So right now, I am in Montenegro, which
literally means the land of Black Mountains.
And in this video, I'm gonna try
to climb up the highest mountain in
this country and explore Durmitor National Park.
So it's 08:30 a.m.
And I am in the north of Montenegro in Durmitor
National Park in the mountains in this town called Žabljak.
And I'm about to go on a
hike to the highest mountain in Montenegro.
But first, I need to get kind of
close to the hike to the trailhead.
The guy who's running the guest house is
giving me a ride on his motorbike.
And this is a very interesting place.
I came in yesterday and he gave me
some tea from the mountains of Montenegro, apparently.
Time to head on to the mountains.
We're ready to get on the bike. Safety first
So I am about to start the hike
and there's a lot of other cars here and a lot of other hikers,
which is good because my app where I use to track
my GPS location, is not working at all.
But I think that with this many people, I can't get lost.
By the way, it's like, really cold.
It wasn't a good call doing this
in shorts.
We got our first bit of climbing action for the day.
The Himalayas are cool and stuff, but
this is way more dangerous than anything
I've ever done in the Himalayas.
This is the part that requires
climbing and using ropes sometimes.
There's no way I can do that with
a gorilla pod and the camera in hand.
Look at these views of the mountains behind me.
Finally, the wind has stopped.
It's a bit warmer, and I can take off
my jacket and not freeze my ears off.
It is getting super sunny, though, so
I probably should have brought some sunscreen.
And it's very hard to get lost in these
trails, by the way, because all throughout the trails,
there are these little red and white markers to
make sure you're going the right way.
Eating my first Snickers bar of
the hike. Brought three with me.
Hopefully that should get me through and back.
People from Snickers:
If you're watching this, you should really sponsor me.
Look at this.
We have a lot of guests joining us in the hike.
There's a cute little baby one at the end, too
So you can see some pretty insane rock formations behind me.
And in that distance. So here's the last part.
I can see the mountain Bobotov Kuk
up there somewhere over there.
Such beautiful nature.
And in the middle of all that, I had
to go for a little poo-poo action over there.
This is why you always carry toilet paper and
a lot of water and soap for your hikes.
This is very exhausting.
And the rocks are a little wobbly.
So you definitely have to watch your step.
Almost to the top.
Almost there.
Okay, so I'm right in front of the peak.
This last part is supposed to be a bit
treacherous, but it should take, like, less than 30 minutes.
So this is the really dangerous part of the hike.
Earlier, if you probably fell, you
would break a leg or something.
But here, if you trip and fall.. you're gonna die.
But the views from here, absolutely insane, though.
You can see that Black Lake, the infamous
lake behind me, that's near Žabljak.
Probably going to go there later.
Are you going up or down?
So there's not always space for two people
going up and down at the same time.
Okay, so it took 4 hours and 20 minutes
with a lot of brakes in the middle.
But I've climbed 900 meters in elevation today to come
to the peak of Bobotov Kuk, which is the highest
point of Montenegro at more than 2500 meters.
I can see actually Serbia in the distance over there,
apparently, and Albania on the other side behind me.
Ideally, I would stay here until sunset, but I
don't want to go down in the dark.
That's how I definitely die.
The last part was a bit challenging.
There was like a little bit of rope action.
The ropes are mostly there more like a
backup in case someone slips and falls.
I saw a dog make it up here
too, so it can't be that hard.
So I think I'm finally going to head back down
soon now and try to get some other shots.
But first I'm going to enjoy the
views here for a little bit.
This one (rope) is ripped.
Starting to get really really hungry.
Still probably 3 hours to get back.
Three Snickers bars were definitely not enough.
All right, so yesterday I didn't get to film much
because I was pretty tired and my knees were done
after that hike and I didn't have much time left,
but honestly, I didn't have any energy left either.
So today I'm going to try to go to
that lake that I was talking about yesterday.
But before all of that, I need
to go get some coffee from here.
I got myself a nice latte.
The cool thing about these new phones is that if
you see street signs or any other signs in a
different language, you can just pull up Google Translate and
it translates it directly from the image.
So I basically had to get a ticket
again for the park entry: 3 Euros.
Always good to pay your way
for preserving these national parks.
I'm finally at Crno Jezero, which
literally means Black Lake in Montenegro/Serbia.
And this is freaking gorgeous.
This looks like something out of
Switzerland or Canada or something.
This is a Glacial Lake.
I think it's the biggest one of its kind in
Montenegro or even in the region from what I remember.
And it looks pretty sick.
So I know it's hard to tell from this
zoom lens, but you can actually see Bobotov Kuk
and three mountains behind me over there.
I think I'm going to end the video over
here for now because although the skies look clear,
I know it's supposed to rain in, like, an hour
or two, and I don't want to get stuck in the
rain with all my drones and cameras and stuff.
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I'll catch you guys in the next video from
I'm not sure where, either Montenegro or Albania.