♪ It's a new day ♪
♪ It's a new life ♪
♪ Feel the wind change ♪
♪ Feel the sunlight ♪
♪ And tomorrow is brighter than it's ever been before ♪
♪ Winter came, and now it's gone away ♪
♪ It's a new day ♪
♪ Oh oh ooooh ♪
- We're at Olmsted Point,
which is another short hike with majestic views,
so I've read, so we're gonna put it to the test.
- No, I can say already that we've seen some majestic views
from the top of where we parked.
It's phenomenal out here.
- Yeah, so if you're looking for some short hikes,
'cause you know, everybody knows
Phil's knee can't handle the long ones,
I found a whole list of short hikes,
and I'll make a blog post down below.
So just click that link, and hop on over.
If you don't wanna do 5, 8, 10 mile hikes, (laughs)
and you wanna hit the short ones instead, I got you covered.
- Yeah, I don't, I mean,
I could probably do a longer hike if it was flat.
It's the incline-declines that really get me,
'cause it's bone on bone,
but I wanna get out here and do it.
So we're gonna see how short this really is.
She hooks me with, "It's just a short hike,"
and then we get out there,
and it's like eight and a half miles.
So I'm like, "That's not short."
- (laughs) He's so lyin'. (laughing)
- Right over Phil's shoulder is Tenaya Lake,
and the view up here is fabulous.
So if you bring your binos out here,
unlike us, we forgot ours. - Yeah, epic fail.
- You could actually see hikers,
just sit out there and watch
the climbers climbing the mountain.
- Yeah, there's a guy at the top, where we parked,
that's got a high-powered bino.
People that pull up and wanna stick their eye on to it can,
and you can actually see the climbers over there.
It's pretty cool. - Very cool,
can you imagine climbing that? - No.
My hands are sweating right now,
just thinking about it.
- I know, it's crazy.
- And they're doing it without ropes, right?
They're free climbing it. - Some are free climbing,
some aren't. - Yeah,
no thank you.
- So, I'm no-climbing. (laughs)
- (laughing) Yeah, that's me. I'm out.
- This looks like a tree from Dr. Seuss.
♪ If I could stop the time ♪
♪ Don't you know that I would ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm just lovin' this moment ♪
♪ Can't always stay here forever ♪
- All right, so let's rate this short, easy hike,
'cause people sometimes say it's easy
when it's not necessarily easy.
- Yeah, exhibit one, Mount Monadnock.
- (laughing) Yeah, and that was far from easy or moderate.
- Yeah, no, that one Stacy damn near broke her ankle.
- Yeah, a lot of people were falling all over the place
for that one.
But for this one, as far as views,
on a one to five, I would give it a five.
I would give it a five plus plus, it was beautiful.
- Wow, you can't beat a five plus plus.
- That's right. - I agree.
Yeah, it was, once you get up
to the top of the rocks up here,
both directions, phenomenal views.
- All right, so as far as how easy the hike was for me,
I would definitely give it a one,
but I don't have any issues to contend with.
So what would it be for you?
- Even with a bad wheel, it was still pretty easy.
On the way down, I did feel a little pinch in my knee,
but other than that, I mean, it was fine.
- So would you still rate it a one, or something else?
- Yeah, I would rate it a one.
It wasn't that difficult of a climb.
So yeah, I would say it's a one,
and you did it in flip-flops, so it's definitely a one.
- Well, just remember too, it's not flat.
So if you can't do any kind of hills or climbing,
this definitely has a little bit of rocks involved.
So it's not a walk where everything is flat,
but it's not difficult, and it's not that steep.
- No, but I would recommend proper footwear up here,
that's for sure.
She was slippin' and slidin'. - For all you people,
wear the right shoes.
- Yeah, she was slippin' and slidin' in the sand.
'Cause there is some
sand around. - There is some sand.
If you're not really able to hike at all,
you can see the parking lot is right there,
and you can just pull in and park and hop out,
and you will get some breathtaking views,
right there on the edge.
- Yeah, if you're lucky, maybe the guy with the bino
will be up there so you can kind of see
the climbers out there.
- Or you'll bring your own, unlike us.
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