Continuing with my ‘throwback time’ series of re-edit older videos, this is the second preparation hike my son, Christian, and I did getting ready for the July 2011 Zirkel Wilderness (Colorado) hike. In this video we traveled to southeast Ohio to hike the Shawnee Backpack Trail.
This trip did not go well!
The most significant mistake we made was even attempting to do the hike at all. An early summer heat wave had arrived in the Midwest and temperatures were forecast to be in the mid-90’s with extremely high humidity. In addition the trails were heavily overgrown making progress slow and exhausting.
But as bad as it was for Christian and I, it was even harder on Jaden. We did what we could to keep him comfortable, taking off his pack very early on the first day and using a good portion of our water to keep him cooled off, but it was just too hard on him. Midway through the second day he laid down in the middle of a forest service road and wouldn’t go any further. We got ‘the message’ loud-and-clear, and flagged down a passing truck to give us a ride back to the car.
Though the trip didn’t turn out as planned it was a great learning experience early in our backpacking ‘career’, and great preparation for our first Colorado trip a few weeks later to the Zirkel Wilderness.
This re-edit of the original video was done starting from the raw captured video clips, with off-board image stabilization applied, and created in 1080HD. I hope you enjoy this ‘fresh’ look at the Shawnee Backpack Trail.
Equipment / Gear List:
Still and Video Camera: Nikon Z6
Still Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikkor 24mm f1.8 Z-mount lens
Lens: Nikkor 20mm f2.8 lens
Tripod: Sirui T-025X carbon fiber tripod
Camera shoulder clip: Peak Designs Capture clip system
Video Editing Software: Vegas Pro 16
Pack: Arcteryx Altra 75
Tent: Nemo Meta2P
Sleeping Bag: Montbell 30degF Super Stretch
Sleeping Pad: Therm-A-Rest NeoAir X-Therm
Sleeping Pad: Therm-A-Rest NeoAir XLite
Pillow: Exped Air Pillow UL
Stove: JetBoil Flash
Stove: MSR PocketRocket 2
Pot: MSR Titan titanium 0.9L kettle
Headlamp: Black Diamond Spot
Buff: Merino wool Buff
Recharging Battery: Anker 3500mAH ‘lipstick’ charger
Camp Chair: Helonix Chair Zero
Camp Shoes: Xero Shoes Z-Trek
Wet Wipes: Survivorware Wet Wipes
Still Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikkor 20mm f2.8 lens
Tripod: Sirui T-025X carbon fiber tripod
Boom Microphone: Sennheiser MKE600
Audio Recorder: Zoom H5
Microphone Stand: LyxPro SMT-1
Camera shoulder clip: Peak Designs Capture clip system
Video Editing Software: Vegas Pro 16
Photo Organization / Editing Software: Adobe Lightroom
HDR Software: Photomatix Pro 6
Screen Capture Software: ShareX (open source and free)