Travel insurance is pretty essential when you visit another country. In fact it’s essential. Sometimes you even need travel insurance for your own country if you are out hiking or trekking. I do know that World Nomads (see below) covers most nationalities up to 2000 meters. They will even cover up to 6000m if you … Read more Getting Travel Insurance for Hiking
UPDATED Jan 2020! I am updating this post because it’s been three years since I last talked about the gadgets I carry on trails, so I thought I’d talk about what changes I am going to make. Kindle My Kindle is still going well! The battery life is not quite as good, and there is … Read more My gadget packing list for the trails
I have decided to provide a mega list of TV shows and movies about hiking. Because there are not so many of them I have included adventure type shows like ones that show survival techniques. I will try and categorize them as best I can but they’ll be some crossover. I hope you enjoy anything … Read more TV shows and movies about hiking, adventure and the outdoors
After over three walks of walking the Bibbulmun track, my last day came and was a pretty straight forward walk into the small ‘town’ of Pemberton. I was last to leave Beedleup campsite at around 9am and set off at a good pace. It tends to be the usual thing that once you get close … Read more Last day of Bibbulmun 2017 – Balingup to Pemberton, Day 24
I awoke very early with the birds and briefly considered going back to sleep and not doing a double day. Then I suddenly felt a surge of energy to get up, pack up and get out. I was walking by 6.30 am, which was the earliest I left any camp on the Bibb. I knew … Read more Huge day in the heat – Bal to Pem, Day 23