My Unforgettable Day Miles Above Switzerland - Matterhorn Glacier Paradise / Cog Railway & Cable Car
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise
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Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here. As the recording of
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this Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, I'm
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standing on my balcony here in the hotel
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I'm staying at in Zerat or Zerat,
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Switzerland,
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and my eyes are looking
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at the Matterhorn because I am going up
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that direction today. Spin this around.
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View from my hotel.
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Look
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at that nice clear day. I've heard that
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sometimes visitors will stay in this
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village at the base of the impressive
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mountain and they don't really get to
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see it because of haze,
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clouds, mist, etc. So, I consider myself
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very lucky. It's a clear day.
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and I'm going to head up there via train
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and possibly other transportation
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devices. I'm not hiking it.
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Also, the third man on the mountain. I
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was watching it last night. It's a Walt
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Disney film
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and they show so many great angles of
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the Matter Horn. The real Matter Horn,
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not the Disneyland one. The Disneyland
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was built a couple months after the film
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came out. Fun fact.
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But it's a great movie. It's just lots
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of scenic views of every angle of that
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impressive mountain. I'm going to get
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going. I'm inviting you,
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yes you, to join me. I'm also double
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bundled up, shall you? And I am so happy
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that there is snow on the ground. Thick
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snow on the ground. Really get into the
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holiday spirit.
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I should be back home
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about a week or so, give or take a day.
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I should be starting to make my way back
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home in a weekish
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and I'll be home in time for Christmas.
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I'll be home for Christmas. I think
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that's a I think that's a song.
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This is also a big skiing community. I
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will not be getting on any skis. It
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probably not end well for me. I'm not
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going to be hiking the mountain,
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but I will take other modes of
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transportation to get up there. Oh,
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yeah. I'm really excited about this.
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And I don't know if it's cuz I'm going
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to be going up towards the peak, but
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it's looking extra magnificent this
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morning.
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Got to be completely honest. I've been
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to Disneyland so many times. Been a
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passholder since 2015
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when I first moved out there.
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Lived in the LA Orange County area for a
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number of years. Went on the attraction
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Matterhorn, which is based on the peak.
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I'm going to be heading upwards towards
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and I'll never go on that ride again,
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that attraction again without thinking
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of being here. I have a new appreciation
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and new understanding
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of what Walt when he visited here saw.
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And as the story goes, he evidently sent
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a postcard from this village to the
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Imagineer who was in the head Imagineer
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at the time
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and said, "Build this." At least that's
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how the story goes. Build this.
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And they did.
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Bob Ger worked on it, too. And from what
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I from what I heard, it's the first
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coaster of its type that once you're at
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the top, what the top of the liftill,
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everything else is just gravity.
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And now a lot of carnivals and fairs and
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other theme parks use that use that. But
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I believe, don't quote me on this, but I
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believe the believe the Matterhorn
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attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim was
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the first to do that.
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I got a cup of Joe coffee as the snow
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taxi goes by. This is a carless
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community, by the way. There are no
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automobiles allowed here. Just the
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little
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vehicles that go around. They got a
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coffee here from a place called Cups.
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You can see there's the mountain on the
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side there. This is their large. This is
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not their small. This is their large.
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So,
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I don't know if it'll get me properly
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caffeinated, but it's a start.
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I've noticed a lot of places you go that
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aren't well that aren't Starbucks, let
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me just say the word, don't have large
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coffees, which kind of got me hooked on
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going there. So,
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with these, you got to drink what, three
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of maybe four or five of these makes up
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a vinty, right? Either way, cheers. Nice
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little stroll over to the station where
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I'm going to be taking a open air
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vehicle and getting some good views
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I realized yesterday I overused
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the word matter horn, so I'm trying to
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not say it as much this time, but there
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it is on the cup.
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Eh, I'll probably I'll probably use it
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without even thinking about it. I
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probably said it
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318 times yesterday. It's just a rough
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estimate. I'll probably say it more
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today. So, my apologies for saying
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Matterhorn so many times. If you look
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closely, you can see the cross that's up
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there on that hillside. Wow. Mountain
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side. Saw it last night illuminated from
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a different perspective, but there it is
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under daylight. Well, shadowed out
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daylight for the mountains. Yeah, those
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are the only size vehicles. Notice how
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narrow and rectangular they are. It's
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the only ones.
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All that buildup of snow.
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That's the only ones allowed
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here in town. No automobiles allowed
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other than that. I wonder if I brought
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Mini Marge here. Probably they probably
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let her roam the streets. Some say I'm
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underdressed. I think Santa is extremely
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underdressed for these weather
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conditions.
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He's got to be beat. All right, so this
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is what I'm taking.
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First activity of the day, the Gornrat
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railway. Best view
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of the you know what.
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It's a I think it's a 30-minut ride, 33
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minute ride from what I was reading
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online. Like must be the next departure
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times. And there could possibly
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kind of going into this blind
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be some stops on the way up that I'll be
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able to get off and get some photos and
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video, etc. I purchased my tickets
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online last night. All right, this is
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the train that I'm going to be boarding.
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So, it has two regular two regular train
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tracks like a normal train, but then it
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also has a chain that pulls up the side
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of the ascent.
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I was reading up on the specifics of
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this train. It is a coged cog wheel
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train, which means that in between the
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normal rails that you would have is a
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tooth tooth rack. That would be my
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definition of the chain pulling this up
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to the top of the hill.
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So, I'm not sure the exact meaning, but
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this is said to be one of the highest
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open air trains
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that that exists, except it's not open
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air.
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I don't know what their meaning of open
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air is. This is enclosed with glass.
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Perplexing.
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But it is stated that it is an open air
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train.
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>> Maybe it means because of the stops
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going up and down that you have open air
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looking at the mountain.
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Oh, some compartments have windows that
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you can pull down. Hence, open air. That
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explains it.
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All right. This is awesome. It's looking
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out the opposite side.
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That sun is bouncing off the snow. It's
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like a mirror.
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Dang, this is awesome.
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Oh my god. Oh. Ah. Unreal. Unreal.
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This is something I never thought I
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would say. Here I am saying it.
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The brooms are warning anyone to not
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stick your head too far out of the
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window.
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>> Oh, that's cool. See the skiers going
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down. See the ski lift.
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Man, if you're a skier, this would be
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perfect.
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Just get off here, get your ski on.
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>> Do you realize the street value of all
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this snow?
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Your mama was a snowblower.
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>> Man, I'm giving all kind of 80s
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references. Two in a row. Two in a row.
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>> Final stop,
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>> man. Imagine bringing all the skis all
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the way up here,
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>> skiing down this entire mountain. Feel
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like I'm way too uncoordinated for that.
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>> Ladies and gentlemen,
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>> a lot of people go up here to ski doing
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the oneway trip up.
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What false move? You could just start
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sliding down that pike. This is as far
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as I'll walk. I mean, you just get to
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the edge. Look at this. It's just
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slipping and sliding.
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And they're about They're all about to
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take this thing on.
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>> All right, got to make my way back down.
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the scenic views on the way back down.
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Also,
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try to catch that guy.
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Oh, it's like a little church building.
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Well, the reason I'm saying that it
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appears to be a little steep on it.
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Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes
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we will arrive at Serat.
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>> That was awesome.
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All right, I have booked a ticket for
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the gondola.
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99 Franks I believe it was, which is
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$110, $120. Yeah, the stuff is pricey,
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but I've never been here. 51 years old.
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Never been here. Probably never be here
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again. Got to do it. And now about 3/4
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of a mile. Just under 3/4 of a mile walk
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up to the gondola station.
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Oh, look from here.
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Got to look closely, but up there
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through the woods, you see the train
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ascending the one I was just on.
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Might get a better view when it reaches
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right about there.
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Can't even hear it from here. There it
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goes
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All right. Scan yourself in through
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these little mechanisms. Just like that.
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Opens up.
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This just looks like the Disney
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Skyliner, right?
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Oh, there's not even a worker boarding
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anyone.
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You just board
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at your own pace.
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The Matterhorn Express.
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That one has a guest logo on it. I think
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I want to get on the Matter Horn
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Expressway.
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Got to get a photo of it,
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man. There's not There's not one worker.
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Nothing like WDW.
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Actually, these look a little smaller.
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Just a slight bit smaller. Oh man.
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This is going to be good.
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Who would have guessed?
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I would have made it here.
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Happy to be here. Happy to be here. And
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that is what I'm hoping to get close to
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for the second time. Once on a train,
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once on a cog train, and once on a
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gondola similar to WDW
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Skylighter.
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Woo! Oh, yeah. That's good. Same
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same bumpiness. Oh, let's go.
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This is awesome. I almost heard the the
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jingle. The Skylliner jingle. I'm so
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used to being on these at WW.
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>> Really good view of the town below.
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Going up up up
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on the Matterhorn Gondola Express.
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To be honest, it's not as cold as I
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thought it would be. I could have got
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away with the one layer, not putting the
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double double hoodie on, even when it
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was all the way at the top. Now, I'll
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I'll give an update when I get to the
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top of here. But up at the train ride,
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it wasn't as bad as I thought it would
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be. I like the cold though. So,
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next
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>> I think I'm about to reach a pinnacle
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here.
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Coming up over a hump. Oh.
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Oh, I thought it was going to be a
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really grand view. It's still kind of
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obscured. That's pretty good. That's
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pretty good. Look at that. Go check out
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the snowcat.
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Wendy,
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I got a big You got a big surprise
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coming for you.
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Go check out the snowcat.
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Go check it out.
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I like the higher up I get. can still
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see the town down below.
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>> it looks as if I get off here. 9,642 ft.
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And I continue or maybe I am at Glacier
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Paradise.
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Am I here?
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Or do I keep going up?
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Oh no, I keep going up.
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Oh, I I board a different ride vehicle.
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Oh,
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okay.
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Look at those things.
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I get on one of those.
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>> Those things split down with a straight
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window. That's where we just
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>> Better game. Yeah.
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moving the two
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>> feel
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All right. Now, I'm glad I layered up.
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12,700
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and 40 ft. I got a little Christmas tree
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up here.
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Sheep.
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I got to be completely honest. I can
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definitely feel the altitude. I'm a
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definitely can feel the the altitude.
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Little light at it. Look
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Oh man, that's pure ice.
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>> Pure eyes.
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Notice how all the flowers are frozen
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solid inside chunks of ice
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Oh man, ice sculptures. Yeah,
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>> I wasn't expecting this.
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>> I just thought I was going to get a good
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gondola ride.
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>> Wow.
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I saw this
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already.
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empty.
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>> They carved all this out to get to the
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glacier.
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Funnest thing about I went to the gift
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shop, a little gift shop, and I bought
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something pretty cool. I'll show
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momentarily. They have a restroom in
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there, and they charge you two Franks to
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use the facilities. Come all the way up
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here, charge you two bucks. Had to take
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a lift down
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to the glacier walkthrough with all the
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ice sculptures. Now I'm getting on
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another lift to the panorama platform.
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I don't know if it goes up or down, but
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waiting on the lift. All right, I am
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>> got to be the best view you can get.
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>> Got a Bible verse here upon getting off
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the elevator. Three levels up from where
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I was the glacier section.
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>> The wind is blowing pretty good up here.
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Shift in direction now.
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>> Unbelievable.
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>> My apologies if the wind
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>> are a little intense up here.
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>> Cupping
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>> cupping over the mic a little bit.
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>> Got Jesus on the cross. Mencape or
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>> bridge?
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>> Wow,
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I am just beyond words to be up here.
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Take a little look here. You got the
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Matter Horn, 4,478.
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>> Then you have some of the other peaks.
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>> Not to be excluded from awesomeness.
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>> This part of the
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>> vertical or horizon.
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>> Flip it. Flip like this.
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>> No, just just
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cupping over the mic. You can see my
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hand here.
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Unexpected bonuses to gondola rides.
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File this one under that for sure.
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Wow, this feels like a roller coaster
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ride.
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Yeah, way up there I ended up getting at
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the gift shop at the top this cross body
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bag which is pretty cool. Also want to
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show the bank notes that I purchased.
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Not worth anything but
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still pretty cool trying to blow away.
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This is the This is one side. That's the
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other side.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Switzerland's most famous mountain. I
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got a bank note
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with it on there. Put it inside of here.
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I think it's kind of neat, too. The
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inside of the bag. What do you know?
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Good little man horns. What a sports
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that, huh? And I caught the the top
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point or overlook the cross and
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everything just in time cuz it closed at
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4:15.
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Also noticing a lot of the clocks here
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in Switzerland, they basically are just
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oversized watch faces.
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Going down. Going down. Got to hurry.
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Got to hurry.
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Back down the Matter Horn Express.
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Beautiful.
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That is I mean just how often can you be
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in a gondola going down the side of the
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Alps
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and over your shoulder is that
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back in town now.
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Made it back in town. Horsedrawn
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carriages roaming the streets.
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Beautiful. The first woman of the
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Matterhorn.
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Oh, you see this a lot on different
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sculptures where people will touch too
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much and evidently people have rubbed
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the nose of this goat and usually that
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means if a sculpture is faded in one
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spot it means that it's good luck to
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touch that particular spot. You know,
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it's very unusual to come all the way to
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Switzerland and run into a friend. Ricky
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is [laughter] here.
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Yes, I am. And I'm having the time of my
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life.
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>> You know what's interesting? This was
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completely unplanned. The fact that we
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are in the same area, completely nowhere
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near where either of us live at the same
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time. But you're here and I'm here just
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by chance near the Matterhorn.
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>> We booked this like 18 months ago. So,
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the fact that it aligned with your wild
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style is amazing.
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>> And everyone in my comment comment
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section from yesterday was like, "You
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going to meet up with Bricky?" And I met
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up with Bricky who's now doing daily
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vlogs doing Bricky vlogs and Hey Bricky.
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>> Uh the people that watch our videos are
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the best and they're hilarious. Ones
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like Adam the Woo beat you to the mat
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horn like it was cannonball run and we
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were trying to get you before each
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other.
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>> It's not a race.
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>> No, not a race.
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>> I'm curious to see your videos though
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cuz your videos are completely different
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than mine. So I'm interested in seeing
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your take on same
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>> on all of it.
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>> You did the train and we didn't do the
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train and I'm curious.
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What was the best takeaway from today
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from going up going up close to the
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Matter Horn if you had to say?
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>> I I think the thing that hit me the
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hardest was that
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>> obviously the mountain is amazing,
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right? And that Walt brought that back
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to to Anaheim,
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>> but it was the charm of the whole city
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that had to win him over. You know, like
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the mountain doesn't stand by itself.
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It's the charm of everything around you
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that makes it so special.
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>> This is like walking through a theme
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park.
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>> It is. Right.
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>> It is. It is.
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>> It's like a Switzerland Main Street USA.
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>> 100%. It's a fantasy land that just
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keeps going and going and going. Unreal.
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>> Yeah. But check out Hey Bricky. And now
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the new Bricky vlog.
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>> That's right.
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>> How many days you up to now?
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>> Uh, a couple hundred. I I do 100 and
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take a week off cuz I'm lazy.
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>> Okay. You're not lazy. Come on.
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You are far from lazy, man. Check out
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Bricky. Good to see you, man.
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>> You, too, bud.
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>> I'm going to start heading back to my
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hotel now. Last images of the eve.
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of the mighty Matterhorn, which soon
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there won't be any light in the sky.
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Nightfall will have fully reared its
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head. Only a few minutes away from that
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time period and a final look for
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darkness.
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Ah, I love being in this love being in
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this town, this village.