To Calgary.
… Or was it Chernobyl? 😀
I was prepared. With a POINT 1 NANO mask. Supposedly N97.
Shield. And Shadyrays.
But Alberta is suffering badly from COVID. 1,828 new cases Friday and 15 additional deaths.
So I decided to stay on Vancouver Island at least through New Years.
Sam, from Toronto, is one of the top travel video editors. He got started as the video guy for The Chainsmokers.
I’m studying Sam’s work. He’s a master with the drone.
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Sam spent over 500 hours editing this project. A tribute to his brother.
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It’s been over 7 months since I got on an airplane. I’m starting to miss foreign travel.
Biggest surprise to me here is that I’ve never been to Russia.
I still have many nations to travel.
We love YouTube. My first upload was Mar 28, 2006.
Google bought the startup November 2006 for US$1.65 billion.
I spun off a hiking YouTube channel Jan 17, 2018.
Finally got it looking good October 2020. I’m studying how to post better videos in future. #CovidGoals
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The best YouTube uploads have dedicated thumbnails like this. The rest show a somewhat random frame of the video.
YouTube thumbnail
After you finish the 1.2km Willingdon Creek Trail in Powell River, continue walking towards the Pulp Mill — staying as close to the water as you can — and you’ll get some distant views of the largest floating Hulk breakwater in the world.
Very cool.
The breakwater is used to protect the Mill’s log storage pond.
While nine of these ten ships were built during the Second World War, the tenth ship, the S. S. Peralta, is the last remaining WWI concrete ship afloat.
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TEST – iPhone X photos in low light
Phone cameras are great. But typically not great in low light — unless you adjust settings.
I’m often impressed.
As a test I took some hand held shots from the Sea Walk Trail in Powell River B.C.
Standard 4K settings.
It had rained most of the day. This is the Liquid Sunshine Coast.
I’m adding this to my #BucketList.
I’ve hiked big sections of the Colorado Trail in the past. It’s TOUGH !
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(via Adventure Blog)
Trying to improve my own meagre skills, I’ve been studying the best in 2020.
So far my favourite is Aussie Benn TK (Benn Tkalcevic).
Click PLAY or watch adventures in Australia on YouTube.
Here’s Benn TK in Hong Kong.
A 6min video took him over a month to edit. 11 hours to render out. Over 300 sound effects.
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Whistler is one of the top mountain biking destinations in the world.
There are a LOT OF TRAILS.
I like singletrack, twisty forested green trails best. Last week I cycled mostly around Lost Lake.
The easy trails are free. You do probably need to pay for parking.
This video gives you an idea of the terrain.
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For the first time I rented a CanaDream camper van to get me and my bike back to the left coast.
My cost for up to 4 days, 3000 km is CAD $618 (US $466) including insurance. Plus about $340 for fuel. About $960 total.
That would be a great price for two people as flying cost over CAD $550 right now with bike. COVID prices. I should have flown or taken the bus for about $140.
That price is cheaper than usual from CANADREAM because more people rent Vancouver to Calgary than the other way around. It’s called a relocation sale.
I departed Calgary Friday August 21. Dropped the vehicle in Vancouver Tuesday August 25th.
Did some adventuring en route. But not as much as I had hoped. I was behind the wheel for 2000 km.
Wild camped one night. Stayed in inexpensive campgrounds the other three. If you don’t plug in to electricity and water, cost is only $15 – $25 at B.C. Recreation sites.
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Rick McCharles 