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Mt Kilimanjaro 2004

June 30, 2017by digbygotts Leave a comment

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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Africa

Central Australian Road Trip 2017

June 9, 2017by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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Australia

The Great Ocean Walk 2017

March 19, 2017by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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Australia, Victoria

Tales From the Trail

February 23, 2017by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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USA

Wainwright’s Coast To Coast UK 2006.

December 31, 2016by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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United Kingdom

Appalachian Trail 2010

December 12, 2016by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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USA

Bibbulman Track 2008

December 11, 2016by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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Australia

500 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail through the High Sierras

November 1, 2016by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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USA

Climbing Mt Sili Sili

May 22, 2016by digbygotts Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Pacific

Big Mowbray Falls

May 17, 2016by digbygotts Leave a comment

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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Far North Queensland

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