I do really like your videos. I love bluff knoll and also wish it was more of a scrambled climb than stepped out. i am also glad I am no the only one puffing on my videos. Have enjoyed watching you and do my own videos on hiking and camping and all sorts of outdoor stuff. Would love to team up for a video one day!
Hey mate, thanks for your comments. Oh yeah, lots of puffing in the videos, I like to keep it 100 as much as I can and I'm not a superman. Just checked out and subscribed to your channel, I enjoyed the Avon River video you just put out recently. Shame that the area hasn't been better developed as the landscape for hiking given the Avon Valley is quite spectacular with all the granite and wandoo. I think you showed off the potential very well!
@thelongwaysbetter us too, authentic is the only way to go. We are certainly not super men either, couple of dads with dad bods who love the outdoors. Thanks for joining, hope we can keep you entertained and see you out on the trails one day! Keep up the good work!
Lots of wasted opportunities in WA when it comes to putting trails in areas that are actually interesting. There seems to be a disconnect somewhere because areas that are boring to hike get trails while spectacular areas are ignored in a manner that seems nonsensical.
@@thelongwaysbetter I dont understand it. but people that make these decisions are not people like us, getting out there and doing it pardon the pun LOL
I totally agree with your sentiments, I love the peak, but the walk is average Much prefer Toolbrunup, or Bruce (Maybe theres a theme of scrambling for me!)
Yep, I’d much rather be scrambling too. To me a great mountain walk is about the journey as much as the destination, and while the view is great, the journey is just not up to Toolbrunup, Mt Bruce or Mt Augustus. Even Nancy Peak has a better narrative to it
Hiking trails with a lot of infrastructure aren't personally MY thing - because I love the illusion of seclusion and being immersed in nature. Saying that, they definitely have a place in our community. Many people wouldn't engage with nature at all if it wasn't for these highly developed areas - just look at how popular this trail is, and Castle Rock, and the Kalbari Skywalk. The Kalbari skywalk in particular had exactly the same view before the lookout was made, but having man-made structures there seems to be a bridge for a lot of people, making nature more accessible for them. Of course, something as popular as Bluff Knoll would get completely destroyed without the steps, since they are as much for the environment as for the people.
I'm not against infrastructure-heavy trails, but I do feel like it shouldn't be the focus - the nature should be. With Kalbarri Skywalk the structure is the main feature, not the view! As you say, something like Bluff Knoll or Bald Head is so popular the infrastructure is entirely necessary or the area would be environmentally ruined without it. On your point about 'the illusion of seclusion'. What I find not that impressive about the Stirling Range peaks is that you can see farmland beyond the borders. What I've loved about the mountains in the Tasmanian Wilderness is that you can't see anything beyond the wilderness, which make them all the more special. That's true immersion.
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I do really like your videos. I love bluff knoll and also wish it was more of a scrambled climb than stepped out.
i am also glad I am no the only one puffing on my videos. Have enjoyed watching you and do my own videos on hiking and camping and all sorts of outdoor stuff. Would love to team up for a video one day!
Hey mate, thanks for your comments. Oh yeah, lots of puffing in the videos, I like to keep it 100 as much as I can and I'm not a superman.
Just checked out and subscribed to your channel, I enjoyed the Avon River video you just put out recently. Shame that the area hasn't been better developed as the landscape for hiking given the Avon Valley is quite spectacular with all the granite and wandoo. I think you showed off the potential very well!
@thelongwaysbetter us too, authentic is the only way to go. We are certainly not super men either, couple of dads with dad bods who love the outdoors.
Thanks for joining, hope we can keep you entertained and see you out on the trails one day!
Keep up the good work!
@thelongwaysbetter and yes the avon area should be focused on more for hikes in my opinion, probably along the Blackwood too!
Lots of wasted opportunities in WA when it comes to putting trails in areas that are actually interesting. There seems to be a disconnect somewhere because areas that are boring to hike get trails while spectacular areas are ignored in a manner that seems nonsensical.
@@thelongwaysbetter I dont understand it. but people that make these decisions are not people like us, getting out there and doing it pardon the pun LOL
I totally agree with your sentiments, I love the peak, but the walk is average
Much prefer Toolbrunup, or Bruce
(Maybe theres a theme of scrambling for me!)
Yep, I’d much rather be scrambling too. To me a great mountain walk is about the journey as much as the destination, and while the view is great, the journey is just not up to Toolbrunup, Mt Bruce or Mt Augustus. Even Nancy Peak has a better narrative to it
Hiking trails with a lot of infrastructure aren't personally MY thing - because I love the illusion of seclusion and being immersed in nature.
Saying that, they definitely have a place in our community. Many people wouldn't engage with nature at all if it wasn't for these highly developed areas - just look at how popular this trail is, and Castle Rock, and the Kalbari Skywalk. The Kalbari skywalk in particular had exactly the same view before the lookout was made, but having man-made structures there seems to be a bridge for a lot of people, making nature more accessible for them.
Of course, something as popular as Bluff Knoll would get completely destroyed without the steps, since they are as much for the environment as for the people.
I'm not against infrastructure-heavy trails, but I do feel like it shouldn't be the focus - the nature should be. With Kalbarri Skywalk the structure is the main feature, not the view! As you say, something like Bluff Knoll or Bald Head is so popular the infrastructure is entirely necessary or the area would be environmentally ruined without it.
On your point about 'the illusion of seclusion'. What I find not that impressive about the Stirling Range peaks is that you can see farmland beyond the borders. What I've loved about the mountains in the Tasmanian Wilderness is that you can't see anything beyond the wilderness, which make them all the more special. That's true immersion.