Hiking Half Dome at Yosemite National Park - Full Hike

Lucky seven. Oh my goodness guys after trying seven times for this I finally got the permit. Half Dome here I come. Is it recording? I think so. I see a red light blinking. That means it is. Good morning guys. It's a little after 5 a.m and I'm here ready to conquer this this place. Super excited. It was an interesting night. I slept in the car which is a big no-no but I did it anyway and I slept very comfortable believe it or not. But I'm here. I'm ready. I'm excited. Not nervous anymore. Yesterday when I arrived to the park I was a little nervous but I feel good now. I had my Red Bull and that's it. So yeah a little bit after five. Starting right on schedule. I was planning on starting no later than 5 30. So really good time and yeah let's get moving. Waterfalling. So I'm pretty sure you're very close. I'm going to run into a waterfall. Oh it's a creek. It's beautiful. Today the sound of the water. The weather is so nice you guys. I'm not even cold. I'm not hot. It's just perfect. I didn't check but I think it's going to be in the 60s today. If it's going to be like yesterday it's going to be a sunny day. I'm in for a fabulous day. Super excited. Super relaxed. Life is good. This is the official start of my half dome hike. Yes I have my permit. It's in the back and my ID too. Let's talk about that permit you guys. Oh my goodness. So I did the pre-season lottery back in March and I was lucky to get a permit for June 1st. Unfortunately because of COVID the park was closed. So I was not able to make my trip. Today is July 1st and I'm here a month later. So after the park opened. I think it was June 11th. I'm not sure. I started trying. I think I tried like six or seven times and every time you try you have to pay ten dollars and you have to be ready because if you get the lottery you just have to get here. You have to make it here. I played the lottery Monday and it was almost time to to close and it was close to 1 p.m. and then I got an email around 3 p.m. saying congratulations and here I am. I booked a flight to San Francisco and then from there I drove about four hours to the park, spend the night in the car and now I'm here hiking. So yeah it's been it's been a challenge. It's been an adventure journey just to get the permit. So now that I have it let's make the most of it. Thank you guys and I'm already at 1.7 so I'm moving at a very good pace but this is just the beginning so it's a little harder right now and I can see a waterfall. My favorite. Now that's a waterfall. Now we're on top. Closer look. I'm not gonna lie I'm sweating already guys. That was a really nice set of stair masters right there but I feel so good and super happy. Here we go. Well that gives me some peace of mind because yesterday I had a burger with a lot of jalapenos and if you know me you know I cannot eat jalapenos. I get sick. So this is the second restaurant I find within the last two miles well since I started my hike so that makes me feel a little better. I won't have to go behind the rock. Water slide. Holy ---- that's gonna be insane. All right guys so I was kidding that's not it. It's that one over there. I was starting to panic. Not that one but that one. Thank goodness. If you thought the other waterfall was pretty wait until you see this one. Oh my god. What's up buddy? Friendly aren't you? He wants food that's why. Five miles to go. Oh my god the smell you guys. Smells delicious. So good. Making it into Yosemite Valley. Little Yosemite something like that. I'm at four miles so far. Three and a half miles to go and I'm feeling really good. The trail got pretty flat here so it's getting it's giving me a little break. It was uh very steep the first part of the trail the first three miles but then I'm getting a little break here so it feels really good. I'm starting to get a little hot so I'm probably gonna take take off a layer of clothing here in a little bit but yeah so far so good. Looking that way to get to the cables. Four hours in 5.7 miles. Doing pretty good time. I'm tired though. I'm starting to feel it. I think it's time for a break. Maybe a little snack. Maybe the second Red Bull. I don't know. 5.7 miles in four hours. Pretty good. All right so one more mile to go. I'm going to take my first break. It's 10 in the morning so hopefully I'll be up there by noon which is an hour earlier than what I planned. Super happy with that. So I'm gonna eat a snack and refill my water. Take some layers of clothing off and then I'm off to complete this adventure. Super excited. I'm feeling super good. Just can't wait to get there. All right for my snacks. Don't judge me. I'm being bad today. I'm having a bunch of bad stuff but you know what? I deserve it. Second Red Bull of the day. This one is a sugar free though. The first one was the real deal and I'm gonna have sneakers. I need my sugar somehow. Sugar free but I got the sugar right here. So oh my goodness. This is so satisfying right now but I'm gonna enjoy my little break. And then we'll keep going. Final stretch. All right guys so I'm 800 feet to the top. See that right there? That's a ranger. They do check your permit so if you don't have a permit you're only gonna make it to this point. I see several people sitting there. They couldn't make it to the top because they don't have a permit. So they hiked almost seven miles not to make it. I mean it's still a great hike but if you want to make it up there make sure you have a permit. And also gloves are not required but highly encouraged. So this is it. Let's go up there. The ranger also said that it takes most people about an hour to make it to the top. He was really nice and gave me some safety tips that I'll be sharing with you throughout my way up there. Super excited for a very very long time. Finally becoming a reality so come along with me and be part of this. These steps are no joke. I really feel like my heart is gonna come out. Jump out of my chest right now. And I'm not the only one whining. All the people around me feel the same way. Trust me. Do you guys see that? That's insane. So right now it's time to get my little GoPro on my head because I think I'm gonna. Yeah so I need both of my hands. Sorry I'm not trying to be recording but I still want to share with you guys this epic experience. So here we go. It's gonna look a little funky but I'll use both of my hands. That is so funny. Let me fix my hair. I need to look a little more fashionable. What do you guys think? Do you love it? I kind of do actually. Well and I also need to put gloves on. So it's so exciting guys. We see everybody coming down and they're so happy. I cannot wait to be up there and say I did it. So I am ready. I think I am. I look a little funky but who cares right? Let's do this guys. Holy s**t. This is insane. S**t coming down is gonna be the real challenge because I'll be facing that way. This is crazy. I think this is the final stretch. Water. Yes. Down with the cables. All right so I did a really good time coming up so going down should be even better. Looking to do it in less than four hours. Two miles per hour. I think it's possible. See you down there. All right this feels a little too steep. Sorry. No problem. Enjoy. You're almost there. This is very steep. It's really not. For me it's easier to go down. Thank you man. Enjoy. You're almost there. Okay you want to come up first or you want me to go Thank you. That was fun coming down. Yeah I know she looked pretty bad. She started to walk down so I think she's feeling a little better. Awesome. That was fun. You guys did it. Time to say till next time. It was a lot of fun. See you down there.