Abom, , my wife and I just did that exact trip. At the summit of pikes peak there is alot of construction on the new summit house. Very nice to see the trip through your videos
My brother and I rode our motorcycles to the top in August 1989, it was snowing above 8,000 ft. and there were 4 inches of snow at the top. The temperature at the bottom was in the upper 90's. Most all of the high road was gravel/dirt. I'd rather ride back down in the snow on gravel than the pavement.
I loved Pike peak when we went 2 years ago. Awesome drive up. We had to park in the same lot because of limited parking up top. There's still construction going on. That's way they are doing the shuttle to the top. I did like you did on the way down. Lower gears and when we got to the spot where they check your brake temp, mine was at 76*. We were in a F250 with the 7.3 power stroke. I have enjoyed the trip videos. Keep them coming. Dave
Abon !!! Thank you for the beautiful views of the Royal Gorge, Garden of the God's, and Pikes Peak! In 1965 and 1996 I was able to see the first 2 myself. I was not able to do Pikes Peak either time. The beauty of these places brings tears to my eyes. Your videos are super! Thanks.
I made the trip from Fort Worth Texas to Pikes Peak in 1976 on my motorcycle. At that time the upper half of the road was gravel and went all the way to the top. The gravel made handling the motorcycle through those switchbacks more difficult. By the time I got to the top I felt a little tipsy from the altitude and exertion. Thanks for sharing your experience!
It rains in the afternoon at altitude. You need to get to the top before noon. I used to guide up longs peak, about 1pm the weather changed. By 3pm, it's sleeting rain with 40knot freezing wind wiping water off the ground making tiny, flying ice razor blades. You learn that lesson quickly. If you're still in Colorado, check out roxborough state park. It's free and amazing!!! It's a little south west of Denver.
The first two times I went it was too cloudy to see anything, so I never made it up there. Third trip was a beautiful day, what a view! Plus we had a snowball fight in June up there. How many people can say that!
About 8 years ago I drove up Pikes Peak while traveling between Pueblo, CO and Goodland, KS. It was a beautiful drive, but I did not think things through. I was in Pueblo replacing batteries in a couple of 50 Kva UPS units, and I had 70 batteries about the same weight as car batteries in the bed of the truck, yeah, that is about 5,000 lbs of batteries.... We stopped on the way back down at the visitors center and the rotors on the brakes were glowing a nice cherry red, and I was in 1st gear 90% of the time. We hung out at the visitors center for a while letting those brakes cool down. But the road is a bit scary, there was one guy so terrified that he was practically scrapping the rocks on the inside edge away from the cliffs.
Last time I was up the road to the top was not paved. Goosing it around those hair pin turns was a lot of fun. :-) I didn't have any overheat issues with my Cummins.
Loved that guys, similar things happen to me and my wife. Went to Lands End Cornwall, England,the main reason we went holidaying in Cornwall , as soon as we got there, paid our car parking charges, the sea fog came in and we never saw a thing ☹️🙄 (712mile round trip) Beautiful camera work again Abby , Thank you for the great video 👏👏👏👏👍🥰🇬🇧🍺🍺
A hundred years ago my grandfather took a train ride to the top. I have a picture of him standing on the back step of the rail car.with a sign in the frame giving the information about where the rail line stopped.
I’m sorry you didn’t make it to the top. Abbey would have loved the gift shop! My last trip up, the last 6 miles or so was unpaved. That was a real adventure!
We visited Pikes Peak many yers ago. It was great. We took a tour bus (van) up the mountain. Great driver! I remember that he stopped a few times on the way up to let the brakes cool off. I live in Florida and one of the things that I miss are mountains. Florida is flat. Great video, I enjoyed seeing the mountains.
Just came across you two and your videos while looking at the Royal Gorge Bridge. Really liked that one and also this one of Pikes Peak. I went up Pikes Peak many years ago with my, now ex-husband. It was really beautiful. It still looks beautiful, but those curves looks scary now! I guess as you get older, the nerves change... LOL
I see they have paved the road alot more now. It was a dirt road for less then half the trip to the summit. I always thought it was dirt so there was no icy roads. It is beautiful. A little spooky with no guard rails in some spots. Thanks as always.
Adam, you made my day for your response. So glad you n Abby had a great time. I love Colorado. The furthest west we have bee is the Red Wood forest in California. Amazing the size of the trees. Thanks so much.
Wm What a hike! I would require a walking stick to help me along and Keep me from taking a toss. You guys may want to consider getting sticks. If nothing else it could help you fend off Big Foot. Thanks for bringing us along.
Great views! My Margaret would be green and throwing up from those edge curves. A lesson I learned the hard way taking her up the south side of the mountain that Jerome, Arizona is on. :)
You two had a great Exercise Tolerance Test! I once saw a 9 year old pass out when he tried to run in the shop at the Pike's Peak (from hypoxia) summit. It does not seem much has changed since I was there in about 1979.
You can see the crews at the entry gate setting up for this year's annual Pikes Peak hill climb. Going on now as I make this post. 44 entries of which 12 are Porchas (sp). Hard to imagine racing up the mountain but they do it every year.
Next time you go to Pikes Peak - you should consider the cog railway. I understand that this year it isn't really an option but back in the 1970's we stopped there on the way to Philmont.
@@AbomAdventures The Cog RR is expected to reopen in May of 2021 with new trains, new track, new station, and other things. The new summit house is to be completed about that time, too.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane without the altitude sickness. Last time I went, I rode the Cog Train up the mountain leaving from Manitou Springs. I don't think the Cog Train is in business any longer. I heard it shut down a few yeas ago because they didn't have the funds to rebuild it. Too bad because, for my money, it was the best way to get to the summit.
Great video going up the pike they used to race cars up the pike when it was still dirt yes some cars went over the edge yikes u had me when u had a shot over the edge I got that stomach feeling yikes 😳
For your future high altitude climbs above about 9,000 feet, I recommend taking Vitamin E. It will help bind the oxygen to your red blood cells more efficiently. Every time we go to Colorado and get up to altitude we take it for a day or two before and the whole time. It helps greatly to combat altitude sickness. Never had a day of alt sickness when visiting Colorado. Glad you two were able to make the climb...real troopers!!
Leaving Kansas City for Manitou Springs in the morning. Driving to Canon City, Salida, Buena Vista and Leadville on Sunday, then Cripple Creek on Monday.
From 1899 to 1900, my compatriot Nikola Tesla (a great scientist and inventor) build he's extremely high-voltage laboratory right there, on Pikes Peak. The resonant coils that he invented, were able to generate more than 12 mega-volts of AC current, and the emitter ball on the top of the antenna produces the very first radio-wave that goes out of Earth atmosphere and orbits, further in space. To bad there's no trace of he's legendary lab in today. Maybe there's only a sign as a memory on one great Tesla's experiment.
Now you've driven it, the hair pin and no rail turns can you imagine going up absolutely as fast as possible, the record is somewhere just shy of 8 minutes I believe and if I'm thinking correctly they should have just had the race. And imagine back in the late '60's there was even less guard railing than they have today (and some of the road was unpaved if I'm remembering correctly). Back in the day the Unsers' of Indy fame used to own this race as well as Rick Mears of the same Indy Fame.
P.S.- They recently just held the Indy 500, while televised there was no one but a very privileged few in the stands. It just wasn't the same race. They're going to have the Kentucky Derby the same way, we just had at the Ky. State Fair, that no one but those entered was allowed to be there, including the end of ceremonies World Horse show. Sorry but screw a whole bunch of this Virus.
Abby you’re a trooper allowing Adam to drive Pikes Peak. I wasn’t allowed. We did take the tram. I got sick at the top I could only sit down, walking was a real problem.
Depends on the driver. Most vehicles will get up there with the air on but it would seem fair to say, at some point in elevation, it's just going to be much colder and A/C won't be necessary. However, leaving the transmission in D or OD will get you to over heat, using a lower gear will put less load on the engine. Those turbo engines usually maintain well since the thin air is compensated for with the computer sensors and turbo.
Hi Adam and Abbey, Your trip up Pikes Peak reminded me of the 1954 movie The Long Long Trailer With Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz you should have taken the 5th wheel up with you and acted out the scene of Lucy, (ABBEY) trying to cook a meal while Desi (Adam) was driving grin If you haven't seen the movie check out IMDB for the details and they offer it on amazon Prime You will never look at Caravaning the same way again! Tony from Western Australia.
@@Titus-as-the-Roman that was probably when I first saw it as well (60 this way) I live in a small rural country town in Western Australia and we get a lot of tourists with caravans coming through each and every one reminds me of that movie! Tony from Western Australia.
Living in the Austrian alps I'm used to driving in the mountains... But those roads without any barriers on the sides look scary when wet. How's the sticker collection at the back of your camper doing?
Oh boy, some of those curves terrified me just watching them! I had to close my eyes on a couple of them. Your poor wife there had it harder, being on the downhill side! 14,000' , wow. That's like driving to the top of our Mt Rainier! I couldn't imagine driving up to the top of Mt Rainier. Mountain climbers climb to the top of Mt Rainier on professional guided expeditions, but no one drives up there! Now don't worry about that lightning! It's not like you're on the highest spot around! Hmm, i guess the only thing worse than driving up there, is driving back down on a nice wet road!
I'd be shocked if the engine overheated, especially being a diesel...I know you can get some hot brakes on the way down if you ride them...good fit for a Jake brake
@@AbomAdventures Thanks for the great video. Abby, you are trooper! I also drive a RAM / Cummins diesel crew cab here in Colorado. I've never overheated the radiator even when towing and running the air conditioner. But, until you know your vehicle in these difficult conditions, don't take chances. For mountain descents, I use the engine brake and the tow/haul mode [even when running bob-tailed]. I also lock the transmission out of the upper gears. That is, I set the transmission for the gear that I went up in. Pikes Peak is typically third gear [six speed auto]. Rarely do I have to touch the brakes. I write this not for you, Adam & Abby, as you just proved you know what you are doing. Naturally! Many times when we drive down a mountain road we will see a truck, sometimes a car, with out-of-state plates that has overheated his/her brakes. [Out here, we call those people 'flatlanders', and it's not a compliment.] Be careful driving here, 'cause the mountains sure as hell don't care about you. Don't be someone we read about in the newspaper. Maybe this sounds tough or snotty. That's not my intent. I do want everyone who visits our beautiful state to be able to return home safely. Be well & Best regards, Gottfried
nice! now imagine driving that road in 7 minutes and 57 seconds the new record up to 14,115 feet ..and Abby my wife freaks if we are driving a steep road too thanks guys !
Wish you could have seen the views without the smoke haze from the forest fires to the west. You should have stuck around for the hill climb, the most awesome motorsports race in the country.
Back about 1966, some friends and I went to the hill climb. Road was 100% loose gravel bottom to top. We happened to be on one of the switchbacks and every car that spun around that curve showered us with gravel. Winning car was an Oldsmobile Toronado...front wheel drive climbed like a cat up a tree and the rear wheel cars just spun their wheels. LOL
My wife & I made that trip 44 years ago for our first anniversary, not sure I would like the heights now, but thanks for taking us along
Abom, , my wife and I just did that exact trip. At the summit of pikes peak there is alot of construction on the new summit house. Very nice to see the trip through your videos
My brother and I rode our motorcycles to the top in August 1989, it was snowing above 8,000 ft. and there were 4 inches of snow at the top. The temperature at the bottom was in the upper 90's. Most all of the high road was gravel/dirt. I'd rather ride back down in the snow on gravel than the pavement.
I loved Pike peak when we went 2 years ago. Awesome drive up. We had to park in the same lot because of limited parking up top. There's still construction going on. That's way they are doing the shuttle to the top. I did like you did on the way down. Lower gears and when we got to the spot where they check your brake temp, mine was at 76*. We were in a F250 with the 7.3 power stroke. I have enjoyed the trip videos. Keep them coming. Dave
I never worried going up, but on the way down that breaks would not over heat. Great post.
Abon !!! Thank you for the beautiful views of the Royal Gorge, Garden of the God's, and Pikes Peak! In 1965 and 1996 I was able to see the first 2 myself. I was not able to do Pikes Peak either time. The beauty of these places brings tears to my eyes. Your videos are super! Thanks.
Great video!! My wife and I are heading up there for Labor Day week. It’s pretty cool seeing what we’re gonna do too😄
I made the trip from Fort Worth Texas to Pikes Peak in 1976 on my motorcycle. At that time the upper half of the road was gravel and went all the way to the top. The gravel made handling the motorcycle through those switchbacks more difficult. By the time I got to the top I felt a little tipsy from the altitude and exertion. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Omg the outside lane on pikes peak in rain. I would have squeezed my steering wheel until it broke 😆. Love the videos y’all!
Fun times, great memories. Been to the peak twice, family in Estes Park. love CO
It rains in the afternoon at altitude. You need to get to the top before noon.
I used to guide up longs peak, about 1pm the weather changed. By 3pm, it's sleeting rain with 40knot freezing wind wiping water off the ground making tiny, flying ice razor blades. You learn that lesson quickly.
If you're still in Colorado, check out roxborough state park. It's free and amazing!!! It's a little south west of Denver.
Looks so nice. I envy the temperature! Thanks for taking us along.
The first two times I went it was too cloudy to see anything, so I never made it up there. Third trip was a beautiful day, what a view! Plus we had a snowball fight in June up there. How many people can say that!
About 8 years ago I drove up Pikes Peak while traveling between Pueblo, CO and Goodland, KS. It was a beautiful drive, but I did not think things through. I was in Pueblo replacing batteries in a couple of 50 Kva UPS units, and I had 70 batteries about the same weight as car batteries in the bed of the truck, yeah, that is about 5,000 lbs of batteries....
We stopped on the way back down at the visitors center and the rotors on the brakes were glowing a nice cherry red, and I was in 1st gear 90% of the time. We hung out at the visitors center for a while letting those brakes cool down. But the road is a bit scary, there was one guy so terrified that he was practically scrapping the rocks on the inside edge away from the cliffs.
Great vid. Love your dynamic. Imagine driving up there in less than eight minutes.
Last time I was up the road to the top was not paved. Goosing it around those hair pin turns was a lot of fun. :-) I didn't have any overheat issues with my Cummins.
I’m sure she’s trained to say that to everyone. We had no overheated trouble at Mount Evans
Thanks for showing this in 4k best road trip ever
Loved that guys, similar things happen to me and my wife. Went to Lands End Cornwall, England,the main reason we went holidaying in Cornwall , as soon as we got there, paid our car parking charges, the sea fog came in and we never saw a thing ☹️🙄 (712mile round trip)
Beautiful camera work again Abby , Thank you for the great video 👏👏👏👏👍🥰🇬🇧🍺🍺
A hundred years ago my grandfather took a train ride to the top. I have a picture of him standing on the back step of the rail car.with a sign in the frame giving the information about where the rail line stopped.
I’m sorry you didn’t make it to the top. Abbey would have loved the gift shop! My last trip up, the last 6 miles or so was unpaved. That was a real adventure!
We visited Pikes Peak many yers ago. It was great. We took a tour bus (van) up the mountain. Great driver! I remember that he stopped a few times on the way up to let the brakes cool off. I live in Florida and one of the things that I miss are mountains. Florida is flat. Great video, I enjoyed seeing the mountains.
Every region has its own beauty.
Hot brakes going up hill?
@@johnbaskett2309 what goes up must come down
Just came across you two and your videos while looking at the Royal Gorge Bridge. Really liked that one and also this one of Pikes Peak. I went up Pikes Peak many years ago with my, now ex-husband. It was really beautiful. It still looks beautiful, but those curves looks scary now! I guess as you get older, the nerves change... LOL
Spectacular video. Thank you. Abby, that's some impressive camera work you did with all those scary drop-offs and winding roads.
I see they have paved the road alot more now. It was a dirt road for less then half the trip to the summit. I always thought it was dirt so there was no icy roads. It is beautiful. A little spooky with no guard rails in some spots. Thanks as always.
It’s funny, I always thought it was dirty too because of the races 😁
Adam, you made my day for your response. So glad you n Abby had a great time. I love Colorado. The furthest west we have bee is the Red Wood forest in California. Amazing the size of the trees. Thanks so much.
That road used to be all un-paved. Great video!
Looks like Abby had a white knuckle ride! Well, if it ain't a mower running in the background, it's lightning. Glad you guys made it down safe.
My husband and I went there last week.The views are spectacular.
Looks very beautiful. Thanks for the share.
We were there in March 2010 and the temperature at the top was 14 and a wind of 25 mph quite shock!
The song America The Beautiful was written because of the view from Pikes Peak.
Wm
What a hike! I would require a walking stick to help me along and
Keep me from taking a toss. You guys may want to consider getting sticks. If nothing else it could help you fend off Big Foot. Thanks for bringing us along.
Great views! My Margaret would be green and throwing up from those edge curves. A lesson I learned the hard way taking her up the south side of the mountain that Jerome, Arizona is on. :)
You two had a great Exercise Tolerance Test! I once saw a 9 year old pass out when he tried to run in the shop at the Pike's Peak (from hypoxia) summit. It does not seem much has changed since I was there in about 1979.
Best part of the trip,,,,,, no guard rails. LOL Love it.
You can see the crews at the entry gate setting up for this year's annual Pikes Peak hill climb. Going on now as I make this post. 44 entries of which 12 are Porchas (sp). Hard to imagine racing up the mountain but they do it every year.
That drive is a favorite of ours. We hauled bicycles to the top one year for a fun ride back down!
Next time you go to Pikes Peak - you should consider the cog railway. I understand that this year it isn't really an option but back in the 1970's we stopped there on the way to Philmont.
They are rebuilding the Cog Railway and also building a new visitors center where the railway will terminate.
@@AbomAdventures The Cog RR is expected to reopen in May of 2021 with new trains, new track, new station, and other things. The new summit house is to be completed about that time, too.
@@AbomAdventures Just one beer at the summit will feel like 3 or 4
Thanks for the trip down memory lane without the altitude sickness. Last time I went, I rode the Cog Train up the mountain leaving from Manitou Springs. I don't think the Cog Train is in business any longer. I heard it shut down a few yeas ago because they didn't have the funds to rebuild it. Too bad because, for my money, it was the best way to get to the summit.
It's being rebuilt as we speak/write. They claim it will open again in May of '21. You can follow their progress at: www.cograilway.com
@@timthetoolman223
Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear it's coming back.
Looks lovely! I need to find a way to get a motorcycle to go up there! ;)
Great video going up the pike they used to race cars up the pike when it was still dirt yes some cars went over the edge yikes u had me when u had a shot over the edge I got that stomach feeling yikes 😳
They just raced on Aug 30th this year.
nice camera work, like drone footage:) enjoy:)
You have never experienced a thunderstorm until you have been in one above the timberline in the Rockys.
Rain is better than snow. Pikes Peake, where America the Beautiful was written.
For your future high altitude climbs above about 9,000 feet, I recommend taking Vitamin E. It will help bind the oxygen to your red blood cells more efficiently. Every time we go to Colorado and get up to altitude we take it for a day or two before and the whole time. It helps greatly to combat altitude sickness. Never had a day of alt sickness when visiting Colorado.
Glad you two were able to make the climb...real troopers!!
Viagra works also for high altitude, if you happen to have that.
@@JAMESWUERTELE Vitamin E is cheaper!
Ive drove to the peak several times. Its still white knucle scary. Skyline drive in Canyon city (south of the springs )is really worth it too.
Skyline Drive video filmed! 😎
Must have been fun for the guys who made the road with their graders and bull dozers etc.
Today, August 30th was the PPIHC race up the summit.
Hi Adam, I see Pikes Peak from my house. Home of the Wavetube!
We did it years ago when there wasn't guard rails or much pavement . I didn't get to see much besides the road ahead . HA!
Leaving Kansas City for Manitou Springs in the morning. Driving to Canon City, Salida, Buena Vista and Leadville on Sunday, then Cripple Creek on Monday.
That’s a lot of stops for one day
From 1899 to 1900, my compatriot Nikola Tesla (a great scientist and inventor) build he's extremely high-voltage laboratory right there, on Pikes Peak. The resonant coils that he invented, were able to generate more than 12 mega-volts of AC current, and the emitter ball on the top of the antenna produces the very first radio-wave that goes out of Earth atmosphere and orbits, further in space.
To bad there's no trace of he's legendary lab in today. Maybe there's only a sign as a memory on one great Tesla's experiment.
Today a couple of Tesla’s finished quite nicely on the Pikes Peak Hill climb. So his legacy continues on .
Tesla’s lab was near Memorial Park, that’s the famous picture when he lit up light bulbs wirelessly on the grass.
Turbos comin in clutch on that climb!!! Thin air up there!
Can't wait to get there. May try and ride my bicycle up there.
I hope you make it to Montana one year, and the Going to the Sun Highway.
Now you've driven it, the hair pin and no rail turns can you imagine going up absolutely as fast as possible, the record is somewhere just shy of 8 minutes I believe and if I'm thinking correctly they should have just had the race. And imagine back in the late '60's there was even less guard railing than they have today (and some of the road was unpaved if I'm remembering correctly). Back in the day the Unsers' of Indy fame used to own this race as well as Rick Mears of the same Indy Fame.
P.S.- They recently just held the Indy 500, while televised there was no one but a very privileged few in the stands. It just wasn't the same race. They're going to have the Kentucky Derby the same way, we just had at the Ky. State Fair, that no one but those entered was allowed to be there, including the end of ceremonies World Horse show. Sorry but screw a whole bunch of this Virus.
If you're staying in Colorado Springs, check out The Rabbit Hole. We're just north in Castle Rock
Been up to Pikes peak a few times never drove always took the cog train.
They have a gift shop and restrooms up there. U didn't see them. It's a beautiful drive but scary as heck.
Awsome thank you!
Abby you’re a trooper allowing Adam to drive Pikes Peak. I wasn’t allowed. We did take the tram. I got sick at the top I could only sit down, walking was a real problem.
Imagine the turbo whine... if they took the trailer up the mountain.
Re: The A/C off for the climb - Maybe for a gas-powered car, but not for a Diesel. Of course, with the thin air up there, I could be wrong.
Depends on the driver. Most vehicles will get up there with the air on but it would seem fair to say, at some point in elevation, it's just going to be much colder and A/C won't be necessary. However, leaving the transmission in D or OD will get you to over heat, using a lower gear will put less load on the engine. Those turbo engines usually maintain well since the thin air is compensated for with the computer sensors and turbo.
My mother says that's not what the roads looked like when we drove up there. In the early 70's.
For real, I remember when I was a kid i wanna say they actually finished asphaulting the entire stretch to the peak.
I've always wanted to drive up Pikes Peak. Good luck getting my wife up there. My son even more so.
I am from Pueblo all of 83 years and have never been up there
It’s not a bad drive, the cog is down. I don’t know when it’s back up and running.
Hi Adam and Abbey,
Your trip up Pikes Peak reminded me of the 1954 movie The Long Long Trailer
With Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz you should have taken the 5th wheel up with you and acted out the scene of Lucy, (ABBEY) trying to cook a meal while Desi (Adam) was driving grin If you haven't seen the movie check out IMDB for the details and they offer it on amazon Prime
You will never look at Caravaning the same way again!
Tony from Western Australia.
Saw the movie back in the mid/late '60's when I was just a Young'un, makes me want to go and watch it again.
@@Titus-as-the-Roman that was probably when I first saw it as well (60 this way) I live in a small rural country town in Western Australia and we get a lot of tourists with caravans coming through each and every one reminds me of that movie!
Tony from Western Australia.
@@MoondyneJoe Titus from Louisville, Kentucky. Good Day Mate
@@Titus-as-the-Roman gidday mate how they hanging,? How is Louisville, it's a wet and woolie day this way here in Toodyay, Western Australia
Smart move not getting in a van full of people, beautiful places😎😎😎
My version of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb lol
I did it on a motorcycle back in 1996, Pretty hairy in spots for sure.
subi a Pikes Peak em dezembro de 2018, muita neve e confesso, fiquei com medo.
All I could hear was the Abby happy dance, except when she was watching the drop-offs!
My stomach is going watching you drive up that mountain.
Living in the Austrian alps I'm used to driving in the mountains... But those roads without any barriers on the sides look scary when wet.
How's the sticker collection at the back of your camper doing?
Doesn't that drive up the mountain make you want to participate in the annual race to the top?
Oh boy, some of those curves terrified me just watching them! I had to close my eyes on a couple of them. Your poor wife there had it harder, being on the downhill side!
14,000' , wow. That's like driving to the top of our Mt Rainier! I couldn't imagine driving up to the top of Mt Rainier. Mountain climbers climb to the top of Mt Rainier on professional guided expeditions, but no one drives up there!
Now don't worry about that lightning! It's not like you're on the highest spot around!
Hmm, i guess the only thing worse than driving up there, is driving back down on a nice wet road!
Abby.. "I NEED a Pikes Peak T-Shirt".....lol Legend.. Just like My Wife... ahahahahahaha
Nice video. Question, is possible to do this drive on a motorhome? Which vehicle did you use?
Would not advise it.
6:28 HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! I'm right there with ya Abby!!! OMFG!!!!
😂
Be careful...there may be snow to get through at the summit!
I'd be shocked if the engine overheated, especially being a diesel...I know you can get some hot brakes on the way down if you ride them...good fit for a Jake brake
I used low gear plus engine braking, perfect combo to stay off the brakes
@@AbomAdventures Thanks for the great video. Abby, you are trooper!
I also drive a RAM / Cummins diesel crew cab here in Colorado. I've never overheated the radiator even when towing and running the air conditioner. But, until you know your vehicle in these difficult conditions, don't take chances. For mountain descents, I use the engine brake and the tow/haul mode [even when running bob-tailed]. I also lock the transmission out of the upper gears. That is, I set the transmission for the gear that I went up in. Pikes Peak is typically third gear [six speed auto]. Rarely do I have to touch the brakes. I write this not for you, Adam & Abby, as you just proved you know what you are doing. Naturally! Many times when we drive down a mountain road we will see a truck, sometimes a car, with out-of-state plates that has overheated his/her brakes. [Out here, we call those people 'flatlanders', and it's not a compliment.] Be careful driving here, 'cause the mountains sure as hell don't care about you. Don't be someone we read about in the newspaper. Maybe this sounds tough or snotty. That's not my intent. I do want everyone who visits our beautiful state to be able to return home safely.
Be well & Best regards,
Gottfried
i have looked down in Vesu vulcano and i know exatly how you felt Abby driving up those steep inklines brrrrr
RUclips up Pikes Peak run and watch the annual competition for time bests. One wrong move by those racers..
How did that exhaust brake work on the way down?
Cool place
To bad the train stopped running you would have enjoyed the cog railroad
nice! now imagine driving that road in 7 minutes and 57 seconds the new record up to 14,115 feet ..and Abby my wife freaks if we are driving a steep road too thanks guys !
We drove up Pikes Peak with the AC on and didn't over heat.
It’s cool enough there you don’t need it
I went up in June with my daughter, it was 36 on top. It’s hot because of the UV, I had the AC cranked in my Tacoma.
Went in 2018 dint make it as far as you we went on cristmas it was frozen i cant wait to go bk
I too store my mask on the gear selector so I remember to wear it.
It’s the spot I know i can find it
Put mine on the dash mat over the steering wheel
Big Foot Crossing? Hold on ABOM never got out of the car! ( Joke)
Nice!!
I swear Abby has a different pair of sunglasses on every video!
She said “thank you for noticing” 😂
@1:55 no way thats true on any vehicle made in the last 10yrs thats not fully loaded. yet alone a new HD pickup truck!!
Wish you could have seen the views without the smoke haze from the forest fires to the west. You should have stuck around for the hill climb, the most awesome motorsports race in the country.
Back about 1966, some friends and I went to the hill climb. Road was 100% loose gravel bottom to top. We happened to be on one of the switchbacks and every car that spun around that curve showered us with gravel. Winning car was an Oldsmobile Toronado...front wheel drive climbed like a cat up a tree and the rear wheel cars just spun their wheels. LOL
13,000 feet wow! I know most pilots have to use oxygen at 12,000 and above. I would have been short winded for sure at 13,000. You and Abby are brave
At 10K thirty minutes only with out oxygen, at 13K you need oxygen
You end up at 14,112, I live in the Springs and still get a head rush.
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Abby, I love your shirts. I'm done Peopling and especially Alcohol you later
NO WAY! I HATE HEIGHTS!
That’s Darrel
yeah, welcome to colorado, where everything is bipolar including the weather
T-ruuuueeee