California's Lost Coast - Solo Backpacking from Shelter Cove to Mattole (In 4k)

March 9-13 of 2021
5 days and 45 miles alone on the Lost Coast of California had it all - rain, wind, blue skies with sun; creek crossings, snow-trudging, seal watching, and more. Being from the Bay Area, I'm rather used to the ocean and I've seen some spectacular coastline, so I was skeptical as to how great the Lost Coast could really be. Well, it lives up to the hype - and then some. What a privilege it was to experience such a place... although I am quite glad to be done with beachwalking for a while. Not the greatest hiking surfaces out there!

0:00 - Day 1 - An Intro, At Camp
3:11 - Day 1 - Hiking Out of Shelter Cove
5:47 - Day 2 - Morning At Camp
10:39 - Day 2 - First Impassable Zone
16:52 - Day 2 - Tidepools and Seals
19:59 - Day 2 - Hiking Through Big Flat
27:04 - Day 2 - Camping Past Big Flat
29:48 - Day 3 - Coast Hiking to Kinsey Creek
37:29 - Day 3 - The Spanish Ridge Saga
55:51 - Day 4 - At Camp; Descending Spanish Ridge
1:02:22 - Day 4 - Windy Hiking to Sea Lion Gulch
1:09:47 - Day 4 - Sunset at Sea Lion Gulch
1:12:12 - Day 5 - Morning at Sea Lion Gulch
1:15:50 - Day 5 - Hiking to Mattole, ft. Elephant Seals!