Backpacking The Ojito Wilderness

The Ojito Wilderness (pronounced: O-Hee-TOE).

Historically, several human cultures have tried to carve a living from Ojito's rugged terrain, rocky soils and scarce water supply. Although several types of ruins exist within the area, including those of the Anasazi, Navajo, and Hispanic cultures, very few historical records exist concerning their lives here.

Fossil remains of rare dinosaurs, plants and trees have been discovered in the Ojito Wilderness. They are found in the 150 million-year-old Jurassic Age Morrison Formation. Because these fossil remains of plants and animals provide critical information about life during this period, it is very important that they remain undisturbed in place until they can be collected and studied by professional paleontologists. Collection of these fossils is prohibited unless authorized by permit.

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• The Southwest Backpacker
• Hennessy Hammock
• High Desert Backpacking
• Backpacking New Mexico
• Sandavol County
• BLM
• Public Lands
• Cabazon Peak
• Ojito Wilderness
• camping
• summer
• fun

[medicjimr]

Had to watch again was well worth it , Now did you have to pack all your water in or did you have a source to top off at along the way . I used to love seeing the lights of Albuquerque as I came down I 40 at night when I was a OTR Driver

[CrazyTaileZ]

@medicjimr

Thanks for watching my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had to pack all of my water in this time. Sometimes you can find a pool of water within the rocks or low spots on the mesa top, but there has not been any rain for several weeks, and I did not see any water. There are sources of water in the Ojito Wilderness, however, they are hard to find, long scattered, and you need a filter. After a rain storm, water can be found all over! Albuquerque lights at night are awesome!

[JellyDont]

Who is the guitarist?

[CrazyTaileZ]

@JellyDont

Thanks for watching! Each song is a different guitarist. The songs and artists are in order of play: Jason Gregory - Mole in the Ground Jaquie Gipson - Hide N Seek. Al Stewart - Ivich. John James and Pete Berryman - Sky In My Pie.

[h2oman3rd]

Awesome video!!! What kind of stove are you using? What happened to the Snow Peak Gigapower that I've seen in your other videos? Any reason your not using it anymore?

[CrazyTaileZ]

@h2oman3rd

Thanks for watching! The stove in this video is called the SOTO Micro Regulator Stove. This stove uses the fuel more efficiently than the Snow Peak Giga Power stove and has a great flame pattern. It's designed to work very well in extremely cold weather. My giga power stove is still being used and it's still my favorite 3 season stove, but I thought I would show folks the SOTO micro regulator stove in action on a normal summer day.

[66silverback]

Nice vid mate. Great scenery out there Cheers

[pillsbury151]

thumbs up to your meal! thats the same one I go with!

[wawhiker]

Awesome scenes - really enjoyed watching this hike and hang! Thanks for sharing it with us!

[JellyDont]

@CrazyTaileZ

Thanks for the timely response. Love the videos and love the music. Great open tuning on the guitars. Gotta love it all. Best to you. Keep it up.