If you hike the Te Araroa and you get to the South Island, you have two options for some of the stretches: get to town for resupply or send yourself a so called bounce box to some of the very remote places hikers come through. And if I say remote, I mean it. In size … More Bounce Box Battle
In the nearly final stage of my prep for my year around the world I was already a bit worried whether I had made the right choices. Having a year, going to “only” six countries and having 4 long distance hikes between 600 -1200 km plus the highest mountain in Africa, kind of seemed crazy, … More Trail and Travel
No, I am not talking about myself, no worries. But about my first bit of the Te Araroa on the South Island of New Zealand. And let me tell you, no better start than this. It is not difficult to explain why I am so taken by the Queen Charlotte trail. For one, it has … More A Trail For A Queen
I have not even started the Te Araroa and it already showed me who the boss is. As I wrote in the last post, for me good planing means to have a framework and then be flexible to circumstances. One of them happened today: I was supposed to take a ferry across the Cook around … More Life is what happens while you are making other plans…
Perhaps a no brainer but your trail does not start the day you set foot on the trail. It starts much earlier and depending on what kind of planer you are more ore less intense and time consuming. I would call myself the “have-the-basics-down-but-what-happens-happens” type. For me have the basics down means: know the route/have … More Te Araroa – First Steps First
“Ahhh, what a boring question!” You might think. If so, please feel free and close this blog entry, you might find something more interesting the next time around. Let me start with why I hike: I am not sure! Perhaps I have to start with the fact that I love to hike but at the … More Why do people hike?
The answer is very simple: it depends! If you are a „classical“ thru-hiker who has done trails like the PCT or AT etc. You will be disappointed. Though there are some stretches where you have no infrastructure and some wilderness, it is very different. The Michinoku is very new (it only opened in 2019) and … More Michinoku to hike or not to hike…
One Year - Five Continents 