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It's here Patreons. As usual Watch with subtitles and in 1080HD.EDIT - Having to put ads on this now (11:14am, Sunday 23rd) as I'm leaving the house for a WeddingOn the 18th of January 2023 I received an email from my most capable competition yet warning me of their imminent plans to be the first people to cross Wales in a completely straight line. There was only one thing for it; I had to beat them to it. Join me in what I was desperately hoping would be my fourth AND final attempt at this gruelling feat of stealth and endurance, using all of my past experience to execute the perfect strategy over what was a very hazardous line. Part 1 sees me tackle the farmland heavy first 8 miles before heading up into the steep and remote wilderness that would dominate the rest of the trip.   Will I be victorious? or am I destined to fall short once more?

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Crossing Wales in a straight line just became a race

On the 18th of January 2023 I received an email from my most capable competition yet warning me of their imminent plans to be the first people to cross Wales in a completely straight line. There was only one thing for it; I had to beat them to it. Join me in what I was desperately hoping would be my fourth AND final attempt at this gruelling feat of stealth and endurance, using all of my past experience to execute the perfect strategy over what was a very hazardous line. Part 1 sees me tackle the farmland heavy first 8 miles before heading up into the steep and remote wilderness that would dominate the rest of the trip. Will I be victorious? or am I destined to fall short once more? *Some speech might be difficult to hear - use good speakers/headphones if possible and use the man made subtitles* ________________________________________________________________________________________ Support me on Patreon for $1 and watch the all three episodes a day early: https://www.patreon.com/geowizard OR get so much more for $4. Full list of adventures available on the $4 tier: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W9Ap4mCU3dAs78JXQgj6JG-U_IhwZtZmUwScbuZ7gAg/edit?usp=sharing ________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow me on Instagram: Tom's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geowizardofficial ________________________________________________________________________________________ Listen to "16-Bit Adventure" featuring all the music from this adventure, How not to travel Europe and more: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3m1MNiRkBOY2Lz5EAXG1BB Or purchase it on Bandcamp for £4 here: https://amynedd.bandcamp.com/album/16-bit-adventure

Comments

Daniel Thorne

I'm very excited!!!!! I love you Tom and I'm not even gay.

Ben

GETTTTT INNNNNNNN.

Alexmae

Can’t wait

Darkon

Nice I was just looking for something to watch

James

Here we goooooo

kinkeyding

you sly fox got me paying $1.50 cad for this before I leave on a no internet trip for a week tomorrow. Happy to pay it tho

RHYS

Tidy - will these come out weekly?

Jason Weiss

Great video! I'm very curious as to what everyone thinks about the aspect ratio change?

Thomas Albion

Welcome back to Wales, Tom. Hoping you nail it!

Hannah Samuels

Why does it bug me that it’s not a platinum run? I think because I want you to take the title that should be rightfully yours and not them twats. Great episode. Can’t wait for the next one. I’m as nervous as you around a quad bike about it though

Connor J

In the airport rn on my 23rd Birthday about to depart for a backpacking trip from Dublin to Rome and to top it all off the perfect entertainment. Cheers Tom!

Dan Melone

This would be a bit more exciting if after 5 miles his girlfriend released a bear.

Ben

Loved it! when will you be releasing the next part on patreon??

Colin Vlach

Completing the mission at all is the only thing that matters I think. Going the distance. Winning the world championship. And, of course, being the first. There's always room for a platinum run in years to come if you wanted to prove it to yourself.

Shane Ewing

Too bad for the platinum run, but looking very good for a successful mission...

Eric Fredricksen

A maximum of 31m south of the line and 17m max north of the line means you were always within 24m of a line 7m north of the one you plotted, so far. So, you're still platinum (again, so far).

Liam Rothwell

Another great video, Tom. Whippersnappers don't count if they have that amount of support 😂

Fanny Wikström

I have no idea how you do it, but thank you

Ben

Actually brilliant… Hope this stays true throughout

Parker

Sick !! Why did you end up switching from 4:3?

Nathan Smith

GO ON TOM LAD ! Let's fackin do it

Parker

Honestly, I'm mostly just confused about why it happened.

Damien Fenton

That's an interesting way of looking at it.

Blayce

4:3 i think would've worked better with some of the cliffs and angles with this line but whatever I think it looks great nonetheless and most people will like it more. but only 3 episodes makes me worried something happened...

Jurij Waite

A pleasant surprise as always!

Serendipity.gallery

I kind of miss the 4:3 style but if you are to go for 16:9, when you see you’re missing the upper part, you cap probably pan down the footage so to get the upper part of the clip more in frame?

Paul wall

Highlight of the month, these challenges alaways make me laugh.🤣😆

Shane Ewing

Tom: Im going to plan every inch of this. Also Tom: There should be a lake here...

Nick

LOVE IT

James Hefel

As far as I know that's his plan. Especially considering it's a tighter edit than usual, as he said.

James Hefel

Where did the 3 episodes come from?

Blayce

well if you go to his instagram and read the caption you’d see that he explains there’s 3 episodes

Blayce

100% agree with you on that. no disrespect to him tho but sometimes i’m left at just looking at grass when i wanna see size perspective of the cliff

Podey Williams

On the other hand, I don't recall him telling us how many episodes there are in advance before.... I think it might be a red herring to make us think he failed! He did say the editing would be tighter in this one so that probably explains why it feels short for a 4 day trip.

Blayce

i’m not making anyone think that he has failed, it’s my own personal observation.

geowizard

I dont really know to be honest. Didn’t think there would be any issues!

bgr

Hey Tom, you might be able to squeeze out a better video quality from YouTube if you export and upload at a larger resolution (1440p or even better 2160p) even if your source footage is only 1080p. YouTube just compresses 1080p too much.

Podey Williams

Just saw that "Tom Davis" was a guest on Sunday Brunch this morning, before I clocked the spelling I thought they'd gotten our GeoWizard on to talk about the straight line mission for a sec!

Emmett Vezina

Wales ain't got nothing on ya Tom!!!!!

harry leach

amazing, blessing us with some amazing content recently especially with another mission coming soon.

Jennifer English

Love it. Never let anyone try to one up you Tom!!

Daniel Stefan

no way he privated the video while a was watching :'(

Pv

Yep, private!! why??

Anna Potts

insane Tom, i know you can beat those whipper snappers

Matthew Edwards

I guess Tom was making it public and Youtube shat itself

Ryan Krasman

Tom, 12 miles into a mission and facing a murderous cliff: "I can't go up that, it'll mean death. I'll have to go round." Me, in my bathrobe at home, eating chips: "Fuck that, go for it!"

靄 MOYA HORROR

For future endeavors, just keep the aspect ratio as 4:3 because the horizontal resolution still remains the same as with 16:9, the widescreen mode just crops the footage. If you record in 4:3 then you can crop it by yourself to 16:9 in post. But tbh, I prefer the wide angle 4:3 that has more info.

Ty

Watched this one over on YouTube and had to come join the Patreon! I'm a huge fan of the adventure content and cant wait to start getting it earlier. Much love, Tom! Keep up the amazing work

Daniel Burt

Seeing a new straight line mission video pop up fills me with such pure joy. There’s just a warmth to your videos that I really appreciate, Tom. Thanks for what you do.

John Hammond

Yep this is the best and most flexible way. I think sensor ratio has changed on the very latest GoPro models but it’s only got even more square (8:7). I think also you’d maybe have some trouble if you wanted to end up at 4K, as you can’t do 4:3 at a resolution high enough that will give you a 16:9 4K crop, but 1080 is more than enough for these videos.

coffeebean

The cuts to Tom researching the line always cracked me up. The face of someone who is abso-fucking-lutely done with Wales, lol.

coffeebean

I enjoyed it on my TV because now it fills the whole screen. Really helped in engulfing me even more in this adventure. But I see why people don't like it when stuff that he mentions in the video aren't visible on the footage because of the aspect ratio. But as someone else mentioned: He should keep it in 4:3 for future projects because the widescreen mode just crops the footage on the top and bottom while not adding more angle to the sides. If he records it in 4:3 he can still choose to crop it to 16:9 by himself in post but has the option to dynamically switch back if he notices important info missing in the shot.

brdbth15678

You are a legend and I am on pins and needles waiting to see how you do it.

Lordsummerilse

Not to disparage the other attempts but having watched both videos, your approach seems substantially more "real."

Jay

Is episode 2 coming out tonight for patroen?

geowizard

Episode 2 is coming out tonight on patreon. I’ve aimed for 8pm but it could be 9pm (GMT) depending on upload time. Didn’t want to do a post because people think it’s the vid! Thanks all!

geowizard

You must have been watching during the 10 minutes before I have to schedule the video to make it public. I do this when I’m not at home and don’t want to take any risks with internet connection etc.

Matt

Evening entertainment sorted, thank you chap

Kai

cant wait!

Jay

who isn't?

Tom Lilley

Geowizard to look forward to, with the snooker on while waiting - cracking Saturday night!

sion webb

love it! so excited for the final wales mission- when is it coming out? <3