IPad full - storing raw video files...?

Guys,
I have an 64Gb iPad which I like to take away with me on snowboarding holidays (in place of my 15" MBP3,1), which I copy video files onto from my GoPro Hero2 video camera’s SD memory card via the camera connection kit. After a little editing down in iMovie I'll upload the movie to Facebook or YouTube.
My unedited video files can be a few gig in size (if I leave the camera on for a whole run down the mountain (35 minutes is about 3.9Gb)), so the problem I'm having is that a few days or a weeks worth of video files can easily fill the iPad's 64Gb memory - if I'm away for longer this becomes a problem as I soon max out the iPads storage.
Uploading unedited files to Dropbox for future editing isn't really an option (as it takes hours and hours to upload even a single 3.9GB file over a typical chalet’s wifi connection, and file size limits aren’t great either), so I was wondering what other options people might suggest?
I have an iCloud account, but that possibly has the same transfer time/storage limitations as Dropbox?
Is there any way of copying files off of the iPad onto an external hard drive for storage? Would this require jail breaking the iPad? Any apps available?
Anyone have any other suggestions?
I know Apple want to push cloud services, but I’m surprised Apple haven’t provided a solution for this gigabyte storage problem for movie editing when wifi isn’t great…
Cheers,
Martin

propolis wrote:
… When I have copied all the files / dir structure to the MAC, I then open FCP, go to import files, go the the dir where the files are, but I cant import them. …
when you did copy the whole file structure, you have to chose 'import from camera/open archive' …
I'm following the same workflow as you do:
• in Finder, without FCPX, on my extHDD I create a folder 'backup Zoo Day May' (or any other descriptive title)
• drag the whole file structure into it from SDcard to folder
• when finally finding the time for editing, in FCPX, import from camera, then open archive, then digging thru my drives to that folder
• FCPX notices this folder as a 'cam' and offers the usual import options, no need for that old (sorry, mish ) trick with dmgs

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