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Worst Bushwhack Down a River - the Hayduke: part 3

Hi! Welcome back. The Hayduke is an 800 mile hiking route across the remote backcountry of Utah and Arizona. It took us 65 days to complete. In “part three,” we started this tough 120 mile section near the small town of Hanksville and ended at “Hole-in-the-Rock Road” outside of Escalante, Utah. We took a double zero in Hanksville to rest and recover from the brutal hiking we did in “the hayduke: part two”. At one point, we were at the RV Campground and met Pina, who saw our backpacks and asked what we were doing. He was traveling across the southwest in his truck camper, and we were very interested in his setup. He gave us a ride to the grocery store and was nice enough to do an interview about his camper and the joys of traveling. Back on trail, our next objective was climbing up and over the Henry Mountains (11,400 feet). There was snow, but nothing too crazy. We climbed up to the south ridge while the snow was still firm and had an incredible view of the entire state of Utah (it felt like!) On the other side, the terrain turned sour with thick brush until we popped out onto a dirt road (our favorite). The road ended the next morning and we had to navigate across the open desert to the steep descent off Tarantula Mesa. It took us awhile to find the safest way down and the navigation didn’t get any easier at the bottom. A confusing series of mud hills and ledges made everything difficult, but we kept pushing. Thankfully, we had a food/water cache at the top of the Burr Trail switchbacks. As fate would have it, we ran into some other hikers (pct, at, etc.) on the road to our cache. Thanks for the peanut butter crackers! They had just finished a week long trip in Capital Reef and were driving to get cheeseburgers. If we started hiking three minutes later that morning, we would have missed them entirely. What a crazy serendipitous world. After the cache, we spent the afternoon hiking down the spectacular Lower Muley Twist Canyon. Too bad our packs were super heavy. This probably led us to contemplating why we put ourselves through such strain on the Hayduke. Oh well - we love the hiking life. It makes us feel good about ourselves. And what didn’t feel good? The decision we had to make about the upcoming Escalante River. There’s an alternate route around the river called “Stevens Canyon Alt,” but the description talked about steep sections of slick rock, and the ongoing rain made us uncomfortable. We heard the Escalante River was a terrible place to hike - no trail, thick brush, 25 miles, no escape. But honestly, we were freaked out by the slick rock and chose the river (which is the official Hayduke route). Bad call. The river was a bushwhack in the truest sense of the word - bush constantly whacking us. But hey, it was our decision to come this way. After the first brutal day on the river, our focus quickly became: better make it out before running out of food. 25 miles later, past exhaustion, we made it to Stevens Arch and the end of the river. We still had 15 miles to go before the road, but that didn’t matter. We survived! And our reward was Coyote Gulch, an Eden of greenery and beautiful arches hidden in the desert. After an hour long hitch down a very bumpy dirt road, we ate pizza in the town of Escalante. It’s safe to say the Outfitters has the best pizza in Utah. At this point, we had hiked 310 miles of the Hayduke with almost 500 miles left to go. ***Follow along (subscribe/like!) More videos out later this summer! We are going hiking again soon. 🚐: Thanks Josh “Piña” for showing us the rig! (@jmanthecheff)