AAWT winter traverse - Episode 31 (extended edit Kiandra)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This extended movie version is an experiment. Personally I think very few people will watch the entire video due to lack of time and patience however a number of people have hassled/requested longer more in-depth edits. I’ll be interested to see the stats on what percentage view the full video and how many minutes of this one people actually watch. My stats show that the average UA-cam viewer generally only watches a bit over two minutes before tuning out. Will be interesting to see the results however I doubt I will do any other extended daily edits like this. I have also included more camp footage due to a request but have indulged myself and put in a reasonable amount of skiing footage as the skiing parts are my favourite parts as they bring back such good memories. :)
Day 31 - Strong winds overnight made for a noisy night in the tent and a fraction less sleep than ideal. When we woke, just before sunrise, we had awesome views but as soon as the sun broke the horizon the clouds rolled in super thick. We patched Andy’s blisters and then with the track more downhill than up for the next 6 or 7 km, we had great fun skiing the 4WD track. That was until the rain set in. We headed for Four Mile Hut, one of the only original old gold mining shacks still standing. This is an awesome hut with great history that can be found in its logbook. We hid there from the rain for almost an hour and sorted our gear and left over food in preparation for our changeover at our final food cache just past Kiandra.
With the rain falling we came up with a cunning plan to detour to Selwyn Ski Resort to check it out and get a decent coffee. With low visibility and rain continuing we deviated a couple of kilometres from the AAWT to get to the ski village. Neither of us had ever been there before so we were unsure what to expect although we had high expectations for a good coffee. Unfortunately this wasn’t to be as we opted not to purchase coffee from the Nescafé dispenser installed at the cafeteria however we did each enjoy a burger for lunch. Although it cost us in the end a couple of hours we had a fun ski and now we know for the future what the area and facilities are like.
The snow was certainly running out as we descended into Kiandra although with some more creativity we managed to ski to within a few hundred metres of the centre of it. The rain kicked back in as we contemplated and then completed a river crossing of the Eucumbene River. From there we walked over a couple of ridges to camp beside Chance Creek on Wild Horse Plain.
Rest assured many of us will happily sit through this. I've been lapping it up.
Roc Noir Thanks Roc!
Nice video, despite the shortage of snow. I especially liked the mention of ski history, the hut inspection and the dilemma of finding a good route in marginal snow conditions. Personally, I'd like as much footage as possible, but I appreciate that takes more time to edit.
This video footage is really important because it's taken prior to the 2019/20 Dunn's Road bush fire which destroyed Selwyn Snow Resort, Kiandra and all of its buildings (apart from the masonry work of the court house) and the beautiful national park from Talbingo to Adaminaby. Its so nice to see things they way they were prior to that catastrophic fire.
Loved this longer version!
Love the extended edit. Thanks for sharing all this footage and undertaking the mammoth task of editing and releasing it for all of us to watch.
In my opinion, you almost certainly have a diverse audience. People who have done the AAWT and will happily spend hours watching your video because it brings back great memories and/or inspires them to at least think about doing it in winter. (That's me and my ilk...) Then there's those looking for info about doing it and they will be happy with as much detail as they can get and then there's those casually interested in ski-trekking and/or the AAWT and you may or may not lose them with too much detail. Make the commentary interesting and informative or witty and personable (as you do) and you should be OK.
Personally, I really enjoyed everything up until now and I have admired your work in keeping it short and snappy without losing the important features of the AAWT whilst making clear the challenges of doing it in winter with extra added benefits and downsides of using skis.
You dont have to be a deep winter explorer to understand how much time goes into this project - but it sure helps if you've ever tried editing outdoors action video - Ive loved every minute of it extended or abbreviated its awesome!
Sorry if I missed it, but what stove and what fuel did you use on this trip? Cheers, awesome videos.
I’ve done a massive write up on all our gear at: markoates.exposure.co/aawt-winter-gear Hopefully that helps. All the best
@@MarkOates Great article. Really interesting, cheers.
all terrain skis lol! did you save any time at that creek crossing? :)
Extended edit!!
Breezy night on Tabletop. I'm voting to go back and add extra footage in to the series. I'll watch them all again. Nice downhill runs and nice tent shots with rain sounds. The stuff of bushwalking dreams.
Bushwalking Light Hah :) Unfortunately not happening. No time my end. It will have to be in another lifetime or from someone else who does the trip. 😆