Climbing Through 1995 Microburst-Impacted Forest | Birdathon | Pepperbox Wilderness

May 22, 2022. The second part of my departure from Cropsey Pond through a 1995 Microburst-impacted forest in the southern part of the Pepperbox Wilderness Area of the western Adirondack Park. The video stops abruptly, as my bushwhack continues through the forest toward the highest point before descending down to Raven Lake Road. This video is the second part of the third day of my trip birding in the southeastern Pepperbox Wilderness for the Birdathon in 2022.

Unfortunately, the GPS in the GoPro was malfunctioning, so the map insert on this video is just a static aerial photo of the area with my route in green. A red arrow shows my movement from northwest to southeast.

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Note: This video is in a raw form, that is, it has only been lightly edited, annotated and/or altered. The footage remains mostly as I experienced it while bushwhacking through the Adirondack Park backcountry, just as nature intended it. Be forewarned, loud noises will arise from branches, hands, hiking poles, etc. hitting the camera.

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Time Stamps - click on time to jump to stated event.

00:00 In hardwood forest
00:50 Start hiking southeast
01:02 Descending gradually
01:12 Large boulder
02:27 Terrain levels off
02:54 Gradual climb begins
04:11 Step over birch log
06:57 Descending gradually
07:02 Entering microburst "war zone"
07:48 Large tip-up mound
08:30 Steeper descent begins
09:24 Detour to avoid steep descent
09:43 Short, steep descent
10:03 Level area
10:25 Ascent begins
10:56 Drop of water on lens
10:59 Old bear dung
11:09 Levels off
11:37 Rock terrace
11:50 Tip-up mound
12:23 Descending steeper
15:24 Many tip-up mounds

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Video recorded using a GoPro Hero 9 Black video camera https://amzn.to/3Hnjaf7
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