The middle of Summer can be really hot in the mountains of Kosciuszko. There can also be heaps of annoying flies. So, all through winter I was planning on heading back to the mountains to do another bikepacking trip before summer. Josh had a weekend in mind, so we locked it in. The weather forecast was for lots of rain but that's never stopped us before. During the week leading up to the ride I noticed the Hunt 1000 bikepacking event had started. Conditions were looking similar to my February trip in which I left a beer in a hut for whoever found it. with a note with my details to see if I got a message from them. It was a fun experiment. This gave me the idea to do it again, but instead take a few beers and leave them for the riders doing the event. The hut I planned to camp at was roughly 800km into a 1000km route. I'm sure the riders would have loved a beer by that stage. I had concerns that leaving beers in the hut would mean leaving rubbish in a hut. Would people drink the beer and just leave the empty can? I have a friend named Mattie that had done the ride a few years ago, I decided to get his thoughts on riders carrying out the empty cans. He thought the riders would be fine with it. Later that day Capital Brewing had just shared a video I posted on Instagram, it was one of their beers I left in the hut in February. Mattie saw this and decided to let Capital Brewing know of my plans. 5 minutes later they had offered to supply the beers and this idea just took off. I borrowed a friend's bike trailer, picked up a case of beers from the brewery. I made some camera mounts to film the trailer. I then decided the trailer would look to empty so I bought a second case. When we got to the Round Mountain carpark the trailer didn't fit on my bike because it was hitting my derailleur. Luckily, I bought my big backpack and put half a case in that and the other case on the bike. We were off. I had 24 beers on me which is a new record for a bikepacking trip. This video is basically a documentary on my trip with the additional story of delivering the beers.
If you're interested in doing the hunt 1000 here is the link to their website.
https://hunt1000.huntbikes.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hunt_bikes/
Big Thanks to Capital Brewing for supplying the beers.
https://capitalbrewing.co/
https://www.instagram.com/capitalbrewing/
Big Thanks to the riders that sent me photos.
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