Hiking the Breathtaking Trails of Mt. Le Conte - Great Smoky Mountains 4K

It is INEXCUSABLE that you guys don't have a show on PBS or Netflix or Discovery Channel or something!!! The product you're creating is SO much better than 95 percent of what's being aired. We should start a petition to make that happen!

I love when these guys post 😫 it’s like seeing an old friend!

the Alum Caves trail up to Le Conte was my grandfather's favorite hike. He'd hike it up, have a snack while looking at the view, and then right back down the same day. The last time he hiked it was on his 89th birthday. He so badly wanted to make it on his 90th, but sadly he was too ill at that point. If he were alive today he'd be over 100, and I'm sure he'd still be talking about wanting to get back on this trail; it was his absolute favorite place to be.

One of these days when I get some friends hopefully they are like these guys lol

Hearing Andrew say nostalgic is becoming quite nostalgic.

Andrew drinking Thomas's coffee made with fancy new gear: "It's good." Andrew drinking boiled nettles and leaves: "It's good."

"You're gonna like this whether you like it or not!" hahahaha

AA has the most beautiful music to accompany their videos.

The only thing that sucks about this video? Having to wait for the next one. Stellar content, amazing presentation.

The whole gang!! 🥸🧐😮‍💨🤗

You guys really “get” it! I’m a 65 year old woman living in an apartment in San Diego. I find small hikes i can go on around here, but nothing will ever compare to times hiking in the Appalachian when I was young. So beautiful!

I've hiked to the summit of LeConte 19 times. There's something very special about that mountain.

Rewatching this again. I love the scene on the porch front where Andrew and Thomas are waxing philosophic and Bryan exclaims, "I got that orange drank!" Pretty sure that should be your next T-shirt.

Thank you so much for the professionally crafted videos of unbelievable locations. As a disabled war vet and former hiker I appreciate being able to see the things I used to enjoy. Outstanding!!

Mount LeConte was the highlight of my honeymoon. Breathtaking is absolutely the right word to use

Guys thank you! ;___; I could literally cry right now because I am so happy. Life sucked and still does for the last couple of years and your videos really bring joy into my life each time. I watched most of your videos a couple of times already at least each one once ^^. Your videos are my most favorite ones on YT and at least my way to enjoy nature if I can't enjoy it directly right now as much as I would like to. Thank you for doing what you are doing. I guess I am not only talking for myself but what you do is special to so many of us. Keep up the amazing work. Cheers from Vienna~

I felt the sprinkling of Andrew’s botany knowledge was the perfect amount. Great job at balancing the content. This episode was quite enjoyable.

Seeing the thru hiker bubble at the shelter made me nostalgic and reminded me of my attempted thru hike I did ten years ago. I stayed at that same shelter around the same time of year and had the exact same kind of weather until the next day... My hiking buddy and I got an early start in the rain. By the time we reached Charlie’s Bunion the rain turned to sleet and by the time lunch rolled around the sleet turned into white out snowy conditions. It was getting dangerous so we stopped at Cosby Knob Shelter, short of our desired destination, around 2pm. We were the only hikers at the shelter and we both passed out from exhaustion until around 6pm when we were awakened by a folksy guy smoking a pipe, playing a wonderful original song on his guitar. We looked around and the shelter was PACKED, nobody wanted to stay in a tent in those weather conditions, but we didn’t mind at all because nothing beats the camaraderie of thru hikers and that song on that guitar was the first music we had heard since the start of our hike a few weeks back (neither of us carried ipods and this was before smartphones). The next day we had learned that someone ahead of us on the trail had died overnight which humbled us even more than the snow did the previous day. Our spirits weren’t too dampened though because by the time we exited the official park boundaries and got to Standing Bear Hostel it was 70 degrees and the snow had all melted away. Talk about crazy weather! I saw the guitar player a few more times in the months following those few days and I always asked him to play that song he played on that snowy night in the shelter, and since I had no other music to listen to I memorized that song the best I could and would always sing it to myself while walking down the trail. Nowadays I play live acoustic music around town and I cover a version of that song the best I could remember it. Every time I play it I’m reminded of that magical time I had on the trail, specifically that snowy night in the Smokies. Thank you guitar playing guy wherever you are. I think your trail name was “Red Beard” or something. My trail name was “Gump” if any of you 2011 people see this and remember me.

Odds are that trap is for feral hogs, they are quite the nuisance in the Smokies! We were just down there a few weeks ago, our cabin overlooked Mt. Leconte, amazing views and an amazing park!

I couldn't Curb My Enthusiasm for this one! 😁 Loved how you captured those spectacular vistas! That Patron scroll keeps getting longer and the shout outs more hilarious! 👌🤣 Well done guys! 👏👍