42: Zaleski Winter

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  • 0m13s Intro
  • 0m40s Reunited
  • 1m40s Day One (33ºF)
  • 1m55s Hope Furnance
  • USS Monitor
  • 3m02s [geo lat=‘39.322651’ lon=’-82.351564’ url=‘https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/zaleski-state-forest’ trail=‘usa:ohio:iron-furnace’]Iron Furnace trailhead[/geo]
  • 4m38s Christmas ferns
  • 5m54s Familiar recessed cave
  • 6m52s Sleeping spot
  • 7m14s Rattlesnake plantain
  • 7m29s Intersection
  • 8m02s Hiking on
  • 9m22s Lunch: candied dried orange slices; Tex-Mex trail mix; tortilla
  • 10m46s Trail signs in the ravine
  • Thomas: I thought our campsites were lettered, not numbered. Robby: That's what I thought too.
  • 12m06s Thermal googles
  • 13m13s Getting darker before another intersection
  • 15m17s Ghost of Tsushima
  • 16m15s Campsite
  • 18m59s Thomas’ Christmas wishbone
  • 21m02s Dinner: oyakodon (親子丼); chicken and waffles
  • 21m59s This lid coming off is the most Adventure Archives thing I’ve ever seen in my life. — Robby
  • 25m11s Dessert: “ooey gooey” chocolate cupcakes; hot mulled cider
  • 25m49s Ho ho ho cakes — Thomas
  • 26m32s Reflecting on the past year
  • 27m28s It’s going to take camaraderie and cooperation to get through the difficult times and to enjoy the little moments in between. — Andrew
  • 28m31s Day Two (5 miles hiked, 36ºF)
  • 29m24s Drink: flat white coffee; Navajo herbal tea (ch’il ahwééh)
  • Thank you: Shirley; Windsor
  • Editor’s note: hat tip to [p Marie]
  • 30m14s Thomas’ dreams
  • 31m27s Breakfast: freeze dried breakfast skillet on tortilla
  • Thanks to James Elder
  • 32m17s Tearing down camp
  • 33m14s Heading out — route change
  • 35m38s On the main path
  • 36m17s “These are beech trees. I talk about these in every winter episode …” — Andrew
  • 37m07s Back at the trail junction
  • 38m23s Snack break
  • “If you were to open your own restuarant, what would you call it?”
  • 39m50s Incline upwards
  • 40m59s Japanese honeysuckle
  • 43m50s Oyster mushrooms
  • 45m43s
  • Andrew: We got our crust, our cheese, and our pepperoni… This is basically a pizza. Robby: No, that's basically a [v 39 fragment='39m02s']food crime[/v], just like what I do. Andrew: Yeah, it is a food crime. But you know what, it works.
  • 46m25s Rocky rubble
  • 47m14s Valley
  • 48m55s I don’t want those spores in my nose — let’s go. — Robby
  • 48m58s Smoldering fire
  • 50m43s Stream crossings and fallen trees
  • 52m41s It’s not about undoing society and civilization, it’s about realizing the best parts about civilization by removing yourself from it. And also remembering what’s actually important. …Friendship is important. — Thomas
  • 53m02s Two out of ten. — Bryan
  • 53m35s Parking lot
  • 56m36s Andrew and Robby on Olds Hallow Trail
  • 57m38s Pioneer Cemetery
  • 58m14s Stairway to recessed cave
  • 58m54s Revisiting a trail
  • 1h00m31s Campsite
  • 1h00m38s
  • Andrew: The lowest lows and the highest highs. Robby: That's the subtitle for Adventure Archives.
  • 1h01m00s Dinner: Las Pollos Hermanas; Thai curry with shrimp
  • Thanks to [v 31 fragment=‘1m20s’]Ron[/v]
  • 1h02m29s I get to chop and kick wood; that’s like my two favorite things in life. — Andrew
  • 1h4m23s Dessert: ice cream sandwich
  • Thanks to James
  • 1h4m59s Preparing the fire and collecting wood
  • 1h7m29s Drink: Hot cocoa with marshmallow discs
  • Thanks to Kitty
  • 1h8m29s Good times around the campfire
  • 1h10m50s Black George from the Tetons
  • 1h12m05s Day Three (11.8 miles hiked, 36ºF)
  • 1h13m26s Drink: more Native American tea
  • 1h14m11s Heading out
  • The same camp area from all those years ago.
  • 1h15m02s The End
  • 1h17m05s Credits
  • 1h17m47s Post-hike takeout meal
  • 1h20m56s patreon.com/adventure
  • 1h21m17s Shoutouts
  • Tenet (Robby)
  • Star Wars (Bryan as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Marisa as Princess Leia)
  • Mortal Kombat (Andrew, Robby)
  • Fist-cut transition (“shoryuken”)
  • 1h25m47s Perfect Ending
  • See also: [v 3 /]