Hillwalking in Scotland: Part 1, Prepping for the West Highland Way
The Destination In late May, I found myself looking at a window of two weeks in June, wondering how best to fit in an adventure. …
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Food Planning for the West Coast Trail
I’m about to embark on a 7-day hike on the iconic West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island. Planning out the rations for multi-day hikes such …
Hiking Through the Highlands of Guatemala: Day 3
If you’re starting with this post, you can read part 1 here. Santa Clara is nestled at the base of Rostro Maya (also called the Indian …
Hiking Through the Highlands of Guatemala: Day 2
If you’re starting with this post, you can read part 1 here. At 6.30 AM, one of the guides came knocking: it was time to …
Hiking Through the Highlands of Guatemala: Day 1
It was becoming obvious that I hadn’t managed to outwit the cold. I’d barely slept again, thanks to noises through the room’s rickety window, and …
Backpacking the Sawback Trail Part 3
The last and final post in my 3-part series on backpacking the Sawback Trail. If you missed it, read part 1 and part 2 first! …
Backpacking the Sawback Trail Part 2
In part 1, I wrote an overview of our 6-day long backpacking trip on the Sawback Trail, in Banff National Park. This installment is about …
Backpacking the Sawback Trail Part 1
The Sawback trail is a point-to-point hike (or traverse) that connects the communities of Banff and Lake Louise within Banff National Park. Unlike the intense …
Trekking in Peru: Choquequirao, Part 3
Part 1 covered reaching the trailhead, while part 2 was the hike until “the gateway to Choquequirao”, Marampata. But finally, after 2 days, the main …
Trekking in Peru: Choquequirao, Part 2
In the last post, I covered the preparation and planning to reach the trailhead. This post is about the hike itself. Along the trail, there …