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It looks ok from the path I’ve identified. You can follow a wide gully almost to the top once you traverse clockwise from the track until 6 o’clock or so. But there is still a section of exposed climbing after that. I will have to get a closer look on my return.

Great to hear! It’s a topic I think more people need to be exposed to.

There are GPX files online as well as formal guidebooks (I think by Glenn Tempest).

@@betterhiking thanks! I'll check it out

I don't even want to think about, the debacle with climbing access seems like authorities are getting power hungry. I like it when we can just walk, climb and reasonably respect cultural heritage like any good and conscious outdoor enthusiast would. It's an overreach that I hope bushwalking doesn't get caught up in.

If you are hiking 60km days then you will have no troubles. Aerobic training is the most important, then function strength & conditioning.

You don’t have to cut out coffee, just hydrate as per usual and replenish lost electrolytes. It isn’t rocket science.

It is an expedition, utilises the same climbing techniques as every other guided peak in Nepal. Why would I have shame in helping others with the reality of what it is? You are deluded to think Island Peak is the same as a ‘walk’. Get real.

Thanks for watching ✌️

The west face is where all of the 'Scottish' lines are - the waterfall section. I was not suggesting the west ridge was climbing, it is not (as should be obvious), it is barely a scramble but fun nonetheless - hence why I use the track for training.

in the future I think there be very little ice on Buller there never really has been. ice climbing in Scotland has changed and there is almost no ice in North Wales or the lake district 😢 I to have used the west ridge for fitness and am about to start again. I have a mega trip in January back to kanchjunga exploring and climbing in areas that hardly anyone has been in, cold and wild. there is a lot of bullshit on the web but I think you do a pretty good job.

Yes, it's very saddening for me as someone younger who hasn't had the chance to experience many seasons of winter climbing. Even this year I was thinking of doing some climbing on the Pollux outcrop on Bogong but by early August all the snow in the gullies had vanished! I think we just have to take it as it comes, can't really hope for good conditions in Aus anymore.

Essentially nothing. Food, a water filter and a few layers.

Yeah the whole trail is ran as an ultra marathon, 100 miler. No thank you!

The teahouses have western style toilets and sell toilet paper rolls. It’s a very popular and developed region.

You probably saw your plane. I was delayed at Ramechhap for a day.

@@betterhiking yup same.

I’ve seen and met a few families doing the trek. My guess is that it would be like anything else you’d do with them. Try and make the teahouse moment’s interesting for them!

This year April-May

@@betterhiking I was thinking about doing this October

Great to hear, hope it hopes!

Awesome mate, yes I think if you do take hiking seriously that these lessons are learnt naturally. I’m hopefully heading down to Tas at the end of the year to roam around for a few weeks.

@@betterhiking yeah it's common sense really some mother's do have em lol 😂 Il be here hit me up mate I can send you my email if need be do a colab hike together 🥾🍻💪

Awesome stuff. Golden period for high country hiking without snow is October - December. January - March unlike what most people will say, is not a good time to hike out there as it is VERY dry, remote and prone to fires. And again April - May is another great time.

@@betterhiking thanks for the tip 🤙 Licola area and Crinoline is looking good, as is Viking Razor area, Bulla is loaded with trails in and around as well. One trip at a time 😎

Thanks dude, love your support

Thanks man appreciate it

I stick with my advice in this video. I would not rent a sleeping bag. At the least you could get away with buying a cheaper -5 sleeping bag if you used the tea house blankets as well.

You need to pay lots of money and apply for a government permit to fly a drone in the national parks. Regular cameras capture the beauty just fine.

No! That increases exposure to additional bites. Doctors swab the wound when at hospital to determine this. Otherwise most bites (in Victoria at least) use Tiger Snake antivenin due to its low costs.

Thanks mate, keep the strength training minimal and specific. I currently do 2 sessions of full body (mostly lower body) per week with 2 sets per exercise. I spend most of my training on long aerobic endurance. Check out ‘Training for the new alpinism’ and uphill athlete. They are the resources that have dictated a lot of my own programs.

Hopefully the video has set you up nicely. Good luck!

Thanks mate, hopefully they’ll come in time

I’ve camped close to Albina before (just outside of the No-camping zone). Next time I visit Kosci for a snow camp I’d like to dig in on a deep wind-blown aspect, possibly over Mt Twynam / Blue Lake area.

Thanks mate, good that you are finding them useful.

Check out my recent video on my journey to climb Lobuche peak. It should answer your questions