Guys no prizes for guessing where I am today hi guys welcome to another episode
of ultimate bucket list and on today's show I climb the Hollywood sign
Hollywood California home to its stars it's show business and it's rather
famous sign this sign can be seen from miles around literally miles and one of
the absolute most things to do when you're here in Los Angeles
it's a climb the damn thing now bear in mind that there are no public roads or
car parts that will take you directly up to the sign you kind of have to be a
little resourceful now there's numerous ways to get booked
to the Hollywood sign there are some of our shots there are some that along
there are some that involve hacking off residents but I decided to play it safe
today I'm right here in Lake Hollywood Park
whereby there's free parking and the client to the Hollywood sign is a nice
even gradient it's not too difficult even people with below average fitness
could probably do this walk so how did I do climbing the Hollywood sign well
let's see okay guys I'm here outside the Hollywood sign it
doesn't look that far but we'll see how long it takes to get up there it's now
11:30 and let's see how long it takes to get up from nothing from here in Lake
Hollywood Park one of the funnier things that you'll see here is people make it
an absolute ass of themselves try to take pictures holding up the Hollywood
sign or doing all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff I actually find that
more interesting than the actual side it's actually quite funny to watch some
of the creative ways that people photograph this thing from Lake
Hollywood Park it's pretty much a straight paved road all the way up and
around the hills and to the sign you can't try and park a bit closer than
Lake Hollywood Park but there are cops who are there with
barricades so you get chanted if you want to I personally didn't I decided to
play it safe and park here in the park all right guys ten minutes in climbed
the hill already don't if we can see that in the background but cops they
barricade the road so that you can't park too close to the sign which is
understandable upin the resin is here don't want tourists just parking on the
stuff if you're not sure which way to go guys when in doubt take the road that
leads you pull don't take the road that leads you across take the road that
leads you pop I'm more often than not there are lots of helpful people up
there who will tell you exactly where to walk okay guys 20 minutes in signs there
but got a long way to go run inside nope guys see these two ladies here I
accidentally followed them pretty much all the way up to the Hollywood sign all
the way across the top and all the way back down these two must've thought I
was stalking them or something
alright guys half an hour in admittedly I've stopped to take various pictures
and other people pictures hopefully up you kind of get a cool view of vague
from the Vegas halfway up you kind of get a cool view of Los Angeles which is
pretty cool though if you can see other but yeah it still got a long ways to go
apparently have you ever wondered what behind the Hollywood sign well check
this out alright guys if you ever wondered what's
behind the Hollywood sign it's this place I have no idea which town or city
this is but hell of a view from up here 45 minutes in and I could see what
appears to be the back of the transmission tower here I'd be Hollywood
sign god that means I hope I'm close holy crap guys there it is not right to
the top yet so there's just chain-link fences in the way but but with me a sec
I'll get us to the top most of it is paved the only bit that
isn't is just as you get to this summit it gets a bit gravelly in rocky but
climate and you'll find it it is literally right there guys exactly two
minutes from Lake Hollywood Park so there's quite an easy climb it wasn't
too bad please paper on now at this point guys this is the place
where everyone just sits down because they're a little tight from climbing the
damn thing so be prepared to try and not elbow people out of the way for a seat
but yeah yeah sitting space is a premium up there the views are pretty
spectacular and not just of Hollywood and of downtown Los Angeles
but of what's behind it admittedly guys the climb down is a lot easier all right
back to the top that's the Hollywood sign I'm all the way back down this one
see how long it takes guess what it's my favorite two women in the whole
wide world now they actually got so freaked out that I was following them
constantly though they actually hid behind this gate so that I could walk on
past them I'm not a stalker honest
alright guys so I've arrived back here and Blake Foley would park there's the
Hollywood sign and time now is just after 25 plus 1 so it took me about 40
41 minutes to get back down so that's not too bad 52 minutes to get up 41
minutes to get back down but like Hollywood Park isn't the only place that
you can start walking towards the Hollywood sign if you do fancy a pretty
long walk there's this the Griffith Observatory an observatory that looks
out over Los Angeles now guys if you play Grand Theft Auto 5 they'll call
this Galileo Observatory and it's pretty much exactly what you see in the
computer game the views of downtown Los Angeles is what you go for but fair
warning guys if you do go here on the weekend it's packed packed with tourists
lots of them and even though the observatory only
opens at 10:00 when I got there about 9 o'clock it was already stinking packed
the free parking had pretty much all disappeared and I had to literally park
at the observatory at the rate of $4 an hour if you hate hiking pay the $4 the
observatory itself is pretty interesting not enough caught my attention
personally I'm interested in space but to be honest it was the packed
I didn't bother in the end I just decided to take few pictures and hotfoot
it out of there what you can walk through the Hollywood sign from the
observatory what it's six and a half miles away that'll take you a while but
the views guys are spectacular and I highly recommend that you do this make
this your number one or number two thing that you do when you're here in Los
Angeles okay that looks pretty cool I'm so what do I do
well you need to get here to Hollywood like I said I parked here in Lake
Hollywood Park and I decided to walk the extra this saves me from annoying police
officers and residents parking outside their house cost-wise it's absolutely
free that's not the only place you can walk
from alright now is there anything else I need to know yes there are no
bathrooms on the way both report down to the Hollywood sign ball if there are any
I'm not smart enough to find them so do your number ones and twos before you
take a hike now bear in mind guys this is probably one of the most photographed
signs in the world so be prepared if you come here during the middle of the day
like right now that it's going to be a little busy so if you don't like crowds
or anything like that try come here early or try and come here at sunset
another point guys bring snacks bring water and if you are suffering take
plenty of breaks that side will still be there tomorrow so even if it takes you
longer than the 51 minutes it took me that's fine I'd rather you get up there
safely Forest a few guys if you're struggling for someone to take your
picture for the love of God ask everyone's in the same boat
everyone's a tourist everyone wants to take photos just ask somebody to take
your photo and to be honest I've not met somebody who refused a request for me to
take a photo or vice-versa so guys take plenty of photos take plenty of videos
because it's a long hike back up to get that Instagram ready shots guys once
again I have to say add this to your bucket list if you are here in Los
Angeles if you're visiting around this particular area may this your number one
or number two thing to do I guarantee you won't regret it
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