The HARDEST THING I've EVER DONE | Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro (part 1)
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On February 3rd, 2020 Matt and I started our 7 day trek up the Machame route on Mount Kilimanjaro. It proved to be one of the hardest things we've ever done in our lives, but also one of the most rewarding and incredible experiences we've ever had!
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Check out our whole Kilimanjaro Series, 5 videos including: 2 part vlog of our trip, Training/Info Guide, What to Pack, and Q&A! And don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE for more! th-cam.com/play/PLBmF7uPtI-4FPwDdJJIz7s-BDaOoXYZ8O.html
Where will you be taking questions for the Q&A cause I already have some
@@AchtungBabyZA you can ask them in here or any of the other videos. But I'll be doing a big Q&A request on my IG stories so make sure to follow on instagram.
When you gonna upload part 2?
Ok
So questions: While you're hiking where do you go to pee? Looks very crowded... And did they cater food to you as a vegan , or did you have to eat whatever they provide? And then finally, what happens when someone can't continue, how do they get back down? Does a guide/porter go with them?
So buzzed to watch this during quarantine 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Same!!
Same
you guys, huge credit to those locals carrying heavy luggages. their jobs ain't joke
The porters are incredible, they have such a tough job
My boss just climbed this a few months ago! She says it was one of the most incredible and rewarding experiences. She was lucky enough for their group to have gotten to the top right at sunrise which apparently is very unusual for most groups.
Now this is definitely what I call an adventure. Looking forward to seeing more.
yes it is! part two coming next week
Hey am a kilimanjaro guide hopefully am ready to take any one to from this amazing Mountain njaro kilima
Nadine, you may not be the most subscribed or viewed travel vlogger, but you are far and away the best one I am subscribed to. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, it does. Thank you for taking me to places I could never go, but where I can live the experience through your eyes.
Oh my goodness!! This is AMAZING! I spent the summer teaching in Tanzania and I LOVED this video with the Tanzania welcome song. This is a freaking DREAM! So glad you had fun
Amazing and informative series Nadine ... thank you so much for this!!!!
Wow Nadine! Nice work!
Hiking videos have been my absolute favorite lately! Thank you.
Love it! Looks like so much fun! Can't wait to see Part 2 and the rest of the series.
It's amazing how much the scenery changes as you go from the trailhead up to the camps higher up. It definitely looks like a challenging hike but a fun one at the same time! I can't wait to see the second part next week!
Ya, the scenery and changing climate zones were so cool. Sometimes you feel like you're in a totally different part of the world than you were the night before, or even a few hours before.
I climbed this Route in August (vlog on my channel) - your vlog brought back a lot of great memories! Congratulations on your climb :)
so excited for this series!!
Hope you like it! :)
Congratulations on summiting! Having done the EBC a couple of years ago, this is for sure next on my list :)
Everything about this video is awesome! Tuned for the rest 😃
Great content - thanks for sharing!
Stay safe all ❤❤❤
great video.. was waiting for this 😍😍
Thank you! I've been so excited to finally share it with you all!
Congratulations on summiting Kilimanjaro! I did the same route back in 2015. Your video brings back a flood of memories!
Yor video is awesome , and congratulations on engagement!!!
The question is: how you book the trip?
Me and my husband dying to make this one!!!
Thought you would just be stuck at home good thing you still have some video for April. Nice!
Woohoo! We have so many dreams to hike this amazing mountain! I have been to Africa sooo many times, but never made time for it! 😁
Great video! Some of those sunset/sunrise shots from camp were absolutely stunning! 🔥🔥
You've inspired both of us to scale at least one mountain in our lifetimes. Can't wait to see the Packing Guide and your Q&A to prepare ourselves
:) yay! you definitely should(kili is a good one :P). they'll be good! Lots of info for anyone interested in attempting for themselves :)
Hey am a kilimanjaro guide hopefully am ready to take any one to from this amazing Mountain njaro kilima
Hey Nadine. Gorgeous terrain. Thrilling experience. Thank you for sharing. Take care. :)
Dang dude this vlog was so sick!!!!
That place is wild! Definitely going soon!
We'll have a videos on packing, planning, prepping coming out later this month if you're interested in climbing Kili one day 👍
YESSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!
:) :) :)
Hey am a kilimanjaro guide hopefully am ready to take any one to from this amazing Mountain njaro kilima
What an amazing trek! You are so lucky!!
Climbing Kilimanjaro is definitely on my bucket list, very excited for the series 😍
Nice to know that
hi there,
I did the same route this year in January, it's sooooo nice to see everything in a video again!! thank youu!!
I didn't train for it at all, but it was amazing, summit night killed me tho haha....
Yeah enjoyed and learned a lot from the Kilimanjaro series, but mostly here for Nadine as usual ♥ thanks for sharing!
I know this is literally the first video of the series, but could you do a "what I packed" video cause I am really interested in going myself after the whole corona thing:)
Yup, it's in the works! We're going to do a video on "what to pack" and another video with lots of other general information to prepare anyone who might be interested in climbing Kili 👍
When you going? I'm heading there in August
Love your video, looking forward to part 2, I went a month after you, summited 15th march, god yes it was tough!!! I can recommend kandoo adventures and vicky who works there, she was ace!
Such a great video 😍👍🏻 thank you!
Amazing video! Completed the Machame Route myself on the 3rd with a summit date on February 29th! Congratulations!
I just found your channel and CANNOT stop watching!!!
EXCELLENT VIDEO, THANK YOU.. planning my summit for March 2023 and I subscribed to your channel. .
Excited for part 2!
Was a little too much of a hustle for me. The Mt. Itself is eroded so I went partway up.
I have waited for this video for so so long!! My best friend and I are going in a few years for our 30th birthdays!! We are so looking forward to it and the rest of your videos!! ❤️
A guy in our group was celebrating his 30th bday on this climb with us! You'll have an amazing time 👍
love it! no joke this could be one of my videos😄i traveled 7 months through south america and did a few hikes. i think the kilimanjaro is now on my bucketlist🤗
thanks for sharing this experience with us ☺️
It is great that you are having such a good hike. Thanks for sharing your adventure and perspectives. 😀
It occurs to me that the highest I have been is about 7900 feet, 2408 meters) on Mount Shasta, California. I will have to up that some day!
That was pretty similar to me before this hike. The highest I'd been before Kili was about 2,300m at the top of a ski resort, lol.
What an adventure. It's another achievement unlock for you guys. Keep it up an stay safe.
Yay! Excited to follow along with your trip. I'll be climbing in December!!
Karibu Tanzania
That exciting! Which route are you planning to do? Make sure you check out our upcoming vids where we'll be giving lots of info and tips regarding the climb 👍
I'll be doing the Machame Route too, so I'll be watching and taking notes!
@@laurenswett582 One of the most breathtaking views machame route with 99 percent successful to reach summit at uhuru.
oooo so excited for this series
OMG this is so breathtaking and u two so charming, could watch u for days ❤
Glad you enjoyed it :) Check out part 2 next week!
Hi , I am a new subscriber. I am watching several videos on Kilimanjaro to prepare myself for it in a couple of years.. Nice video ! Thanks for sharing..
What a cool Experience, I cannot wait for part two.
it's a good part 2!!! hehe
Love the vlog guys!
Cool video! Looking forward to the next one!!!
yay! next week :)
Was so great to see all of this again 🥰 I just got back from completing the Lemosho Route in early March! Was incredible!!
That's awesome, congrats! Did you have good weather?
Matt Ofstie we did for the first 3-4 days actually. Very little rain considering it was March!
Commenting only 3 minutes in...great video! I cant wait to do this next year
This is the content which I want from this channel. Waiting for a long time for this sort of stuff.
Earlier before 2018 this channel used to be more adventurous than it is now.
we try and do a mixture of stuff :P Did you see our Scotland hiking trip in 2018?
@@heynadine yess how can I miss any content from your channel 😃
The best thing is that I am vegetarian & lot of vegan stuff over here to eat.
Fantastic camera work & editing 👌🏻 music
Awe, now I just want to see the rest! Looks fun so far but somehow I have a feeling the second half is going to be a lot harder. Have you gotten to know your guides during the trip?
Haha, ya... spoiler alert: it gets way harder.
Our 3 guides were awesome! Super friendly, knowledgeable, and always willing to help anyway they could.
Fantastic video!! 👏👏👏👏
What a climb and what view! excellent work :)
Congrats on summiting Kilimanjaro! It looks like you had a great team supporting you up the mountain. It would be much harder (and a lot less luxurious) without the porters helping to carry everything up the mountain. They are amazing and work so hard to get us foreigners to these summits!
I agree. Porters are soo important!
Wow! You're going to the top of the world!🌎
This vlog was so good! I’m quite new to your channel but I really like the videos so far! 😊
Just wondering, what your company did you do your hike with?
We went with Kandoo Adventures and i'd highly recommend them to anyone wanting to climb Kili. Everything was fantastic 👍
We did with Bravekilimanjaro Tours great team with experienced Guides and porters who knows well kilimanjaro who Grown up through through kilimanjaro village karibu..😊
this is great video- and great information. can you tell me what porter service did you use?
This looks really awesome. We decided to leave Tanzania and stop full-time travel about a week ago because of Covid-19, so it's a little bittersweet watching this 😢. We were planning on climbing Kilimanjaro while there, but looks like we'll have to wait. In the meantime, we can watch your climb.
How exciting!
Hello Alysha, the water bladder is a good idea to maintain a hands free approach meaning you stay hydrated while operating your phone!🤗 Helpful when filming your adventures leaving Matt to get 2nd unit shots to capture your best side!🤗
Good video;👍
Such an inspiring video!
I can't believe how busy it looked ! Glad we did Mt Kenya. There was only two groups of us going up. Pretty much had the whole mountain to ourself!
Hey Nadine! I decided to climb Kili after watching your videos - I successfully summited for my 30th birthday! thank you for the inspiration
Yay I’m so excited about this series!!!! 💃🏼😄 I love making hiking videos too (I have a few on my channel) and *I can’t wait to film more* once we beat this pandemic!
Since we can't travel at this time looking forward to this! Thanks!
you are welcome!
OMG it's so beautiful there!!!!
Wow! Looks super fun
Wht a beautiful place nice adventure well done guys 🙏u need to explore Algeria as well
Wooo! I went in February too! Also did the machame route! Glad I was able to do it before this whole crazy pandemic happened...
Went in August 2018. To Stella pt. Man r dey cont entious. I ended up getting rid of any problems by giving the touroperator160clean americancash. He knew what that was🌏
My parents hiked Mt Kilimanjaro & I hiked to Machu Picchu when I was 10, found this so interesting and made me want to do it myself even more, can’t wait for part 2 😄
Be careful and good luck😄🤗
I saw your Q&A. How heavy was your back pack?? Also how steep is the climbing like the kissing rock part.
awesome! I want to do this now!
Hey Nadine, I have been watching your videos as I am getting ready to climb Kili next year. thank you so much I have learned a lot from your videos, and taking notes for myself. Wanted to know what socks (brand) have you used for hiking?
We used socks from Smartwool, Icebreaker, and Darn Tough. There are plenty of other sock brands that probably make great hiking socks, these are just the ones that Nadine and I have the most experience with and have been happy with them. Good luck with your climb!
Planing to climb soon from kenya
Came here from the high on life channel and absolutely love it
welcome friend!
What beautiful morning views! 😍⛰️
The sunrises on the mountain were some of the best i've ever seen 🌅
Amazing video 😉
Did the hike 3 weeks ago, crazy how empty the mountain is now comparing to how it usually is during high season.
You also give me travel goals by your videos. This wasn't an exception. I want to visit an unknown place with you. How are your days passing during this quarantine?
Live in Kenya, was planning to go to MT.Kilimanjaro after my final exams but corona messed up the plan. BTW awesome video keep it up, ur video is so adventorous
Omg I would love to do something like this!! 😍😍😍
Hey Nadine is such a cool name 😁 and I love the way you pull your faces while talking, happy hiking 🥾 🥳
haha thanks
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How did you train for this? I would love to climb the kilimanjaro but I’m wondering how much I need to train
Ich würde das auch sehr sehr gerne mal machen, die Strecken und die Höhenmeter von den einzelnen Tagen sind total wenig. Die Wegbeschaffenheit der ersten Tage ist auch super einfach, wie die Berge hier wo ich lebe. Aber der Schneepart oben wäre nichts für mich, das ist immer das Problem 😅 Super schöne Tour auf jeden Fall und toll, dass es die Möglichkeit gibt den Berg so einfach zu erreichen mit Leuten die alles tragen, Toiletten, richtiges Essen und so. Das verbinde ich so mit Wandern zwar nicht, ich finde da sollte man alles selbst machen um sagen zu können, man hat es wirklich richtig ehrlich geschafft, aber das ist für die meisten kaum möglich. Sehr schöne Eindrücke auf jeden Fall ♥ Ich freue mich auf Part 2 wie es weiter geht und wie der weitere Weg noch so verläuft :)
Thank you for sharing this!! Climbing Kili is on my bucket list, and now with the lockdown I am even more determined to do this once I graduate in two years. I've even started emailing companies....it does look like there was so many people on that route though....did that make it harder? I'm looking for a route that has a high % summit rate but not the busiest, is there such a thing :) I can't can't wait for more videos!! Perfect lockdown viewing :)
Nadine and I chose to climb the most popular and busiest route on the mountain for several reasons. I don't think it was any harder due to the fact that there was lots of other people on the route, it never really affected us.
Every other route is generally less busy than the Machame (the one we climbed), and some of them even have a higher success rate. But of course there are pros and cons to different routes and we'll be covering all this in an upcoming informational video on climbing Kili, so make sure to check that out!
@@mattofstie9298 Thanks for the info, I will do! Looking forward to it!
This brings back memories of the porters singing the same song to my group 😊
And now you'll have it stuck in your head again for days... lol. When did you climb and which route did you do?
I think I want to do this but so out of shape. GOALS
Hey there I've wanted to do this for ages what company did you go with they look really good ?
We went with Kandoo Adventures
Hello, what tour company did you use?
I feel like I've already seen this footage from you guys? Did you have an older video with some of these clips?
We posted clips on Instagram stories :) so if you follow along their you might have seen a bunch
Awesome Job climb Kili. I completed the summit exactly last year as well. And we both have the same lowepro bag =) And just last Feb, I climbed the next 7 summits, Aconcagua at 7000m. Seems to be a theme here
Awesome! Which route did you take on Kili? How much harder was Aconcagua?
@@mattofstie9298 Machame as well. Instead of 7 days we did it in 6. As for Aconcagua, Kili was a great warmup to prep for high altitude. You will have a lot more time to acclimatize, at base camp and half day hikes to prep you for the summit. It will be your toughest expedition ever for your body, and you must have a lot of will power to keep pushing. Its about an avg 50% success rate summit, and in my group, only 2 of us out of 7 made it to the top. If you're interested, you can check out my story highlights on my instagram @standinginmotion
Hi. Which company / crew did you fo this through?
nice climbing nadine
Hey Nadine do u rent hotel rooms for the period you are hiking as well even though you are not staying there ?
No, you don't keep your hotel room during the hike. All of your extra stuff that you don't need on the hike is left at the hotel in a storage room. Just make sure you have another room booked for the night that you come off the mountain. All the good tour providers will organize all of this for you and tell you exactly what to do 👍
Great job Amazing....
Cool hike!
But how many people were hiking with you?
We had a total of 7 hikers in our group
Matt Ofstie That is cool!! How many groups were with you? It looked like it was crowd on the trail! By the way, congratulations on your engagement!! ♥️♥️