NYE Sunrise Hike with INSANE Cloud Inversion: Reflecting on 2025

Here [music] we are, folks. 7:30 a.m. New Year's Eve. We're at the base of Camela Mountain in Nuri. It is a cold and frosty day. I think it's about - 3°, but the skies are very clear. You can already see light coming through even though it's sunrise isn't for another hour. We're going to try and hike to the summit or at least the mast to see sunrise. Oh, look, there's sunrise already. We're at the base of the mountain. Hooray. We're about 5 minutes into the walk here. We can see the sunrise is already occurring. Maja is determined to miss the sunrise. Keeping a solid 40 m behind us at all times, right? Let's try and get up here before before we get a full sunrise. But already pretty nice looking. Here she comes. >> Oh yeah, she's in a rush, guys. >> [music] >> There's a flash, boys. [music] >> We're not going to make it to the summit for sunrise, but there is [sighs] a radio mast. Don't know what it is. A mast up here. So, we're going to go up there, have a cup of tea, watch sunrise, and then maybe we'll continue to the summit. Come on, guys. [music] Unreal, lads. And [snorts] there's a perfect little [music] spot. Sit. Take that all in. [music] >> [music] >> and a half back. >> All right, about that. >> Cheers. >> Cheers. >> Oh, glad to have that cup of tea. >> Ready for reset. >> Do you want up? Come on up. Ready? One, two, three. Oh, we got we got >> Right. So, that's the end of 2025. Pretty happy we got through the Egypt, ancient Egypt series. The whole idea behind that is to make it make the learning more meaningful where the children are actually seeing that well, we're learning this so that we can actually apply the learning. I find that a lot of teaching nowadays is very work worksheet heavy and that's fine for remembering or like the memorization of facts and figures and information but the real learning and the real test is can they apply that to other things to problem solve and critical thinking. So that's the the basis of what we're trying to do with these projects. Yes, will perhaps use worksheets or other methods to remember the the learning that they have engaged with, but then actually use that to build temples to collaborate with each other and be innovative and just create projects. So, it's project based learning and it just tweaks the learning ever so slightly so that it is more meaningful in a world that's rapidly changing and we can't keep up with that. It's very important for children to be adaptable, flexible, and innovative. So focus on the skills, not the information retaining. >> On a personal level, we are moved back to Ireland in 2025 and we are hoping in 2026 we find a home. Anybody wants to sponsor us and give us a little small anything >> sponsor Bradley today. >> We'd be more than happy. Doesn't have to be a bunch of >> $8.95 a month. >> Yeah, it's been a good year. >> Been a busy one. >> So stay tuned. The next project will be the rainforests coming up soon. Can't wait to to make a project out of that. See you next time. Sit. Sit. Paw. Paw. [laughter] >> All right, let's go to the summit. Onwards and upwards. My lovely pink bag. Here we go. There's a proper [music] sunrise now. I actually thought that was the sunrise earlier, but here she comes. Right. Well, there's the mask. behind us where [music] we hiked up to. And here is the true summit, which is up there. You see the cross? Yeah. Sh. final few steps. And as with many Irish mountains, what better way to mark the summit than with a crucifix. Sun's obviously well and clearly up now. But there's still super clear cloud inversion. See it down the valleys. It's completely covered. Top of the lock as well in front of us. It looks like snow is everywhere, but it's actually the clouds. It's cooler. The clouds can kind of sink into the valley. And we'll stay there if it's low in wind until the sun comes up and starts to condense them. So, you kind of only get them like this in these very early mornings. But it's really quite beautiful. Happy New Year. >> All right, that concludes our little hike from uh our little New Year's Eve hike. Uh tomorrow's New Year's Day, so a happy new year to everyone. Thank you for everyone who supported the channel and the learning made fun our little business ventures. We'll uh keep the [music] content and the products coming along and uh yeah, thank you. [music] Happy New Year, guys. >> [music] >> You want to get pictures? I'm taking [music] down there. Look at that kid.