- Come on Max-y!
- Come on! You can do it, Max!
- You’re nearly there!
- So this is what no training and not really acclimatizing looks like.
Give him some sugar; give him something sweet.
So, I think we’re actually leaving pretty soon. The reality is starting to sink in.
You see someone walking around with summit oxygen, big emergency bag,
which kind of, is a little bit scary, but it’s okay.
And it’s kind of cute that everyone - as you can see over here - is wearing big hiking shoes.
They haven’t yet got the memo about flip-flops, quite obviously, but that’s okay.
I’m sure they’ll get the memo at some point in this journey. But yeah, this is Day Number 1!
It may not look like it, but this is the start.We’re taking our very first steps on Kilimanjaro Mountain
attempting to break the world record of the World’s Highest Altitude Party,
and we’re setting off in tropical rainforest.
- We’re going to break the world record. Boom!
- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life!
Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!
That was a really, really good way - with a bunch of other hikers and porters
from different campsites coming over and joining in.
And, yeah, I don’t think they’ve ever done something like this before.”
Good morning. Sunrise on Day 5 here. You can see the beautiful cloud line at the base of the mountain,
and in 24 hours, we should be hopefully summiting Kilimanjaro.
That’s our yellow campsite just in front of us.
- Today is the summit day. We start at midnight.
- Wooo!
- No, no, no get in here! No, hey, hey. No, no, no, Gasper, get in here.
Let me see your hand! Get your a** in here.
Get in here, yeah!
This is our lead guide. Gasper is the lead guide
He’s the best lollipop licker in Tanzania!
- Good morning - or, actually, what am I saying - I should really be saying goodnight.
It’s midnight, and we’re getting ready for our summit attempt.
I’m just cracking a bunch of these hand warmers that I’m going to place all over my body.
So I’ll see how that goes.
The wind is definitely picking up as well. So, it’s going to be interesting walking up to the summit in this.
Also, I’m having trouble getting the [flip-flops] on with socks, so we’ll see how long this lasts.”
You can see the first group making their attempt to the summit through the camp and the snow -
best of luck, guys!
- because they need to go all the way up there.
- You can just make out the line of people. There’s the moon, and there’s the line of climbers.
- We’re going full - on summit day - going full hiking tourist with the boot - sorry, Das Boot.
- You’re such a wimp, man.
– So annoyed right now. Let’s see for the first time if these fit.
It’s not a walk in a park. The altitude and the endurance of going uphill,
think you can deal with that, but the lack of oxygen is another level.
It throws your head a bit, you can go a bit nauseous, plays games with you.
You’re thinking, Can I go on? Do I need to sit down? - all the things you wouldn't normally do.
We’re getting there. The air is thin. Just knowing that we’re nearly there is an energy booster in itself
- and that sunrise blows your mind.
Well, I haven’t vlogged any of this up ‘til now, because it has been a monumental effort.
But the sun has just come out above the clouds on the top of Kilimanjaro, and it’s just so beautiful.
We still have about 40 minutes to go. [Indistinct]. But just, wow. What an absolutely incredible adventure.
I'm speechless.
Time to touch it. The tallest point!
Sometimes you hit some pretty serious altitude sickness. And then to come up here and see these views,
it’s incredible. Incredible.
So we are now dropping off the highest point on Kilimanjaro, into the crater,
and we are attempting to break the World’s Highest Elevation Party. It’s going to be insane.
Well after submitting yesterday and officially throwing the World’s Highest Altitude Party,
we are on our way back down. And you can see, we are still above the cloud line now,
and the sticks are out for the first time, so we’re getting to be easy on the knees.