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That's awesome.

 

As usual, Geoff; your wit is....right on target!!

 

He's straight to the point

 

free express arrow delivery to the next person who turns this into a rifle thread

 

Once you got all the gear I assume it's not as expensive anymore?
Kind of agree with hobby turned business - sometimes I like to whip up painting without thinking of the imperfections. Can't do that when I'm sending a paid work to someone Then think about the time you take to do it, the material, the hourly rate, etc.

 

You'll see a photo of it in just about every house we've sold in the last 10 years (scroll thru the photos of the two attached) ... just hasn't found it's "spot" in the current house - I love it an Wylie is sooooo talented

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-merewether-109073856

http://www.domain.com.au/sold/21-elliott-street-merewether-nsw-2291-2008452435

 

Photography can get *very* expensive if you buy a system camera (with separate body + lens) because there are always new lenses coming out, the purchase of which you'll inevitably find a way to justify That said there is a very strong second-hand market for photography gear.

On the subject of cost I decided to tally up my most expensive hobbies (net spend after selling unused gear)
Archery: $37,352.14
Computers: $19,029.94
Audio: $9,025.02
Photography: $8,524.6
Wine: $5,201.52
3D Printing: $3,599.61

 

Ha, you never have *all* the gear! I had a ~$15k kit and still found myself needing (wanting) more.... The bag I used to carry around was 13kg without the tripod attached.

Exactly. I know when I used to do the pro photography the bride or whoever expected the photos the next day not realising the amount of post-processing that goes on behind the scenes. I used to say for every hour worth of shooting there is 3-4 hours worth of editing behind the scenes. Some weddings I shot for 10hrs straight.... And me being me couldn't let anything through that I thought was even a little bit less than perfect even if to the untrained eye they thought my sub-par was still pretty good.

 

what equipments do you need that cost $37K?

 

Sunk costs (tournament entry fees, flights, hotel, etc): $16,787.75
Gear purchases: $39,502.45
Gear sales: $18,938.06

Second-hand market for archery is very weak, typical depreciation for anything more than a few months old is ~50%. Arrows wear out and competition-grade ones cost $50-100 each.

Modern bows are extremely modular and there are dozens of things you can bolt on to improve aiming/balance/feedback/power/etc. As opposed to photography where you can generally put a lens on the body and call it done

 

@Azazel Yeah attempted K2's smaller brother K3 (Broad Peak) in 2012. Pic below is of my best mate and the mighty K2 towering above Concordia



Trip report here

http://www.summitpost.org/something-steep-this-way-comes/814539

 

Hey Kinnon, geeze that's some expensive camera gear if it costs more than your 4WD (or a pretty ordinary 4WD )

 

Single malt Scotch, but also trying various Irish and Canadian whiskeys, as well as some bourbons.

 

Don't have a 4WD anymore (looking at trading in the Swift + cash to get a mid 2000's swb pajero) which would be similar price to camera gear but when we did have a 4WD it was a Toyota Surf (4runner) which was still only about $10k when we purchased it plus another $5k upgrading it ie lift kit, diff locks, suspension upgrade etc. When it comes to a 4WD I would rather have something older (as long as it's mechanically sound) as I don't want to be driving out bush somewhere and be worried about branches scratching the paintwork which I would be in a newer 4WD which, to me, defeats the purpose of having one if you don't use it for it's intended purpose.

My husband is pretty mechanically handy so can perform a lot of the upkeep and servicing on the no computer controlled cars so that helps heaps too.

 

No. I'm certainly no mountaineer. Just like trekking although do enjoy watching mountaineering docos and movies. Having been to 5500m above sea level I can really appreciate the toll that the reduced oxygen takes on stamina and progress. It's amazing what high-altitude mountaineers achieve!

 

Going to Madrid to watch a game in 2 weeks for 2 passionate members in our family

 

Wow, looks pretty impressive.
I heard there were still unattempted mountains in the world. If that's correct, why do people bother climbing mountains that have been climbed a lot of times, instead of attempting one that hasn't even been attempted yet? I'll come with you to 'attempt' one of them - but I'll probably bail out pretty quickly

 

@Azazel Interesting question. The iconic mountains Everest, Matterhorn etc certainly attract a gazillion percent more 'climbers' than their less well known brethren. A mixture of ego, familiarity, benchmarking etc. I have been on both sides of the equation, having climbed iconic peaks and unclimbed peaks and both are rewarding in their different ways .

The famous mountains are famous for a reason, often due to aesthetics and/or history and its often really interesting to follow in the footsteps of earlier adventures. Unclimbed mountains while less mysterious in the age of google earth have their own mystique but offset by logistical and navigational issues. My mate and I should have a doco out later this year for Aussie Geographic on one of our attempts on an unclimbed peak. We also have one out already called 'The Hill' on climbing one of the more famous mountains

edit..btw there are thousands of unclimbed peaks left in the world.

 

Sounds awesome, I'll keep an eye out for it!

I'm talking about "unattempted" - not "unclimbed". Apparently there are still some of them left?

 

generally speaking... unclimbed and unattempted are mostly the same thing. For example, there are a few mountains that fall shy of the 'magical 8,000 m' mark that are untouched due to the whimsical nature of round numbers and the metric system whereas anything over 8,000 m are all greatly coveted.