{"id":1584,"date":"2026-02-22T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2026-02-22T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:00:09","slug":"china-built-the-worlds-highest-ladder-and-we-climbed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"China Built the World&#8217;s Highest Ladder (and we climbed it)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in China as we climb the world&#8217;s most dangerous ladder, plus climb a cliff to a convenience store perched on the side of a mountain! Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code\u00a0KARAANDNATE\u00a0at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan:\u00a0https:\/\/incogni.com\/karaandnate<\/p>\n<p>Episode 983 | Filmed December 2025 | China<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0d Want to save money on flights and hotels?! Check out our all new @DailyDrop Pro! \u27a1\ufe0f  https:\/\/s.dailydrop.com\/yt_kn <\/p>\n<p>\u2708\ufe0f @DailyDrop is our *FREE travel newsletter!* Get all the best travel news, tips, and tricks every weekday in your inbox by subscribing here \u27a1\ufe0f<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/s.dailydrop.com\/kn_sign-up<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0e Our FREE Miles &amp; Points 101 Course &#8211; https:\/\/s.dailydrop.com\/kn_101<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 Get behind the scenes content on our Instagram! @karaandnate<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karaandnate\/  <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce7 Read our Sunday Summary email to know what goes on between videos &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Fdakr1e2V5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/karaandnate.com\/sunday-summary\/\">Sunday Summary<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sunday Summary&#8221; &#8212; Kara and Nate\" src=\"https:\/\/karaandnate.com\/sunday-summary\/embed\/#?secret=Fdakr1e2V5\" data-secret=\"Fdakr1e2V5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Who are Kara and Nate?! <\/p>\n<p>2016-2019: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FuFv4iF8wgg&amp;t=1s  <\/p>\n<p>2020-2024: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ikAN9e0gBaU?si=G644UGWIqPrOzTYW <\/p>\n<p>Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super \u201cnormal.\u201d I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. <\/p>\n<p>We discovered the world of \u201ctravel hacking\u201d while planning our honeymoon &amp; became addicted \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a \u201cone year\u201d trip around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to \u201cnormal life.\u201d We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.<\/p>\n<p>4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to \ud83d\ude09 Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!<\/p>\n<p>After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 11TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. \ud83d\ude0a\ud83c\udfa5\ud83c\udf0e Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Part 1: Sky Ladder<br \/>\n1:39 chinese training session<br \/>\n6:00 the ladder climb begins<br \/>\n12:21 the via ferrata begins<br \/>\n15:18 final thoughts<br \/>\n18:35 Part 2: inconvenient convenience store<br \/>\n20:52 river crossing<br \/>\n21:57 the climb begins<br \/>\n25:07 unexpected surprise<br \/>\n27:12 bloops<br \/>\nMost inconvenient convenience store<br \/>\nbloops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in China as we climb the world&#8217;s most dangerous ladder, plus climb a cliff to a convenience store [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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