[2014] Happy New Year Pegasus!

[Somamech]

Wishing you all the best for 2014 and Beyond. 

Realising a Goal and The Rising of The Mystic Yeti

I started this year with a bang doing something I have never done before which is Hiking Mountain's in Ozzie Land over the Summer Work Break.

What made the hike amazing apart from my own personal experience was the fact that I was with four workmate's, one of which who has attempted Everest, and the other two being my wife along with 2013 designer of the year here in Oz.  The latter two are not fit in anyway shape or form apart from being slim.

I have now found out they are both Very Strong Willed when they are bluffed into something they thought they could never achieve even though they were slightly kicking and screaming at times

I also learnt a lot of Lesson's on this adventure into Group Dynamic's.  The Everest Guy obviously is good at this and was pushing along with pace which at time's upset wifey and other guy.  The slow pace upset me as I wanted to push along with Everest guy but I had to make sure wifey was ok.  This created an interesting dynamic for a couple of reasons. As after a couple of hour's on the hike i realised it was all for the better as we needed a person to push ahead to keep the carrot dangling, I played with chain link with the other's trying to keep both party's in touch with other in some form.  The role's did juggle around a bit but that is basically how it panned out for the most part till my wife's leg's and decending prowess didn't see eye to eye.  Then I had to really play guardian for her for a mammoth decent over a trail which has been burnt out by bushfire's along with flood's.. the trail was not friendly even for the best of people. 

I dont have any pic's of the Adventure as of yet due to my poor form in underestimating how long it would take to upload my previous pics to my pc before the trip started so I could format my sd card, but I do have my GPS Watch Data !  (funny thing is Mr Everest was talking to other hikers and they thought it was pretty hard to do what we did... YET two people with no fitness whatsoever did it! LOL)

Mind really is over Matter  (it may hurt though)


Broad Satellite View also Showing Melbourne where we all reside!




Narrow View showing Enlarged GPS Track on Sat view using google earth:




Graphed GPS Data showing Altitude in Blue, and Speed in KMH in Red (tortoise's thats for sure LOL )





A little more Data:




Like I said Happy New Year Pegasonians, and Keep the Dream ALIVE 

All the best,

Soma

EDIT to Change Distance to Speed in KMH in Red-soma

[starwarp2000]

Happy New Year Soma 

Man that's some rugged terrain! Any Dooligahl sightings 

[The Matrix Traveller]

Makes me smile when viewing google satellite images...   


It was done in our area, by helicopter... I know this 1st hand... LOL

A,nd of course street views were done on the ground...

[Elvis Hendrix]

Excellent adventure. Memories are made . I would love to do something like that. 

[sky otter]

hey Soma
happy and healthy and joyous new year to you and wifee

if you haven't figured it out yet..women are tougher than most men think

and hikers are in a world of their own
we did an endurance race that was in conjunction to an ultra marathon (100 miles)
cross country in virginia  up and down the mountians and trails
and the folk doing the 100 miles blew your mind..totally awesome to even attempt it

so with all of your work i am sure you will be telling us of your next marathon soon
stay well..and drink lots of h2o for the head hurts





had to go look it up for ya
http://www.olddominionrun.org/

i rode it in the last century  ..after that the saying was to finish is to win..casue so few did
humidity was horrendous

[zorgon]

About time you got yer butt out there   Next Stop Coober Peddy

[Somamech]

Happy New Year Soma 

Man that's some rugged terrain! Any Dooligahl sightings 

Thanks mate!  You should get up that area over summer as the wildflowers are amazing and are a Very pretty sight.. but heck the fire's that have been through the area are very telling to the point one not need carbon dating LOL   

But bloody hell! I had to look up Doogahli :O

PS I saw a couple of Lyrebirds during waking hour's (a first) and some other critters making a racket in the nightime, that which I don't know what they were.  Me and Mr Everest got the headlamps onto them and all I can say is the eye spacing was about koala length between eye's, I would like to know more about that one myself to understand the park more!  The eye refletions were not of wrabbit's or foxe's thats for sure!

[Somamech]

Makes me smile when viewing google satellite images...   


It was done in our area, by helicopter... I know this 1st hand... LOL

A,nd of course street views were done on the ground...

Heya Matrix.. NZ should be done via helicpoter as you have real mountains! LOL  

[Somamech]

Excellent adventure. Memories are made . I would love to do something like that. 

Mate Appy New year!

Have been thinking of you of late and that mega top gear thread due to me and the mr's contemplating a car, and we are sorta hooked on the skoda yeti as a potential purchase and I recall you saying how good your small engine ford was!

As to hike's mate just get out there and do a simple one with the family, forget all the expensice jazz if you can,  if everyone enjoy;s the trip then spend up a bit! 

[Somamech]

hey Soma
happy and healthy and joyous new year to you and wifee

if you haven't figured it out yet..women are tougher than most men think

and hikers are in a world of their own
we did an endurance race that was in conjunction to an ultra marathon (100 miles)
cross country in virginia  up and down the mountians and trails
and the folk doing the 100 miles blew your mind..totally awesome to even attempt it

so with all of your work i am sure you will be telling us of your next marathon soon
stay well..and drink lots of h2o for the head hurts





had to go look it up for ya
http://www.olddominionrun.org/

i rode it in the last century  ..after that the saying was to finish is to win..casue so few did
humidity was horrendous

Hey happy 2014 NY to you and hubby boy!   

You telling me about women being tough???  Sheesh I got into my predicament via a women to begin with LOL     

We saw an Ultra Trail runner breeze on through on our journey... super fit dude (insanely superfit) but had time to G'day to us which was nice!



 

[Somamech]

About time you got yer butt out there   Next Stop Coober Peddy

Very true!

oddly MR everest had been uo to Broken Hill on a mad driving Mission ( he is Canalien! ) for the sheer pleasure of driving mammoth km and showing his wife area's he had not seen !  LOL

There is a Dark Force in Oz.. and that is Gina.   

[Amaterasu]

May this be the golden one.  [smile]  Thanks, Soma.  Sounds like You had quite a lovely adventure! 

[WarToad]

Happy New year Soma!

Have fun with the hiking!  When I lived in Seattle I had some of the best mountain trails in my backyard with the Cascades of British Colombia, Washington state, and Oregon.  Once to twice a month every month I hit the trails to bag peaks or just get some exercise on a ridgeline.  I'm not a very religious man(organized religion, I am spiritual), but I've never felt so close to God and the beauty of life when up in those mountains.

Breath deep and take it all in.   Cheers - Toad

[burntheships]

Soma,

Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!
Mt Everest; that is awesome!

Happy New Year to you too, and everyone
here on Pegasus!

[The Matrix Traveller]

Heya Matrix.. NZ should be done via helicopter as you have real mountains! LOL

LOL... All the very best for 2014 mate and the coming years.   

Google should refer to these views as "Helicopter Images" rather than "Satellite Images".


So next time one thinks they are viewing a Sat Image... think again.

The Images are more than likely from a helicopter/s...