Arizona's Telegraph Pass Hike Featuring Ausia from Panda Monium

Rock upper here and I'm just outside of Yuma Arizona and I've got a steep but easy hike that almost anybody can do [Music] and get pretty cold out here in the mornings and evenings so I'm glad I've got this bare skin fleece hoodie and don't worry there's no actual bare skin in it it's just a brand name my first impressions of the jacket are I like it it's nice and toasty the fit is really good this is a large also you know I've got the hood of course it's got a lot of pockets which I really like all sorts of zip Pockets here here here and also These Cuffs are nice because you can really cinch them up tight and block out the wind also there's some velcro here so you've got a flashlight with some velcro or some cycling gloves you can just slap those on and they'll stick right there in full you'll be seeing me in future videos wearing this hoodie on occasion I want you to know not paying me anything to wear this jacket so I can give an honest evaluation of the jacket which I do anyway and I'm no stranger to giving input to companies as far as product testing and design I've done that in the past for other companies so who knows maybe one of these days we'll have a rock copper special edition jacket for The Extreme Adventure all right well let's get hiking today we're going up there there are a couple of ways you can head up there you can take this Trail which we're gonna do which is actually a trail the other way is over there and it's like a dirt road either way it'll get you close up to the Telegraph Hill trailhead but either way they'll both end up pretty much the same place and you'll Journey on up to the top of Telegraph Hill here's a list of things that could happen to you if you're not careful out in the sun I already did this hike once before with Aja who has a YouTube channel named pandemonium so we went up to the top and that was kind of fun it was a little bit windy kind of cold but not not bad really I'm gonna do it again today and show you a little bit more about it it may be called a peak but I think of it more as a hill really and you'll see why this is our Trail and it goes past the Ocotillo the creosote Bush and the Ironwood trees and the Ironwood can be quite old they can live a long long time and grow to be pretty big like that one in front of us right there as you can see it's a rather Stark and Barren landscape one of rocks and sparse plants hearing that probably won't surprise you when you consider that this place reaches 120 degrees in the summer and it only gets about seven maybe eight inches of rainfall in a year as you can see it gets a little bit Rocky in through here it's not real steep but definitely is a little bit Rocky she made it all the way to the top so I'm gonna bet you can too get a power [Music] you can see the trail going off into the distance there and the people walking along it before you start the steep climb there are outhouses here and here's the kicker just after the outhouses it's paved what right before you start the Steep Park we've got a little sign from BLM telling about the Flora and the fauna here just after the BLM sign from this gate to the top is about 1200 feet elevation gain greetings from Arizona don't forget to subscribe from the Birdman this Trail hiked by many thousands of people per year is actually a service road to the towers up top keep an eye out for the stately saguaros in the region it's a mighty big grasshoppers around here it looks like that's the elephant tree and it's a rare species protected in Arizona [Music] okay this is where it starts to get really steep well that's one way to do it you can see the angle right there so that's the trail so it is pretty steep but if you're in shape it's no problem [Music] got some apricot mallow coming into bloom and the steepness continues all the way up to the top looking back behind us for just a second looking back down toward the parking lot area coming up to a view here and there's more after that got an American flag up here and I think there's a little box we can sign your name let's have a look okay this is it right here and yes it is a hike register and you can sign your name right in there once you make it this far and if you're tired there's a bench waiting for you right here and you can feel like a champ when you reach the top I and we need to get to this sign that is the official end of the trail so you can't really go past up in there that's all radio towers and stuff it warns you not to go in there but let me show you the view and these are the radio towers here [Music] thank you [Music] there's the trail we came up and you can see it going way out there but wait there's more I'm going to take you down a different Trail than the one we came up let's head back down and I'll show you where you can Branch off and take another Trail and we'll get Ash's take so as you're about 100 yards from the top look for this and you'll see the trail going along down there so we'll take that back down looks like somebody decided to hang up their hiking shoes this Trail is going to be kind of Rocky and it's got a little bit of ups and downs you got to watch your footing I don't think it's any steeper you've just got to be a little more careful with your footsteps [Applause] some little steps right here [Applause] [Music] lots of little lizards along the path when it looks like it's going to take us right back to the pavement we'll cut across on this little path right over to the pavement we're back on the pavement we came up on and it's an easy walk back to the parking lot and the car from here well what'd you think of the hike Aja it was fun it was very stress uh strenuous but it was fun we made it to the top yeah we made it yeah good hike this was a really simple hike for a guy like me but if you're not accustomed to hiking this is going to give you a serious workout and you're going to be huffing and puffing all the way up to the top and I'm going to imagine you're going to be sweating quite a bit too if it's a warm day which it can be very warm down here so try and be here in Winter or spring or late fall maybe don't come here in the summer unless you really need a intense kind of workout and a good Sweat There you go nice way to end the day [Music] so I hope you enjoyed hiking up to the top of Telegraph Hill with me don't forget to give me a like on the video share and subscribe until next time this is rockapper I'll see ya thank you [Music]