The muddy forests. Three Northland forests made of nothing more than a jungle of trees and mud. It’s an introduction to bushwhacking more than anything else, with rivers to replace eroded tracks but mostly, it’s a cruel initiation to mud.
Te Araroa (Part 1) : 90 Mile Beach, day 1-5
The first time the tidal wave hit me, I was running along the beach, trying to get to the next rocky section when suddenly the lashing of water hit…
How to Spend a Long Weekend Adventuring the Scottish Cairngorms
It was twenty to eight on a Saturday morning when I alighted the train where I’d spent the past eleven hours playing origami on my cheap seat. Only two other passengers got off. I looked at their backpacks and for a moment thought that they were fellow hikers, until I saw their shoes: they weren’t. … Continue reading How to Spend a Long Weekend Adventuring the Scottish Cairngorms
Woop! I’m in GLAMOUR!
I’m really excited I wrote a story for GLAMOUR! If you’re interested in backpacking and curious about how to get into it, this is a good tale of what you probably don’t want your first trip to be like. But let me tell you, it was definitely an adventure!
Old Tōkaidō Highway // Walking From Tokyo to Kyoto : A Day to Day Blog
My day-to-day account of this 3-week hike from Tokyo to Kyoto, an urban hike along the 53 stations of Tōkaidō, interspersed with several nature trails and old Edo architecture…
Old Tōkaidō Highway // Walking From Tokyo to Kyoto : Planning & Logistics
Early January 2017 I flew to Japan, landing with the cold of winter and ready to walk the 514 km old Tōkaidō route, from Tokyo to Kyoto. This page discusses all the planning and logistics to start this 3 week hike.
