Climbing Switzerland's Highest Mountain Unguided | Monte Rosa
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Starting a climb knowing it will take 17 hrs is no easy task, especially when it's up the 2nd highest mountain in the Alps, Dufourspitze - the highest peak on Monte Rosa.
We started from Zermatt, one of those places that should be at the top of your 'must visit' list in Switzerland, by taking a train some 1,000 meters up.
Our objective for the first day was what I consider to be one of the most beautiful hikes I've ever done in my life, a hike to the Monte Rosa hut.
This was the first time we had to cross a glacier BEFORE getting to our hut.
If you ask me, coming here for the hut alone would be worth the journey.
We started our ascent up Monte Rosa at 2AM and hiked through snow and ice for 6-7 hrs before we made it to the summit of Dufourspitze - a steep and airy summit, and one that wouldn't be forgiving if you slip.
By the time we made it to the train station on the return, it had been almost 17 hours. Funnily enough, similar to my ascent of Mont Blanc.
Our bodies were wrecked, but our spirits were at an all-time high.
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Bro the footage you are sharing on here is top notch jaw dropping. Keep doing it.
I'm so glad you're enjoying the videos. Thank you for the nice comment 🙏
This brings back so many memories from soloing it in the early 90's. There was more snow when I did it, and i glissaded down some of those long, smooth slopes. When I was lying in the sun resting at the bottom of a glissade, Air Zermatt came flying over for a body-check, then off again when I waved happily. Great video. And yes, the top is sketchy. Great video.
That is a great story haha. Would of been even more challenging then without the Monte Rosa hut. Thanks for watching!
That summit looked super sketch. Very impressive ascent though, from what i know one of the hardest summit pushes in the alpes given the total altitude gain and altitude, but those views definitely made up for it
First time viewer, loved the video really well put together, congrats on the summit! Looking forward to more content
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for following along 🙌🏼
the surrounding view from the summit is gorgeous, stunning and beautiful.
Completely agree. That area is amazing. Thanks for watching!
Climbing Kilimanjaro from sea level sounds like an absolutely incredible challenge! The quick altitude gain on the Umbwe route must have been tough, but what an achievement to reach Uhuru Peak. Hiking across Tanzania and tackling Kilimanjaro like that - just wow. Thanks for sharing such an epic adventure! I would love to do this hike somedau!
I hope you get there one day, it's stunning. Thank you for following along! 🙏
One of the best RUclips series I’ve ever seen !! Can’t believe I’m not paying for this , love the content so inspiring 🤩🤩🤩
You made my day. Thank you for watching our videos, more to come!
Yoooo that drone footage is stunning!! Also massive kudos this looks absolutely incredible (and exhausting!!) so impressed by you two 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks, bro. This thing was definitely an endurance event😮💨
Spectacular!! Well done.
I rarely do comments, but your video footage, editing, and music is exceptional. Great. Now I am inspired to do this hike.
Thank you for the lovely comment, I'm always happy when someone acknowledge the music haha. The Dufourspitze is a great goal to have/train for, let me know how it goes 💪
That was incredible lad, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching🙏
Good jobs guys. I’m very impressed with the quality of the filming 👍🏻
Thanks!
Wow, this is so unbelievably inspiring. Honestly so impressive after all the challenges in the past few weeks, then to knock this off. You both have a great mindset and keen to see what challenges come next.
Thanks for giving me the energy to put my shoes on and go on a run.
Thanks mate, so glad you enjoyed the videos!
Brilliant, well done.
Speechless! Full of admiration for these amazing team! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks Marita, you have a very strong daughter💪
The best and most inspiring video I have ever been encountered! Awesome video editting and story telling!
Thanks so much for your kind words ♥
Amazing as always guys! The b rolls are next level keep it up you two are awesome I love the content
Thank you mate🙏
This completely freaked me out!! OMG you all are amazing!
There are some STEEP drops towards the peak 😅 Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this amazing video . I am Italian and I climbed the Signal Spitze where Capanna Margherita is situated ....surely an easier alpine route . Good luck guys.
Grazie mille!
Very slick and professional GoPro and drone footage. Like the climb route explanations and honesty when mistakes are made. Great achievement!
Thanks John 🙏🏼
Heart congrats my friend.....My best wishes are always with both of you....Being myself a trekker , I do understand pains and satisfaction of such jumbo hikes....Congrats again...Waiting for your next adventures !!!
Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching! It was a great adventure 🙌🏼
WOW...thanks for taken us with you :) Love it
Thanks for watching!
Ok guys I'm addicted to watching now!! You two are epic. Big respect!!
Thanks Kitty!
Thanks for sharing the climb guys well done!!! On my list too
Thank you. It's an amazing route, I hope you enjoy it!
Such good footage ur video actually gives a good idea of what and how to prepare
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
wow, spectacular view!
Sick vid!! Loved the journey and how you documented it 💪
Enjoyed this! we did this route some years ago from Monte Rosa hut / Sattel ridge but did not film very much. It was spectacular, thanks for some great memories 👍
Climbing Monte Rosa was such an amazing experience. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Man, what a ride. Thanks for sharing.
Today is a kinda hard one, and you managed to kick my butt out. Thanks for the inspiration. I'll try😊
Thanks for the comment Rino - I'm glad it helped😊
Thanks so much for your work, this was great!
Appreciate you watching 🙏🏼
… super nice and super beautiful and you guys are a cool team!
Thanks!
You're video editing skills are getting better and better! Really enjoyed the last few videos!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked them!
That acclimatisation is how I felt after flying into Quito , the first night was wild...
A fantastic achievement and equally great video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Thank you for your comment and for watching!
I climbed this last Sunday, it was epic. You should try the Matterhorn next, not as high but definitely more technical climb 🎉
Well done! The Matterhorn is definitely on the list 💪 Thanks for watching
Such incredible views! Love the footage
Just came across the channel. Phenomenal video, amazing footage and superb views. Subscribed. Will now binge the rest of your videos 👏🏼
You made my day. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos!
Epic work guys. Another great vid! The last section did look pretty sketchy!
Lachyyy, next time we go there together bro!
the drone shots are great. Love it
I got more confident with flying the drone, three weeks later I flew it into my ice axe by mistake on the top of a mountain and snapped 2 of the propellers off 😂
Amazing 🤩
Congrats folks!
Thank you!
Great footage-amazing both of you!
Thank you ☺
Very nice. Thank you
Congrats for the entire project! And also, thanks for the lack of fisheye/ultra wide footage. While I do get the point of getting more into the frame, I love to see things as they are.
Completely agree with all of that! Hahaha. Thanks for watching!
You guys are truly next level. I'm in love with mountains too, but your mountains are like giants compared to those I tackle!
I'd be terrified to hold a big camera up at that summit, I can almost smell the thin air. But man it was amazing!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thankfully the camera that I have is small and quite lite, but also pretty high quality😂
That night was one of those where you don't remember your dreams, you just kind of pass out in one position and wake up in the exact same position haha
Awesome! Absolutely awesome effort from you both!
Thank you 🙌
It took us more than a week from memory to recover from this trip😅
@@TraintoSummit not surprised dude! You guys did some crazy mileage. Trip to remember for a lifetime!
Onto the next one 🤙🏻
Respect!
Great work you guys! 🎉
Thanks!
Incredible video, incredible effort! 🏔️
Thank you 🙌🏼
Sunteți minunați! Va iubesc!❤
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Pozdrowienia dla polskiej ekipy z pod szczytu ;) good video and narration, watched it with interest and it recalled me memories of my ascent to the summit 2 years ago. Greetings
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!
Awesome, thanks for the trip with you....
Thank you for watching!
Enjoy your Adventure
Nicely done guys!
Thanks Nandor!
awesome filming! great adventures! good news: you have to come back to switzerland again to climb the ACTUALLY HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN SWITZERLAND! 😍 this is the "Dom". dufourspitze (the monte rosa massif) is partly in italy and therefore doesn't qualify as the highest mountain in switzerland...*nobodalovesmartasses* (this time it's for a good purpose - bringing you back) 😘
Dom has been on the list for a loooong time. Small Train to Summit Easter egg, the mountain in the logo is Dom 😉. It's there to act as a simbol of resilience, 3 times I tried and 3 times it didn't happen 😂
Might be in the cards for next year but not sure yet. Thanks so much for watching and for your comment 🙏🏼
Really enjoyed it!
Thanks for watching!
Amazing!
Thanks bro. In September we're going back to Triglav, shout if you wanna climb it again yeah😂
Amazing
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful peak, but why not ascend from the Margarita hut directly? Is it much more difficult? I think in one of the videos you guys actually stayed at the hut
@@Serinia4melodic Thanks for watching. Viv wasn't comfortable with doing that traverse
Thank you for this. Monte Rosa, I think is a finer mountain than Mont Blanc. More interesting, more laid out topographically. It suffers from the fact it is not quite the same height.
Agreed. What I love most about it is that it feels so remote and far away from civilization. I also found this route to be harder than the Gouter route on MB
When did you go there? I mean in which month in this year?
We were there around the 26th of June this year. Great conditions
God, that final summit ridge looks scary AF... 😱
Viv wasn't impressed with me when she got there😅
good job..!
Thank you!
Nice coverage, hopefully will be also standing there one day? What is the mountain @14:10 ? Looks quite "hikey", maybe a good start for newbies like myself?!
Signalkuppe (4,554m) where the highest mountain hut in Europe, Capanna Margherita, lies. If you go on the channel (2 videos behind this one) you can see the video I made on climbing that peak over a 3 day trip. Thanks for watching!
@@TraintoSummit Thanks, will watch your video about it and start research :)
Epic af
Your cousin is a mountain climbing machine mate 👾
What month was this in? Even in the clouds the glacier hiking was otherworldly and im inspired to potentially go myself when I study abroad in Italy next fall! It looks to be about august or September here and that is likely when I would aim to climb as well
We did it late June. It's an amazing route, enjoy it and thanks for watching!
Nothing but uttermost respect for you and what you have accomplished. Amazing video. Thank you for bringing us on this journey.
Thanks, that means a lot. And thanks for watching!
Cool video❤ got my follow❤
I was like. "Oh you guys rock! You are going across Northend. "
You one moment later: I took the wrong way
😂😂😂
WOW! Amazing feat AND footage!! A question though... who the heck was doing those drone shots???
Thanks for watching! I was. I don't like it when I can clearly see someone pilot the drone while they take the shot, it takes me away from the moment. I frame the drone where I want it and hold the joystick down to go in that direction while walking like I'm not holding the remote😅
@@TraintoSummit cool! Your videos really catch the essence of the mountains I find! Plus im familiar with Zermatt and Kazbegi so was soo cool to see you go there! Great work )
Thank you!@@camorraII1
Congratulations, I would respectfully suggest reviewing the ‘committed regardless of anything’ there’s no shame in turning back. You need to do more than try, check weather forecasts, what do guides recommend, avoid navigation errors, what was the strategy if cloud closed in for the next day? Avalanche precaution, shovels, probes, recovery. Good fortune isn’t always abounding in the mountains. Take Care
I completely agree with you, and I think everyone should follow what you just said. What I mean with that statement is: When I climb, especially a big objective like Dufourspitze, I make it clear to my mind that no matter what happens, you have to get up there - because the way my mind works is that it will find excuses when the going gets tough to turn back. So there is no 'maybe I will make it'. Of course if the situation calls for it I'll go back, and I think everyone should. But it's just my psychological 'trick' to get the job done. Thanks for watching and for commenting!
oh my God! really!
Great footage ! going for it tomorrow :D May I ask when you did the climb ?
We climbed it on the 1st of July this year. You got this 💪💪
Amazing 🔥🔥👌🏽
Thanks Juan🙌
Unroped crossing glacier in the day? Sorry but doesn't look super safe.
It's a dry glacier. It's up to the party to choose if they want to equip or not. Thanks for watching
Always wanted to go to the monte Rosa Hut, but worried about those 1m crevasse jumps...
You can definitely cross the entire glacier without having to jump more than half a meter if you find the right spots - I mainly went over the 1m ones for dramatic purposes. Thanks for watching!
@@TraintoSummit ok, great thanks I will give it a try
What is the camera equipment you use for your trekking?
Sony RX 100 VII is the main camera, DJI Mini 3 pro and my phone sometimes - Galaxy S22
are you planning on climbing in the Himalayas and Karakorams too?
I would love to, hopefully one day!
Hey, what is currently your go-to boot on approach or easy trails without bolder fields? Tried to look through your vid's but couldn't find one talking about it.
Hi. For hiking I use Scarpa Men's Mistral GTX, it's comfortable and stable but the sole of the boot isn't as grippy as I'd like it to be. On the approach to the mountain huts I usually use regular running/walking shoes, like Nikeys, however for the last 3 Alpine trips we had I chose to go in my B2 boots (Scarpa Ribelle Lite) so I don't carry the weight of the boots on my back. I climbed in both Scarpa & La Sportiva before and I prefer Scarpa's. Thanks for your comment and for watching!
@@TraintoSummit Hey, thanks so much for explaining it in so much detail! I am currently in need of new boots for shoulder seasons and summer alpine hiking (maybe mild winter hiking too) and am not quite sure if B2's are really necessary or something between B1 and B2's. Thanks and keep up the good work! :)
Is it a harder climb than Mont Blanc?
I found it harder than the Gouter route on Mont Blanc
Nice climb :)
That area of the Alps is stunning...Thanks for watching!
bravo
Thank you
Good job
Thanks!
what day on the year was that? August maybe?
2nd of July I think
@@TraintoSummit thank you
what it is the brand or model of your glasses???? pleaaaseeeee
It's Vallon. We love them, they're great and very light
is that a decathalon rando rope? i use one scrambling in n. wales.
I don't know the name of it but it's from Decathlon yes 😂
I really love your Glases, how are they called?
Thanks. Vallon glacier
la vetta del Monte Rosa non è in Svizzera, ma in Italia
Goal couple be like
Nice! Got a follow from me
Thanks!
solo all free
that is the way i wanna do it
💯Agreed
Amazing and very motivational! After doing the TMB as my first hike I've been bit by the hiking bug!
Thank you. The TMB is definitely on the bucket list, it looks incredible!
maps are useful
The highest mountain in switzerland is dufourspitze
I like how Monte Rosa and the Mount Blanc are never in Italy but always in Switzerland or France...
So true 😂 - The easier access is never from Italy I suppose!
@@TraintoSummit I guess! :)
Where did you both start from and where did you get the train to? Looking to complete this route this year and can’t seem to find out the info. Thanks 🏔️🐐
We took the train from Zermatt to either Riffelsee or Riffelberg station (one is further away and costs less money so we went there). Hiked from the train station to the Monte-Rosa hut. The trail is very well marked from the train station.
Thanks for watching!