Ushuaia could be interesting but I’d imagine it would feel very similar to both the 2021 and 2016 treks.
It does stand out that we haven’t had any trips conclude in either Australia or Europe, perhaps something could work in one of those areas? To be fair, Christmas Island is an Australian territory and Pago Pago is fairly close as well, but we haven’t done anything on mainland Australia.
Funny you should mention Australia… I’m thinking of going this way. It’s a good bit farther but should take me to some places I haven’t visited before.
I kind of prefer the destination with each person picking there own start, which is usually local. That way we see a lot more of the globe than starting with a fixed point. Just me 2 cents.
That’s an excellent point. I hadn’t thought about the fact that everyone would be in and around the same areas with a starting point and an ending point.
That’s what makes it great seeing all the different spots as everyone progresses to the same location from all over.
I voted for NZRC mainly because I have a lot of New Zealand scenery (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Mt Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound etc). I have been fortunate enough to have done some real flying over there so I’m probably just feeling nostalgic.
I don’t know if I ever really thanked all of you for the CLT destination in 2022. I will go back and read through that thread… It was a rough year for me and I know you all did it to support me through that. Thank you doesn’t seem adequate.
If anyone is up for sailing part of the trip, Sailaway 3 is out, but not available on Steam yet. I’ll do a short review once I’ve kicked it around for a couple of weeks. Get it here…
I might have to give that a try Dan. I remember on one of the Christmas Treks that Cygon Parrot used Sailaway 2 for some of the journey. I’m still hoping he will come back to Mudspike someday.
NZRC, not so much because it is close - I could always fly a Westerly course and try to emulate Kurt’s epic 2022 circumnavigation - but I had already decided that my personal challenge this year will be ‘propellors only’ and with what I have in the hangar, flying East will make that a lot easier.
Also because I already have the XP11 hi-rez ortho for NZ
