TheDailyWoo - 855 (11/3/14) Top of Smoky Mountains
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here
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coming to you from pretty much almost
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approximately the very tippy top of the
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Smoky Mountains judging by this sign you
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can pretty much put two and two together
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and figure how far I've traveled I came
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from the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Area
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gatlinburg's 15 Mi that way add another
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four or five miles past that is where I
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was staying in Pigeon Forge I checked
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out of the hotel that I got in Pigeon
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Forge for about a week I found a little
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cheap hotel there on the Strip stayed
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there a week today was my checkout date
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and I'm heading to Cherokee which is 20
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M that way so I'm basically in the
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halfway point and I've been driving up
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the mountains through this
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snow whoa that guy just honked at me
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it's my second channel daily Vlog
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channel it's the daily dangerous road
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lot of sun out here in this area but
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farther down the mountain it's actually
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very shaded and there is a lot of ice
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and snow on the roads but right here the
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sun is actually dissipated quite a bit
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of the snow so this isn't so dangerous
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but when I was driving up the mountain I
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was actually terrified a little bit of
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black ice but I made it and now I have
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to go down the easy part is going up the
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scary part is going down speaking of
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also of awesome scary things I was
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actually on the way to klingman's dome
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which is 7 m up the mountain even
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farther that's where I originally wanted
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to do the Vlog from because that is the
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highest point in the Smoky Mountains
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rest assured so we're actually 7 miles
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from klingman's Dome it's not 7 more
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miles up but it's 7 mil to get there
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through treacherous icy roads and that
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road unfortunately is completely closed
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they had it all blocked off and I was
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not allowed to go up to klingman's dome
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so hopefully I'll be in Cherokee about 3
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or 4 days till Thursday or Friday so
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maybe on Thursday or maybe on Friday I
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could do a vlog where I'm actually at
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klingman's D hopefully the weather is a
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little bit warmer there's less snow and
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less ice and I can actually show you the
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very tippy top and for now we are at a
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place which I think is called New Found
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Gap and the view here is pretty
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breathtaking as well I have not looked
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over the side of the mountain yet so
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you're going to get a vicarious look
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with me I parked my van right over there
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started the Vlog by the sign got honked
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at by other Smoky Mountain tourist folk
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or maybe locals probably the locals get
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very annoyed with all these tourists
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getting excited about snow and ice like
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I do snow and ice is a lot of fun when
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you really don't have to deal with it on
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a daily basis but if you deal with snow
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and ice a lot it becomes very annoying
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for a lot of locals I know my sister
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lives in Indiana and she actually deals
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with a lot of snow and ice in the winter
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and she does not really enjoy it as much
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as a tourist like me enjoys it when they
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only see it a few weeks a year look at
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this chunks of
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ice that's ice right there that's
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ice and that's snow it's very hard
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compact
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snow look at that bird there's a bird
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flying towards us see it right there
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look there's a bird right there dive
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bombing dive bombing looking for food
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nestling itself in the non Leed trees
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it's over there kind of off in the
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background oh yeah I want to actually
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show you this little signage area where
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they actually describe what was here
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back in the day look at this look at
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this little formation over
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Memorial pretty cool there's like a ton
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of people here back in President
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Roosevelt actually dedicated this
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according to that sign and that looks
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like it's pretty historically accurate
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normally when you go to a national park
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this is a national park not a state park
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I think it's actually no maybe it is a
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state park I could be incorrect if it's
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a national or a state park either way
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normally when you come out to places
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like this any kind of signage they have
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is completely ACC oh look at this it's
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the Tennessee North Carolina state line
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elevation
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5,046 ft just shy of a mile a mile of
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course is 5,2 80 ft we are only
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5,046 ft and it is a national park Great
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Smoky Mountains National Park right here
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on the state line I didn't realize this
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was a state line so technically I'm in
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Tennessee right here and then when I
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walk this way I am now in North Carolina
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I'm a North Carolina tourist and then
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over here I'm a Tennessee good old boy
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tourist North Carol are good old boys
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too I use the good old boy thing because
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in Gatlinburg they actually have cters
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which is an awesome Museum and a gift
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shop according to the TV show Dukes of
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Hazard which is pretty awesome just the
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good old boys never meaning no harm so
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let's go over take a look off the edge
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soon as this car drives by want to go go
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take a look some of the stuff around
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here look at this big chunk of snow
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right here that it's kind of frightening
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it's kind of frightening actually when
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you think about it it's a big chunk of
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Frozen
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snow I am clearly is not the only person
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in the world excited about snow everyone
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out here with their cameras and their
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phones taking pictures to send back to
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their jealous friends and family in the
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warmer areas but we are not in a warm
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area we are in the cold cristas on the
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North Carolina Tennessee
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line I will actually be in Cherokee
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until Thursday like I was saying I'll be
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going back to Pigeon Forge 45 following
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weekend Friday so coming up in about
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four or 5 days I'll be back in Pigeon
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Forge through the weekend more
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information about where I'll be on my
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Facebook page but you can find me today
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tomorrow and through Thursday what is
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today today is Monday by the way happy
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Monday
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tgim everyone thank goodness it's Monday
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whoa this is very
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slick you can see my shadow is about to
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slide and fall
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too for the permanent enjoyment of the
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people this park was given one half by
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the people and states of North Carolina
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and Tennessee and by the United States
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of America founded by her husband oh
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Laura Spelman rockerfeller Memorial
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founded by her husband John D rocker
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Ferell that's why it's called The Rocker
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Rock eell not rocker he was not a rocker
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but he did Rock he was a rocky Feller
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John D Rockefeller this is his memorial
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right here I'm about to slip and break
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my leg in the honor John Rockefeller
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because this is very slicky you have to
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tread very
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lightly that guy's got a baby look at
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that that guy is gallivanting around in
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the ice holding a small infant he's
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obviously more dedicated to walking on
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ice than I am I am scared to death I'm
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terrified for these people right here
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walking down the stairs on the ice that
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is terrifying to me I was actually very
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thankful as I was driving up the
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mountain in the ice and in the snow look
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at this look at this pathway right here
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look at that
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ice that is an insane amount of ice
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right there there's no way you could
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walk up there physically in the shoes
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that I have with no traction as I'm
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wearing 2-year-old shoes
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here that I would probably slip and fall
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on there so basically like I was saying
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very thankful that I purchased new tires
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before I went on this road trip right
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before this last road trip couple weeks
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ago a few weeks ago gosh how long have I
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been gone on this current road trip I
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actually purchased four brand new tires
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a little pricey did not want to spend
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the money but now take my money please
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because now I am thankful very happy
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that I actually purchased those tires
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cuz I'm going to be going down the
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mountain to Cherokee North Carolina the
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last thing I need are bald tires driving
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through this look at this oh my
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gosh look at all this snow look how deep
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this is and look how deep this massive
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mound of snow is my goodness
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this what does that use
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for ah animal proof latch that has an
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animal proof latch please close secure
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securely that's the sound a bear makes
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animals a lot of bears up
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here all right I'm going to attempt to
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walk on this ice look at this ice
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my shoes seriously have no traction on
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them I wish I could take my shoes off
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and show you the bottom of them they're
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basically look like nothing it's just
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flat no grip what soever but they're
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very comfortable so that leads me to the
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conclusion would you rather be
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comfortable or would you rather be
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safe right now I'm choosing safe however
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I'm wearing Comfort but Comfort is not
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going to save
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from slipping down this snow drench
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slope of death down to the nether
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regions of the Smoky Mountains but look
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at
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this what's that GL oh this gentleman
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would like me to mention global warming
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will not save me as well neither will my
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shoes okay back to the
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ice there's one of those crazy wild
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animals look that's one of those crazy
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wild animals that's why they have that
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animal latch on the
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trash
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okay so there you have it look at this
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the top of the Smoky Mountains almost
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klingman's Gap is right up there however
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the road is closed I am not allowed to
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go visit kingman's Gap this time but
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hopefully Thursday when I'm heading back
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over to Pigeon Forge I can do a video
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from the tippy top if you guys want to
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see it if not maybe I won't do it leave
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some comments down below if you want to
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see a future Vlog from a little higher
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up not much higher than this I think
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kingman's Gap is about a th000 more feet
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higher than the 5,000 FT elevation we're
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at now right here at this spot isn't
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awesome all right I've decided actually
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to start integrating another element
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into these daily Vlogs you know they're
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unedited you know I talk a lot I'm going
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to start leaving a moment of silence if
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you will not in honor of anything or as
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an homage to anyone or out of respect to
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anyone who has passed away or Fallen not
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that type of moment of silence but a
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moment of silence where I shut my face
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for a moment and give you guys the
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natural Ambiance of where I am people
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will be talking around us however I will
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not be talking it's a new element here
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on the daily W brought to you this
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moment of silence the Ambiance brought
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to you by me and the Smoky Mountains and
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the ice and the snow so prepare yourself
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now shunka it's the moment of
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silence and natural ambiance
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okay that's enough silence what do you
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guys think of that I think I'm going to
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start doing that in every Vlog if I am
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somewhere cool and Majestic just like
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this or maybe even non Majestic but
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either way I'm going to start
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incorporating in some silent moment so
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you don't have to hear me rambling like
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I'm rambling now but I am going to
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ramble and I am going to scramble across
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this ice patch narration time you had
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silence now you're going to have
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narration as I walk across this very
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slick dangerous ice path I love the
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beauty of snow and ice when it comes to
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looking at it through my eyes my feet
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however do not like walking on snow and
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ice look at this I'm slipping so scary
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so sketchy oh my gosh look there's a
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snow plow there's a snowplow John Deere
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actually that's not a John Deere it's
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just a deer d e r e did John Deere drop
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the John is he just known on the last
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name basis now it's very interesting I
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thought John Deere was a company but I
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wonder if they spawned off into just
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deer this person's throwing snow at me
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that little child throwing a snow we're
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going have a snowball fight out here
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okay
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back the little kid is very excited
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about throwing snow he's throwing snow
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at his family I'm assuming that's his
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father or maybe it's a stranger just
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like he was throwing snow at me he might
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have be throwing snow at that guy this
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is very slick look at
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this I think it's time for me to
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actually put on my other pair of shoes
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of course the Vlog is over I should have
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put them on
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beforehand but that is sketchy when
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you're walking look at the bottom of my
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feet look at
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this very little traction on there the
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guy behind me seems like he's coughing
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up a lung maybe it's too cold up here
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for him but he seems like he's coughing
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quite a bit I don't know if that's safe
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or I should be around him I don't know
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if contagiousness happens at the top of
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the Smoky Mountains but if he's
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contagious I probably just got his cough
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so
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me oh man sir you just
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contaged me with the coughing think he's
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following me maybe he's trying to cough
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on me again his child throwing snow at
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me he's coughing on me man this is scary
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up here snow and ice this is the most
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dangerous Vlog that I've done in a while
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safe to say I can't even imagine the
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absolute horror I would be feeling at
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the top of the mountain at clingan's
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Dome thankfully the road was closed save
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me a heart attack thanks for watching
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secretive there very people can find it
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but it is there a lot of people have
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been asking how they can donate to help
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put gas in the van going to Cherokee
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North Carolina so if you're in Cherokee
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that person's honking maybe they're
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going to Cherokee North Carolina as well
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if you're going to Cherokee or if you
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live you're probably not going to
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Cherokee if you live in Cherokee get a
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the next few days I'm winded you know
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one thing about
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altitude one thing about altitude and
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climbing through the snow is you
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actually lose your breath a lot quicker
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because the higher up you are you're not
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acclimated I am definitely not
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acclimated I'm adamated because my name
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is Adam but I'm not acclimated that made
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no sense I'm Delirious that guy was
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coughing on me and then he was following
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me
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this child throwing snow this
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woman I don't know if she's going to
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jump I thought maybe she was going to
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jump she's holding a poodle look at
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this she's holding a Poodle right on the
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edge of the mountain look at this
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oh my gosh I think she's coming down off
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the ledge I think her husband or whoever
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that is her boyfriend or just some
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random stranger is taking a picture of
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her and a poodle that'll probably be the
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Poodle's coolest most exciting
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experience ever it is awesome up here
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remember I was saying the best things in
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life are free well this is actually a
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free National Park there's only a few of
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them I think this might actually be one
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of the only ones or maybe the only one
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don't quote me on this one think about
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these Vlogs half a time I don't even
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know what I'm talking about so do your
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own research give me your second opinion
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about what I say is correct incorrect
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leave some comments I love reading the
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comments but I think I assume I'm almost
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99.8 point7 6 that's an Adam the boo
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percentage that this National Park is
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completely free there's no admission
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unlike some other national parks so this
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is awesome top of the Smoky Mountains
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and I'll see you later today and
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tomorrow from Cherokee North Carolina
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but only if you subscribe see you