Oh, come on...
I woke up at 5 in the morning for this
Check this out
This is Tongariro National Park
No
This is where we will be doing the Tongariro Crossing
That's Mount Doom right there behind me
I'm excited about this
(The Tongariro Crossing is a 12 mile trek in New Zealand's oldest national park)
(Considered to be one of the best day treks in the world)
(and the national park was a filming location for several scenes in the Lord of the Rings movies)
Mount Ngauruhoe was digitally altered to become what we know as Mount Doom
Well, here we are at the start of the pathway
I think this is... what...
It's like, 19 kilometers?
Yep
That's gonna be good
*humming Lord of the Rings music*
T.I.M.E
This is Middle Earth
Hope you can see the clouds rolling down the cliff face here
Our climb up has pretty much just begun
and, uh...
long ways to go yet
Some of you may have seen my volcano boarding video when I went to Nicaragua
Hiking up that volcano definitely felt like I was hiking in Mordor
Except there...
it was about 90 degrees Farenheit
Here it's like half that, i don't know
It got fresh snow on the mountain last night too so
that's a difference
Now clouds are rolling in that makes it exciting
I just pulled off a layer 10 minutes ago
Now I'm gonna have to put it right back on
*poor pronunciation*
aka Mount Doom
I'm sure this is a warning sign
but, uh, literally no one can read it
For Frodo
Been hiking in the clouds up toward, uh, Mount Doom
Oh, look we have a slight break in the clouds
Check it out
Is that cool, or what
This is more difficult than i thought
This is a much harder hike than I thought it would be
It's like straight up theres no trail that switchbacks
You pretty much just make your own trail
It's up, you know shifting ash
Just try to find a solid rock
Rocks are friends
It's tough the altitude is getting to me as well
We'll see how far I make it
I think I'm almost there
We're definitely in the snowcap now so
Hopefully i'll get tothe summit soon
cuz this is wearing me out
We've got steam coming out of the rocks now
We are in a volcano
What?...
I guess that's it
You gotta be kidding
*laugh*
Well, guess I made it
How many people have done this
YOU SHALL NOT PAAAAASSSSSS
Well, unfortunately not much of a view from up here but
I feel very accomplished
I have conquered Mount Doom
You can kinda see into the crater though
I hope no eruptions in the next hour or two
It's a good place to warm your hands up for a bit
Going down...
is a whole new fish to fry
They need to make a tourist slide down this mountain
or a luge or something
or a gondola
Oh, yeah, yeah, look at that
Would ya look at this
Man, that is so beautiful
Just look at it
Hey guys
Hey guys, thank you so much for joining me on the awesome adventure
to Mount Doom here in New Zealand
My next vid, vide...
My next video will be more of the Tongariro Crossing here
cuz it is gorgeous
and awesome
and y'all should do it
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