One of the fun parts of doing a thru hike is all the planning that happens before taking the first step. I love researching and organising and a new thru hike gives plenty of opportunity to indulge in these activities. The PCT is a well established and popular trail so there is a wealth ofContinue Reading “The fun of PCT Preparation”
I used a ZPacks Arcblast for my Te Araroa hike and was impressed with how well it stood up to NZ trail conditions. I continued to use this pack for hiking overseas and in NZ but just before my Norway hike I noticed a tiny tear near one of the shoulder straps. It probably wouldContinue Reading “My homemade pack for PCT 2019”
My next adventure is confirmed, and I am now 11 days from starting. I am going to attempt to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in USA. When I decided to take a break from working one of the reasons was that I wanted to complete the Pacific Crest Trail. This went on a backburner whileContinue Reading “The Next Challenge – Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, USA (4,265 km)”
Planning the resupply was the most challenging part of planning this adventure. There are a lot of remote areas I travel through and not many large towns. In order to reduce the weight of food carried I would have preferred to be able to resupply every 5 days but this is not possible most ofContinue Reading “Resupply Plan”
I have finished the detailed planning for my route and am looking at just under 2,600 km. This distance is based on google creating routes. The routes smooth out the bends in the track so I think the actual distance will probably be around 2,600km. You can access the kml file on googgle earth whichContinue Reading “Detailed Route Planing Finished”
The full gear list and weights is at the bottom of the post I am expecting to start with a base weight (weight of all gear less food, water and consumables) of 7.659 kg (16.89 lb) I am basing a lot of my decisions about gear on my experiences on Te Araroa and research onContinue Reading “Gear for NPL”
As there is no official route there were a lot of decisions to make to select my route. I researched through blogs to see what other people did and where possible download GPX tracks. I also found on www.traildino.com a GPX track for the E1 trail which is ¾ of the NPL and also someContinue Reading “What Route to Take”
The first decision I had was what direction to walk in. Slightly more people walk north as it is easy to get to and they can get their trail legs of the roads before heading into the wilderness. Also it is warmer in the south and not as much snow to worry about. One attractionContinue Reading “What Direction to Walk”
My preparation for Norge Pa Langs is a lot different to what I did for Te Araroa. Back in 2014 I was in Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo and there was limited entertainment so I had heaps of time to dedicate to going through every type of preparation in detail. This time round IContinue Reading “The preparation starts”
Why do Norge Pa Langs Trail Late last year I was working in Mali late last year was feeling stressed due to not enjoying my job and the overpopulated living conditions in Bamako. My thoughts started drifting back to the freedom I enjoyed on the Te Araroa Trail and I felt the Itch to doContinue Reading “What is Norge Pa Langs and why am I doing it”