What an adventure! Join me for part one of my solo backpacking adventure at Red River Gorge in Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky! I had some pretty good weather despite it being mid August in Kentucky. Sunny, but low 80's and I even got lucky enough to have one night where the low was in the upper 50's!

I still had to go through a ton of water, but luckily my Grayl Ultralight is always up for the task. I wouldn't say I went "ultralight" for this trip, I had about a 13 lbs base weight plus 10 lbs when full on food and water for a total pack weight of 23 lbs at the max. The Zpacks Arc Air 50 carries that load with no problems at all.

Follow along on my journey two see two ENORMOUS natural arches, Whittleton Arch and Gray's Arch. I don't want to give too much away in the description, but I managed to cover some pretty good ground for day one and find a primo campsite on a ridge! I adjusted some of my gear for this trip and swapped out my carabiners and cordage on my Warbonnet Mountainfly tarp. It sounds trivial, but just switching to lighter cordage and carabiners saved me almost a half a pound on my loadout!

As always, thank you all so much for watching and I hope you enjoy the video. Part two will be releasing a week from today!

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