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- Good morning, Clan. Welcome to the vlog.
It's Thursday, December 28th.
We're counting down the day to the end of 2017.
2018 is right around the corner.
I have no idea what we're doing for New Year's yet.
I kinda wanna have people here.
They got plenty of room for sleepovers so everybody over
here so everybody stay the night like we do in the past.
But I also kinda wanna go out and do something.
I don't know, we'll see. More on that later.
But, at the moment, we, I, look at this.
What is this? I'm wearing activewear.
What is this? I don't do this.
I'm not wearing a geeky t-shirt.
We're gonna go hiking, guys.
We're gonna go to Piestewa Peak in Phoenix and we're gonna hike.
It's one of the most difficult trails,
rated one of the most difficult trails in Phoenix along with
Camelback Mountain and Tom Thumb Trail I think is the other one.
Those are like the three most difficult rated ones.
Tiffany had the idea to go for a hike which I'm all about.
I've been actually wanting to go for a hike and do
some IRL streams on Twitch.
More on that later.
But right now, we're all dressed.
We're ready to go.
The kids are all in their activewear.
You know, everyday attire for Bryce and Tiffany.
She just got back from the gym.
She went to the gym guys, showered,
got dressed again and now we're gonna go for a hike.
Which means she's gonna take two showers today.
So yeah, we're gonna go for a hike.
We're gonna vlog it with you guys,
hang out with you guys.
We'll talk a little bit about Twitch and IRL streaming
and get our sweat on.
Alright guys, we're here Piestewa Peak,
formerly known as Squaw Peak.
We're at the bottom, here at the trailhead,
gettin' ready to go up.
There's actually quite a few trails here.
I wasn't aware of that.
There's like a lot. So we might be back.
You guys excited? - [Bryce and Sierra] Yep.
- [Clintus] They are genuinely excited.
- [Bryce] It's like right there. - [Clintus] I know.
- [Bryce] This one is over there,
that'd be good.
- [Clintus] It's December 28th and it's like
70, 72 degrees already. Let's do this.
Little Arizona history here.
Like I said this used to be called Squaw Peak.
The name was changed to Piestewa Peak
in honor of the first known
Native American who was killed in battle,
in military battle.
She was in the Army and after her death,
they changed the name to kind of memorialize her.
Very cool.
Tiffany packed us a backpack of water and snacks.
And Sierra was gonna wear it 'cause it's her backpack.
She's like, "I'll wear it," and then I realized how heavy it was
and I was like, "I'm not gonna make you carry it."
- [Bryce] It'll get lighter as we go along.
- Yeah, it'll get lighter as we start drinking.
We're about a half mile up now.
Well, not a half mile up but we've walked a half a mile.
You can start to see the valley.
Downtown Phoenix, Central Phoenix.
The smog. (chuckles)
The valley, and the peak.
As I said earlier, very difficult.
Pretty much been climbing the entire time, huh dude?
- [Bryce] Yeah. The sign said extremely difficult.
- [Clintus] Extremely difficult 'cause it's pretty much steps
the entire time. We're just like going up.
- [Bryce] It is extremely difficult.
- [Clintus] Heart rate's at 170.
- [Bryce] Mine's at like-- - [Clintus] 500. (laughs)
- [Bryce] Probably.
- [Clintus] That's what you said.
I'm like, "Yeah, you're heart would explode."
Alright, we're a mile into the trail.
I think it's two and a half miles total to
all the way to the top.
The views are getting awesome the higher we go.
That'd be awesome if there was a water slide on the backside.
Once you just get to the top, you slide down.
- Yeah, and it's water so it feels good.
- [Clintus] So it feels good.
Water feels good guys, you heard it here first.
Breaking news from Bryce.
Water feels good when you're hot.
That's why we swim in Arizona.
We live in the water in the summertime.
Alright, I think this is the steepest part right here.
It's like a literal staircase.
- [Bryce] It's like steep staircase 'cause of these steps.
Oh my gosh. My legs hurt.
- [Clintus] Yeah, bud, this is a workout for sure.
- [Tiffany] Climb up. - [Sierra] I didn't mean to.
- We made it. At the top.
It said it was two and a half, oh,
it's two and a half miles there and back.
Is that how it is?
Two and a half mile there and back.
'Cause it's 1.4. - [Tiffany] Yeah.
- Oh. I thought it was two and a half up. RIP.
But here it is, this is the top.
Just a bunch of rocks.
But, look at the view.
Little smoggy, it's little smoggy, picked a bad day.
But you can see Downtown and the valley.
Literally surrounded by mountains.
Down there, some cool trails.
That's probably mountain bike trails.
Wish I could take my dirt bike on 'em.
So what'd you guys think of that, huh?
That pretty cool? - Fun.
- I've done it before. Been a while but--
- Now we have to go all the way back down.
- [Clintus] That's nothing though. That's easy. Yeah.
Was the last time we were here?
- 2012. - [Clintus] 2012, yeah.
- Five years ago. - [Clintus] Five years ago.
Is that the last time we hiked? (laughs)
I think that was the last time. - This big of a mountain, yes.
- [Clintus] Yeah.
- Bryce just recently hiked.
He was on his school trip.
- [Clintus] Yeah. We've done trails.
We've done trail hiking.
Like we did Sedona, we did Payson, Flagstaff.
Alright, on the way back down.
Should be a little bit faster.
As long as nobody falls.
Then it'll be a lot faster 'cause we'll be rolling down.
Perfect shirt for ya.
- Huffing and puffing on the way up and (sniffles)
sniffling on the way down.
- [Clintus] Made it to the bottom.
This is it.
The wash is the beginning.
Alright, wrapped up with the hike and before we got too far,
I was like, "You know what sounds really good right now?
"A smoothie."
Or some juice so we're gonna grab some smoothies.
We did a quick Google search we found Tropical Smoothie Cafe
right around the corner.
Mah, mah, Mom's tired.
- So we ended up getting three smoothies and one wrap so we all
got a little snack, something in our belly and
then share the smoothies.
Bryce is afraid to go to sleep out here.
Where's he at?
I can't see, there he is.
- Hi 'cause I don't want her to drink all of it.
- He's afraid I'm gonna drink the rest of his smoothie.
But he's really tired.
Someone did not get enough sleep last night and
then you just worked out.
- No, I went to bed at 1:30 in the morning
and I woke up at like 8.
So that's only seven hours of sleep.
- [Clintus] Only seven, oh my gosh!
- [Bryce] Yeah, like some people only get like an hour of sleep.
Like two hours.
- [Tiffany] How's your smoothie?
- Amazing and green.
Alright, you guys, we're back home,
we're showered, we're all clean and fresh and Tiffany's pooped.
(chuckles) She went to the gym, did a hard workout class,
came home all sweaty, hot and sweaty.
She took a shower, she changed, went back out there
and we hiked it up and yeah.
You're saying your knees?
- Yeah, it reminded me of the feeling of coming home after
running our half marathons that we did like crazy.
- Yeah.
- Just that feeling of like complete exhaustion.
- Yeah. - And just like body aching.
But I did it to myself so no complaining.
- Yeah, no, the hiking was cool.
Both kids, both, both of them came home and they're like,
"That was cool. That was fun.
"We like that. We want to do that again."
I was like, "Awesome, glad to hear that."
So glad our kids enjoy physical activities,
outdoor activities, that sort of thing.
You know halfway through it Bryce was like,
"Wow, this is really hard. This is a workout."
I said, "Yep. That's exercise,
"that's how exercise works. Right?"
It's fun but it's tiring. It's physical labor.
So since the kids have another week off of school,
we're talking about maybe next week after New Year's going to
Camelback Mountain and doing that.
As far as my connection's concerned it seemed like I had
decent connection most of the trail.
Again, it's different when I'm doing a speed test versus
actually trying to stream on Twitch.
The trail wasn't too bad.
I think I could hold my gimbal.
I just got to take it slow.
It'd take me longer to go up that.
- [Tiffany] Yes.
- 'Cause I wouldn't be able to walk and talk.
- [Tiffany] Yeah, it'd be difficult.
- It'd be difficult.
Maybe I wouldn't go up the mountain,
maybe I'd go around. I don't know.
But I definitely want to try and attempt to do some IRL live
streams while I'm doing my hikes.
Maybe the mountains wouldn't be a good idea,
maybe some trails.
Like the White Tanks, which is where we live near,
they have trails and there is a hill to climb
but it's not very steep.
So that might be the first one that I go to.
I don't know, we'll see. More on that later.
Bryce is upstairs getting into
some video games with his friends.
Sierra is editing her video that goes up today,
goes up today. She's doing that right now.
And after that her and Tiffany are gonna watch Pitch Perfect 2.
- [Tiffany] Mhmmm.
- Pitch Perfect 2 'cause they're gonna go see
Pitch Perfect 3 next week.
Well guys, just wrapped up an awesome steam.
Did Destiny for like four hours
and then did some Fortnite for about two.
Man, I still couldn't get my solo win.
I got a third place, a fourth place,
a sixth place, a tenth place.
I just (sighs).
That last game, too, that last game I got sniped.
I had loot, I was kitted, man.
I had gold sniper, gold 'splodes,
a purple assault rifle, gold SCAR,
and a purple shooty. I was ready to rock and roll.
I had three med kits, I was ready to rock and roll.
He starts throwing 'splodes, so I turn around and start running,
he snipes me.
Oh, dude. So pissed about that.
But I got up from my desk, got done,
walked downstairs and my left foot is killing me.
Like I'm limping.
I can barely go down the stairs.
On the hike today, I kinda rolled it and
it didn't hurt my ankle.
Like my ankle's fine.
It's the top of my foot.
Like, the tendon that kinda wraps
around the top of your foot.
Let me show you.
Right here, like oh my gosh, it's killing me.
Is it purple?
Right there, man.
Oh, (groans), gee, man.
So I'm like legit limping now.
Like it hurts like crazy.
I'm like oh my God, like I need to go lay down.
It's like when people say
like put your foot up or elevate something.
Like elevate your arm when you're hurt.
I was fine when we got home.
I was fine when I went upstairs like I actually ran up the
stairs like I was duh-duh-duh-duh I'm good,
I'm fine.
But as I was streaming, I told the kids and I was even telling
the stream, "Man, my foot's starting to hurt.
"Like this is weird."
And, now, like holy crap.
But anyways, thank you guys so much for watching.
I really do appreciate each and every day that you guys give us
here on YouTube. It really does mean a lot to me.
I'm glad you guys liked the Christmas video.
The Christmas video vlog is doing awesome.
It's one of the best videos we've done in a long, long time.
So thank you guys.
If you're new to the channel, welcome.
We upload vlogs every single day.
I've been posting them about noon Mountain Standard Time,
which is 11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time.
We post daily vlogs.
It's my daily life.
We don't do challenges, we don't do crazy clickbait stuff.
It's just our daily life, man.
Whatever we do today goes up in a video tomorrow.
And that's what we do.
So, thanks for watching this and I will see you guys tomorrow
when we take my Mom and the kids to go see Star Wars.
Oh, vlog on.
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