Mount Adams: Climbing and Skiing Washington's 2nd Highest Mountain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2018
- 17 miles with 7,500ft of climbing and it was all worth it. Mount Adams in Washington is an amazing mountain that’s even better when the weather cooperates. In this episode Christof and I do an overnighter in the Gifford Pinchot National Forrest and summit Mount Adams in the process. The Pacific Northwest is yet to disappoint!
I'm binge-watching your videos! Before I got sick and landed in a wheelchair I was working towards being able to do these kinds of forays. Now I get to do so through your eyes! Thank you for sharing!
scrambo mills I hope you get better m8
It's amazing getting to see how technology can put us in the shoes of such awesome adventurers
Richard Lamb That’s a bummer man! I’ve been binge watching for the past few weeks also👍🏼
Hey Richard Lamb, I feels ya bro; I did this for years I was a NOLS instructor Now late-stage Parkinson’s
Awe dude that's rough any chance you'll be able to get better? I hope you can, good luck....
Excellent continuity in this video. Especially enjoyed the EXTENSIVE coverage of both of you psyching yourselves up to get out of sleeping bags in the morning.
Haha it's realistic!
Wait, some dim wad actually gave this a thumbs down? Totally awesome adventure and video
You can't please everyone.
Let the motherfucking haters that will NEVER know what it's like to B/C show us how it's done. Show us YOUR video of you on the bunny slopes! Kiss my ASS and I splitboard with skiers 99% of the time, and I'm always the lag factor because of my gear, and just because... there are splitboarders that can keep up with skiers as well, but it's usually a skier dominated thing. One ski, 2 skis, but we snowboarders have to constantly switch, especially when you hit flats or need to ascend a mild slope which takes more time, usually making me the embarrassing lag factor that can even be dangerous! On the OTHER hand, it's me that will chase your ski or both of them, and recover it, whereas that never happens being a snowboarder. When you are B/C, we depend on each other for our lives, which is something that the haters don't get.
I agree with that sentiments. I don’t think dislikes should be used it just gives everyone the power to become an ego fulled critic. You should only be able to like a video dislikes are not constructive criticism. In this instance someone is either being picky about how this video was filmed, didn’t like Mountains and shouldn’t be here anyway or they were just being rude. This video is great and filmed at a top tier level
I was able to make this climb twice as a much younger man. For me it was really fun to relive. I must admit I am a bit envious of the modern gear. It certainly isn't the 1970,s anymore. 🤙
@@darrendix5163 bro, are you okay? how much coffee, or cocaine did you have this morning?
Great video... quick tip though, take it or leave it but next time with the sled tethers left side to right hip and right side to left hip... behaves much better that way 👍🏼
I appreciate this!
This makes me want to get out and summit something. And I literally just got back from summiting something.
The power of FOMO is very really. I feel the same almost every day when I see someone do something rad.
Do it
Would you please do a video about the gear you use (type of skies/boots etc) for some of us who didn't grow up in an awesome mountain wonderland and would like to know what is needed to get started?
I know this comment is super old but they have a second channel called extra mediocre where they go over some of the gear they use. Hope this helps!
Thank you Danny and Mediocre Crew (shoutout to my boy Christof). I just summited this Mountain yesterday with friends (my first of many to come) and shared in a taste of your amazing experiences. Thank you for inspiring me to get out, push myself, and experience things I never thought I would do in my life!
All the best,
- Reece
whatever choices you made early in your life, that allowed you to do these things. I applaud you.
Awesome stuff. You guys are inspiring this old dude to keep going for it!! Stay safe.
Spectacular vistas! So glad you had a great day and made it back safe and sound.
The pleasurable laugh at the end was the best part. Nice touch! I live in Portland and climbed Adams, Hood (twice), Mt St Helen’s and South Sister over the years. Love your videos!
Way to get after it guys! You made difficult conditions look easy. Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for taking us to the top with you. Pretty good b day!
Incredible video. Loved the story telling and cinematography. Subscribed.
Awesome as always! I've climbed 1-2 thousand feet and snowboarded down, 7500 feet is super gnarly. Great work guys!
My best day was about 4500 feet of hiking, but each run was only about 700-800 vertical feet.
Awesome compilation guys. Loved the video
Great trip - very cool route and some pretty interesting snow to ski. You went big on the distance and vert.!
Fantastic as always.
You guys make the coolest videos. True champions of the climb!
I live in WA and I love your WA vids! It’s inspiring to get in shape to explore our beautiful state.
When are you climbing Rainier with me?
Awesome bro! I summitted Mt. Adams a few years ago. It took me two days up and down
Wow.... I watched your Mt Rainier climb 1st and was blown away.... but this video was fantastic. The drone footage was an incredible addon. Thank you so much for sharing your climbing adventures.
At 4:00--yeah, that is real rough--getting out of a warm sleeping bag and forcing your feet into a frozen hard set of boots.
Yeah it sucks
Gorgeous. Thanks for the vid!
I recently discovered your channel. I'm an adventurer myself but I live in Florida, which means I spend hours each week doing hill work on the treadmill, and your videos are helping keep the motivation up! Great photography and humor!
Glad I stumbled on your vid as I first thought it was Mt Adams NH. Phenomenal!!
Ha! I thought about that when I wrote the description. I didn't want to bait and switch anyone so I added that last part about washington's 2nd highest mountain.
So fantastic, you guys are pros!
you guys are beasts! Love your stuff. Keep bangin'
Amazing video. It feels like a true honest version of what its like on the mountain
Beautiful shot of Mt. St. Helens. You guys are awesome.
i love the videos and even more i'm always amazed of the outfit matching haha.
WOW! That was an awesome adventure. Makes me want to plan a winter summit somewhere!!
Spectacular video! Love the Fischers!
Great all around skis. Got the skis this year and the boots last. It's an awesome combo for long tours.
I live very close to these great volcanoes here in SW Wa. It never gets tiring seeing them. I enjoy watching your climbs. Done very well.
Thank you guys for such an amazing video. I would love to do what you do. I heard you say you don’t do this for the skiing part of it but it would be amazing to see more skiing in the video if possible. Stay safe.
Amazing edit!! The storytelling aspect was on POINT and the footage was awesome!! Cheers
Thank you!
Just beautiful photography!
Climbed that 5 times, it never gets old!
Oh my god those views are amazing. That looked incredible. I'm excited to learn how to ski so I can get into the backcountry
Snowshoes first...get yer shit together in the back areas...food, rescue, overnight, navigation. Add skis.
@@ccaissie113 I disagree. During my 20 years of skiing I have never touched a snowshoe :). Just jump into it and start skiing, but team up with someone who knows what they're doing if you want to explore avalanche risk areas.
@@ccaissie113 don't worry, wasn't planning on getting in the backcountry with nothing other than knowing how to ski! haha I will take an Avy course and get all my rescue gear. I've got a foundation with WFR/backcountry navigation/being a backcountry ranger. So I am fully aware that I am not aware of everything when it comes to snow travel. That is definitely part of the plan ;)
@@erlendblomseth Yeah a lot of people here in Salt Lake ski, but do not show shoe. Definitely plan on learning with experienced people :)
Been enjoying your adventures for a while- thanks for sharing. Might be interested in a couple more WA trips. Check into 1) Mt Stuart up the West Ridge down Cascadian Couloir; 2) 23 miles thru The Enchancments with a climb of Prusik Peak or others - up via Aasgard Pass, down thru the alpine lakelets. Done in one day requires no permit:); 3) east of Mt Rainier- the Mt Aix/Mt Bismark traverse- nothing technical, but long, high and scenic w some routr finding.
Great job!
I first watched this video 2 years ago after my own Adams climb in later June. I can concur though that you experienced better conditions than I did lol. My camera and phone batteries froze at the summit. Absolutely stunning climb thought
Looks great.
Great watching y’all’s Adventures 🙌🎉😊
Mt. Adams was always one of my favorites because of it's remoteness. Many camp trips up there to Council Lake and Takhlakh Lake. Backpacked up that beast back in 2009. Great smoothie place at the fork in the road on the way up there next to the gas station. So glad I randomly found your videos being the mountain climbing/hiking addiction I have. Love the song at the end while you are skiing down, very early 80's Rush like.
Adams is the first mountain I ever summited and also the first skimo trip I ever went on. It is absolutely one of my favorites in the northwest. The sun rise might be the best in the northwest. And if you ever climb it again, the Southwest Chutes are so awesome! By far my favorite spring objective.
just beautiful
Thank you!
I love your guy's videos. You inspire me.
Great video! Just found your channel and really enjoy your storytelling. I find it particularly funny that your climb route followed the boundary of the wilderness area, allowing you to use a drone. Way to push the envelope!
Great adventure. The Cascades are soooo scenic!
I love❤ your content, subtle humour and your physical endurance which is is nothing similar to mediocre.
I have done Adams a few times. It is always the best ski of the year. Took my daughter up last time. Perfect corn on the way down. It was May 30th weekend, when I usually do it. Best ski there is.
Great photography. You’re correct about the weather. Been up there in the summer when conditions were brutal. The more common ski route is the Southwest Chutes just the other side of the ridge. There used to be a sulfur mine on the summit plateau back in the 30s. Pack mules going up and down the south slope loaded with sulfur.
We looked down that way. Those ski lines looked great!
Hahaha that sleeping bag dilemma is very relatable. I was hiking Mt Whitney and it was hailing and all signs pointed back to my sleeping bag.
Great video, thanks.
Best channel on TH-cam!
Oh man what a great birthday! Peace.
Great video!
Amazing
That looks amazing. Might end up going.
so nice shots!
wow, that's quite a ways up! That seems like a lot of uphill for not the best snow but I guess that's not what you guys were after in the first place... really cool video!
Exactly. And the whole way up you're thinking "I have to ski down this garbage!" In the end, skiing down this stuff is soooooo much better than walking down.
You guys are getting me stoked! I feel the same way as you about skiing. It's Not the end itself. Now I just need to convince my partners of that so we can do some peaks!
I live in SW Wa. I'm very lucky to be see these volcano peaks regularly. On very good days can see the 3 sisters, Hood and St. Helens.
Great job guys. Love the drone footage. You should descend the sw chutes if you make a return trip. It’s pretty amazing.
Love the videos and the series! Could you do a preparations video showing how a location/time is decided and the routes are planned? Are these planned weeks ahead or is it spontaneous based on where the weather/snow conditions currently are optimal?
Rewatching this video today. Man is it a good one
Haha pikes peak is in Colorado had me confused for a minute 😂
That was a really well done video. Thanks for taking the time to get such awesome footage. The drone was probably a real "maybe" when packing.
I would say the drone stays in the bag %50 of the time due to weather, temperatures, restrictions and user error.
thank you for the views! and happy birthday!
This is beautiful and amazing! I What kind of training do you suggest? I Cross country sking in the winter mostly up by Snoqualmie Pass and I'm a snowboarder.
Vent the tent better ha.good. outting😁❄⛄winter wonder land for sure.
The mornings were always the worst. So nice when you'd finally get moving and reach that first layer shed.
Awesome video guys. We have one Helens summit, one Adams summit, and a couple smaller like Stuart this year and this just stoked the flame
I definitely want to get out there and summit Helens.
Wow great weather for that trip. Lucky!
Definitely lucky!
Did this mountain almost exactly 2 months before you in October. "Noodle legs" at the end is exactly the right way to put it.
America beautiful mountains 😍
Adams is a fun climb. I like that it's a bit more dry than a lot of mountains in the chain. On a very clear day, whish is pretty common in summer, you can see all the way from the Three sisters in Oregon to Mount Baker. If you are from the area or know it, you know that's a hell of a view.
Sick!
For someone who doesn’t like cold water, Danny seems to intentionally place himself in places with lots of frozen precip. From a old gal raised in Florida - Y’all are my heroes!!!!!!
Very nice. I really appreciate the choice to dig out the car later, I’ve made that same choice myself a few times.
Thanks for the great vid. Can you comment on what you used for your boot, ski, binding set up and whether you’d change anything?
We both had fischer hannibal 96's and fischer travers boots as well as atomic backland bindings. I felt like it was the perfect setup for a summit like this. We both have a slightly lighter setup but felt like the fischer hannibal was a better ski to handle to unknown.
Awesome video. One thing I learned skiing down big mountains is that it basically sucks, LOL. It's rough icy... and my legs are tired from the hike up.
Exactly.
Turned on the video expecting Mt Adams in New Hampshire lol! Very cool and more challenging though. I did a winter climb in the White Mountains in high school in 1967. No skiing, just snow shoes and crampons.
11:25 has become my wallpaper!
I live on the yakama reservation east of pahto or my Adams and I’ve always wanted to climb the mountain
Come back in late spring or early summer and go to Pikers Peak and ski/board the SW Chutes. 3-3500’ of perfect 30-45° slope to rip (just the entrance is~45° and most is ~35°). It’s so good.
Brilliant
Great views. Awesome job. And....haha... "drone launched from non wilderness side..." 😁
Can you tell me what you attached to the bottoms of your skiis?
i did this over the summer on my Splitboard. Snowboarded off of the summit the snow was not this good!
Wow that weather looked amazing. I live in Trout Lake and have climbed Adams over 20 times and don’t think I have ever had no wind like that even in the middle of summer.
You've confirmed our suspicions. We felt like we were getting unusual weather.
I concur.
It’s crazy how they were able to fly a drone up at the false summit. Never seen that before. Usually 30-40mph sustained wind there. I’ve been on the summit with as high as 60 mph sustained wind. Couldn’t even stand on top of the cabin. And that was in July.
Nice 😍👍
You guys should try to run the actual Pike's peak in Colorado now that you mentioned it :) 26 miles round-trip
We're always looking for suggestions. I'll check it out.
what NF road did you grab to reach your locale?
Hey, what song is playing at 7:45? It works so well
West coast best coast. Looking forward to moving back out there.
Awesome place I wish I lived closer.
This video was as official as the orange sled setup! haha great job guys it was awesome, just subscribed. Beautiful and inspiring.
Tremendous! Really surprised the jetboils worked at that temp?
Happy B-day! Mine is end of January, hoping the skiing is gonna be better then.
I'll offer a sacrifice to Ullr for your birthday. Hopefully, he'll grant you some good snow and weather.
@@MediocreAmateur Thanks. Seems to be working.