Far out! That's a fast time to do one peak, let alone 2! I have many Mt Barney stories! My 1st Mt Barney trip, dad took me when I was 9yo. We went up and down S. Ridge but didn't climb E or W peak. As you would know there is a rock slab at an awkward angle part way up. It freaked me out, and with a lot of encouragement from dad, I got 3/4 of the way up before wedging myself into the crack. I called out "DAD, CALL A HELICOPTER". eventually we made it to the Hut Site, which was already taken, so we set up camp across the creek amongst the tree ferns. There was a massive storm that night and our little camp in the sky was inside the storm. Dad spent the night freaking out about the possibility that his truck could be sliding down the slippery slope from where we parked it on Yellow Pinch. When my daughter was 2 or 3, while driving to a camp site, I told her this storey. When I got to the "Dad, call a Helicopter" bit, she burst out in uncontrollable laughing, and it was a running joke for the rest of the vtrip. She has just turned 10 and I keep telling her that will take her to the "Dad, Call a helicopter" spot, but I haven't done it yet. I've done Logan's twice in my late teens/ eairly 20s but I don't think I'd do it again. Too scary and unfit. Great video!

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks... that's quite a story there! Thanks for sharing it. I love hearing the adventures others have had.

Just attempted this today with my friend, we left left the car park too late for first timers around 10am and we went the same route as you guys, there was only 3 cars in the car park at the time. Didn't have proper gear i was just wearing skater shoes and they pretty much fell apart, rubbers soles fell off i was just walking on the remaining cloth fabric at the point. We reached at about 600 - 700m altitude we came across more experienced locals that cautioned us that we should need to reach the peak by 2pm bare minimum if we want to do the loop. We thanked them for their advice and went a little further before made a judgment call we reached about 800m no altitude devices just guessing cause we were above the clouds at the point. We were pretty committed and had we not came across those people coming down from our direction which from i gather is rare as people usually come back down via pheasants is the recommended way. On our way down we nearly got lost just before the 2 red triable marker and were going a wrong way, we realised it didnt look familiar and made our way back up and thought we were on a wrong side and were about to go a totally wrong direction again but lucky one of us turned around and saw the red triable marker. Got back to the carpark around 6pm our car was the last one there. I'm glad we decided to head back to 'try tomorrow' not literally tommorow but the meaning of the messashe is whats the hurry this mountain aint going anywhere try another day.

@jelbuilderfilms

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, she'll still be there ready for your climbing action next time...:) This isn't a 10am start mountain as you found out. Glad you got back to your car safely.

Great storytelling and shot composition! Can't believe how fast you guys reached both peaks - impressive 👏

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt... It's the Yugoslav blood😂

Other countries think that Australia hasn’t got real mountains but they are wrong . They are not as big as other parts of the world but the Aussie mountains can be hard to climb such as Federation Peak in Tasmania . Fantastic video and great hike thank you .

Love love this vid! Your father son relationship and skillI is inspiring! I tried Barney earlier on in my hiking career with a group … way before I should have … also had a near death 💀 experience The poor guy behind me saved my life. I’m forever indebted to his right hand, fear of me falling on him and his strength! Went up south east ridge and down peasants 😁😁 took us sooooo long…. Won’t even tell you as it’s embarrassing 😂

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tracy, we've all had those near death experiences I'm sure and learn from them very quickly. I'm very thankful for the hikes I am able to squeeze in with my son, time is too short. 👍

Hey mate, im sure you have already, but if you havent, Beerwah mountain is a good climb!

@jelbuilderfilms

Ай бұрын

Thanks Nick.... yes, Beerwah is a fun climb! It's been a couple of years when I did it last, but I'll be sure to take my camera up there when I next visit.

The Gait thing Was Hilarious, Crazy Winds Up There. Crazy beautiful Views mate.

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, well I don't do things the easy way... 😂

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought that JELBuilder is retiring. "Time to hand the frillneck hat to the next generation." I thought. Glad that I'm wrong again. 13:29 Jacob has a much higher reach than us, which gives him the advantage over us for climbing. I'm very sure that he found a good hand hold that neither of us can reach. My "T-rex" arms are good for caving, not climbing from what I found out in the past hikes.

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

T Rex arms... You crack me up. 😂 Yeah, Jacob went into beast mode on this mountain... Was great to see

Great hike/scramble/climb with some great shots of the beast from below and the views on the way up. I got to say the wind really made me uneasy just watching it.

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, it's a great scramble.... It was Def windy on the way up, but wind died down once we reached the first summit, which made it easier.

Hey John, Go Team Jel, Great Vid Mate, you really smashed that, I walked that 30 years ago and it took me the entire day and we didn't do the long trail (not sure if they had names back then), Logan was a very different guy, a poster child for Cognitive dissidence, Psychotic illnesses and probably schizophrenia, but he did some great stuff as well,. I like the ye olde film effect. T-Rocks

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I've read some of his history... Despite his admirable exploratory nature, he actually was a brutal, masochistic leader who enjoyed seeing his prisoners suffer and even be tortured. I obviously didn't go into that but he ended up reaping what he sowed at his violent and brutal death.

@stayawakenhealthy2539

Жыл бұрын

@t-rocks Many thanks for the heads up to watch this Vid .Awesome Vid @jelbuilderfilms "Killer Views" and WILL do this hike with my son in a few weeks.

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff... It's one of the best routes up, you'll love it👍

@stayawakenhealthy2539

Жыл бұрын

@@jelbuilderfilms Cheers mate, looks awesome.👍 Got a bit windy at time's up there 😂

Awesome video. Thanks for all the tips, time markers and commentary. I thought my 7 hours up SER and down Peasants was good. You guys smashed it! Can’t wait now to do Logan’s and the West Peak next time

@jelbuilderfilms

9 ай бұрын

Thanks mate... you'll love it!

I walked up Logan’s when I was in grade 6 and many times since then, it’s not that difficult. I’d say it’s one of the best routes in South East QLD, views all the way up. Getting down Logan’s is definitely more difficult though. Of all the routes to take, Peasant’s ridge is the easiest but man it just sucks.

@jelbuilderfilms

Ай бұрын

Peasant's ridge 100% sucks, lol. :)

The drone you heard was probably “bush sights” channel he just put out one at the same time. Man Logan’s ridge eh? I’m definitely gonna do that one day it looks so epic dude. Rum jungle! Man when we camped there the night, other campers didn’t bury their shits or go far to shit so the campsite stunk soooo bad the whole time we were there 😂 more like bum jungle. Damn you guys made good time to cover that route well done.

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Lol, I've got a drone.... and yet I hate it when people fly them around mountain summits. "Bum Jungle"... hilarious.

Wow what an awesome effort...my legs were sore just watching 😂 I think I'll stick to taking my Patrol up Waterfall Creek Road and leave the climbing to you professionals 😊

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Lol, that's funny.... Well this definitely was fun but you're right, the legs were screaming😅

Bloody Machines! hahaha..

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Built in Yugolavia.... 😂

Can’t wait to finally give this ago when I come back to QLD ( remembering lots of old memories) hope your guys are well

@jelbuilderfilms

9 ай бұрын

You'll love it, Jared! Where have you been?

@jaredoverton1470

9 ай бұрын

Living in Geelong Victoria atm very cold 🥶

Definitely won't be doing Logan's ridge but looking at doing up and down peasants in a couple of months for my first time up that beast.

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Peasants is great for your initial practice runs... It's got great features and is the fastest way to Rum Jungle. 👌

Woohoo!! Go the JEL machine! And props to Jacob for his choice in footwear, those TX4'S are the bomb for scrambling! Welcome to the Logans club! How awesome is it hey, it's definitely my favourite route, can't wait to do it again. What waterfall was Jacob talking about around the 23 minute mark?

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Def a fun line to climb.... He loves his TX4s. He was referring to canyoning at Sassafras in NSW, multitudes of gorges and waterfalls to abseil down, he had a blast.

@wilddonkeyadventures

Жыл бұрын

@@jelbuilderfilms We'll have to check it out one day!

Great footage mate! What camera are you using?

@jelbuilderfilms

3 ай бұрын

I'm simply using a GoPro Hero 11. I just like to keep it simple.

Man dont know how i missed this one 😂 I did west peak from midgets ridge in 2021 and it was completely bare just like east peak… crazy to see it overgrown like that. Nice to see a good video on logans ridge. Awesome job mate!

@jelbuilderfilms

9 ай бұрын

Thanks mate... Logan's is fun. I saw Midgets Ridge and it's on the list too. I'm surprised you said West Peak was bare, but then again, I never saw the West Peak summit before.

Just checking what type of watch you were using and would you recommend it for hiking etc?

@jelbuilderfilms

11 ай бұрын

I use the Garmin Fenix 5X in all my videos. They are an exceptionally great and rugged watch for all things outdoors. I've had mine for 3 years now and have thrown it into every adventure, and it works amazingly. It's not touch screen however, for that you need to go the Fenix 7 series but they are quite expensive at the moment as they are fairly new.

Mt. Barney vs Mt. Bartle Frere?

@jelbuilderfilms

10 ай бұрын

Mt Bartley Frere is QLDs highest. I haven't done it yet, hopefully I'll go there in January to give it a go (will be a tropical hellish humidity heat unfortunately), but my research seems to indicate its not necessarily treacherous, as opposed to simply being a very long trek. We'll see and then I'll put a video together on it.

Can u see mt warning from it

@caniborrowapencil5160

Ай бұрын

Yes

Life stages: - 1, Ordinary Father and Son - 2, Hiking videos on KZread under the title Jelbuilder - 3, Marvel comic Superhero franchise: Captain Epic and the Legend known as Jacob You are currently at 2!

@jelbuilderfilms

Жыл бұрын

Lol, very funny... Cracked me up😂

Aussie mountains aint even what id call a hill.