Part Two of our Everest Trekking extended cuts series! The film starts in Dingboche, the point where the 'Classic' and 'Alternative/Three Passes' trekking routes to EBC diverge. Taking the alternative route is definitely more challenging and adds an extra couple of days, but the views from Chukhung Ri and Kongma La are incredible, and the extra effort is absolutely worth it!! Check out our detailed itinerary for following this route in our free EBC guide on our blog - www.goingthewholehogg.com/everest-base-camp-trek-guide/ - and you'll find detailed trail notes and a route map here - www.goingthewholehogg.com/everest-three-passes-trekking-route-guide/. We trekked with Himalayan Masters and highly recommend them. You can get a 5% discount off your trek with HM by mentioning us with the code HOGG5 (bit.ly/EBCTrekHimalayanMasters)! Hope you enjoy the film and thank you for watching and supporting our channel 😃🥾🏔 Kim & Del
I wonder if it's possible for Del just to sit the drone down and film those long walking away shots then just fly it too you? I've seen a lot of RU-vidrs doing this back and forth dance and always thought I'd just use a drone for that 🤔 ... Maybe it's not possible for some reason ? Anyway great film as usual 👍🏻 Cheers
It would save a lot of energy for sure! But yeah, there's a few reasons why using the drone for such shots doesn't necessarily work. For this trek in Nepal we didn't have the drone with us as you require an expensive permit so decided against it. Drone batteries are pretty heavy, large, expensive, and only last about 20 minutes. They can't be charged using a power bank in the same way that camera batteries can, so we wouldn't be able to film a multi-day trek using only the 4 drone batteries we have. You're also a lot more limited with the kind of footage you can shoot with a drone compared to our Sony camera. The drone is great for showing the wider area and perspective, but not for detailed shots, lower angles, or variations in depth of field. It takes time setting it up and packing it away too, plus various other practical reasons, but you get the idea anyway! We do use it for the kind of shot you mention, but it wouldn't be practical all of the time unfortunately. Anyway, cheers for watching! Kim
Thanks very much! Yes, you’re not wrong, we do try and to make them as best as we can and spend a lot of time and effort doing so. Really appreciate you recognising that, thanks again! 😃
