{"id":8722,"date":"2018-09-07T18:55:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T18:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2019-01-28T04:37:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T04:37:32","slug":"zion-to-arches-hike-video-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/zion-to-arches-hike-video-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Zion to Arches Hike Video Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After a long delay, I\u2019m finally ready to share my video content from this spring\u2019s Zion to Arches Hike<\/strong><\/a>. Once I began wading through all my stuff I realized it was going to be a big task. With nearly 8hrs of raw footage and thousands of photos and 360-degree shots, it really was a HUGE job. Throw in some hardware and software issues and all of a sudden it\u2019s September!<\/p>\n

Besides the sheer volume, cutting the footage was also a challenge due to several technical issues while on the trail. I broke my main camera on Day 10 which was a real bummer. \ud83d\ude41 My tripod broke soon after that. My 360-degree camera lost the ability to preview so I was shooting blind the whole time and an external microphone I took just didn\u2019t work — and boy do I wish it had because the WIND was terrible this spring.<\/p>\n

Despite all those issues, I still think I got some decent content. Because of that I\u2019ve decided to do something new this time and break up the trip into a series of FOURTEEN episodes<\/strong> each of about 15 minutes. I know, I know\u2026 that\u2019s a LOT of video. That means there\u2019s even more than usual of me walking and walking and walking, telling semi-lame jokes, talking to animals, and even singing this time out for some unknown reason. And I\u2019m not a good singer — so I apologize in advance.<\/p>\n

I know that the new extended format will be too much content for most of my audience (my mom might be the only one to watch it all!) Therefore I will still be publishing my standard \u201coverview\u201d video which will cover the entire hike in less than an hour as well as my \u201chighlight\u201d video of about 5 minutes primarily for my Facebook friends. And of course there will also be the 360-degree immersive video for the VR enthusiasts. So many videos, so little time! \ud83d\ude42 One advantage of the “episode” strategy I hope is that it should make the content more \u201cdiscoverable\u201d for users just looking for a specific region. For instance, the first installment is just about Zion, a later episode is all about the Kaiparowits Plateau, and even later there\u2019s one focused on the Needles in Canyonlands. I hope this keeps these regions from getting “lost” in a bigger video and make the content easier to share.<\/p>\n

The first installment of the series — The Zion Traverse — is now online and linked below. Look for a new episode each weekday<\/del> few days<\/strong>\u00a0for the next several weeks.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoy and thanks for following along!<\/p>\n

Link to the full playlist:\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/cdC82A<\/a><\/p>\n