Hiking the Main Range of the Kosciuszko National Park in spring has been on my list for years now, and finally I made it happen. Mountain peaks and some tracks are still covered in snow, alpine flowers are blooming and rivers are in a full flow – what an amazing sight to see and to wake up to. I put this short video together that hopefully captures the beauty of the Australian Alps and shows that the land Down Under is not only beaches and desert. Hope you’ll enjoy this one.
Eric Gales – Steep Climb
In the last couple of trips I had this tune constantly playing in my head when hiking in the Snowy Mountains or taking a steep route back to my car after day’s fishing for bass. I was never familiar with Eric Gales before it came up as a suggestion on Spotify. Song started with a really nice groove that drew my attention and some lyrics kicked in that had instant Jimmy Hendrix vibe to it. The song also guests one of my all time favourite guitar players Zakk Wylde. The solo that Zakk does on here after Eric goes ‘And also life continues to be a little wild A little Zakk Wylde…’ is such a good fit and marks the culmination of the song. Give it a listen, and maybe remember it next time you’re climbing a mountain or facing a hard time in your life, this song might help you to get through it a bit easier.
Bass redeemer
After having a doughnut chasing trout in the Blue Mountains I decided to give a crack on an early season bass and this way redeem myself. And what an awesome day it turned out to be. Spend the first half of the day casting bass vampire fly at all kinds of structures and not having a touch, I thought