We are absolutely loving it, Mauro! It's just amazing -- you have got a kind of heaven on earth here. Can't wait to show you all the beautiful and challenging climbs we've been doing, from Piazzetta-Piz Boe to Tomaselli. Will post all of them over the next few weeks once we get back and have a chance to edit them!! ❤️
All your training has surely paid off. Don’t know how the photography can be so spectacular when you have to be so focused, but you really pulled it off so gracefully. Amazing guys!! Thank you so much for sharing this climb and your lovely wedding celebration with us all🥰🥰🥰🏜
Thanks Mary! We're feeling so, so blessed by the wedding and this amazing Dolomites honeymoon. We've truly never seen terrain or landscapes like this, and the climbing is maybe the best in the whole world. So happy we took a full five weeks to do our wedding and honeymoon, because we are NOT ready to leave yet! ❤️
Sam that is a great idea and it is absolutely going to happen. Maybe one day we'll even get it together to have merch and we'll do a snack spot calendar with our top 12 spots. And as you say, this one will without question be in it. Honestly, the footage didn't even do it justice. To the eye that drop-off was absolutely massive, and the views...wow! ❤️
Mountain magic for sure! Glorious, breathtaking, magnificent and one my friend said once=amazeballs!, well deserving of all the synonyms you tossed out. Thanks for sharing your joy in these videos!
Haha thanks Michael! We cannot believe how amazing it is here. It has been such a joyous time in the Dolomites, and really looking forward to sharing the other adventures we've been doing here with you! ❤️
When you said, “If you can, you must” and your face goes from happy, to “oh lord, be with me through this” level of being scared. Is the absolute most intriguing and enticing part of mountaineering/canyoneering/trail running to me and I encourage all to push to their “boundaries” and embrace them! You set them, so you have the power to rewrite them. Love your guys’ videos so much!!
That is beautifully said Alex, and it really captures the ethos of this trip for us. We started with some challenging but relatively moderate climbs like this one, and have been building up to some truly extreme ones that even a few weeks ago might have felt too difficult but now feel exactly right! It's all about rewriting boundaries! ❤️
Finally someone who goes on a via ferrata properly, without using the rope, except for safety. Splendid video and splendid places, but you know, the Dolomites are the Dolomites!!
So glad to hear that! It truly is amazing here, and we've been doing some absolutely crazy climbs that we can't wait to show you -- one of which is actually in the conversation for the world's hardest hike!! ❤️
I have no doubt that you'll be enormously successful in life as a couple. You balance support with encouragement perfectly, each pushing the other toward their potential while providing comfort reassurance. That's the recipe for a great marriage. It's a gift and a joy to watch. Well done!
Thanks very much, Mathew. It's very nice of you to say that, and we totally agree with you about the recipe for a great marriage. And so far, so good! ❤️
Hey Adam, Elise. My daughter Arianna and I wish you a Very Happy and Healthy New Year 2023. Keep going places and help many out there live their dreams.
Thank you so much, and please thank Arianna for us! Happy New Year to you both. Here's hoping you have lots of incredible adventures in 2023, and of course you know we're planning on doing the same! ❤️
So glad you like this one, and just wait -- we just did one yesterday that might actually be, mile for mile, the hardest hike in the entire world!! You will not freaking believe it. We've had some other epic climbs here as well -- it's just an incredible place to adventure. Can't wait to share it all with you as soon as we have time to edit some of these!!!
Haha thanks Debbie! Ya the vertical drops definitely take some getting used to. A couple of the ones we've been doing this past week have been truly crazy!! ❤️
Ya Aamon that was a snack spot I'll never forget! However, I think we might just have beaten it on a climb we did here two days ago. You're not even going to believe some of the stuff we're doing over here -- can't wait to show you once we get a chance to edit some of these climbs. The Dolomites is basically heaven for adventurers! ❤️
Thanks Andy! And just wait -- we've been doing some even more epic and insane Dolomites climbs over the last couple weeks. You are not gonna believe some of these once we get a chance to edit and post them!!! ❤️
How wonderful that you've gotten to experience this beautiful place twice, and all the way from Australia! We understand your feelings about it completely -- we fell in love with it the first time we went, and now we go every year and may even choose to live there for a year or two at some point. It's truly a magical place. ❤️
Thanks much, Mike! It's a pleasure to share -- we're really enjoying filming and adventuring in this gorgeous place, and some of the climbs we've done the past couple weeks have gotten crazy. Excited to share those with you as well as soon as we get a chance to edit them! ❤️
Thanks Carl! Ya we've been feeling the same way since we got to the Dolomites. Just tongue-tied by the incredible beauty of the terrain here. So excited to share some more of these climbs with you!! ❤️
OMG David it really was, and the other climbs we've been doing since then are even crazier. You are not going to believe the stuff we're going to be posting the next few weeks. The Dolomites is probably as close as we'll ever come to heaven on earth! ❤️
We could absolutely not believe it ourselves. We kept looking at each other the whole trip and just going, "is this place real or are we in some kind of mutual dream?" Going back again this summer to make sure that it is in fact real 😂❤️
OK this is the one I watched yesterday - I watch all your videos on my huge smart TV as the scenery looks so much better. Good job you guys that you did it. Keep in touch! Only 3 weeks before I leave for Nepal for 9 weeks of trekking and climbing yay haha
Thanks much, Rob, and you are right -- it is our absolute dream honeymoon. We still cannot believe we are in this incredible place for so many weeks, just adventuring everywhere during the day and then eating delicious Italian carbs every night. We're literally scheming and planning about how we can make our early retirement happen even earlier so we can spend part of every year over here! ❤️
Thanks Steven! Surreal is a good word -- we've been feeling that way ever since we got to the Dolomites. These jagged vertical mountains mountains don't quite make rational sense in an idyllic green landscape, yet somehow they exist and we get to climb them! Can't wait to share the next few climbs with you -- suffice to say, it gets even crazier! ❤️
Your adventures are looking great and congratulations on your vows. Bocchette Centrali - The Best Via Ferrata in the Dolomites also is in Switzerland, I just finished the Doubenhorn Via Ferratta. It is the longest in Switzerland. Both these are by far the two Holy Grails in each country. The Bocchette would take organization as the route takes 5 days and Refugio stays. Best trip ever. I just got back from Switzerland and 4 very good ferratas. Europe is fun.
Thanks very much -- those Swiss via ferratas look amazing, and congrats on Doubenhorn! We might well aim for Switzerland on our next trip. Meanwhile, can't wait to show you some of the really crazy Dolomite ones we have coming up! ❤️
It's our pleasure, Carolyn! The Dolomites is probably the most amazing place we've ever been -- the sheer variety of terrain and views, and the hundreds of challenging hikes and climbs make it a kind of outdoors-person's utopia. Can't wait to show you some of the other great climbs we've been doing!! ❤️
So glad to hear that, Josh! We are having the best time of our entire lives on this trip, and can't wait to share some of the other adventures with you!! ❤️
Thanks Uday, that makes us so happy to hear! We're having the best time of our whole lives in the Dolomites, and actually canceled some other parts of our trip in order to stay here for longer because we love it so much!! ❤️
Apparently it can get pretty crazy -- when we were researching these climbs we saw a picture of like 30 people in line to get to the top! But apparently most Europeans don't like getting up at 4 am, because for the past two weeks we've been basically all alone on some of the world's greatest climbs!
In fact during rush hours this via ferrata is often too busy. Therefore I recommend to descend through the nearby couloir instead of the via ferrata itself. @livehardxlovehard very nice video, enjoyed it.
OMG Heather the scenery was mind-blowing! But just wait -- a couple of days ago we did one of the world's hardest via ferratas and the down climb was...well, death defying comes to mind. We're editing another one now, and then will hopefully put the death defying one out after that. This is the best honeymoon ever!!! ❤️
Thanks much, Keith! Glad you liked it, and this one was just a warm up -- we're editing the real killer now -- one of the world's hardest hikes for sure --and will put it out on Thursday! ❤️
It looks amazing! Congrats on the video, keeping it interesting and the perfect length not to making you want to fast forward! Doing this tomorrow ❤😍 will come back with comments 🥰
@@LiveHardxLoveHard It was great on Piccolo Cir and we did have an incredible weather which allowed us to do Grand Cir as well for sunset (not much of a ferrata there, but still great views for sunset) ♥️
@@roamaniacs So happy to hear that! We can still remember that view without even looking back at the pictures. Stunning, and glad you got to experience it in great weather!
Yes that it totally true -- doing via ferrata for the first time is really scary because people have to learn to trust the cables. But once they get used to it, it's amazing!! ❤️
OMG the Dolomites are insane. Wait til you see the ones we've been doing the past couple weeks!! We just finished editing one and will put it out tomorrow, and then the one after that is truly insane. So far these honeymoon adventures have been even more beautiful and intense than we dreamed they would be, and as you know we like to dream big!! ❤️
Wow guys! Just wow! Amazing job doing that climb in both directions. I was literally thinking, "Are you kidding me? How are they getting back down?!" Anyway, this was amazing and the background music was on point. We might need an "Adam Leg Shake Meter" in the future, in order to help us spectators have a scientific measure of the terrain.
Thanks Todd! OMG if you thought that down climb was sketchy, wait til we show you a couple of the climbs we did this week! This place is utterly incredible so of course we eventually had to tackle the hardest climbs. Lets just say the legs were most definitely shaking!!! ❤️
Yes Mari! Plus you can then do climbs that most people can't, so you will basically never have to deal with overcrowding to get the beautiful views you want. And most important, climbing is SO fun and you are going to love it! We barely even go to regular gyms anymore -- just to the climbing gym because it's way more enjoyable. ❤️
Thanks very much -- it really is incredible there! Even looking at it with your eyes and not through a lens, it's hard to believe it's real. So excited to go back again this summer! ❤️
OMG the Dolomites is nuts! We've been climbing here for almost two weeks now, and are getting more and more obsessed with it. Can't wait to show you some of the other climbs once we get a chance to edit them -- truly mind-blowing!! ❤️
looks like u could spend a yr just hiking here,,,,,,,,i am always so impressed,, n sharing these fantastic adventures w folks that cannot physically ,, your charming humility.. is inspiring..........it truthfylly makes my day when i see u posted a new video, they are greatly apreciated...what is the closest town to here ,, did u take a car or train to get here?those views are spectacular..im surprised u dont see wing suiters flyng by... n no knee pads ... what an amazing place ,,,stay safe ,, why u two r my favorite channel
Thanks so much, and that's a great question about the closest town. There are several little towns in the valleys around the Dolomites, but our favorite and the one we stayed in was Ortisei in Val Gardena. It is a phenomenally cute little town, and we got to know the proprietors of our little hotel (which had an incredible view and great breakfasts), so if you ever have the urge to go just let us know and we've got the place for you to stay! ❤️
Thank you -- so glad you liked it! We've been in the Dolomites for almost two weeks now, and we still can't believe how incredible the views are. We hope you will get a chance to visit here one day! ❤️
So glad to share this with you, Mugdha. Hope you like the Dolomites views, because we've got some more adventures coming up in this incredible area! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard can't wait to experience more adventures. The Dolomites views captured by you guys were magical and for a moment I felt am I dreaming? :)
Randy you would definitely love it! To be able to do something so epic and challenging with relatively little risk of death is just an incredible gift, and it's super addictive. Unfortunately we have almost no via ferratas here in the U. S., and certainly none as epic as those in Europe, but it's a great reason for you to book a trip to the Dolomites! ❤
Martin we're so glad to hear that! Please do go to the Dolomites. There is absolutely no way you will regret it -- it's been one of the greatest experiences of our lives, and we will most definitely be coming back repeatedly because there are literally hundreds of iconic hikes and climbs with different spectacular views. ❤️
Outside of reading regency romance, Adam is the first person I've seen use the word pulchritudinous and it is a very apt description of the views. Great video, y'all!
Haha thanks! Yes Adam's background as a literature professor can sometimes come in handy when it comes to descriptions. "Vertiginous" is another of his favorites 🙈
Thanks very much -- every adventure we do here in the Dolomites we are more and more astonished at the beauty. More coming up as soon as we can edit them! ❤️
That was one amazing climb and the views are so special - thank you so much for surviving and sharing - it is the green gray and blue colors - that has to be the best snack spot on the planet
Yes Rick! It's the vibrant colors plus the epic scale of the Dolomite rock -- the way is just rises straight upward out of the valleys. We've never seen anything like it before outside of the Tetons, and in the Dolomites there are dozens and dozens of these peaks -- true climbing (and snacking) paradise! ❤️
Well filmed guys, I really enjoyed tis one. So glad you evenually made it to Europe! It's amazing to think people went up there with tools to attach those cables
Thank you, and that's a really good point -- a couple of the routes we just did this week have sections that don't even seem climbable without the cables. For some of the overhangs on slick rock the people who attached the cables must have either been world class climbers or else come down from above. ❤️
Thanks Ellen! Yes we somehow escaped both the rain and the heat in France, and now whenever it's raining for a few days in the Dolomites we're just ducking down to Rome or Venice and then driving back up when the weather improves. That's not how we originally planned to do it, but with five weeks off for the honeymoon we've got flexibility and it's been so, so fun. Hopefully it's a preview of what early retirement adventuring will be like! ❤️
So happy to share, Levi! We've been going crazy with the incredible climbs here in the Dolomites, and can't wait to share more of them with you. This is a genuine paradise for hikers and climbers -- you're not even going to believe the stuff we've got coming up the next few weeks! ❤️
Doing a via ferrata was on my bucket list for the longest time - this year I finally visited the Dolomites, spent a week there, did a few easy to moderate routes and fell in love with it! Piccolo Cir was the last climb we did and I absolutely loved every minute of it! Thank you for sharing and letting me relive this amazing experience - such a stunning place! 😍 I'll invest in some via ferrata gear for sure and I'm definitely going back to the Dolomites - also Switzerland has some amazing routes, once I'm more experienced!
Ildi that is wonderful to hear! We're so happy for you that you've discovered this wonderful way to hike, and that you got to get those views from Piccolo Cir! We're also planning to go to Switzerland, hopefully next summer. Stay tuned too for an incredible via ferrata that we just did in Innsbruck, Austria, that you will definitely want to do one day. We'll have it edited and up in a couple of weeks -- we guarantee it is a hike you will love!! ❤
Amandus you are so right! We still can't believe how much we love it here. Thankfully we're using our full five weeks of vacation and have time to really explore, but even so we know we're going to need to come back. There are still over 20 adventures on our list to do in the Dolomites -- what an incredible place!! ❤️
Glad you liked it, David! The Dolomites might be our new favorite place to climb and adventure -- it's really astonishing, and we've got lots more adventures here coming up! ❤️
Arielle the Dolomites are amazing! We gotta all do a group trip there at some point. We met the nicest Italian guy on one of our climbs, and he, his wife, and some friends just went in and rented a house for a month and they're all just chilling and hiking. Visions of our future!!! ❤
You guys are the definition of the epic couple lol! Incredible beauty there and you guys handled it superbly. Thanks for letting us all live vicariously through you two wonderful souls! I just ‘hike’, and GC is the biggest achievement but nothing like your guys skill set. Remarkable. Please continue to be safe!
Thanks very much -- it's such a pleasure filming in the Dolomites, because the climbing is epic and the views are amazing. We will definitely keep being safe -- mostly climbing via ferratas here which, as long as we clip in properly, generally prevent death even if we were to slip up -- which, hopefully, we won't! ❤️
It's our pleasure, and we're especially glad to be sharing these Dolomites adventures because it's a place most people outside of Italy and Germany don't know that much about. We've been blessed to adventure all over the world, but this might be our favorite place we've ever been, and we're already making plans to come back before this trip is even over!! ❤️
Thanks very much! We are having such a great time -- it's just wonderful to be back in Europe for the first time since Covid, and we're already talking about coming back again next year! ❤️
Wow! What a view up there! So scary! Thanks for taking your viewers up there. I just climbed the Cinder Cone Volcano at Lassen Volcanic National Park two days ago. Have you guys done it before? The loose lava gravel and sand made it challenging to climb up and climb down. Coming down from the top was like skiing with your boots. When I was snacking Costco organic animal crackers at the top, i was wondering what you two were up to. Now I know. : ) Take care and stay safe! What a way to start your marriage with such a spectacular hike.😃
Thanks Robert! That Lassen adventure sounds awesome. Elise has climbed it before, but we've never done it as a couple. However, it is definitely on the list and we will do the Cinder Cone for sure. Meanwhile, lots more epic adventures coming up from our honeymoon in the Dolomites! ❤️
Thanks Nigel! We're just blown away every day by the scenery here in the Dolomites. Honestly, never been anywhere like it and do NOT want to leave!! ❤️
That's great, Roger! We've been staying in Ortisei, and lots of nice German people have been telling us about the German and Austrian Klettersteigs -- we definitely need to go try some of them! Meanwhile, stay tuned because this week we've started getting into the truly crazy Dolomite via ferratas. A couple of them are going to blow your mind!! ❤️
Thanks Casey! Yes we've been wanting to do the Mammoth ones too -- we absolutely love it up there. And honestly, if you can handle those you can probably handle these -- it's just about getting to where you really trust the iron, because sometimes it's the only thing between you and a 2000 foot drop! Really looking forward to showing you the other climbs we've been doing in the Dolomites once we get a chance to edit them. A couple of them are just absolutely insane!! ❤️
OH MY GOSH! This was epic! What a great honeymoon, and thanks for taking us along! Adam, you are such a great cheerleader - you two are perfect for each other! Looking forward to your next videos there.
Thanks Jeff! All of this climbing has been a perfect honeymoon bonding experience, and very excited to show you some of the more epic and challenging climbs as well! ❤️
Yosemite Valley-esque flashback scenery in some spots....backdrop is spectacular throughout the video. Snowplowing vs. 'Grabbing the streel" on a 1000+ ft cliff is a false equivalence....its not not even close. I would not have been able to watch you guys on this one without knowing your were clipped on/in. 10 out of 10 on summit views. Awesome video. One of your best since I have been tuning in :)
Haha good point, Christine! I've watched lots of videos of people climbing via ferrata, and most of them grab the iron a lot -- it might not be as elegant as using the rock, but it's still way cooler than snow plowing 🤣. Glad you liked this one, and just wait -- we have some truly crazy climbs coming up were even Adam is grabbing the steel for dear life in some places!! ❤️ --E
The Dolomites are a very special place, what beautiful views ! I think you guys are ready to start real rope protected rock climbing, take it to the next level it's so much more rewarding, you can do it ! Thanks for sharing this beautiful place !!! Larry Owens
Larry you are right, and I've already gotten started! E has been too busy with work to do it with me yet, but once I've got enough experience that I feel confident to teach her and fully protect her the trad climbing vids will be coming! --A
Thanks Cynthia! The Dolomites truly are amazing, and the climbs we're doing just keep getting crazier and crazier -- can't wait to show you all of them!! ❤️
That was amazing. I am a bit too old for that kind of climb so I appreciate you taking us along. Very good example of something I would never experience if you didn't take me there with your camera. Thanks so much for what you do, the views were amazing even through the lens I can't imagine what it would be like in person. The camera never does it justice. Those of us who have been to those special spots understand the feeling. I recently returned from an epic 18mile 3000ft hike through the Tetons and had one of those moments. At our lunch spot I was so completely surrounded by beauty in every direction it was incredible just to exist in that spot, almost brought me to tears. I will get up a video when I have a chance to work on it. Meantime I am taking on the biggest challenge of my hiking career. Four pass loop in CO. I will be thinking of your climb up Maroon Peak as I go by.
OMG that's awesome you just hiked the Tetons! That's what's been popping into our heads as we explore these crazy jagged vertical Dolomite peaks -- it's like a combination of Yosemite and the Tetons. Really impressed that you're doing Four Pass Loop (assuming 3 or 4 days?) -- that area around Aspen is one of our favorite places in the whole world, and can't wait to hear how it goes!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Look up teton canyon to jenny lake on alltrails. It would be an awesome trail run for you two. 4000ft of vert. But the awesome view I mentioned was on the way up to isolation lake from Cascade Canyon, amazing. On the four pass we are actually taking 6 days, five hiking and one play day. Its the old guy route via Geneva Lake. I came up with it as a way to get bite size pieces I know I can handle. Its a bucket list thing.
Wow, those views! My fingers were itching the whole time to get on that route. I think I've got some miles saved up.... Thanks again guys, great video!
Matt you MUST come to the Dolomites. We're gonna show you some climbs over the next few weeks that you simply will not believe. It's like Yosemite and the Tetons all rolled into one, on steroids. Spectacular scenery, incredible jagged peaks everywhere, and hundreds of spectacular hikes and climbs. Take as long a trip as you possibly can, and just spend the whole time here -- you will not regret it! ❤️
Loved this one! I'm wanting to do a Via Ferrata, sometime, maybe the one in Ouray this year. The Dolomites look absolutely spectacular! Always looking forward to y'alls next adventure! Have fun, be safe!
Yes! Ouray would be a perfect way to start, and once you start you will never go back! It's just so amazing to be able to climb crazy vertical faces and get views that would be unobtainable any other way. Wait until you see a couple of the climbs we have coming up -- you will definitely be getting your via ferrata setup ASAP! ❤️
Wow, those adventures have always been a dream of mine! Endless Awesomeness out there. Excellent videography as well. I've been shooting rock climbs a long time and it is frustrating to be confined to the route only allowing for a few angles. You guys made the most of it! I hope I can help you guys with some drone training, it opens up unlimited possibilities in places like that.
Absolutely, Karl -- there have already been a few places on some of the crazier climbs where we were wishing for a drone to give perspective on how long the vertical drops were or how spectacular a given ridge line was. Really looking forward to doing some CO adventures with you at some point. And you MUST visit the Dolomites. You will completely flip out -- the potential for epic class 4 and even class 5 adventures is endless!
Yessss! So far it has been truly, truly incredible. Cannot wait to show you some of the crazier climbs we've been doing this week. We're basically in heaven over here!! ❤️
Haha that's ok Dan, wait until we post the really crazy ones with overhangs on slick rocks -- you'll even see Adam doing some serious cable clutching!! 🤣
You'd better believe it, Michael! As amazing and beautiful as this one was, it was kind of a warm up in terms of difficulty level. This past week we've been doing some of the world's hardest via ferratas, and the videos from those should be utterly nuts once we get a chance to edit them! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard My wife and I are finishing up two weeks in Madeira, leaving tomorrow for New York. 6 hikes including the world famous Pico to Pico trek. You guy s would love Madeira!! Hiker's island for sure! Check it out and put it on your list
Wow! Absolutely amazing. The hike down looks much worse than the hike up. I'll cross that one off my list b/c of my fear of heights, but it was fun doing it vicariously through you. Love you guys.
Yeah Bob the downs are definitely worse than the ups on these things. But with that said, we've been thinking you guys would love Ortisei, and we gotta do a family trip over here at some point!
Thanks Kirk! Yes Val Gardena, where we're staying, is transcendently beautiful and really is the ultimate honeymoon destination -- at least for us!! ❤️
You guys opened my eyes to something I've never seen before. I've always wondered what Via Ferrata was. Looks like a great to climb the mountains without a lot of technical ability or need for a bunch of gear! Looks like a great time to me! Unfortunately I don't have a bunch of options here in SE US. But maybe the next trip west 😉 Enjoy your vacation!
That's awesome, Jason! Yes via ferrata is a fantastic bridge between regular hiking and more technical climbing. Truly all you need is a harness with via ferrata tethers and a couple of carabiners, all of which you can get for about a hundred bucks and use basically forever. It's a way to climb really cool things in really epic places, and once you start you will be SO happy you did! You're right that most of the best US routes are out west, but Torrent Falls in Kentucky has some pretty darn good ones that can get you started! ❤️
Adam & Elise---great video of a stunning place! When I see these shots 5:25 in the Dolomites I feel rather pathetic offering you beta on off-trail hilly gorge hikes around Boone NC, Cumberland Trail (TN) or Organ Mtns, NM. The Dolomite via ferratas blow everything else out of the water!!! Congrats on the journey! :)
Thanks Patrick! Yes the Dolomites are absolutely incredible, but got to say we're also pretty excited about hiking Boone and Cumberland! The good thing about loving challenges is that they can be spectacularly vertical (like the Dolomites) or less steep but long and beautiful and sufferfesty, which is definitely how we'll lean in NC and TN! ❤️
Wow, what a stunner! You guys go to some of the most popular places in France and Italy, and you have them to yourselves, what is your secret? I'm sure getting up early helps 😄. What a climb, and what a view, such a stunner in all directions, WOW! Is Adam still eating bread and cheese or Italian pastries? 😂. Great job getting up that climb.
Haha these are great and pertinent questions, Paul! We've been finding that if we get up before dawn and start hiking at first light, we nearly always have the climbs here to ourselves. By the time we come down the parking lots are full and lots of people are hiking and climbing, so it's all about starting early. As for pastries, you simply would not believe the quantities that Adam is consuming. Breakfasts might include 5 or 6 croissants or rolls, eggs, cereal, yogurt, and some kind of meat and cheese sandwich. He's eating a normal person's full day of calories in a single meal, but it's necessary with the crazy climbs we're doing! ❤️
Adam & Elise, once again, make the difficult & terrifying look easy & “chill”. They’re climbing Via Ferrata Piccolo Cir located in the Dolomite Mts., in Northern Italy. At their backs are indisputably instructive & impressive views towards Sella group, Sassolungo and the Badia Valley. The views are so breathtakingly impressive they look more computer graphics generated than real. Piccolo Cir, a spiraling upward route around the peak feels & looks like you’re going vertical the entire time and not a place for anyone prone to Acrophobia. The descent, no matter how you approach it or what gear you use, is terrifying! Via Ferrata (Iron Path), is a method of ascending a route with the assistance of metal ladders, rails and lines that you typically clip into with a carabiner system attached to your climbing harness and extremely difficult none the less. Imagine pulling 110 - 160 lbs. bag of sand straight up a metal cable without the aid of a pulley system and you’ll begin to appreciate the difficulties Adam & Elise faced. However, if you posses the strength to crush rocks with your bare hands you’ll have an easy time pulling yourself up the cables. I’m pretty sure Adam & Elise posses these qualities :) Thank you for the great cinematography & climb!
Frans that is a wonderful description -- w e should consult you before we do the climbs so we'll know exactly what we're looking at! Hope you're doing well -- we're having the best honeymoon imaginable, and really looking forward to the day we can just explore and adventure full time! ❤️
I've recently completed my first Via Ferrata! It's a great way to adventure and I think my non-climbing wife may even join me on some iconic routes like you guys are on!
That is fantastic to hear! Yes via ferrata is a fantastic way to bridge between hiking and climbing, and if you start her with a few relatively moderate one like this then it might not be long before she's asking you to do some of the really crazy ones! ❤️
OMG Emmilean, if you loved the Colorado via ferratas you will lose your mind in the Dolomites! We'll show you a few more in the coming weeks that you simply are not going to believe. We love traveling all over the world, but the Dolomites is a place we're going to come back to again and again. It is just that special, and we really hope you do it!! ❤️
Amazing scenery & excellent climbing skills!!! I feel as if I know you both after watching so many of your videos. This one is a real treat! Enjoy your stay in Italy & happy trails.
Thanks very much, Melinda! We're having so much fun in Italy -- the people, the terrain, the history, it's all just captivating to us. The food is pretty excellent too! Very glad you liked this one, and lots more Italian adventures to come! ❤️
Haha we would definitely take the via ferrata any day!! Our flight to Lyon with transfer in Paris was a nightmare, but since then we've stuck with trains and a rental car and that's been great. Rental car is definitely the right way to explore the Dolomites -- we've been driving to new spectacular climbs pretty much every other day!! ❤️
If you haven't done them already, I'd recommend Brigata Tridentina (VERY popular so an early start might be best) and Piz da Lech with its rickety ladders and polished start I'd like to see Adam do without the iron! Great film; brought back some good memories! Cheers!
Great recommendations, Allan! We absolutely LOVED Tridentina, and started so early that we were literally the first ones on it -- that was a heck of a climb! We've definitely done a couple where Adam had to use the iron, including a crazy polished overhang on Tomaselli -- can't wait to show you all these adventures once we get a chance to edit them!! ❤️
When I used to rock climb, one of the things that helped me the most (besides conquering my acrophobia) was looking for foot holds and letting the hand holds take care of themselves. Find a good foot hold and stand right up on it, usually the next good hand hold was right in front of my face! (lol) 😆 Also, the young woman I used to climb with got me into the habit of down climbing the one pitch sport routes instead of rappelling or being lowered off. It really helped me because you don't have eyes in your feet and finding and trusting the foot holds on the way down becomes harder.
This is fantastic advice. Even in the gym, our more experienced climbing friends are always reminding us to think about our feet first, and via ferratas offer an excellent place to practice that kind of thing! ❤️
Ya Dan, there's nowhere in the world that is better climbing than the Sierra, though Italy probably comes closest with Arco and all the astonishing vertical Dolomites!
Hi, guys! Absolutely remarkable! The Dolomites are more beautiful than I realized! Congratulations on your success on this climb! ( I’m going into the studio on July 22nd and 23rd for two six-hour recordings on that glorious 9’ Hamburg German Steinway!) Don’t forget, Elise p, if you want to collaborate on something , I’m still interested in working on a piece... just Eat me know! Thanks again, Adam and Elise, for a thrilling video! 💕🎹🎼🏔
Thanks Michael, and I would LOVE to collab on a piece! If you get a chance, all I need to get going is a lovely, slow, eerie piano accompaniment with room for vocals. Then I'll work out a vocal melody and Adam will do lyrics and we'll have ourselves a song! ❤️
Finally you're in the Dolomites! Looking forward to see all the other hikes on our beautiful mountains.
I hope you're having a good time!
We are absolutely loving it, Mauro! It's just amazing -- you have got a kind of heaven on earth here. Can't wait to show you all the beautiful and challenging climbs we've been doing, from Piazzetta-Piz Boe to Tomaselli. Will post all of them over the next few weeks once we get back and have a chance to edit them!! ❤️
Magnificent, one of the true gems
Each country has its own unique beauty
Thanks Adam -- yes that's very true, and we're amazed we never knew how spectacular the Dolomites were before. What a place! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard dolorite also forms spectacular mountains ...central highlands of Tassie is full of it
All your training has surely paid off. Don’t know how the photography can be so spectacular when you have to be so focused, but you really pulled it off so gracefully. Amazing guys!! Thank you so much for sharing this climb and your lovely wedding celebration with us all🥰🥰🥰🏜
Thanks Mary! We're feeling so, so blessed by the wedding and this amazing Dolomites honeymoon. We've truly never seen terrain or landscapes like this, and the climbing is maybe the best in the whole world. So happy we took a full five weeks to do our wedding and honeymoon, because we are NOT ready to leave yet! ❤️
Someday you should make a top 10 vertiginous snack spot compilation video! This one would definitely make it.
Sam that is a great idea and it is absolutely going to happen. Maybe one day we'll even get it together to have merch and we'll do a snack spot calendar with our top 12 spots. And as you say, this one will without question be in it. Honestly, the footage didn't even do it justice. To the eye that drop-off was absolutely massive, and the views...wow! ❤️
Mountain magic for sure! Glorious, breathtaking, magnificent and one my friend said once=amazeballs!, well deserving of all the synonyms you tossed out. Thanks for sharing your joy in these videos!
Haha thanks Michael! We cannot believe how amazing it is here. It has been such a joyous time in the Dolomites, and really looking forward to sharing the other adventures we've been doing here with you! ❤️
When you said, “If you can, you must” and your face goes from happy, to “oh lord, be with me through this” level of being scared. Is the absolute most intriguing and enticing part of mountaineering/canyoneering/trail running to me and I encourage all to push to their “boundaries” and embrace them! You set them, so you have the power to rewrite them. Love your guys’ videos so much!!
That is beautifully said Alex, and it really captures the ethos of this trip for us. We started with some challenging but relatively moderate climbs like this one, and have been building up to some truly extreme ones that even a few weeks ago might have felt too difficult but now feel exactly right! It's all about rewriting boundaries! ❤️
Finally someone who goes on a via ferrata properly, without using the rope, except for safety. Splendid video and splendid places, but you know, the Dolomites are the Dolomites!!
Thanks Andrea -- the Dolomites truly are amazing. We will be going back pretty much every year for as long as we are able! ❤️
That was one of my favorite hikes that you guys have done. The views look amazing. In every direction it looks like a painting.
So glad to hear that! It truly is amazing here, and we've been doing some absolutely crazy climbs that we can't wait to show you -- one of which is actually in the conversation for the world's hardest hike!! ❤️
I have no doubt that you'll be enormously successful in life as a couple. You balance support with encouragement perfectly, each pushing the other toward their potential while providing comfort reassurance. That's the recipe for a great marriage. It's a gift and a joy to watch. Well done!
Thanks very much, Mathew. It's very nice of you to say that, and we totally agree with you about the recipe for a great marriage. And so far, so good! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Fantastic! AND CONGRATULATIONS!
Dolomites on my list!!! Wow what views!
Yes!! Wait until you see some of the climbs we have coming up -- betting and hoping you will move the Dolomites to the very top of the list!! ❤️
Hey Adam, Elise. My daughter Arianna and I wish you a Very Happy and Healthy New Year 2023. Keep going places and help many out there live their dreams.
Thank you so much, and please thank Arianna for us! Happy New Year to you both. Here's hoping you have lots of incredible adventures in 2023, and of course you know we're planning on doing the same! ❤️
Epic traverse with a epic view.
OMG wait til we show you the one we did yesterday! If you like epic traverses, that one will blow your mind! ❤️
You both put out pure energy and vibe
Thanks very much, Stuart -- that's what it's all about for us, and we're seriously stoked that you're feeling it!! ❤️
Great via Ferrata!!! Wonderful spot in this great world!!! Super footage!
Thanks Carol! It really is a magical place. We were blown away by the Dolomites in general, but the views from Piccolo Cir were second to none! ❤️
Love it! You guys just keep meeting the challenge with these more difficult hikes and climbs!
So glad you like this one, and just wait -- we just did one yesterday that might actually be, mile for mile, the hardest hike in the entire world!! You will not freaking believe it. We've had some other epic climbs here as well -- it's just an incredible place to adventure. Can't wait to share it all with you as soon as we have time to edit some of these!!!
Glorious great beautiful dolomite mountains.
The Dolomites are the truth, David! ❤️
This is not chill.
Love it all. Thank you for sharing your “not chill moments “ .
Haha of course, John -- we LOVE sharing this stuff with you, and the less chill the better!! ❤️
Very beautiful! My stomach got a bit queasy looking down. Thanks for sharing!
Haha thanks Debbie! Ya the vertical drops definitely take some getting used to. A couple of the ones we've been doing this past week have been truly crazy!! ❤️
A dynamite Dolomites adventure! Thanks for sharing! Wow! ❤️
Thanks Larry! We are having the best time of our lives here, and doing some of the favorite adventures we've ever done. Really feeling blessed. ❤️
Great job and amazing views.
Thanks very much -- the Dolomites is truly an astonishing place. We've been climbing here for over 10 days now, and still can't believe it. ❤️
Wow, that place is beautiful! Certainly one for the books for sure. Gonna be hard to beat that snack-spot…
Ya Aamon that was a snack spot I'll never forget! However, I think we might just have beaten it on a climb we did here two days ago. You're not even going to believe some of the stuff we're doing over here -- can't wait to show you once we get a chance to edit some of these climbs. The Dolomites is basically heaven for adventurers! ❤️
Incredible! Best view I have ever seen from Dolomites. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Andy! And just wait -- we've been doing some even more epic and insane Dolomites climbs over the last couple weeks. You are not gonna believe some of these once we get a chance to edit and post them!!! ❤️
I have been to the Dolomites twice and fell in love with it. I am from Australia and this was so different for me.
How wonderful that you've gotten to experience this beautiful place twice, and all the way from Australia! We understand your feelings about it completely -- we fell in love with it the first time we went, and now we go every year and may even choose to live there for a year or two at some point. It's truly a magical place. ❤️
Unbelievably beautiful footage… thanks for sharing!
Thanks much, Mike! It's a pleasure to share -- we're really enjoying filming and adventuring in this gorgeous place, and some of the climbs we've done the past couple weeks have gotten crazy. Excited to share those with you as well as soon as we get a chance to edit them! ❤️
oh my, actually no words for some of moments and shots here! woahh!!
Thanks Carl! Ya we've been feeling the same way since we got to the Dolomites. Just tongue-tied by the incredible beauty of the terrain here. So excited to share some more of these climbs with you!! ❤️
ANOTHER GR8 ONE .. breathtaking !!!
OMG David it really was, and the other climbs we've been doing since then are even crazier. You are not going to believe the stuff we're going to be posting the next few weeks. The Dolomites is probably as close as we'll ever come to heaven on earth! ❤️
Whoa! That scenery is just stunning!
We could absolutely not believe it ourselves. We kept looking at each other the whole trip and just going, "is this place real or are we in some kind of mutual dream?" Going back again this summer to make sure that it is in fact real 😂❤️
OK this is the one I watched yesterday - I watch all your videos on my huge smart TV as the scenery looks so much better. Good job you guys that you did it. Keep in touch! Only 3 weeks before I leave for Nepal for 9 weeks of trekking and climbing yay haha
Oh heck yes! Really looking forward to hearing about that Nepal adventure. So high on our bucket list.
Nice honeymoon for you! Music and vocals were enchanting. Bravo to you both.
Thanks much, Rob, and you are right -- it is our absolute dream honeymoon. We still cannot believe we are in this incredible place for so many weeks, just adventuring everywhere during the day and then eating delicious Italian carbs every night. We're literally scheming and planning about how we can make our early retirement happen even earlier so we can spend part of every year over here! ❤️
Incredible climbing skills and surreal views!! Thank you for taking us along.
Thanks Steven! Surreal is a good word -- we've been feeling that way ever since we got to the Dolomites. These jagged vertical mountains mountains don't quite make rational sense in an idyllic green landscape, yet somehow they exist and we get to climb them! Can't wait to share the next few climbs with you -- suffice to say, it gets even crazier! ❤️
So you are finally in the Dolomites !!! Fantasic my friends :-) :-)
Yes Petr! We are loving it here so much -- honestly, it's the happiest we've ever been!! ❤️
Welcome in Italy Elise and Adam!
HAve nice and fun days!
Ciaooooo!
Grazie, Stefano! We are loving it here SO much!! The climbing is amazing, and the beauty is almost overwhelming. Ciao!! ❤
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Waiting for your new amazing videos!!!
Your adventures are looking great and congratulations on your vows. Bocchette Centrali - The Best Via Ferrata in the Dolomites also is in Switzerland, I just finished the Doubenhorn Via Ferratta. It is the longest in Switzerland. Both these are by far the two Holy Grails in each country. The Bocchette would take organization as the route takes 5 days and Refugio stays. Best trip ever.
I just got back from Switzerland and 4 very good ferratas. Europe is fun.
Thanks very much -- those Swiss via ferratas look amazing, and congrats on Doubenhorn! We might well aim for Switzerland on our next trip. Meanwhile, can't wait to show you some of the really crazy Dolomite ones we have coming up! ❤️
WOW those views are incredible!! Thanks for sharing with us!
It's our pleasure, Carolyn! The Dolomites is probably the most amazing place we've ever been -- the sheer variety of terrain and views, and the hundreds of challenging hikes and climbs make it a kind of outdoors-person's utopia. Can't wait to show you some of the other great climbs we've been doing!! ❤️
You guys are awesome, love watching your adventures! Have fun!!
So glad to hear that, Josh! We are having the best time of our entire lives on this trip, and can't wait to share some of the other adventures with you!! ❤️
This is absolutely breathtaking! I love seeing you guy’s videos. It inspires me to go out there and seek adventures. Have fun in Dolomites!
Thanks Uday, that makes us so happy to hear! We're having the best time of our whole lives in the Dolomites, and actually canceled some other parts of our trip in order to stay here for longer because we love it so much!! ❤️
AWESOME CLIMB!!!! 👍👍👍🙌😎
Thanks John! We're obsessed with the Dolomites right now, and never want to leave!!! ❤️
Gorgeous views! I can't imagine how crazy it would be when it's busy.
Apparently it can get pretty crazy -- when we were researching these climbs we saw a picture of like 30 people in line to get to the top! But apparently most Europeans don't like getting up at 4 am, because for the past two weeks we've been basically all alone on some of the world's greatest climbs!
In fact during rush hours this via ferrata is often too busy. Therefore I recommend to descend through the nearby couloir instead of the via ferrata itself. @livehardxlovehard very nice video, enjoyed it.
All time vertiginous snack spot! Such amazing scenery. And good grief, that down climb :) Now I have to go look up pulchritudinous...
OMG Heather the scenery was mind-blowing! But just wait -- a couple of days ago we did one of the world's hardest via ferratas and the down climb was...well, death defying comes to mind. We're editing another one now, and then will hopefully put the death defying one out after that. This is the best honeymoon ever!!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard SO happy for you ywo - you make me smile! Can't wait to see death defying. I'm sure it'll give me vertigo lol!
Another great clip I wish you well from bonnie Scotland
Thanks much, Keith! Glad you liked it, and this one was just a warm up -- we're editing the real killer now -- one of the world's hardest hikes for sure --and will put it out on Thursday! ❤️
It looks amazing! Congrats on the video, keeping it interesting and the perfect length not to making you want to fast forward! Doing this tomorrow ❤😍 will come back with comments 🥰
Awesome! Have a great time, and here's wishing you guys perfect weather to get those incredible views!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard It was great on Piccolo Cir and we did have an incredible weather which allowed us to do Grand Cir as well for sunset (not much of a ferrata there, but still great views for sunset) ♥️
@@roamaniacs So happy to hear that! We can still remember that view without even looking back at the pictures. Stunning, and glad you got to experience it in great weather!
Amazing view and for sure its will be challengging for those who did for the 1st time.
Yes that it totally true -- doing via ferrata for the first time is really scary because people have to learn to trust the cables. But once they get used to it, it's amazing!! ❤️
Wow! This climb looked awesome!!! You out did yourselves!!!
OMG the Dolomites are insane. Wait til you see the ones we've been doing the past couple weeks!! We just finished editing one and will put it out tomorrow, and then the one after that is truly insane. So far these honeymoon adventures have been even more beautiful and intense than we dreamed they would be, and as you know we like to dream big!! ❤️
Thanks for getting me through a long night at work. I was able to catch up on your videos ❤️👨🦼
Wow guys! Just wow! Amazing job doing that climb in both directions. I was literally thinking, "Are you kidding me? How are they getting back down?!" Anyway, this was amazing and the background music was on point. We might need an "Adam Leg Shake Meter" in the future, in order to help us spectators have a scientific measure of the terrain.
Thanks Todd! OMG if you thought that down climb was sketchy, wait til we show you a couple of the climbs we did this week! This place is utterly incredible so of course we eventually had to tackle the hardest climbs. Lets just say the legs were most definitely shaking!!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard So awesome to hear! Looking forward to seeing the next adventure!
Beautiful!! You guys are inspiring me to work on my climbing skills... views like these sure seem worth it!! Thanks for another great video.
Yes Mari! Plus you can then do climbs that most people can't, so you will basically never have to deal with overcrowding to get the beautiful views you want. And most important, climbing is SO fun and you are going to love it! We barely even go to regular gyms anymore -- just to the climbing gym because it's way more enjoyable. ❤️
Amazing video guys, great stunning views 🏔️👍👍🤩
Thanks very much -- it really is incredible there! Even looking at it with your eyes and not through a lens, it's hard to believe it's real. So excited to go back again this summer! ❤️
Crazy climb and INSAAAAAAANE views!!!!
OMG the Dolomites is nuts! We've been climbing here for almost two weeks now, and are getting more and more obsessed with it. Can't wait to show you some of the other climbs once we get a chance to edit them -- truly mind-blowing!! ❤️
looks like u could spend a yr just hiking here,,,,,,,,i am always so impressed,, n sharing these fantastic adventures w folks that cannot physically ,, your charming humility.. is inspiring..........it truthfylly makes my day when i see u posted a new video, they are greatly apreciated...what is the closest town to here ,, did u take a car or train to get here?those views are spectacular..im surprised u dont see wing suiters flyng by... n no knee pads ... what an amazing place ,,,stay safe ,, why u two r my favorite channel
Thanks so much, and that's a great question about the closest town. There are several little towns in the valleys around the Dolomites, but our favorite and the one we stayed in was Ortisei in Val Gardena. It is a phenomenally cute little town, and we got to know the proprietors of our little hotel (which had an incredible view and great breakfasts), so if you ever have the urge to go just let us know and we've got the place for you to stay! ❤️
Guys, you are so cool 😎 . This is just amazing view . Thank you that you show
such an amazing place 🌏
Thank you -- so glad you liked it! We've been in the Dolomites for almost two weeks now, and we still can't believe how incredible the views are. We hope you will get a chance to visit here one day! ❤️
Thank you sharing guys!
So glad to share this with you, Mugdha. Hope you like the Dolomites views, because we've got some more adventures coming up in this incredible area! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard can't wait to experience more adventures. The Dolomites views captured by you guys were magical and for a moment I felt am I dreaming? :)
Wow. So cool. I'd like to do some via ferrata routes. I think I'd love it. As far as I know there are none anywhere near me in Oregon.
Randy you would definitely love it! To be able to do something so epic and challenging with relatively little risk of death is just an incredible gift, and it's super addictive. Unfortunately we have almost no via ferratas here in the U. S., and certainly none as epic as those in Europe, but it's a great reason for you to book a trip to the Dolomites! ❤
Awesome and great job! Your best video so far. Giving me inspiration to go to the Dolomites.
Martin we're so glad to hear that! Please do go to the Dolomites. There is absolutely no way you will regret it -- it's been one of the greatest experiences of our lives, and we will most definitely be coming back repeatedly because there are literally hundreds of iconic hikes and climbs with different spectacular views. ❤️
There's no way I could climb that! I do not like heights! Excellent video!
Haha yeah that last part would not be fun with a fear of heights. 🙈
Outside of reading regency romance, Adam is the first person I've seen use the word pulchritudinous and it is a very apt description of the views. Great video, y'all!
Haha thanks! Yes Adam's background as a literature professor can sometimes come in handy when it comes to descriptions. "Vertiginous" is another of his favorites 🙈
Beautiful mountain range and amazing climb…
Thanks very much -- every adventure we do here in the Dolomites we are more and more astonished at the beauty. More coming up as soon as we can edit them! ❤️
That was one amazing climb and the views are so special - thank you so much for surviving and sharing - it is the green gray and blue colors - that has to be the best snack spot on the planet
Yes Rick! It's the vibrant colors plus the epic scale of the Dolomite rock -- the way is just rises straight upward out of the valleys. We've never seen anything like it before outside of the Tetons, and in the Dolomites there are dozens and dozens of these peaks -- true climbing (and snacking) paradise! ❤️
Well filmed guys, I really enjoyed tis one. So glad you evenually made it to Europe! It's amazing to think people went up there with tools to attach those cables
Thank you, and that's a really good point -- a couple of the routes we just did this week have sections that don't even seem climbable without the cables. For some of the overhangs on slick rock the people who attached the cables must have either been world class climbers or else come down from above. ❤️
Spectacular! Congrats on you nuptials. The gods must have been with you if you escaped the heatwave. And your helmets look so much better. Cool.
Thanks Ellen! Yes we somehow escaped both the rain and the heat in France, and now whenever it's raining for a few days in the Dolomites we're just ducking down to Rome or Venice and then driving back up when the weather improves. That's not how we originally planned to do it, but with five weeks off for the honeymoon we've got flexibility and it's been so, so fun. Hopefully it's a preview of what early retirement adventuring will be like! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard How is driving in Italy? One friend calls it “no rules”
What a hike! So so beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing : D
So happy to share, Levi! We've been going crazy with the incredible climbs here in the Dolomites, and can't wait to share more of them with you. This is a genuine paradise for hikers and climbers -- you're not even going to believe the stuff we've got coming up the next few weeks! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard It sounds like a blast out there! I'm looking forward to more content...have fun! : D
Doing a via ferrata was on my bucket list for the longest time - this year I finally visited the Dolomites, spent a week there, did a few easy to moderate routes and fell in love with it! Piccolo Cir was the last climb we did and I absolutely loved every minute of it! Thank you for sharing and letting me relive this amazing experience - such a stunning place! 😍
I'll invest in some via ferrata gear for sure and I'm definitely going back to the Dolomites - also Switzerland has some amazing routes, once I'm more experienced!
Ildi that is wonderful to hear! We're so happy for you that you've discovered this wonderful way to hike, and that you got to get those views from Piccolo Cir! We're also planning to go to Switzerland, hopefully next summer. Stay tuned too for an incredible via ferrata that we just did in Innsbruck, Austria, that you will definitely want to do one day. We'll have it edited and up in a couple of weeks -- we guarantee it is a hike you will love!! ❤
when I saw your previous video in France, I hoped you would also go to the Dolomites; now you did! This is the place for you to enjoy in Europe.
Amandus you are so right! We still can't believe how much we love it here. Thankfully we're using our full five weeks of vacation and have time to really explore, but even so we know we're going to need to come back. There are still over 20 adventures on our list to do in the Dolomites -- what an incredible place!! ❤️
Looking for this one 👍 beautiful acent fun to.
Glad you liked it, David! The Dolomites might be our new favorite place to climb and adventure -- it's really astonishing, and we've got lots more adventures here coming up! ❤️
Loveee this video! So glad you guys are having an amazing time. The views are just stunning and the music is perfect! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ lots of love to you two
Arielle the Dolomites are amazing! We gotta all do a group trip there at some point. We met the nicest Italian guy on one of our climbs, and he, his wife, and some friends just went in and rented a house for a month and they're all just chilling and hiking. Visions of our future!!! ❤
You guys are the definition of the epic couple lol! Incredible beauty there and you guys handled it superbly. Thanks for letting us all live vicariously through you two wonderful souls! I just ‘hike’, and GC is the biggest achievement but nothing like your guys skill set. Remarkable. Please continue to be safe!
Thanks very much -- it's such a pleasure filming in the Dolomites, because the climbing is epic and the views are amazing. We will definitely keep being safe -- mostly climbing via ferratas here which, as long as we clip in properly, generally prevent death even if we were to slip up -- which, hopefully, we won't! ❤️
Absolutely stunning! Thank you, as always, for capturing your adventure and sharing with us! ✌🏼🙏🏻
It's our pleasure, and we're especially glad to be sharing these Dolomites adventures because it's a place most people outside of Italy and Germany don't know that much about. We've been blessed to adventure all over the world, but this might be our favorite place we've ever been, and we're already making plans to come back before this trip is even over!! ❤️
Hello my friends 🤗 Congratulations for your climbing and movie. Greetings from România 🇷🇴and stay safe. ❤️
Thanks very much! We are having such a great time -- it's just wonderful to be back in Europe for the first time since Covid, and we're already talking about coming back again next year! ❤️
Wow! What a view up there! So scary! Thanks for taking your viewers up there.
I just climbed the Cinder Cone Volcano at Lassen Volcanic National Park two days ago. Have you guys done it before? The loose lava gravel and sand made it challenging to climb up and climb down. Coming down from the top was like skiing with your boots. When I was snacking Costco organic animal crackers at the top, i was wondering what you two were up to. Now I know. : )
Take care and stay safe! What a way to start your marriage with such a spectacular hike.😃
Thanks Robert! That Lassen adventure sounds awesome. Elise has climbed it before, but we've never done it as a couple. However, it is definitely on the list and we will do the Cinder Cone for sure. Meanwhile, lots more epic adventures coming up from our honeymoon in the Dolomites! ❤️
Great stuff. Music is perfect.
Thank you! Definitely one of the most beautiful hikes we've ever done -- and so happy you like the music!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard you're welcome. Greetings from the UK
Awesome views.....Great climb guys!
Thanks Nigel! We're just blown away every day by the scenery here in the Dolomites. Honestly, never been anywhere like it and do NOT want to leave!! ❤️
Great video of a great climb! I climbed the Alpspitz in Germany via Ferrata, with nice exposure.
That's great, Roger! We've been staying in Ortisei, and lots of nice German people have been telling us about the German and Austrian Klettersteigs -- we definitely need to go try some of them! Meanwhile, stay tuned because this week we've started getting into the truly crazy Dolomite via ferratas. A couple of them are going to blow your mind!! ❤️
Spectacular! Wow, I would not be brave enough to that Via Ferrata. I have done some of the ones that have at Mammoth. You two are amazing!
Thanks Casey! Yes we've been wanting to do the Mammoth ones too -- we absolutely love it up there. And honestly, if you can handle those you can probably handle these -- it's just about getting to where you really trust the iron, because sometimes it's the only thing between you and a 2000 foot drop! Really looking forward to showing you the other climbs we've been doing in the Dolomites once we get a chance to edit them. A couple of them are just absolutely insane!! ❤️
OH MY GOSH! This was epic! What a great honeymoon, and thanks for taking us along! Adam, you are such a great cheerleader - you two are perfect for each other! Looking forward to your next videos there.
Thanks Jeff! All of this climbing has been a perfect honeymoon bonding experience, and very excited to show you some of the more epic and challenging climbs as well! ❤️
Yosemite Valley-esque flashback scenery in some spots....backdrop is spectacular throughout the video. Snowplowing vs. 'Grabbing the streel" on a 1000+ ft cliff is a false equivalence....its not not even close. I would not have been able to watch you guys on this one without knowing your were clipped on/in. 10 out of 10 on summit views. Awesome video. One of your best since I have been tuning in :)
Haha good point, Christine! I've watched lots of videos of people climbing via ferrata, and most of them grab the iron a lot -- it might not be as elegant as using the rock, but it's still way cooler than snow plowing 🤣. Glad you liked this one, and just wait -- we have some truly crazy climbs coming up were even Adam is grabbing the steel for dear life in some places!! ❤️ --E
The Dolomites are a very special place, what beautiful views ! I think you guys are ready to start real rope protected rock climbing, take it to the next level it's so much more rewarding, you can do it ! Thanks for sharing this beautiful place !!! Larry Owens
Larry you are right, and I've already gotten started! E has been too busy with work to do it with me yet, but once I've got enough experience that I feel confident to teach her and fully protect her the trad climbing vids will be coming! --A
Wowwww!!! This was amazing!!!
Thanks Cynthia! The Dolomites truly are amazing, and the climbs we're doing just keep getting crazier and crazier -- can't wait to show you all of them!! ❤️
That was amazing. I am a bit too old for that kind of climb so I appreciate you taking us along. Very good example of something I would never experience if you didn't take me there with your camera. Thanks so much for what you do, the views were amazing even through the lens I can't imagine what it would be like in person. The camera never does it justice. Those of us who have been to those special spots understand the feeling. I recently returned from an epic 18mile 3000ft hike through the Tetons and had one of those moments. At our lunch spot I was so completely surrounded by beauty in every direction it was incredible just to exist in that spot, almost brought me to tears. I will get up a video when I have a chance to work on it. Meantime I am taking on the biggest challenge of my hiking career. Four pass loop in CO. I will be thinking of your climb up Maroon Peak as I go by.
OMG that's awesome you just hiked the Tetons! That's what's been popping into our heads as we explore these crazy jagged vertical Dolomite peaks -- it's like a combination of Yosemite and the Tetons. Really impressed that you're doing Four Pass Loop (assuming 3 or 4 days?) -- that area around Aspen is one of our favorite places in the whole world, and can't wait to hear how it goes!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard Look up teton canyon to jenny lake on alltrails. It would be an awesome trail run for you two. 4000ft of vert. But the awesome view I mentioned was on the way up to isolation lake from Cascade Canyon, amazing. On the four pass we are actually taking 6 days, five hiking and one play day. Its the old guy route via Geneva Lake. I came up with it as a way to get bite size pieces I know I can handle. Its a bucket list thing.
That sounds perfect -- hopefully, if all goes as planned, a window into our own hiking futures.
Wow, those views! My fingers were itching the whole time to get on that route. I think I've got some miles saved up.... Thanks again guys, great video!
Matt you MUST come to the Dolomites. We're gonna show you some climbs over the next few weeks that you simply will not believe. It's like Yosemite and the Tetons all rolled into one, on steroids. Spectacular scenery, incredible jagged peaks everywhere, and hundreds of spectacular hikes and climbs. Take as long a trip as you possibly can, and just spend the whole time here -- you will not regret it! ❤️
Loved this one! I'm wanting to do a Via Ferrata, sometime, maybe the one in Ouray this year. The Dolomites look absolutely spectacular! Always looking forward to y'alls next adventure! Have fun, be safe!
Yes! Ouray would be a perfect way to start, and once you start you will never go back! It's just so amazing to be able to climb crazy vertical faces and get views that would be unobtainable any other way. Wait until you see a couple of the climbs we have coming up -- you will definitely be getting your via ferrata setup ASAP! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard looking forward to more adventures!
Wow, those adventures have always been a dream of mine! Endless Awesomeness out there. Excellent videography as well. I've been shooting rock climbs a long time and it is frustrating to be confined to the route only allowing for a few angles. You guys made the most of it! I hope I can help you guys with some drone training, it opens up unlimited possibilities in places like that.
Absolutely, Karl -- there have already been a few places on some of the crazier climbs where we were wishing for a drone to give perspective on how long the vertical drops were or how spectacular a given ridge line was. Really looking forward to doing some CO adventures with you at some point. And you MUST visit the Dolomites. You will completely flip out -- the potential for epic class 4 and even class 5 adventures is endless!
So amazing. Best honeymoon ever!!
Yessss! So far it has been truly, truly incredible. Cannot wait to show you some of the crazier climbs we've been doing this week. We're basically in heaven over here!! ❤️
damb- that is awesome picture quality
Thanks Andrew! This was one of those places where it was going to look amazing no matter where we pointed the camera -- phenomenal place! ❤️
OMG. Bellissimo!! I would have a death clutch on the cables but you BA's just climb on the rocks. 👍👍 Enjoy the rest of your trip!!
Haha that's ok Dan, wait until we post the really crazy ones with overhangs on slick rocks -- you'll even see Adam doing some serious cable clutching!! 🤣
Truly amazing!!! Looks like so much fun! Hopefully more coming soon :)
You'd better believe it, Michael! As amazing and beautiful as this one was, it was kind of a warm up in terms of difficulty level. This past week we've been doing some of the world's hardest via ferratas, and the videos from those should be utterly nuts once we get a chance to edit them! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard My wife and I are finishing up two weeks in Madeira, leaving tomorrow for New York. 6 hikes including the world famous Pico to Pico trek. You guy s would love Madeira!! Hiker's island for sure! Check it out and put it on your list
Wow! Absolutely amazing. The hike down looks much worse than the hike up. I'll cross that one off my list b/c of my fear of heights, but it was fun doing it vicariously through you. Love you guys.
Yeah Bob the downs are definitely worse than the ups on these things. But with that said, we've been thinking you guys would love Ortisei, and we gotta do a family trip over here at some point!
OMG ... so amazingly beautiful!!! Happy honeymoon couple:)
Thanks Kirk! Yes Val Gardena, where we're staying, is transcendently beautiful and really is the ultimate honeymoon destination -- at least for us!! ❤️
You guys opened my eyes to something I've never seen before. I've always wondered what Via Ferrata was. Looks like a great to climb the mountains without a lot of technical ability or need for a bunch of gear! Looks like a great time to me! Unfortunately I don't have a bunch of options here in SE US. But maybe the next trip west 😉 Enjoy your vacation!
That's awesome, Jason! Yes via ferrata is a fantastic bridge between regular hiking and more technical climbing. Truly all you need is a harness with via ferrata tethers and a couple of carabiners, all of which you can get for about a hundred bucks and use basically forever. It's a way to climb really cool things in really epic places, and once you start you will be SO happy you did! You're right that most of the best US routes are out west, but Torrent Falls in Kentucky has some pretty darn good ones that can get you started! ❤️
Stunning. And scary!
Haha just wait, Berry! The next few adventures get pretty intense when it comes to the scary! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard oh my, I will prepare when before I watch!
Adam & Elise---great video of a stunning place! When I see these shots 5:25 in the Dolomites I feel rather pathetic offering you beta on off-trail hilly gorge hikes around Boone NC, Cumberland Trail (TN) or Organ Mtns, NM. The Dolomite via ferratas blow everything else out of the water!!! Congrats on the journey! :)
Thanks Patrick! Yes the Dolomites are absolutely incredible, but got to say we're also pretty excited about hiking Boone and Cumberland! The good thing about loving challenges is that they can be spectacularly vertical (like the Dolomites) or less steep but long and beautiful and sufferfesty, which is definitely how we'll lean in NC and TN! ❤️
Wow, what a stunner! You guys go to some of the most popular places in France and Italy, and you have them to yourselves, what is your secret? I'm sure getting up early helps 😄. What a climb, and what a view, such a stunner in all directions, WOW! Is Adam still eating bread and cheese or Italian pastries? 😂. Great job getting up that climb.
Haha these are great and pertinent questions, Paul! We've been finding that if we get up before dawn and start hiking at first light, we nearly always have the climbs here to ourselves. By the time we come down the parking lots are full and lots of people are hiking and climbing, so it's all about starting early. As for pastries, you simply would not believe the quantities that Adam is consuming. Breakfasts might include 5 or 6 croissants or rolls, eggs, cereal, yogurt, and some kind of meat and cheese sandwich. He's eating a normal person's full day of calories in a single meal, but it's necessary with the crazy climbs we're doing! ❤️
Adam & Elise, once again, make the difficult & terrifying look easy & “chill”. They’re climbing Via Ferrata Piccolo Cir located in the Dolomite Mts., in Northern Italy. At their backs are indisputably instructive & impressive views towards Sella group, Sassolungo and the Badia Valley. The views are so breathtakingly impressive they look more computer graphics generated than real.
Piccolo Cir, a spiraling upward route around the peak feels & looks like you’re going vertical the entire time and not a place for anyone prone to Acrophobia.
The descent, no matter how you approach it or what gear you use, is terrifying!
Via Ferrata (Iron Path), is a method of ascending a route with the assistance of metal ladders, rails and lines that you typically clip into with a carabiner system attached to your climbing harness and extremely difficult none the less. Imagine pulling 110 - 160 lbs. bag of sand straight up a metal cable without the aid of a pulley system and you’ll begin to appreciate the difficulties Adam & Elise faced. However, if you posses the strength to crush rocks with your bare hands you’ll have an easy time pulling yourself up the cables.
I’m pretty sure Adam & Elise posses these qualities :)
Thank you for the great cinematography & climb!
Frans that is a wonderful description -- w e should consult you before we do the climbs so we'll know exactly what we're looking at! Hope you're doing well -- we're having the best honeymoon imaginable, and really looking forward to the day we can just explore and adventure full time! ❤️
I've recently completed my first Via Ferrata! It's a great way to adventure and I think my non-climbing wife may even join me on some iconic routes like you guys are on!
That is fantastic to hear! Yes via ferrata is a fantastic way to bridge between hiking and climbing, and if you start her with a few relatively moderate one like this then it might not be long before she's asking you to do some of the really crazy ones! ❤️
Like I need more travel ideas lol, but I did love doing the Via Ferratas in Colorado
OMG Emmilean, if you loved the Colorado via ferratas you will lose your mind in the Dolomites! We'll show you a few more in the coming weeks that you simply are not going to believe. We love traveling all over the world, but the Dolomites is a place we're going to come back to again and again. It is just that special, and we really hope you do it!! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard looking forward to seeing more of your travels. Currently planning for Iceland next yr :)
@@emmileancardoza7149 Awesome! Iceland is amazing -- make sure to do the Laugavegur trail!
Amazing scenery & excellent climbing skills!!! I feel as if I know you both after watching so many of your videos. This one is a real treat! Enjoy your stay in Italy & happy trails.
Thanks very much, Melinda! We're having so much fun in Italy -- the people, the terrain, the history, it's all just captivating to us. The food is pretty excellent too! Very glad you liked this one, and lots more Italian adventures to come! ❤️
@@LiveHardxLoveHard I'm looking forward to your awesome videos. You guys are amazing! Best wishes to you both.
Stunning view❤️
Thanks Diane! The Dolomites is the best honeymoon location ever!!! ❤️
I'm not sure which is more impressive; navigating the Via Ferrata, or navigating the Airports in route to Italy?
Another great adventure.......thanks.
Haha we would definitely take the via ferrata any day!! Our flight to Lyon with transfer in Paris was a nightmare, but since then we've stuck with trains and a rental car and that's been great. Rental car is definitely the right way to explore the Dolomites -- we've been driving to new spectacular climbs pretty much every other day!! ❤️
If you haven't done them already, I'd recommend Brigata Tridentina (VERY popular so an early start might be best) and Piz da Lech with its rickety ladders and polished start I'd like to see Adam do without the iron! Great film; brought back some good memories! Cheers!
Great recommendations, Allan! We absolutely LOVED Tridentina, and started so early that we were literally the first ones on it -- that was a heck of a climb! We've definitely done a couple where Adam had to use the iron, including a crazy polished overhang on Tomaselli -- can't wait to show you all these adventures once we get a chance to edit them!! ❤️
When I used to rock climb, one of the things that helped me the most (besides conquering my acrophobia) was looking for foot holds and letting the hand holds take care of themselves. Find a good foot hold and stand right up on it, usually the next good hand hold was right in front of my face! (lol) 😆 Also, the young woman I used to climb with got me into the habit of down climbing the one pitch sport routes instead of rappelling or being lowered off. It really helped me because you don't have eyes in your feet and finding and trusting the foot holds on the way down becomes harder.
This is fantastic advice. Even in the gym, our more experienced climbing friends are always reminding us to think about our feet first, and via ferratas offer an excellent place to practice that kind of thing! ❤️
Man those rocks make you appreciate Sierra Granite.
Ya Dan, there's nowhere in the world that is better climbing than the Sierra, though Italy probably comes closest with Arco and all the astonishing vertical Dolomites!
@@LiveHardxLoveHard I miss California, Big Pine Palisades. Love that East side. Same with Ritter.
Hi, guys! Absolutely remarkable! The Dolomites are more beautiful than I realized! Congratulations on your success on this climb! ( I’m going into the studio on July 22nd and 23rd for two six-hour recordings on that glorious 9’ Hamburg German Steinway!) Don’t forget, Elise p, if you want to collaborate on something , I’m still interested in working on a piece... just
Eat me know! Thanks again, Adam and Elise, for a thrilling video! 💕🎹🎼🏔
Thanks Michael, and I would LOVE to collab on a piece! If you get a chance, all I need to get going is a lovely, slow, eerie piano accompaniment with room for vocals. Then I'll work out a vocal melody and Adam will do lyrics and we'll have ourselves a song! ❤️