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…
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…
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…
As we trekked and climbed along the Great Himalaya Trail I started to keep notes about what our bodies were up to.
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,…
We finished in Hilsa on the western border on 25 August 2025. More to come after some good rest and showers and wearing some different clothes after 125 days with…
Here we were, on the final stretch of the Great Himalaya Trail. Gamghadi to Hilsa via Simikot. It felt like we were so close, but it still took ten days.…
“Argh! It bit me...”
The seemingly friendly street dog following along beside me randomly decided to bite me on the calf as I wouldn't give him potato chips. Then the…
Over the last 3 weeks we have covered hugely varied terrain. From the jungle of the Ruby Valley, to the well trodden Manaslu Circuit and finally the “trekker highway” of…
After 68 days on the trail we feel much stronger than the start. 1000m uphill in a day has become routine. Our muscles feel strong, look strong and we have…