‘Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.’ – John Muir The Brecon…
‘FEAR, TO A GREAT EXTENT, IS BORN OF A STORY WE TELL OURSELVES’ – CHERYL STRAYED Well, I had come a long way since my first solo trip,…
My spontaneous decision to hike to Everest Base Camp dawned on me a few days before leaving. Not the 120km itself, but the many questions accompanying it. Where…
‘The mountains are calling and I must go’ – John Muir Kilimanjaro or Everest Base Camp? Whilst there are many other amazing hikes out there- some as popular,…
‘I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew it would not be believed’- Marco Polo The Camino de Santiago (the way of St. James).…
‘I’m feeling very Olympic today!’ – Sanka Coffie, Cool Runnings Despite the receptionist assuring us we were in the right place- with the arduous climb to the top floor…
‘AN EARLY MORNING WALK IS A BLESSING FOR THE WHOLE DAY’- HENRY DAVID THOREAU Wise words Thoreau, although I certainly took a while to warm up to this…