel ring (a carabiner or pulley can be used instead of a stainless ring) using a figure 8 loop and then the loop is girth hitched to the steel ring. On the other end of the Throw Line is attached a stainless steel #0 Nite Ize S-Biner using a slip knot loop and then the loop is girth hitched to #0 S-Biner. On one end of the Pull Line is attached a stainless steel #1 Nite Ize S-Biner using a figure 8 loop and then the loop is girth hitched to the #1 S-Biner. On the other end of the Pull Line is tied a figure 8 loop. Below is a step by step instruction for the 2CR bear bag system: 1. Unwind both cords and lay untangled on the ground. 2. Run the #1 S-Biner attached to one end of the Pull Line through the ring, which is attached to one end of the Throw Line. 3. Temporarily wrap both ends of the Pull Line around a tree, log or something heavy, and then clip the figure 8 loop to the #1 S-Biner. 4. Put a baseball sized rock or several small rocks into the rock bag. Attach the rock bag to the #0 S-Biner attached to one end of the Throw Line and throw the rock bag over a limb or fork of a tree. 5. Remove the rock bag from the Throw Line and pull the Throw Line to adjust the height of the ring as necessary and then tie off the end of the Throw Line to a tree by wrapping the Throw Line around the tree and clipping the #0 S-Biner to the Throw line rather than using a knot. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/ 6. Unclip the Pull Line from the tree by un-attaching the figure eight loop from the #1 S-Biner. Now attach the food bag to the #1 S-Biner, pull up the food bag to the ring and tie off the other end of the Pull Line to a tree. Make sure the food bag is at least 10 feet high, I prefer 12 feet, and make sure there are no limbs or trees within 6 feet of the food bag, a 10 foot clear area is even better. 7. Whenever you lower and remove the food bag always attach the #1 S-Biner on the Pull Line to the figure 8 loop on the other end on Pull Line, again creating a large loop out of the Pull Line, so that the Pull Line cannot be pulled through the ring accidently. 8. Before removing the Throw Line from the limb detach the #0 S-Biner from the end of the Throw Line and untie the slip knot. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/ Sometimes adjusting the height of the ring is a trial and error process, so you may have to untie the Throw Line and adjust the height of the ring and re-tie off the end of the Throw Line. Also I prefer to use a #1 S-Biner on the Pull Line to save weight. If the food bag or food bags cannot be clipped directly to the #1 S-Biner, run the Pull Line through the loop or cord on the food bag(s) and then clip the #1 S-Biner to the Pull Line above the food bag(s). The video about hanging a bear bag using the PCT method can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgBLDMuPuvE April 2017 Update: I've replaced the steel ring with a link from a small chain and now have the system down to 2.5 ounces. My video showing this small chain link can be seen at 2:14 in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5WCmTgwUY8. In some designated wilderness areas, national parks and state parks bear canisters are required. Therefore hanging your food bag from tree or limb would not comply with the regulations in such areas. Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is a review of my Mountain Laurel Designs Trail Star tarp. The tarp was purchased on May 19, 2012 and as of the filming of this review on June 4, 2017, I have used the tarp 456 nights. Thanks for Watching! Backpacking With Bryan DeLay webpage: http://bryandelay.com/

This is an eight day backpacking trip in Yellowstone National Park with Joey Coconato, Barrett Nichols and Keith Manage. The trip starts at Lamar River Canyon trail head, goes over Mist Creek Pass and across Pelican Valley to Broad River. Next we go to Wapiti Lake, then off trail to Hot Spring Basin area. Then we again go off trail down Broad Creek to Joseph Coat Springs to Wapiti Lake Trail to Canyon. Thanks For Watching!

This is a seven day backpacking trip in Bridger Wilderness, which consist of 428,000 acres in the Bridger Teton National Forest in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. The trip begins at Big Sandy Trail Head then up to Big Sandy Lake, over Jackass Pass and down into Cirque of Towers. Next we go off trail and over Texas Pass to Shadow Lake, where we pick up an official trail and continue to Dad's Lake and back to the Big Sandy Trail Head.