You really need to win an award for solo-mountaineering filming, you are an absolute master of the craft, with this video being one of the best you have ever posted (and you've created some stiff competition!). Bravo.
Happy birthday Danny. Around 5 years ago I saw one of the Mediocre videos and was inspired to get out and experience it myself. It has become an obsession. At 63, my friends think I’m crazy but adult kids love it. Hoping to nail some more of the state high points in the west this coming Spring. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Again, happy birthday!!!
Best advanced hiking mountaineering channel ever category you belong in. Never ever a disappointing video. You get my number one vote. 14:50 Happy Birthday. What a contribution to us lower people. Thankyou.
The only creator I make sure to like the video, even before I watch it because I know I’ll like it and this channel has way too few subscribers and views.
Happy Birthday solo like I like them . Type A day for sure"" That snow field traverse though too risky for me. Yes one of your best to date Top 5. Stay healthy and safe 🙏☦️
One of your all-time great videos. That point at 16:47 where you're walking in real-time but the clouds are blowing off that peak in the background like it's time-lapse. Your jokes and epic camera shots. And the handful of telling shots of a mysterious set of footprints to your camera on an otherwise virgin snowfield where you are making the first tracks. Thanks for the effort and for taking us along! I wonder if you had Lord of the Rings music in your head the entire time like I would...
Happy Birthday, Danny, and thanks for sharing this athletic, aesthetic, and fun feat! Hope you'll be joined by the others on next year's birthday volcano!
@@braiantabor5561 news af, actual factual news. It's hilarious and not political, just about whacky things in the news. Danny clearly has a great sense of humor and is funny.
Great to see you finally make it to NZ. There's heaps of peaks around that'll definitely suit your approach to the mountains. Hope to see more of what you got up to while you were here.
Happy belated birthday Danny from Bend! Your videos are so inspiring, I always look forward to your content as it is so freakin well done! Not just seriously impressive physicality but also video editing and high altitude banter, youre easily one of the best youtubers in your space. I cant imagine doing those treks so quickly when adding in all the extra steps to retrieve the camera, I hope to be just half as fast as you one day! Already waiting for your next adventure I hope you have a great New Year, the other guys missed out!
Happy birthday Danny! I attempted The Rees-Dart track in college, which is in the Mt. Aspiring Park. That whole area is spectacular! I ended up getting snowed in for 3 days. Glad your trip was more successful!
I climbed to the upper hut on Aspiring in 1984 with a giant pack and heavy Raichle boots but didn't go further on account of being on my own (everyone said I be nuts to try solo; I was 19 years old). That was during a six month climbing/backpacking/hitch-hiking trip around both islands. My mum and all that side of the family are/were Kiwis so that was my first trip to the maternal homeland (I'm California born and raised). Your videography skills are superb; I was transported in high-def back in time to the Fiordlands gorgeous trails and peaks. Thanks once again for what you and the guys do! And happy happy B-Day Danny! Hoping you have many more!
That looked like an epic climb! So sketchy traversing the snow near the top. Happy Birthday Danny! Mediocre Amateur Vids always make my day more epic! So grateful for this channel. Past 3 years I've been going on a few mountain adventures and there is nothing better than standing on top of a mountain. Life changing experiences.
Happy Birthday, Danny and THANKS for sharing such an inspiring climb! Hard to believe you spent the last 5 miles "puking" based on your positive and upbeat attitude and demeanor. Safe travels and enjoy a healthy and "mediocre" 2025!
Very nice choice with Mount Aspiring, I was there hiking but just day hiking, and it's a beautiful place. The only drawback is that the west regions of New Zealand get so much rain, so nice that you had a good weather window. I hope you got to stay more than a couple of days in New Zealand though, coz there is so much to see... It's the only country I know of where you can just see 2-3 different species of penguins and then seals+sea lions on the beach so easily. What they lack in land mammals, they make up for with sea mammals and penguins. If you're ever struck by a new hunger for some challenging routes, don't hesitate to check Tasmania... They have some epic traverses, like the Western or Eastern Arthurs, they have the Walls of Jerusalem with some pretty wild routes (real bushwacking there on the off track routes), they have Mount Anne, and if you're in for a rainforest adventure, no climbing, you got the Tarkine forest. Tasmania has it all, with stunning animals. It just lacks glaciers, the mountains are around 1400 m tall max.
This is insane to see. I started watching you guys so many years ago and it inspired me to start adventuring, mountaineering, and generally doing outdoor things. Currently I've been on the Te aroura trail for three months and it's insane that we happened to be in the same place at the same time. I've been inbetween wanaka / queenstown for the past week and it would of been amazing to run into you. I was looking at that mountain the whole time being envious.
I've experienced the hut farting phenomenon in Switzerland and it was foul. Glad they spared you on this trip. Happy Birthday, thanks for sharing it with us! This one was truly spectacular!
Damn dude, that was probably one of the coolest peaks you've done yet. I know you said it was a top 5 in the video, and I can definitely see why! Happy belated birthday sir!
Happy Birthday! I too recently visited NZ and some of the areas around your hike. Truly beautiful and your video captured magnificently the beauty of NZ. I especially loved the views from your peak and also the "hut life". Thanks for another great video.
Happy birthday to you! Doing what you love. I’m usually on my backside on the beach in July on my bday. Doing what I love. As much as looking as the ocean is awe-inspiring - that view beat it. Amazing. Here’s to many more birthdays doing what we love.
Happy Birthday Danny! You're doing a great job of visiting all my old haunts, I've spent a few Christmas's in Mt. Aspiring Nat'l park. If you're still down there, go up Mt. Brewster! Beautiful hanging glacier, good hut, not much foot traffic as it's short but steep (can easily do in a day, but I'd stay overnight to get away from the crowds in Wanaka 😉
Hey Danny, great video & one of the better ones on UA-cam of the actual terrain. Really helpful for planning a fastpacking trip up here myself in the near future. Much appreciated, hope you enjoyed your time in NZ ✌️
It’s cool after watching many of your videos to see one in my own country. I was just in Mt Aspiring national park in Nov, only hiking though. Good stuff!
You really need to win an award for solo-mountaineering filming, you are an absolute master of the craft, with this video being one of the best you have ever posted (and you've created some stiff competition!). Bravo.
Happy birthday Danny. Around 5 years ago I saw one of the Mediocre videos and was inspired to get out and experience it myself. It has become an obsession. At 63, my friends think I’m crazy but adult kids love it. Hoping to nail some more of the state high points in the west this coming Spring. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Again, happy birthday!!!
Best advanced hiking mountaineering channel ever category you belong in. Never ever a disappointing video. You get my number one vote. 14:50 Happy Birthday. What a contribution to us lower people. Thankyou.
Mountains +videography+narration+music= perfect UA-cam video! Thanks!
The only creator I make sure to like the video, even before I watch it because I know I’ll like it and this channel has way too few subscribers and views.
Happy Birthday solo like I like them . Type A day for sure""
That snow field traverse though too risky for me. Yes one of your best to date Top 5. Stay healthy and safe 🙏☦️
Happy birthday - brilliantly filmed video. We love watching and living vicariously through your videos. Much appreciation from Harrogate UK
One of your all-time great videos. That point at 16:47 where you're walking in real-time but the clouds are blowing off that peak in the background like it's time-lapse. Your jokes and epic camera shots. And the handful of telling shots of a mysterious set of footprints to your camera on an otherwise virgin snowfield where you are making the first tracks. Thanks for the effort and for taking us along! I wonder if you had Lord of the Rings music in your head the entire time like I would...
Happy Birthday, Danny, and thanks for sharing this athletic, aesthetic, and fun feat! Hope you'll be joined by the others on next year's birthday volcano!
Yay a new MA vid!!!!!!!
It's a good day when Danny releases another video. You make me 🤣 on your podcast!
What's this podcast you are speaking of?
@@braiantabor5561 news af, actual factual news. It's hilarious and not political, just about whacky things in the news. Danny clearly has a great sense of humor and is funny.
Great to see you finally make it to NZ. There's heaps of peaks around that'll definitely suit your approach to the mountains. Hope to see more of what you got up to while you were here.
Happy Birthday Danny. Always a great day when a MA video shows up 🙌
Cheers for that ….I’ve lived in nz for 23 years and Aspiring has al been on my bucket list list .im nearly 50 ….think its time to get it done 👍
Happy belated birthday Danny from Bend! Your videos are so inspiring, I always look forward to your content as it is so freakin well done! Not just seriously impressive physicality but also video editing and high altitude banter, youre easily one of the best youtubers in your space. I cant imagine doing those treks so quickly when adding in all the extra steps to retrieve the camera, I hope to be just half as fast as you one day! Already waiting for your next adventure I hope you have a great New Year, the other guys missed out!
Happy Birthday! What a way to spend it!
Congratulations, pleased you chose one of our beautiful peaks in Aotearoa New Zealand to celebrate your birthday!
Best wishes on a well spent birthday 🎂. You’re living the dream!
Happy birthday Danny! I attempted The Rees-Dart track in college, which is in the Mt. Aspiring Park. That whole area is spectacular! I ended up getting snowed in for 3 days. Glad your trip was more successful!
I climbed to the upper hut on Aspiring in 1984 with a giant pack and heavy Raichle boots but didn't go further on account of being on my own (everyone said I be nuts to try solo; I was 19 years old). That was during a six month climbing/backpacking/hitch-hiking trip around both islands. My mum and all that side of the family are/were Kiwis so that was my first trip to the maternal homeland (I'm California born and raised). Your videography skills are superb; I was transported in high-def back in time to the Fiordlands gorgeous trails and peaks. Thanks once again for what you and the guys do! And happy happy B-Day Danny! Hoping you have many more!
Loved this video. I appreciate the longer form, and how you slightly speak on your gear, and your trail decisions
That looked like an epic climb! So sketchy traversing the snow near the top. Happy Birthday Danny! Mediocre Amateur Vids always make my day more epic! So grateful for this channel. Past 3 years I've been going on a few mountain adventures and there is nothing better than standing on top of a mountain. Life changing experiences.
Incredible video, NZ was a surprise and joy.
no joke, your ascents are amazing and thanks for sharing
Happy Birthday, Danny and THANKS for sharing such an inspiring climb! Hard to believe you spent the last 5 miles "puking" based on your positive and upbeat attitude and demeanor. Safe travels and enjoy a healthy and "mediocre" 2025!
I love everything about this channel brother. 💪🤠👍
Very nice choice with Mount Aspiring, I was there hiking but just day hiking, and it's a beautiful place. The only drawback is that the west regions of New Zealand get so much rain, so nice that you had a good weather window. I hope you got to stay more than a couple of days in New Zealand though, coz there is so much to see... It's the only country I know of where you can just see 2-3 different species of penguins and then seals+sea lions on the beach so easily. What they lack in land mammals, they make up for with sea mammals and penguins.
If you're ever struck by a new hunger for some challenging routes, don't hesitate to check Tasmania... They have some epic traverses, like the Western or Eastern Arthurs, they have the Walls of Jerusalem with some pretty wild routes (real bushwacking there on the off track routes), they have Mount Anne, and if you're in for a rainforest adventure, no climbing, you got the Tarkine forest. Tasmania has it all, with stunning animals. It just lacks glaciers, the mountains are around 1400 m tall max.
Yeah western Arthur’s is a good one.
This is insane to see. I started watching you guys so many years ago and it inspired me to start adventuring, mountaineering, and generally doing outdoor things. Currently I've been on the Te aroura trail for three months and it's insane that we happened to be in the same place at the same time. I've been inbetween wanaka / queenstown for the past week and it would of been amazing to run into you. I was looking at that mountain the whole time being envious.
Keep it up
My favourite channel by far. Thanks for the effort to film your trips, no mean feat.
I've experienced the hut farting phenomenon in Switzerland and it was foul. Glad they spared you on this trip. Happy Birthday, thanks for sharing it with us! This one was truly spectacular!
Happy birthday. I'm glad the hut was less farty than expected. We all prefer unfarted air on our birthdays.
Happy birthday , Danny. What an awesome place to celebrate for a climber like you. 🎉❤😊
Well done and nice video. Mount Aspiring looks like a pretty awesome mountain!
Great video and HBD!!! Been a long time follower, always inspired by the get it attitude.
Belated Happy Birthday. Thanks for the beautiful views that you gifted to us.
Happy birthday! What an epic adventure and climb! The wind is the one thing that I dislike.
Awesome, as always. Happy birthday and thanks for sharing!
Spectacular ! Happy Birthday 🎉
Spectacular share looked Challenging and sometimes very risky. Glad you had a special Birthday.
Great timing. I'm adding Aspiring hut as a day hike on my trip down there.
Thanks for giving us a present on your birthday. Perfection.
Happy Birthday to a great Amateur!
Well done Danny. Looking good. An amazing place to celebrate your birthday. 🎉
Damn dude, that was probably one of the coolest peaks you've done yet. I know you said it was a top 5 in the video, and I can definitely see why! Happy belated birthday sir!
Happy Birthday 🎉
Happy birthday dude! Your vids are awesome thanks!
Happy Birthday vascular D - awesome quads
Happy birthday man! We were down there this time last year as well. Aspiring region is world class
Happy birthday! I was watching the first video from your channel and this one popped up.
Happy birthday Danny, nothing beats a fun birthday adventure 🤩
Happy Birthday!! Awesome adventure and video. Thank you for sharing it!
Happy birthday my friend! Get up and after it budd!
Another excellent Mediocre adventure. Thanks for taking us along. Happy birthday.
Happy Birthday Danny, beautiful mountain to celebrate it on. Thx for sharing your special day. Nicely done video as usual. Eric
Happy Birthday Danny! Thanks for the awesome videos! 😊
Wow, I haven't seen a post from you blokes in a WHILE. Perfect time to sip coffee and watch
Happy Birthday Danny! Thank you for the video, beautiful!
Happy Birthday! I too recently visited NZ and some of the areas around your hike. Truly beautiful and your video captured magnificently the beauty of NZ. I especially loved the views from your peak and also the "hut life". Thanks for another great video.
Happy Birthday.....beautiful and Epic trek.
Happy birthday Danny. Great hike, scramble, climb.
Great video! Could you make a video on how you prep for your adventure? How you research the trails, conditions, etc
Nah, don't want that. Maybe he'll do that on his extra mediocre channel, though.
Happy birthday to you! Doing what you love. I’m usually on my backside on the beach in July on my bday. Doing what I love. As much as looking as the ocean is awe-inspiring - that view beat it. Amazing. Here’s to many more birthdays doing what we love.
Happy Birthday Danny! Here's to many more summits. 🍻
Been there, such a beautiful place, glad you made it on your birthday. Keep up!
Thank you! That was spectacular!
Happy Birthday Danny! You're doing a great job of visiting all my old haunts, I've spent a few Christmas's in Mt. Aspiring Nat'l park. If you're still down there, go up Mt. Brewster! Beautiful hanging glacier, good hut, not much foot traffic as it's short but steep (can easily do in a day, but I'd stay overnight to get away from the crowds in Wanaka 😉
Welldone mate HBD🎉
Hey Danny, great video & one of the better ones on UA-cam of the actual terrain. Really helpful for planning a fastpacking trip up here myself in the near future. Much appreciated, hope you enjoyed your time in NZ ✌️
happy birthday!
Always stoked to see a new vid from you. Happy belated birthday. Great way to spend it.
As always very inspiring. Keep up the good work :)
Happy Birthday! Another great video. Thx from Sweden.
It’s cool after watching many of your videos to see one in my own country. I was just in Mt Aspiring national park in Nov, only hiking though. Good stuff!
Happy Birthday Danny!! Thank you for making this one public! 🎉❤❤❤
Pretty awesome Birthday! Happy Hiking
Another fantastic video on one of my favorite channels!
Happy Birthday 🎉
Amazing!
Awesome climb. Happy belated birthday
Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉
The best yet and you have put out some absolute gems....but then how can you go wrong when your in New Zealand.
Happy Birthday Danny! Great to have another vid from you.
Great video! Happy B Day!
amazing stuff love it!!
Hope you had a Happy Birthday Danny
YESTERDAY!!
Quality episode. HBD!🎉
Happy Birthday, Danny! From Norway to New Zealand! Keep ‘em coming!
Much laughter and cheer! Appreciate the share!
Happy belated birthday, Danny! Best. Channel. Ever.
ballsy solo objective. Great work!
Happy birthday Danny this was another awesome peak!
Yay 🤘 Happy birthday !
Thanks for sharing your birthday with us! 🤘🏻
amazing video man!
Happy Birthday. Excellent trip report.
happy birthday danny! love the videos you da best
Happy Birthday! Great video. You're an inspiration, I love your channel.
Happy Birthday! That was so nice to see.
Happy birthday Danny!!
Happy birthday and well done!
Happy Birthday, dude.
Your content keeps the dream alive.
@@shrimmirhs292 yep