“… And then I was like, I’m just going to pour myself a bottle of wine and call it a day.” Julia Howell Waking up to a spectacular cloud inversion in the Grisedale valley.…
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“When things don’t go as expected, trust the reroute.” Lalah Delia Getting accustomed to the changeable weather as we head down from the summit of Lingmell in readiness to tackle the unrelenting route up…
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“Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while…
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“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures”. – Lovelle Drachman After 55 days, reaching the Cap de Creus peninsula and making our way to the end point of the trail. Entering our…
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“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean”. – John Muir Thoroughly excited at…
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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. – Mahatma Gandhi The Twenty-Fourth Week – The Final Countdown! Making it to the Canadian border at last! Day 161 –…
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“Never forget how far you’ve come. Everything you have gotten through. All the times you have pushed on even when you felt you couldn’t. All the mornings you got out of bed no matter…
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“I never get afraid of things; I only get excited”. – Tom Hiddleston The Twenty-Second Week – Back To The Big Stuff! Preparing to cross the Knife’s Edge in the Goat Rocks Wilderness –…
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“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical”. – Carl Sagan The Twenty-First Week – Two States Down. One To Go! For once we had a border…
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“I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was…
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“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere”. – Frank A. Clark The Nineteenth Week – Staying Strong And Motoring On… Continuing north on the PCT enjoying a…
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“Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other …again and again and again. And if you allow yourself opportunity to be present…
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“Above all do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts and…
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“If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together”. – African Proverb The Sixteenth Week – Closing The Gap! President Teddy Roosevelt dubbed Burney Falls as…
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“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and…
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“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top”. – Anonymous The Fourteenth Week – Stepping Into Summer! Showcasing the green and grand forested hills of Northern California!…