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In the Yamaha RMAX we take a meaningful adventure: to investigate wildfire burn damage in the desert mountains. The fire came close enough to our properties. But the real damage is in these mountains and it will be long lasting and significant.

Engine noise is a bit high (will fix later) but you can hear me comment on the following subjects related to the wildfires: usage and types of air assets used, SH64 Aircrane crew was killed in this fire fighting, why smart people and wild animals can easily get trapped in these blazes and die, how this wildfire jumped canyons and dozer breaks, analyzing the HOT Shot crews worked in eliminating low fuel, how trees react, looking at one of their encampment locations, the rough terrain, how grazing is still possible up here, the importance of survival kits here, how the watershed shown is severely damaged and will probably result in devastating flooding in the coming years, and more.

This will be a two part series and this is part one. In Part 2 I will have to break out my survival saw to get through the trail!

This another Nutnfancy adventure but one with real purpose. The area shown has been used for dirt bike testing, adventure rides, and knife/axe testing. You will see the devastation is saddening and it will not recover in my lifetime.

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Burn Damage RECON: It's Not Good, Mordor Pt 1

In the Yamaha RMAX we take a meaningful adventure: to investigate wildfire burn damage in the desert mountains. The fire came close enough to our properties. But the real damage is in these mountains and it will be long lasting and significant. Engine noise is a bit high (will fix later) but you can hear me comment on the following subjects related to the wildfires: usage and types of air assets used, SH64 Aircrane crew was killed in this fire fighting, why smart people and wild animals can easily get trapped in these blazes and die, how this wildfire jumped canyons and dozer breaks, analyzing the HOT Shot crews worked in eliminating low fuel, how trees react, looking at one of their encampment locations, the rough terrain, how grazing is still possible up here, the importance of survival kits here, how the watershed shown is severely damaged and will probably result in devastating flooding in the coming years, and more. This will be a two part series and this is part one. This another Nutnfancy adventure but one with real purpose. The area shown has been used for dirt bike testing, adventure rides, and knife/axe testing. You will see the devastation is saddening and it will not recover in my lifetime.

Comments

Joshua Lund

There are areas over here in NE Wyoming that burned over 20 years ago and still no trees or the forest service had to replant trees here in the last few years.

Dylan

Craziness! Im glad you were able to stay safe

TechNeck

you still got some greens in there... its going to come back within 2 decades. Ive seen 1st growth forest (big trees BC) burn to an ash field.. happened when i was a kid, its got 40 foot tall trees in the burn now. if it isn't starting to green up within 3 years look at organizing strategic planting .. seedlings are cheap... its the labour thats costly. This is where volinteers come in. Ive known dudes in your position that go out with a dozen seedlings on an outting and plant them in places that look promising for regrowth.

JFire

Glad you and your family is safe! That’s all that matters. This time next year new growth will have sprouted. Fire destroys but it also heals.

hoplite ⚔️

Sad shots. Thanks for taking us oj the ride. Appreciate your gracious comments about the fire crews that risked their lives to save these areas. Been driving through Greece and seeing burnt out areas right next to neighbourhoods. Scary stuff indeed. Godspeed Nutn

Andrew Gough

Sad circumstances notwithstanding, this is an excellent video. I don't mind the engine noise. Your voice audio is still super clear and the engine noise makes the experience more immersive. I used to be completely partial to your gun content but more and more it's this type of content that sets your channel apart. Enjoyed the rural property video as well. Appreciate your hard work! Keep it up and as always more philosophy videos!

Bravo

Love these adventure videos. Super informative. Don’t ever stop. TNP got me into backpacking when I was a 20-something. It always makes me crazy seeing people in the comments who just want tactical gear reviews. If you haven’t lived out west it’s a bit hard to understand how fire works. It’s crazy how far it can jump and what it can miss. You may have an entire area burnt to nothing and one block/grove totally untouched. It moves fast. There’s a lot of dry stuff and high winds. Makes fires unpredictable. And its not just “some asshole didn’t put out his cigar”. It just happens. It’s a thing in nature. But yes people can (do) make it worse. You just have to be prepared for it. Looking forward to P2.

Don C

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for the commentary and information. It was pretty much all new information to me.

Stuart

God bless y'all out west and God bless all of the firefighters and their families. I moved out of the city into super rural Appalachia 3 years ago. Signed up to be a volunteer firefighter 2 years ago, and am currently completing my wildland firefighting certification. Ours are not as bad as y'all get out west, but I've seen the mountains around my house on fire and I've seen fires get blown across mountains by 50 MPH winds. It's terrifying how quickly the fires move and how completely they devastate the landscape.

Michael B warner

Dang that was pretty crazy to see you can go back and see earlier vids of what that place used to look like. you nailed the title One does not simply walk into Mordor lol. God's used fire to reset the land since the beginning. It'll take some time but perhaps it will come back better than it was before.

Mike S

Sad stuff to see. My brother and I explored a burned patch of wilderness at Lexington Arch near Great Basin National park two years ago. Having worked as a hotshot for 3 years, my brother said the burn scars would take a long time to heal.

Will Pherigo

Remarkable. Thanks for posting. Hopefully it will start coming back in a few years.

Bbomz97

Sad to see the fire damage, Thanks for covering.