Alright, friends, it is 4:38 a.m.
January 1st, 2017 and we're on the road.
Alright.
It is most definitely dark here.
Shine a light on my face.
Happy new year everyone.
Happy new year.
It is new year's day in Japan and it is 4:30 something, 4:40 in the morning and we are
on our way to climb a mountain to catch the first sunrise of 2017.
We've only slept two hours so it should be really fun climbing a mountain in this condition,
but I'm looking forward to it.
We're going to hike for about an hour I think.
45 minutes, an hour?
Mm-hmm
Yup.
Make it to the top hopefully before the sun rises.
The sun will rise until about 7:20 in the morning, but we're still worried that we might
not get there in time like if we get lost of something.
We might actually die in the forest so this could be the last footage that you ever see
of us.
Alright.
We have arrived and we're clearly not the only ones who were planning to climb the mountain.
Yup.
Japanese tradition.
We picked up these Kairo which are like heating pads, but yeah, we're going to stick some
of these to the insides of our clothes to keep warm and then we're going to make our
way up the mountain.
Alright.
It's very, very dark.
I should probably stay close to Tatsu.
I don't see anything.
Alright, guys, new year's resolution for me, I have to get in shape.
This is awful and pathetic.
I'm so tired.
I guess there was a mudslide or something because this path it's like snow, ice and
then this huge crevice of like nothingness.
You obviously don't want to slip while climbing because you're going to fall into this deep
crevice.
There's no way I can climb this with my camera in my hand.
All right.
Now we don't even know if we're going the right way.
All paths have dissolved and it's like a full on rock climb, but we're almost at the top
of the mountain so this shouldn't be that much longer.
There's just steam coming off of everything, like even coming off my phone.
It's crazy.
Yes.
We did it.
Awesome.
There's quite a few people up here.
All right.
Here we are at the top of the mountain.
I'm using my iPhone as a flashlight.
It's not really cold up here, but it is very windy and that's a little bit annoying and
I think we're going to be seeing the sunrise in just under an hour.
Very exciting.
The weather's held up too which is awesome and we've got a little bit of cloud action.
Cloud always makes photos look a little more dramatic so it's a good thing.
It's a good thing as long as the sun comes up.
There it is.
The first sun of the new year.
First sun of 2017.
I don't know if you can tell because I know my lens is super cloudy, but my camera has
like totally frosted over.
My bag is frosted over.
Tatsu's bag has frosted over.
My handle, my tripod has frost on it.
It is so cold.
The sun did come out finally.
Thankfully it did.
It came out.
We had to wait a little bit longer for it, but that's okay because we saw it.
I feel like if we had come all this way and the sun didn't come up, it would mean a few
bad things for 2017.
Here we go.
Super pretty.
Guys, I hope that you are having a safe and happy new year wherever you are in the world
and please know that it is safely become 2017 in Japan too.
The future is now.
Climb more mountains.
It's good for you.
We didn't get to see any of this on our way up.
So pretty.
I guess the parking lot that we need to get to is right over there.
It's all downhill so it should be easy, but it's super slippery.
Be careful.
Yeah.
This is going to be really hard.
We made it.
Good job.
How do you feel?
It's a good start of 2017.
You think so?
Yeah.
We saw beautiful sceneries up there.
I think we challenged something we have never done.
Hiking a mountain?
Yeah.
Hiking a mountain.
I feel amazing.
I feel amazed.
Good job.
You did really good.
It's a good start to 2017.
All right, guys, so it's the start of 2017.
It's a start of new adventures.
I challenge you to challenge yourself this month.
Do something that you've never done before.
Do something brand new that you've been interested in or something that you know you've been
thinking about, but you haven't had the chance to sit down and try.
Develop a new skill.
Let's improve ourselves.
Let's do something fun.
I hope you guys have a safe and happy new year.
Happy new year.
Check in from time to time in the new year as well.
As well.
Yeah.
I'll check back with you guys soon.
Thanks for watching.
Bye.