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HARDEST Overland Trail In North America (We Almost Died)

The Story Till Now

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In the summer of 2022, my friends and I set out to conquer one of the most difficult overland routes in North America, The Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail. In total, it took us 9 days off-road, we crossed 3 deep rivers, we ran out of fuel twice, and came dangerously close to rolling our trucks on a sketchy section of the trail that is almost impassible. This is the full movie edit of our adventure.
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20 Comments

@TheStoryTillNow Creator 3 years ago Pinned

Hope you guys enjoy this movie version of our Alexander Mackenzie Trail adventure from last year. Probably wanna make some popcorn. 👍🏻

@scottieweber4247 3 years ago (edited)

I lived in that area. My family had grazing rights through that area in the late 60s to 80s... that "Tractor" is actually a horse-drawn harvest/mower. One of four we had. My dad had a worker (named Duncan) mowing, and the thing sank up to its axel in mud... so he left it there... Congrats, guys, you found Duncan's Field! 31:57.

@JimYeats 3 years ago

I am picturing Braun - with a cigarette - dangling from his mouth saying; “hold onto your butts” at every major obstacle.

@chillguy2089 3 years ago

It makes me happy to see ppl actually use these trucks for what they are intended for

@super66craig 3 years ago

Please take this is in a spirit of a much older man whos lived hard twice as long as you good men have lived.
I was a forester and firefighter in the early 80s and before that a lumber jack in North Central Washington.
One bit of hard nosed serious advice.
WEAR A SHIELD AND HARD HAT CUTTING DEADFALLS! Besides my own stupid experience getting a cornea punctured the number is uncountable how many branch lacerations and torn up faces,.blind eyes. And we had chopper airlift. Just what was your plan out there?
Please folks, my pain and disability is your wisdom.
Great video, great guys, and Toyota ruled the way.
God bless you guys for making great videos.

@number1yota 2 years ago

Fun tip, you can use 2 ratchet straps to compress your suspension on the high side of the trail to keep your top heavy rig more level in those bad off camber situations. Attach one end to the frame, go under your axle, (wrapping the axle once or twice helps prevent the strap sliding around) and then hook it back to the frame again. Then you just crank it on down.

@jasonkaram1034 3 years ago

My take away from this vid is that your guy Braun is an absolute animal. The dangerous stuff, too, but Braun is the friend we all need, or need to be.

@Jups34236 3 years ago

Love to see the old school 4 runner, really shows that you don't need the latest thing to go out there and enjoy the wilderness.

@johntice7745 3 years ago

Braun is like the coolest old school cat everybody wants to do a trail with.

@mwsberdan 3 years ago

Just want to add one small thing I appreciated about this - the lack of swearing. I watched this with my three boys, ages 2, 4, and 6, and they were riveted the whole time. It got us dreaming about a trip someday. Nice to be able to watch this without having to wade through adult language throughout.

@eastwood4006 2 years ago

That guy with the 30 year old 4 Runner... He's basically the Sherpa

@TheManInTheRing 3 years ago

The 4Runner will never be matched. none of those jeeps will be on the road in 20 years let alone running the Mackenzie Trail

@theuniverse7227 3 years ago

Braun is the definition of a man's man

@mikepotter4141 3 years ago

Your hard work in clearing the trail is a service to everyone, thank you.

@Ajp1566 4 months ago

Rewatching this in 2026 . This was what made me a fan of this channel

@zackbutler950 3 years ago

Crazy video! Braun handle guiding teddy extremely well (maybe there was more off camera 😂). My patience would’ve grown thin. Spotters are there for a reason and arguably Braun took the most risky vehicle through there already. You have to have faith in the people you’re doing this with.

@keeganmartin1886 1 year ago

Pro survival tip for y'all from when you come across the rolled vehicle and cross. If you are ever worried about the slope, where you shoveled that was great. But one step further that's saved my ass is to take two minutes and dump the air out of the HIGH SIDE tires only. Leave your low side where they are as they should already be optimized for traction. But flatten your right side to get a few degrees flatter! Hope this helps someone!

@troyeggena718 2 years ago

Are you guys serious? You go on an overland trip with no jumper cables! LMAO

@eastwood4006 2 years ago

I swear most modern vehicles aren't designed to do stuff like this anymore. Manufacturers know 99.99% of people will never, so they focus on comfort and gadgets rather than durability