08/04/2026
Not every āgreat escapeā goes to planāand honestly, thatās what made this one memorable.
We rolled into Mount Kosciuszko a little too relaxed⦠starting the hike at 10:30am, thinking we had all the time in the world. What followed was 9 hours of steady climbing, chasing daylight, and learning the hard way how quickly the mountains can humble you.
We didnāt summit until 3:30pm. By the time we were heading back down, the temperature had dropped, the wind picked up, and that calm, scenic hike turned into a cold, wet grind to the finish line at 7pm.
But somewhere in the middle of it allābetween the laughs, the silence, the āwhy did we start so late?ā momentsāit still delivered exactly what we came for. A reset. Just not the easy kind.
Shot the whole day on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in log and brought it to life in Video Editorāfelt right capturing something raw with a simple setup.
If youāre planning this hike, learn from us:
⢠Start earlier than you think you need to
⢠Always pack for worse weather than forecast
⢠Donāt underestimate how fast conditions change
⢠Bring proper layers (youāll thank yourself later)
⢠And leave time to actually enjoy the top
Sometimes the best days arenāt the perfect onesātheyāre the ones that push you a bit further than expected.
Would still do it all again.