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Thanks! When you go let me know how it is!

You love the word vivid 😝. Thanks man. When shall we next deep dive… !?

Hello! I think your best bet is through explore share here - this is how we booked the trip. www.explore-share.com/mountain-guide/mitja-sorn-guiding-team/ Hope you enjoy it as much as we did and the weather’s good for you. Cheers!

Cheers Robin! Feels good to do something with it ha.

We stood on the summit 23rd of April 2023. When are you planning on going?

@@Luke_Duggan June! How cold was it when you went at the top?

It was about -10°C on the climb, and being steep you’re not cold, but by the time the sun was up it was lovely. Almost warm!

Thanks, appreciate this! Not sure how to get the videos into the algorithm more. Better title and thumbnails? Who knows haha. It’ll happen naturally!

Hahaha - I’m glad the subtle drone use was noticed!! We’ll get some good content from Oz. Shark dive 👀

Thanks! Funny you say this. A colleague just got back and said it was amazing! I must plan a trip :) Balkans 3 peaks challenge next week!

You’re coming with me mate!

Good luck with the climb!

I reckon Aconcagua if I’m gonna go to South America. Gotta go big right.

Fair shout mate! Local challenge too… wanna come with me?!

Hey - for me I found the breathing noticeably harder above 3000m. I think in my case this was more a function of the 25km I had in the legs prior to this and the dehydration and poor fuelling etc. Given you guys would be starting higher up the mountain you’d certainly be fresher and you’d be able to pace it out to the top with suitable fuel and water. Make sure to get a summit pass and of course check the time the cable car closes ;). It also sounds like you’re all incredibly fit so should have no challenge in my mind doing this - providing you take it steady and listen to your bodies. The smell was fine and not an issue at all - however this may have been offset by how we smelled haha.

Eyy cheers pal.

Cheers man!

Eyyyy cheers uncle Lukey!!

Thanks! Ha, does this mean I’m now an influencer!? I see you’ve posted a video about Toubkal - I’ll give it a watch see how it looks this time of year, great place hey. Kilimanjaro was excellent, but I think I downplayed the impact of altitude on me in the video. We recorded that intro about 6x! But I’d definitely recommend it. Amazing part of the world.

@@Luke_Duggan I give you permission to adopt the title 😂 Well as you'll see in the video, the conditions weren't quite as we were expecting, but still amazing! Altitude sickness is definitely a concern, but I think you did one of the shorter routes? Maybe I should consider a longer one. Also interested in Everest Base Camp but apprehensive for the same reason!

We did yes and it’s considered the easiest route because of the huts and it’s quite short. I still can’t say if how I felt was due to the malaria tablets, the altitude or the D&V… so I need to do another higher one! Peak Lenin would be cool. Everest Base camp looks like an excellent trek, and it’s quite affordable…

@@Luke_Duggan Oh wow Peak Lenin would be amazing, definitely a bit higher than I'm thinking of going just yet, but maybe one day 😂 a bit more off the beaten track than Kili or EBC as well, would be a very cool area to visit. Will be interested if you make a video!

Cheers! Certainly, we started at 0900 on Playa Del Socorro. We arrived at the summit for 1630 and the cable car for 1745, it then took us about another 2hrs to jog down to the car park ( where we had managed to arrange for a taxi to meet us. If I were to do it again I’d triple check the cable car times. take a bit more food in case of any incidents and also take some ibuprofen to stave off the headache from the altitude that’s quite common given the rate of ascent. We drank 1L per 500m so definitely be sure to carry a lot of water also. Good luck and enjoy it, it is very beautiful.

Ah thanks mate! Hope all’s well in the US! 👨🏻‍🚒

Loving it thank you mate!@@Luke_Duggan

Thanks man! Much appreciated. Need to work on telling shorter stories too I think.

Just watched your video. It was such a hot day, definitely a challenging run! Doing it / something similar this year?

@@Luke_Duggan Hi Luke. Yeh considering how cold it was in the morning and the weeks leading up to it. I'm doing utmb Snowdonia May and thinking of doing the Jurassic coast challenge the week after. What ones are you going to do?

@@outinthesun Snowdon in May should be lovely, great part of the UK - good luck with the run! I've not got anything in the diary yet. Just back from Kilimanjaro, faffing about with the edit of that at the moment. Will book something in soon enough...!

Hello! Yes, I’d absolutely recommend reaching out to Mitja actually, he was excellent - knows the mountain like the back of his hand and goes at whatever pace you want. Not sure on conditions in April but worth reaching out to Mitja for sure. I filmed this on a GoPro hero 7 black and a Nikon Z5 and the 3D camera was a Insta360 X3.

Hello! We did it on the 23rd of April and you can see there is some snow, according to our guides at the time this is typical. When we climbed down we were wearing crampons, and we had poles to arrest in case we slipped. I think the wide lens of the GoPro also exaggerates the gradient perhaps! Don’t get me wrong it is steep but not dangerously so, in my opinion. Have a great time sir!

Oh fantastic! That must have been a long day in the mountain, nice to get back to the hut to warm up I imagine! Congratulations, it’s a beautiful climb :)

Just about!!

You coming next time tho yeah? It's actually a stunning cycle ride to I reckon - not this route, but the road up must be mega. Above the clouds etc...

Thank you, very kind of you to say. We just recorded our genuine views right after the climb - full of adrenaline and chilled to the bone 😝. It’s certainly not something to be underestimated. Great to have Mitja there to safely lead us up!

😂 thanks mega fan!! You’re coming on the next mountain hike ok.

Hahaha. I had to google this and I am very sorry to report that no this did not feature in our trip. Will have to come back.

Haha! Noted, adds to basket… cheers.

Thanks! I only really have January free, and so I’m quite limited on where to go. I would love to do Mont Blanc and Lenin Peak at some stage in my life. Hopefully I can record it and put it up here. I’m thinking Kilimanjaro, because I can combine it with a safari perhaps. Plus there’s a few good last minute deals about. Highest I’ve been Toubkal - again a hike but went up to 4,200m where I could feel the altitude a bit. There’s a video of that if you’re interested! Cheers.

Thanks! And yes very definitely an early winter climb. I’ve seen some of the photos of the summit in peak winter and the Aljaž Tower is totally buried in snow. Must be a crazy climb when it’s like that.

Hi @AleksandarGospic The main thing that changes in winter with more snow is the approach till the hut. It can be more dangerous becaouse of avalancehs and it is more chalenging, as the snow covers the valley also. It means you fall through the snow more plus the approach is 1,5 hours longer(valley floor) in each direction. The top of Triglav doesn't change much through the winter, as the snow gets blown of. What you see on the video stays more or less the same thruout the all winter. Maybe some more cables get covered on the approach till small Triglav, the ridge cables are more or less out. The whole tower and cables get covered in May, when the snow that falls is wetter and sticks on the ridge. And it never gets 70° steep, if you take out your phone and messure the inclination you see it is never much over 50°, but the exposure gives you the feeling of sheer drop😃 Regards, Mitja, guide from the movie

Thanks! It's a beautiful place, we really enjoyed it! And yes - great spot, I did correct Terry but cut it from the edit as I sounded like a pedant :D. A good hike from sea-level to a high peak is in Tenerife, Teide, its called the 0-4-0 trial, sea-level to 3718m and back. I have done it, will have to piece a video together on it. Welcome your suggestions on any other good climbs!

The best! We were lucky.

Ah wow that’s >6000m! Mental. Didn’t know you’d done that! Have pick your brains on that at some point.

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He's doing great, the cut has healed up now and he is just south of western Australia. You can track his progress, along with his diary entires here: forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Bendigedig/ Thanks for your support, Luke.

Glad you enjoyed it!