I think I earn a bravery award for the fact that I (afraid of heights) watch all your videos from the beginning till the end in full screen ... But more seriously: thanks for taking us on these adventures. Absolutely one of of my most favorite channels.

I had no idea how much Adam actually has in common with me. I'm not exactly 6'6" but, I'm 6'3, have lower back pain that I work through the best I can and I've had Crohn's since I was 16. I'm 37 now. You two inspire me to reflect and improve on my own physical potential. I've permanently checked the worst of my Crohn's and trying to get whatever health I have left after years of the ravages and some of the Crohn's manifestations I still have to be the best I can. Thank you guys for sharing health details with us to allow me realize I have a chance at a higher potential. My strength is mainly walking trails a long distance where I live whenever I can. When I went to Yosemite this Spring at least I was able to out pace my family on the Valley Loop Trail. Shortly after that I discovered your channel. You guys throwing in that little "Crohn's Attack" detail really meant a lot and very helpful to know. You guys are so real and you're the best. Thank you! :) Happy Thanksgiving.

Props to you guys for dealing with issues while still doing what you love. You've shown us beautiful places that we may never get to see. Keep truckin, Adam and Elise. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

You two keep your sense of humor even under tough conditions! Happy Thanksgiving! You are lucky to have someone like Elise in your life!

I'm thankful for both of you, because while I'm at home during the daily grind, I still get to vicariously experience some of these hikes with two amazing people.

Another great adventure, Elise & Adam. Glad we got to spend some time together at Thanksgiving. Love you!

Happy Thanksgiving! Adam and Elise!!! I'm thankful for you both ❤

Your videos bring back memories of climbing the mountains in Hawaii solo when I was a kid. Yes, I was young and stupid once.

Hahaha this reminds me of Clear Creek trail going up Mt Shasta. When I got to the base of the mountain it was dark and I couldn't see any trace of trail, so when i started going up in the scree, for every step you took it would take you half a step backwards. It's really mentally trying. Its was great going down though. Each step was cushioned and you can go pretty fast. Awesome hike as usual guys! Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for all your awesome videos, Happy Thanksgiving to you two ❤

Loved seeing Kearsarge Pass from this vantage point. The “poles” debacle made for some endearing Puss n’ Boots moments (“love me”) from Elise and a really poignant realization from Adam to the camera that he can’t let even the greatest love of his life throw him out of his game. You deserve a recovery day or two.

What a great day to give thanks to such a great couple, a great channel and definitely some of the best darn adventures on the internet. What perseverance you show through everything you do here. Thanks for your hard work and dedication in bringing us along! Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️

We are thankful to you both too. Such a great channel and great people you two. Another awesome adventure from both of you! Thank you

You two are incredible.

Wow! And Adam is lucky to have you! You are so cute together! Keep on hiking!

you guys are one a different level. that looks so dangerous. sand, snow and steep wet rocks.you're lucky to have each other for motivation and company. pretty awesome adventures,thanks for sharing with us.

Happy Thanksgiving! definitely am thankful for you sharing your adventures and lives with all of us

I am just missing that blue winter sky. Independence Lone Pine and 5 more. Welcome to Sierra Nevadas. Love Lone Pine for winter stuff and camping. It's Suburu Sprinter Van central now but still awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving, folks! That was an awesomely dicey climb! 😊

It's always nice to see you two in interaction, like two sides of one coin. You guys are so fortunate to have found each other. I had somebody like that once and all things pass so it's okay but I look at you two and see two people blessed because you found each other. It makes me happy to see.

Thank you for a great thanksgiving gift, I was cheering for you and you did make it to the peak, awesome views, thank guys and happy Thanksgiving love your hiking videos keep them coming.. definitely you have a awesome side kick and I'm sure blessed to have her as your life partner...stay safe..

Wow! that was one impossible climb ... Yet you guys did it, despite the shifting sands, and ragged ridge-lines. I'm thankful you two do what you do, and then take the time to it with everyone else. More courageous caring souls we would be hard-pressed to find. Once again, you've made my day. Wishing you all the best.

Aesthetic climbs with aesthetic climbers. KZfaq doesn't get any better than this 😉👍

The lake still blows mind watching that LA County Fiasco since 2009. Water in it. Other side Mammoth Pool ripping. Kern and San Joaquin too. King. Amazing stuff. Taboose has a cascade that had to be really cool this year. Backdrop on this video is stunning. Panos.

Another awesome adventure! Your attitude is infectious. A good metaphor for life in general when facing hardships. The poles will now be taken on every hike in the future, no matter what.

This was fantastic, as always! Adam, I truly feel for you as I've battled rheumatoid arthritis for 11 years now - with a suspicion of Chrohn's also. Without medication, I'd be with constant joint pain, and even with it I still have some flares. It's the primary reason I no longer do what you are doing, so I'm also so thankful for both of you that I can still experience these things through your eyes! Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your family! You are definitely a part of mine, and love you both!

Well done, the ascent up the scree looked absolutely brutal, most people would have given up. inspirational. Thanks so much for sharing.

Happy Thanksgiving to both of you so glad that you have each other.

Thank you. May you always be safe 🙏🏻

Just got back a half hour ago from Onion. Great video. Was just looking at that peak from the parking lot. Thought to myself it was to late in the year. You two proved that wrong. Thanks Chin up!!

Happy Thanksgiving guys, man I love the area you have been visiting lately, also saw small glimpse of that “unnamed lake”, I’m thankful you take us on all these awesome adventures!!!

Amazing route, amazing light. Well done, thanks for sharing. JC.

I am thankful for your videos you take me places i wil NEVER get to ever .. please be careful on these climbs of yours ... Elise you are lucky in Adam

You two never cease to amaze and inspire me. I hope to be brave one day like Adam

Happy Thanksgiving to you both! What crazy hike, I with you on using poles. It saves my knees, I collapse them and stow them in my backpack for scrabbling. Keep having fun!

I’m thankful for the two of you all year. I’m not able to do the climbing that you do. Thanks for sharing

Happy Thanks Giving. Tough hike forsure. Gravel and scree really wears you down

Happy Thanksgiving!! You guys are couple goals. ❤

Everyday is a blessing, Thank you for taking us along on those treks ❤ ...what were you two thinking climbing up its scary put me on the edge ugh

Happy Thanksgiving! Another amazing summit. What a view!

Great vlog Elise & Adam. Worth battling through the challenges just to see that summit 360 ! 😸😾 ❤

Happy Thanksgiving. Nice treat to watch between football. Love you guys.😊

Another excellent video, cheers guys! its so bright on this day! those views are incredible too! hope you're both doing well, stay safe!

Awesome video, route, spirit, love your adventures!!

Love you guys. That was almost a little too real! I know you are alway worried that the camera doesn’t show the steepness and the difficulty, but it sure did in this video. We have a family cabin in Kings Canyon NP,. My grandfather bought the lots in 1921 near Grant Grove and we spend a couple of weeks there every summer even though we live in Oregon. So we are definitley into the Sierras. Thank you so much for being such real and loving people. Happy Thanksgiving to you. Patrick

Beautiful voice for a beautiful place.

Superb climb, and lovely ❤ ending. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving beautiful souls. Many thanks for your epic content🙏🏽🦃🏔🪬💓🌈🫶🏽✨

Inspiring and of course EPIC.....thanks for the ride !

Well done and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.

Agree never no poles anywhere in Sierras, fun decomposed granite crawling! Happy Thanksgiving with love! G

Happy Thanksgiving to our dear American friends…..cheers from my island of Jersey…..yes the original one across the pond…

I know Thursdays are usually your day to upload, but what with the holiday today, I was kind of afraid to hope! (And would have absolutely understood if a video couldn’t be posted today.) I’m unfortunately not in a position to spend the day with family today, so I just wanted to hop on here and thank you guys for taking the time to upload another wonderful adventure for your viewers, especially on a day like this. Receiving the notification that there was a new adventure from my favorite KZfaqrs made me feel a little less alone and eager to follow along yet another death-defying trip with you guys. 😅 From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for sharing all of your wonderful adventures with us and for being so incredibly consistent about it! It means more to me than I can properly express in a KZfaq comment 🫶🏻 I hope you both enjoy a wonderful and very Happy Thanksgiving today! 🤎🦃

Epic! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Nice to see this video. Much determination to do this hike! Better than watching football for sure. Elise is really amazing that she would be willing to do this stuff. Keep happy. Thanks for sharing.

Adam! Sooo sorry you have Chron’s! Hope treatment is effective! And the climb! You’re right! That’s not class 3 on the summit pyramid; that’s 4 in places for sure! You guys are, as I always say, remarkable in your abilities! Well done on this one! I could’ve done okay on the sand with poles. The class 3 and 4-nope! For an 11,700+ peak it’s pretty gnarly! I love the view (though brief) of 14,381 ft. Mt Williamson and East and West Horn! Elise, I’m starting your piece (finally!). Adam, hope all’s well and you’re enjoying the post-holiday weekend! 🌲🏔🎼🎹🥰❤️

Happy Thanksgiving!! Holy cow, online it says 771ft per mile for this route!! Great job as usual!! PS - Yes Adam, you're lucky to have Elise!! 😄

Wow, that was a lot more to see than I expected from this video! Sorry that you've had to endure so much, Adam! But yeah, your wide angle cameras are not doing justice to these climbs... sometimes it's hysteric to see how you are almost crawling on something that looks barely sloping on footage, while in reality I imagine it being a 30 degree slope. Hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving! And thank you for taking us on your adventures!

Happy Thanksgiving to you both. As usual scary but satisfying watch 😁. We are getting first snow in our valley in Gruyere. Looking at you and your sunny adventure it feels almost surreal.

Helloooo from Palm Springs!! Very awesome!! Whoooaaa...such beauty!! I took my wife and son out to Joshua Tree National Park yesterday. We only did some light walking out to Heart Rock. And then a stop at Hadley's, up on the Cabazon pass, to get some date shakes!! Happy Thanksgiving to you two!! Thank you for what you do for all of us!!

That was an intense hike..!! But what a crazy beautiful view....😩

Great video! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Another great Sierra scramble! I need to go there myself one day. I love surfing rubble fields downwards, but on the way up I am trying to find a less steep zig zag line, always looking for the biggest stones sticking out. You two deserve oneself in the most positive sense. Keep on rocking 😀

i have hiked to Lone Pine Lake and thats a real trail, i thought was hard. I also thought rappelling into a mine shaft on ropes was insane, but this hike tops the list. You are truly great adventure seekers.

Nice one Adam, you pushed through the climb even though it was the opposite of your style and a really hard climb for you! Nice one mate glad you didn't turn back and managed to summit it. :)

Wow Elise this one was a hard one.. Never saw Adam almost without breath... But the 360 views are magnifico... Happy Thanksgiving 🦃😘

Happy Thanksgiving to you guys!

Adam, I send chocolates, and European sandwiches! And healing vibes! Poles, pfff, the kit you neglected to pack was the jetpack :) And to you both, I'm super grateful for your inspiring and adorable productions

I stumbled across your channel thanks to the KZfaq recommendations, and I find myself semi-addicted to them! Just like many of your other stories, the hike/climb/adventure leaves a rock in my stomach in the middle, but you always bring a smile to my face by the end! (I think I would have s**#t my pants on that scree section and that ridgeline.....) ;-)

What an incredible climb! I always look forward to your adventures, but this on really hit home. As someone who suffers from UC, I've often worried in planning adventures due to the unpredictability of this disease. You both have been such an inspiration, but now it's on a whole new level. Thank you for sharing and showing that you can truly preservere through the toughest circumstances! I feel a new sense of motivation. You guys are amazing! 🫶🏼

You guys have balls of steel. My balls were literally in my stomach watching you. I did a small 490 metre up Grindsbrook clough in the English Peak District today and felt I had a great cardio workout. You guys are super fit. Brilliant stuff take care stay safe 😊

Killer 360! 👍🏽 Happy Thanksgiving guys!

Happy Thanksgiving! I understand reaching what you think are your limits and then finding that little bit more inside that gets you through! Poles rule! 4x4 for humans!😂 And yes Adam, you are lucky to have Elise, just as I am to have my Angie!!!😊

You can never go wrong being thankful

Happy thanksgiving and safe steps on your hikes

Spectacular views!

Hard work 😅 But what a view! Keep it up, you guys are awesome! Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends, much love from Munich! ✌❤

Happy Thanksgiving from across the Atlantic here in Scotland. As I sit at my desk on a Friday morning, I am very thankful for having you both taking us on another epic adventure, and showing us these incredible views from the summit! Similar to another commenter, I also have a chronic fear of heights / sheer drops, so I watch your videos both with a sense of awe and wonder, but also with white-knuckles and the adrenaline flowing

Amazing as always. Wish Adam is OK. Very inspiring. thank you for sharing.

Oh, wow, felt so bad for Adam on the scree. The vocals when you summited were insanely beautiful and complex. Like Vivaldi point/counterpoint weaving of melodies--gorgeous like the rocks you clambered.

Great job pushing through and making the best. Quite the scree field, even with a pole I need to side step up loose stuff with my feet sideways and use careful weight distribution, but not fun. 10:21 epic shot of the day!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wow amazing and sketchy! Be careful! 😱

I think Elise wanted to be the king of the mountain and strategized that she could kick your butt if you didn’t have the poles.😂

So this is one of those hikes that is a nope for me!! Haha. Such a good message though! You know your body best so you always have to listen to your intuition and do what’s right for you!! 👏🏻💚

Thank you for sharing

That scree field looks hideous! Some climbs are just better when they are covered in snow and you can use crampons and ice axes to ascend. I love the comment "This is pretty gnarly"... "A-Yup!" Happy Thanksgiving!

❤ GR8 VID ❤ LOVED IT ❤ Killer view, thank you ❤

Awesome peak,great job guys

Brilliant views from the top, almost makes that horrible scree seem worthwhile. Almost. Congrats to the two of you and Adam especially for persevering while in the opening throes of a Crohn's flare up. That's bad-ass!

Rock'en the 3/4 Pants, that's my favorite! I rock the Fizan ultra light poles, I always take them, if you need a new pair they are AWESOME.5.6 OZS they are in a bunch of my videos, on Sleeping Sexton you can see how I attach'em. They come with a little nylon clip they snap into for quick stowing in the Gnar, LOL! Great to use on scree skiing too but risky, to break'em. . .

In my book that’s more scrambling than hiking❤. I’m not an expert but would bring trekking poles for sure

ELISE and ADAM a hello from France. It's a very special adventure, and despite ADAM's suffering, his perseverance was the driving force behind this superb hike. ELISE and ADAM you are one, and it is a pleasure to feel your connivance cradled by an unfailing love. Nothing can stop you from climbing the peaks, where you are on first name terms with the gods in divine silence. This is the very spirit of Thanksgiving, that day of grace when the heavenly breath hovers over each of you. Despite the time difference between us, I wish you a happy Thanksgiving, but probably late. Kisses to both of you. DAN ELISE et ADAM un bonjour de France. C’est une aventure très particulière, et malgré la souffrance d’ADAM sa persévérance a été le moteur de cette superbe randonnée. ELISE et ADAM vous ne faites qu’un, et c’est un plaisir de ressentir votre connivence bercée par un amour sans faille. Rien ne peut plus vous empêcher de gravir les sommets, là où vous tutoyez les dieux dans un silence divin. C’est l’esprit même du Thanksgiving, ce jour de grâce où le souffle céleste plane sur chacun d’entre vous. Malgré le décalage horaire qui nous sépare je vous souhaite un joyeux Thanksgiving, mais sans doute en retard. Bises à vous deux. DAN

Who would have thought the jagged peak would have been the least stressful and challenging part of the hike. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Love you both!

Wow this one was pretty crazy!! Adam is a beast!! With a bout of Crohn's and able to do this hike?!?! Hats off to you Adam. Glad you both made it safely. Love the membership! We are subscribed under our other channel. Just a membership suggestion would be great to see Elise create her music and see her sing some of her songs. Also would be great to see you both training at the climbing gym. Thanks for your content!

Kearsarge is way easier but still incredible. And you park at the ridge on the road pullout. I didn't even know this was Independence Peak. That is the creek that took out a mile of dirt and wiped out the road to Shepherd pass TH. should be fixed by now. If you go up the creek. Then jump up left of creek it is the bowl on Independence side. I like the going to opposite peaks. So the view of Kearsarge and University and Keith Gould Dragon Williamson is stunning. STUNNING. Tyndall? Now Kearsarge Peak is literally the same except better because you are above Golden Trout and looking down into Onion Valley. Bam. IF FROM WAY OUT OF TOWN you do Kearsarge Pass and Mono Pass (Tom's Place) one not Yosemite TH. Because they are 6 and 4 miles in. SHORT. As for Peak I will always go with Gould. Because it's huge and right at Kearsarge Pass. Literally 1200 feet higher. 14k I am doing Tyndall. Because it is badass viewpoint. Camping at Shepherd pass by the lake. ☕️ on top of Polychrome. Video blog vs Reality and time management. Do not pay to camp. Drive into town Independence Park. Chill. Or pay and do by creek right outside of town. Bam. Warmer in winter. Mount Williamson hotel is okay conveniently located. THE TRI TIP BREAKFAST BURRITO UP IN BIG PINE IS LIFE CHANGING. Right side going north.

"Just" a quick lil' ol' afternoon snack hike, heh. Pertty pertty though. "I have like no ability . . ." uttered by Adam!?! Talk about planets colliding! Elise, no trekking poles is to Adam as kryptonite is to Superman. Feel better soon. My condolences for your loss. And happy TG! Eat wisely.

7:47 Adam's first ever FB and I am not talking about Facebook lol. Glad you guys made it in one piece

Any kind of mountain climbing is something I’ve really struggled with since developing Crohn’s. Well done to both of you