Lael Rides Alaska—Like, Almost All of It
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Category: travel
Life is Short #MakeItCount
Nike gave this guy money to make a promotional video. He wasted it — flying himself and a cameraman buddy around the world. 😀
Watch it if YOU want to travel the world.
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Though published 2012, YouTube creators are still studying the masterpiece for inspiration.
CANCELLED my 1st flight since March
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 Kolder – travel vlogger
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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Nations I’ve Visited
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.
My Hiking YouTube channel
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
Powell River Giant Hulks breakwater
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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Powell River sea walk at dusk
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.
Bikepacking the Colorado Trail
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)
expert travel videographers
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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Rick McCharles 