Mt Kilimanjaro 2004
We climbed Mt Kilimanjaro with a commercial tour operator “Into Africa”, who had the reputation for looking after porters and not going too quickly, allowing participants to acclimatize to the […]
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Central Australian Road Trip 2017
The first trip of our grey nomad life covering about 7500 km over 3 weeks on mostly unsealed roads to Alice Springs and beyond with the highlight being the crossing […]
The Great Ocean Walk 2017
We chose to walk this path independently for the full 8 days that is recommended by Parks Victoria, carrying camping gear and food for the whole time. It is also possible […]
Tales From the Trail
Tales from the Appalachian Trail I’m hobbling on painful knees and ankles as I stagger on up the hill, exhausted under my 25 kg pack, and we’re only on day […]
Wainwright’s Coast To Coast UK 2006.
Wainwright’s Coast To Coast UK 2006 A slackpacking 307 km over 17 days. Day 0, Tue April 4, St Bees. This is our recovery day in St Bees after flying […]
Appalachian Trail 2010
The Appalachian Trail is a hiking footpath stretching about 3600 km through 14 states from Georgia to Maine along the eastern mountain ranges of the USA. After successfully completing the […]
Bibbulman Track 2008
The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s great long distance walk trails, stretching 1000km from Kalamunda, a suburb in the hills on the outskirts of Perth, to the historic […]
500 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail through the High Sierras
PCT Journal 2016 Alison and Digby took 50 days to walk from Walker Pass to Donner Pass through the High Sierras following the Pacific Crest […]
Climbing Mt Sili Sili
Mt Sili Sili is a volcano, 50km in diameter and just over 6000 feet high basically forming Savaii, the largest island of Samoa. I happened to overhear another expat, Paul, discussing […]
Big Mowbray Falls
A day walk up the Bump Track and along the top of the ranges to the top of a well hidden waterfall on the Mowbray River. The footpath starts about 10 minutes […]
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