This us a random thoughts update...
We are in Austria. Crossed the Austrian and Italian border multiple times each day for a while there. We moved from the Julian Alps to rhe Carnic Alps. Not before a small dogleg…
This is our first zero day (rest day with zero kilometres walked) on the Via Alpina. Six days after leaving Muggia in Italy, we find ourselves in Podbrdo, Slovenia!
Here we go!
I would say (dicating this to a blog so…
This was a conversation I (Kristy) have had with a few folks. Do you book in advance for where you sleep or wing it?
Well, in Nepal in spring and summer I think you can wing it (on the popular…
After completing the Great Himalaya Trail across Nepal there is another part of the adventure that is ongoing. And this blog, to be honest, an accountability post!
Over the past three months I’ve been turning the experience into three separate…
The Via Alpina Red runs through Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, and finishes near Monaco. When I lay it out like that for friends and family, it sounds like we’re ticking off countries.
In reality, it’s more like…
Discover the Walls of Jerusalem loop in Tasmania, including Wild Dog Creek, Dixon’s Kingdom, and the quieter Lake Adelaide campsite, with stunning alpine views, pencil pines, and wildlife encounters.
As we trekked and climbed along the Great Himalaya Trail I started to keep notes about what our bodies were up to.
The first foray into overnight hiking after completing the Great Himalaya Trail was reconnecting with the Australian landscape. Together with my sister Mel, who has done the full Heysen Trail twice (nuts!) and completed the Larapinta Trail this year, Mike…
We have been added to the official list of Great Himalaya Trail finishers here: https://www.himalayanadventurelabs.com/great-himalaya-trail/ght-hiker-database/
Also check out our blog on the official GHT website: https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/april-to-august-on-the-ght/
Thanks to Robin Boustead, the visionary of the trail, for inviting us to share…
Staying five days on Koh Phangan. Snorkelling, marine park, scooters, sticky rice, relaxing, and what it was like in October, the off season.