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Murren, Switzerland

Grand Hotel of Mürren, Switzerland

In an interesting twist reflecting our social media objectives, we delivered our current series "Real Road Adventures" last month... and yup.

We're still editing.

One thing that distinguishes this series from our previous ones is that it's shot in 4K. And I mean everything from first unit to second unit to the drones and all the GoPros 

4K.

Of course we delivered Real Road in high definition because that's how it's being aired and streamed.

For some time now, however, in addition to our website promoting the work we've done under the SmartTravelsTV banner, we also have a YouTube channel called that features clips from our series Smart Travels, Adventures with Purpose, Real Rail Adventures, and, finally... Real Road Adventures.

And YouTube supports 4K content.

So along with intro clips to the current shows, clips from the shows, clips that feature sustainable solutions, and a coupla extras thrown on top... we've a playlist called Flying Biking Hiking.

In 4K.

Actually, most of the content for Real Road is 4K and, ultimately, all of it will be.

It's a great outlet, the only outlet, for experiencing the footage from our shows at their highest resolution.

And yes.

It makes a difference.

I love watching our footage in 4K. There's so much depth.

Also, this:

Just as DVD extras used to give me an outlet for making extended cuts and editor's cuts and behind the scenes cuts, the YouTube channel gives me an outlet for experiences.

Take the video above, for example. It’s a bit of first unit work at the beginning... and the rest is taken from three GoPros that were running for most of the "hike", this crazy adventure along cliff faces, over waterfalls and gorges.

There's a ton of that footage, is my point. Very little of which made it into our show, Schilthorn & Matterhorn.

I always feel bad about that kind of thing because an awful lot of physical effort goes into those shoots. Our crew works as hard as it's ever gonna.

Now, in a related turn of events, for some time now my wife and I start our mornings with, among assorted coffee and tea, a YouTube video on our bedroom widescreen that's basically a several hour hike through the woods on a sunny day. Someone brought their camera on a gimbal and walked the trail, recording the entire hike.

And it's peaceful, seeing what they saw on that day. Experiencing it through their lens.

Back in the edit suite, I'm thinking I'd like to craft a video like that. My first candidate, of course, being The Iron Way Adventure. 

By the time I'm done, there's a little over fifty minutes tee'd up on our YouTube channel.

And it.

Is.

Mortifying to watch.

Because why?

Because who would ever think to go on a hike like this?

Oh sure, there are some safety measures. But it all still looks like a massive opportunity to plunge to your death.

And yes.

Because of that, whenever I hit play on this video...

I just can't look away.

Oh good grief.