Grand Canyon Adventure: The 750-Mile Hike That Nearly Killed Us (Part 1) | Nat Geo Live

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 3. 03. 2017
  • Few people have completed a thru-hike of the Grand Canyon, and now Kevin Fedarko and Pete McBride know why: The 750-mile hike proved to be the most difficult undertaking of their lives. Join the pair as they comically recount their brutal adventure.
    ➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe
    ➡ Watch Part 2: • Grand Canyon Adventure...
    ➡ Watch Part 3: • Grand Canyon Adventure...
    ➡ Watch all Nat Geo Live clips here: bit.ly/WatchNatGeoLive
    ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive
    About Nat Geo Live (National Geographic Live):
    The National Geographic Live series brings thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, scientists, photographers, and performing artists right to you. Each presentation is filmed in front of a live audience at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C.
    Get More National Geographic:
    Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite
    Facebook: bit.ly/FBNatGeo
    Twitter: bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter
    Instagram: bit.ly/NatGeoInsta
    About National Geographic:
    National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.
    Few people have ever completed a thru-hike of the Grand Canyon, and now National Geographic explorers Kevin Fedarko and Pete McBride know why: The 750-mile hike quickly proved to be the most difficult undertaking of their lives. With no trail to follow, the two found themselves bushwhacking through dense brush and cacti, and moving up and down steep vertical terrain in scorching heat as they navigated their way through the canyon. Though they initially embarked on the hike as a way to raise public awareness of development issues threatening the iconic national park, the pair quickly found they had completely underestimated the difficulty of their journey and nearly quit in the first week. Join Fedarko and McBride as they comically recount their brutal adventure and shed light on the myriad of threats facing Grand Canyon National Park.
    Upcoming Events at National Geographic Live
    events.nationalgeographic.com/...
    Read more about the Grand Canyon hike
    www.nationalgeographic.com/adv...
    Follow their hike on this Grand Canyon interactive map
    www.nationalgeographic.com/adv...
    Grand Canyon Adventure: The 750-Mile Hike That Nearly Killed Us (Part 1) | Nat Geo Live
    • Grand Canyon Adventure...
    National Geographic
    / natgeo
  • Zábava

Komentáře • 32

  • @CrimsonEsso
    @CrimsonEsso Před 7 lety +19

    Finally subbing to this channel pays off. An actual video that is longer than 2 minutes.

  • @balzerno1
    @balzerno1 Před 7 lety +14

    This is the type of story I grew up watching ntional Geography with!!! stories of travel, amazing landscapes, animals.......Good job guys!!

  • @PatWarner
    @PatWarner Před 3 lety +1

    I was 60 before I experienced the Canyon for the first time. It is incredibly difficult to put words to the feeling of standing there on the rim. Thank you for this opportunity to see it through your eyes.

  • @shanefanon
    @shanefanon Před 5 lety +3

    " Comically" is so appropriate a visual rendition of what happens. Good job guys. Glad your team survived the journey.

  • @rzbjnv44
    @rzbjnv44 Před 4 lety

    I just want to thank Kevin Fadarko and Pete McBride for this beautiful and fullfilling documentary.
    I have watched it (the 3 parts) on youtube several times now. Every time I watch it I feel like I'm listening to my favorite album. Just gives me so much! Thank you!!!

  • @annahasty7191
    @annahasty7191 Před 7 lety +5

    I am so glad I stumbled across this. I am from Arizona originally. The Grand Canyon is an amazing place.

  • @liquidadventuring
    @liquidadventuring Před 5 lety +2

    After kayaking Grand Canyon, I now have your book based on the hike, I watched the film, I read The Emerald Mile. I think I'm obsessed.

  • @davidduncan3881
    @davidduncan3881 Před rokem

    My son and I hiked rim to rim Oct 2021 and this was next level. You guys are AWESOME!

  • @singingbird8540
    @singingbird8540 Před 7 lety +3

    Anything that educate the public is welcome, thanks to your adventures

  • @RichardBuckerCodes
    @RichardBuckerCodes Před 7 lety +1

    wow this is awesome. thank you. the human spirit lives! And thank you to the team that rebooted your mission.

  • @mythicalsoccerbeast5957
    @mythicalsoccerbeast5957 Před 7 lety +6

    Why does this barely have any views?
    This stuff is really important.

  • @terrimoore2442
    @terrimoore2442 Před 7 lety +2

    Amazing story!!!

  • @PatWarner
    @PatWarner Před 3 lety

    Superb!

  • @garymoore3446
    @garymoore3446 Před 6 lety +1

    Great guys...

  • @the4trutter75
    @the4trutter75 Před 6 měsíci

    I’m watching into the canyon as i watch this

  • @raphaelpircher8619
    @raphaelpircher8619 Před 7 lety +1

    amazing

  • @domenicomirante8057
    @domenicomirante8057 Před 6 lety

    i had the pleasure of doing part of this journey in 2001 8 days and about 110 miles give or take where wonderful but grueling ps i did the easy part on the eastern side it really is quite an experience i hope this video inspires others to give it a shot at part of it

  • @LocalMultiplex
    @LocalMultiplex Před 7 lety +9

    looks kind of like an old matt damon

    • @SKIADK
      @SKIADK Před 5 lety +1

      Or Randy Travis 🤪

  • @b.hagedash7973
    @b.hagedash7973 Před 7 lety +3

    As a fan of the author Bill Bryson this all seems very familiar.

  • @BillyBob-qh9fm
    @BillyBob-qh9fm Před 6 lety +2

    i didn't know John Mellencamp was a backpacker

  • @anatureperson5551
    @anatureperson5551 Před 7 lety +1

    Lesson: ask the professionals- those who have been there done that.

  • @bicyclingaround8405
    @bicyclingaround8405 Před 3 lety

    I didn't see them filter water anywhere in the documentary. Iodine pills ? (Oh they definitely drank from puddles directly-why would a nat geo documentary show such a thing ?)
    Also did I see one of them wearing a bicycle helmet when rappelling ? Bike helmets are single crash helmets - not the same as climbing helmets.
    Also, they were hiking too close to the edge sometimes, I think for photo/video value. I would imagine people would hike farther away from the edge.

  • @lucyhogan8483
    @lucyhogan8483 Před měsícem

    This would be better without the tag team comedy act

  • @raphaelpircher8619
    @raphaelpircher8619 Před 7 lety +1

    mega

  • @privacymatters5204
    @privacymatters5204 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice story but hard to listen to Kevin’s vocabulary. Megafauna? Ethos? Psychological matrix? Ugh. I just kept zoning out when he was speaking. 🙄

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 Před rokem

      I zoned out reading your comment..

  • @lamper2
    @lamper2 Před 5 lety

    i'm in favor of modernizing access as much as possible!

    • @Soontobefamous100
      @Soontobefamous100 Před 5 lety +2

      lee shafer I’m in favor of not destroying more of untouched nature when there is so little left on this earth

  • @zayshaanlatif7946
    @zayshaanlatif7946 Před 7 lety +1

    I would easily have done that in 3.5/ 4 months