South Island Expedition / Rees & Dart
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@clothiers5148
@clothiers5148 Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience. It is very informative. I'm departing Adelaide, South Australia for Lisbon 5 /8/24 to walk the Central Way of the Portuguese Camino de Santiago. I walked Camino Frances Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela over 13 /8/22 - 17/10/22. I like to walk the special way at a steady pace 10 - 20 ks daily sometimes 2 night stays. I'm not too concerned about the heat as I live with 35 - 40c summers in Adelaide and keep well covered and hydrated. I'm a little worried about what looks like a long stretch out of Lisbon to first accommodation at Vila Franca De Xira - some 35 Kilometres according to my Wise Pilgrim Guide. Are you aware of any accommodation a bit shorter distance from Lisbon? Good Wishes, Colleen.
@walkingthrulife2296
@walkingthrulife2296 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time and effort to produce...a pretty wonderful record of your walk from Lisbon to Tomar! My wife and I will be walking the CP from Lisbon as well in mid-August - so some fantastic information here - and a 'feel' for the path. Certainly, looking very much forward to your subsequent videos of this pilgrimage. Thank you!
@maria_s_adventures
@maria_s_adventures 4 ай бұрын
Enjoyed it
@maria_s_adventures
@maria_s_adventures 4 ай бұрын
Thank you I am from NZ and starting in May....can not wait to see the towns!
@user-qv3kk7xe7e
@user-qv3kk7xe7e 5 ай бұрын
Super good. I was doing this same hike 8 weeks ago. Started February 8th 2024.
@jeffbgoldman
@jeffbgoldman 6 ай бұрын
Hi, I've been following your journey on the Hexatrek. Is it the same as the GR5? Also, are there many alternates to avoid the more crazy ups and downs? On the Appalachian Trail they're called PUDS (Pointless ups and downs). I was thinking of thruhiking the Hexatrek in 2025. Now I'm having second thoughts...
@jeffbgoldman
@jeffbgoldman 6 ай бұрын
@@atalefromatrail8181 Thanks for responding. What's an ecrin? Also, is there the structure just to do the GR5 like there is for the hexatrek? An app like far out? I've thru hiked the AT, the Arizona Trail, and the Colorado Trail all in my 60s. I'd be 67 by the time I get to the HT. I just don't know if I have it in me for endless PUDS. So, I will investigate the GR5 more closely. I enjoyed your videos and your candor. Thanks.
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 6 ай бұрын
@jeffbgoldman the Ecrins is a part of the Southern Alps. You can see it clearly on the hexatrek map. It's the part where the trail takes a huge dog leg, heading south and then turning back on itself to head straight back north. The tour des ecrins is another GR. and here the trail does these massive PUDS. the ecrins was pretty but to us not pretty enough to justify daily climbs over big passes only to drop into deep valleys.. especially on a thruhike...after such a long journey through the alps it really felt like trudging, daunting to still not being able to easily cover distance. When we downloaded the hexatrek app there sadly where no information on whether and where to take possible GR trails. Not sure if there is now. If you want to continously hike the hex without skipping parts then I would really study the maps to find ' connecting shortcuts' and all parallel running GRS. You have them everywhere. I remember meeting GR thruers who were incredibly quick through the alps just because the trails were easier and more direct. Especially around the area before chamonix. You have great thruhike experience, you could be absolutely fine on the trail and wonder what we were fussing about...maybe it was just not a good season for us.
@jeffbgoldman
@jeffbgoldman 6 ай бұрын
@@atalefromatrail8181 Au contraire, I have struggled with PUDS and find them endlessly tedious. The AT is full of them. And I'm older now, so I would like to cobble together a thru hike with the HT as a backbone, but possibly eliminating some of the endless up and downs. I will continue researching. The GR people must have had some kind of source to help them navigate. Perhaps it's just a highway map. I will explore... Thanks for your generous help. I wish you luck and may you keep thru hiking. My favorite trail so far has been the Arizona Trail if you find yourself up for it. Not easy, but very varied in terrain and eco systems. Cheers, Jeff
@jeffbgoldman
@jeffbgoldman 6 ай бұрын
Did you do the high route in the Alps?
@Unpetittourdanslemonde
@Unpetittourdanslemonde 7 ай бұрын
Hi Anna, hi René, it's Sandra from PCT 2019. I'm glad I found your chanel, how are you doing? I wanted to send you some pics of you on the hexatrek when we hiked together. How could I send them to you?
@SevenLuckyMinutes
@SevenLuckyMinutes 9 ай бұрын
excited to be heading out to portugal next month, when is your next video coming up?
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 9 ай бұрын
Ouh...at the moment I have to deal with what life has thrown at me.I hope that I will have a clear head sometime for the last two or 3 episodes.
@liverpoolhikers
@liverpoolhikers 10 ай бұрын
Wait, what? Portugal now? Okay ... If you come near the North of England on your world tour of Europe, please let us know. 😆 But well done for sticking to what doesn't look like the nicest hiking conditions so far. We've recently hiked the Great Glen Way and we were quite unimpressed with the 10 or so miles of roadwalk on the last section - doing that for 100 km sounds like pure torture to us!
@DaysWellTraveled
@DaysWellTraveled 10 ай бұрын
I’m excited to find this video. Not many people start from Lisbon. I enjoyed watching your video. I just got off the Camino “The Portuguese Way” myself and posted a bunch of short videos of my experience along the way. I’ve been looking for some people to follow to get my Camino fix now that I’m back home. I am going to start following you. I just subscribed. I’ll get to experience the Camino Portuguese again from someone else’s eyes. This will be fun.
@bettinagrafl6347
@bettinagrafl6347 10 ай бұрын
Tomar castle is really great, I am looking forward to visit it one day. But the Camino so far didn't look too nice....
@dianestrode2730
@dianestrode2730 10 ай бұрын
Glad to see you both looking so well and enjoying yourselves.
@CapmanBe
@CapmanBe 10 ай бұрын
Salut. Belle ballade ❤
@CapmanBe
@CapmanBe 11 ай бұрын
salut. Merci à vous deux pour tous ces moments passés avec vous au rythme des kilomètres. Bon chemin 😃
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 10 ай бұрын
Salut et merci beaucoup pour le gentil commentaire :):)
@travel_nature_and_life
@travel_nature_and_life 11 ай бұрын
Nice to feel the magic of the trail....a little bit scarring at the end of the video 😁 💛💛🥾🥾🥾
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 10 ай бұрын
... Ted...he creeps me out sometimes ;)
@daveanddawnpreston3946
@daveanddawnpreston3946 11 ай бұрын
Thanks guys for another enjoyable update. Dave
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 10 ай бұрын
Thank youuu :):) hi from René
@gjcoop5625
@gjcoop5625 11 ай бұрын
That ant invasion is about the weirdest animal attack I've seen recorded. I thought the ants were bad in my bike travels across Australia, and they were, but ants with wings are next level!
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 10 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I said.. swarming ants = BAD. swarming flying ants = no comment 😅 although the aussie ants are probably deadly..like..many things over there ;);)
@richardross7219
@richardross7219 11 ай бұрын
The woodpecker in the beginning looked big. Nice video. I particularly liked the music. Happy Trails. Good Luck, Rick
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 10 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@bettinagrafl6347
@bettinagrafl6347 11 ай бұрын
Funny 😂 Love Ted and his ideas...
@daveanddawnpreston3946
@daveanddawnpreston3946 11 ай бұрын
Lovely countryside, good to see enjoying the walk.
@Singerhoff
@Singerhoff 11 ай бұрын
I‘m happy you carried on, with your jornal of hikking france! i‘m planing by my self to hike the coast of britagne in early summer next year. may and june. but i will start at st malo and walk at least up to the cote granite rose, what is, for my taste, the most beautyfull area, of the all france together! keep on uploading please, don‘t be lazy, i love your stile of video makin‘… weiter so! hihihi!
@jurgschupbach3059
@jurgschupbach3059 11 ай бұрын
ach macht ihr U Boot Bunker Kontrollgang?
@bettinagrafl6347
@bettinagrafl6347 11 ай бұрын
I love my beautiful bretagne❤
@robinmills5827
@robinmills5827 11 ай бұрын
Lovely coastal scenes. Those early beach shots made me hanker for summer weather which the east coasts of NZ have been promised this year. Windy weather can be unpleasant when you're out in it but makes for wonderful videos! Thank you for taking the time to create these videos. I'm loving your change of plan.
@Singerhoff
@Singerhoff 11 ай бұрын
Sooo, after 4 weeks, what about a new part off your hike??
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 11 ай бұрын
Jinx. I am hopeful that I can upload either today or tomorrow :):):)
@user-xi7tj5gz6o
@user-xi7tj5gz6o 11 ай бұрын
Merci pour les vues de la magnifique Bretagne. Yves father
@HILLBILLYHUNTERS1
@HILLBILLYHUNTERS1 11 ай бұрын
great weather you had for that trip .
@alankelly349
@alankelly349 Жыл бұрын
Great to see you both relaxed and smiling and enjoying the hiking. The Hexatrek was certainly challenging. Did you have to extend your visas?
@dianestrode2730
@dianestrode2730 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your story and the scenery, guys. Take care
@oldpete95
@oldpete95 Жыл бұрын
Good to see you both again with, as the french would say, joie de vivre !! Trés bien. :)
@jurgschupbach3059
@jurgschupbach3059 Жыл бұрын
Zaubertrank war da nicht was die letzten Jahre
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 11 ай бұрын
🦧🙊
@alixinthewild9503
@alixinthewild9503 Жыл бұрын
René !!! Wait for the world cup to talk about French rugby 😂
@liverpoolhikers
@liverpoolhikers Жыл бұрын
Great to see you looking so happy again. A re-charge is good for the (hiking) soul. And the landscape is not too shabby either. But I have to ask ... is that caterpillar keeping pace with you guys? 'Cause if it is, you may be taking it a little too easy ... 🤔😜
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 11 ай бұрын
The caterpillar was certainly competing with Rene. I wonder if it had tent pitching and cooking skills 🫢
@robinmills5827
@robinmills5827 Жыл бұрын
Lovely scenery. I feel relaxed along with you. I'm going to enjoy this trail through an area that I've only heard of in French classes. Never visited. Happy trails.
@richardross7219
@richardross7219 Жыл бұрын
Life is too short to do things you're not enjoying. Changing directions is wise. I think that we will see a lot of things going wrong in the next couple years. It is best to be flexible. Another nice video. Happy Trails. Good Luck, Rick
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 11 ай бұрын
We agree! :)
@bettinagrafl6347
@bettinagrafl6347 Жыл бұрын
It's like coming home❤
@Singerhoff
@Singerhoff Жыл бұрын
Hopefuly I wait for Videos, how you continue your Hike in the Bretagne!
@jocelynwinters4875
@jocelynwinters4875 Жыл бұрын
Your judgement has always been sound and this is another example of that. You know what you love about hiking. Somethings we experiance challenges so we can get clear about what we don’t like. Life is too short to put energy into those things that don’t bring us joy. Big hugs from me. 🤗
@jocelynwinters4875
@jocelynwinters4875 Жыл бұрын
@@atalefromatrail8181 See FB for Benji’s little snow adventure at St Arnold.
@erwinveenhoven
@erwinveenhoven Жыл бұрын
Good choice to quit rather then suffer. Solid feedback on the Hexatrek. And now, the coastal path northward is amazing! Enjoy the seafood and cider in Britany :)
@arnege5469
@arnege5469 Жыл бұрын
Hi Anna, it´s really the right decision to follow your feelings. And when you don´t feel cnnected to the trail it is the best to quit or rather do it as a section hike! Happy trails!
@cartapouille
@cartapouille Жыл бұрын
Greetings! I'm Cartapouille, one of the co-founders of the HexaTrek, and goddamnit you are saying EXACTLY what I said all last year thru-hiking it. I am not ultralight, I am not fast, sporty and I don't feel like challenging myself nor almost die for views. And yes, stages 2 and 3 are insane to me. There is an internal debate within the team as to where to get the trail, and I always felt that we had too many difficulties for a thru-hike. For the moment the trace hasn't been discussed as a team, but it will be open to a committee of locals in the future to decide where to actually pass it. The trail will evolve, and probably get easier as it attracts more people, not all keen on mountain terrain only. The more we'll have experiences like yours, the better it helps to make the "non-masochistic" hikers heard :) That being said, I'm currently editing the documentary of my hike last year and I actually really struggled in the Alps too, and in the next episode, I'm explaining how, and why, I skipped completely le tour des écrins (that seems unnecessary to me) and Belledone (couldn't take more of those silly rocky passes). But the important bit here is : you don't have to follow the line to hike the HexaTrek. France is full of great GR and alternative routes everywhere to avoid everything that is dangerous, or just simply unpleasant! And still, it is the HexaTrek as long as you walk around it, it doesn't matter to be exact, what matters is to have a good time. Nothing else. So no hurt feelings, on the contrary, you say it brilliantly in the video and I absolutely agree. And stage 1 is by far my favorite too, exactly because of how balanced it was. That being said, stage 4 is a bit the same (but with the heat) and stages 5 or 6 are really easily doable if you follow the GR10 all the way, avoiding completely all the HRP options. I did that last year during my thru hiker and it was fantastic, with this amazing ocean finish. Again, enjoy your hike guys, and congratulations on making it there, and on being honest and logical. All the best!
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Hi Thomas :):):). Firstly, we love love love your videos. They're brilliant and sometimes sooo hilarious. Thank you for your very honest reply to this video. Didn't expect this. By no means we want to scare off people or badly criticise the hexatrek. We think its a brilliant idea, and hey, it's a baby trail in its baby shoes, it took us by surprise, gave us a good tumble and spat us out (and we're not disappointed nor looking back in grief)but we are sure that once it matures it will absolutely be a really awesome wonderful cool trek. No one is perfect right away. And we definitely will come back for the other etapes. Yea, the alps have killed us to be fair. And since we followed your videos we saw and heard you pointing out some struggles, and we were waiting for "whyyyy". ''because of personal things?" "Or is there something about the trail?" haha. Now we have, as mortal, normal humans, walked maybe 12.000kms of long distance trails or thruhikes (completed TA 2x, PCT, E1 Germany plus smaller stuff here and there mostly in NZ). And while we learned that comparing trails is not good, we still thought that we had to somehow make it clear as to why WE left the Hex for now. Actually, Just today I said to Rene: if the PCT was the Hexatrek, then the route in the Sierras would be criss-crossing between high route and JMT - it would lead you to insanely pretty places but you'd kill yourself on the way or come out after 2 months, running out of time for the weather window. But the PCT has learned. It somehow manages to guarantee your daily 20-25ks without draining you. If Te Araroa was the Hexatrek, then instead of going only over Waiau Pass, it would take you over 2 more technical passes, into another valley, make you climb another pass, show you all of Nelson Lakes NP, and spit you out 2 weeks after you started walking that section. Instead this section takes an average hiker 6-8 days and still they feel energized. I guess what im trying to say is: these long distance trails to me are like A TASTER of certain areas in a country. I meet people, experience the food, see the landscapes and I 'go from one to the next'. You go in, you see a bit (but not all), and you leave. Young hexatrek wants to show you a weeee bit more than just a taster, I feel ;). (At least in stage 2 and 3( Does that make sense? Haha We are no purists on neither trail, we consider the gpx track as a 'corridor' and anything around it is part of the trail. I think the best experiences don't come with having hiked every step, but they come with getting lifts by strangers, taking a different trail, or taking a GONDOLA. On the Hex we often walked smaller diversions. But there are a few occasions where I now look back and I wished I had had the gr5 track on the app to see where the gr5 goes. Especially around chamonix. Going to Refuge de Bise, the skifields after lac vert, Folly Refuge instead of Samoëns. It was pretty, but also a bit painful. Gr5 hikers called the hexatrek 'for hardcore hikers' and by far...Im not hardcore haha. Rene would love for the app to show all the applicable GR trails. Let people choose. The 'masochistic' ultras will walk anything. But the average hiker will be happy to have them layed out. I dont think that the Hexatrek is purely meant to be for people who seek a thrilling physical challenge, but I personally hope it will become a trail that manages to accommodate the average Joe, or Anna, or Rene, too. Actually there are a lot of people who absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the alps, theyre bathing in the views and cols and can't get enough of climbing up and down and up and down. ;) Anyways, we honestly think the hex will become a great trail. We don't want to offend. We want it to be a lovely and very successful thru hike that can challenge the famous and older ones :) and it will. For now we are eating our way through Bretagne for a bit but I think we will be ready for maybe etape 4 after that. And then eventually, maybe next year, the gorgeous Pyrenees, on the GR10! :P. :):) Merci, Thomas! ♡ we're waiting for the rest of your videos :):)
@cartapouille
@cartapouille Жыл бұрын
@@atalefromatrail8181 Thank you for your amazing answer, I really appreciate it. And there is no hard feeling, I'm the first one to be critical of the trek, because this is how we'll make it better in the future. It would be delusional to imagine that creating such a massive project would be perfect on day 1, especially when the trace has been done only by one person only (that happened to live in Chamonix, so yeah it shows when you look at the general map seeing how the trail lingers in the Alps compared to every other section, you were correct) and a super tiny team that doesn't have time or resources to help there either. In my opinion, it will take years to have a correct and definitive path, if we ever have one as the terrain will change, and as French legislation is complicated and every commune can change the way how they prefer (and I'm not even talking about the french hikers association owning the intellectual property of the roads we're using and that can change anything if their heart desire). So yeah, instead of offending you are pointing out legitimate points and concerns that are already shared. And it's really cool :) I would like the trail to be more homogeneous, and manage to find ways to not have extremely difficult spikes after flattish and easy sections. But France is shaped in a way that we can only try to minimize this aspect, as the Alps and the Pyrenees are brutal by nature and won't ever feel like the rest. Still, we don't have to go on all the passes and all the peaks neither, nor stay forever in the valley merely looking at the peaks. There's a balance to find, and to me it will take years. And yeah, GR5 is a good example oof that, GR10 too in a way (although heavily focused on trying to reach civilization almost once a day, so a lot of annoying ups and downs in some sections). It's a long process, and I hope we will welcome a lot of people in the association, grow bigger so we can have more means to tackle all those issues. And damnit with your thru-hike experience you are more than legitimate to form a valid opinion. I love your point that a thru-hike should be a taster! That's exactly what I felt too, but couldn't find a way to articulate it and this word is perfect. Hence why I didn't want to do the whole Tour des Ecrins, but merely pass on it for one day. It is unnecessary to have all of it, one day on it is enough and for those who like it always have an excuse to come back and do it. Same as the TMB and the Stevenson in les Cévennes (and luckily we didn't include them entirely in the HT ahah). To me hiking 3000km is already a difficulty, passing the Alps and the Pyrennees is challenging enough, adding more difficulties along the way isn't necessary to keep most people entertained. Not everybody agrees with that, especially in the team. We aim for the HexaTrek to be THE french trail, the one you do when you want to discover France by foot, and so tasting the country is also my philosophy, not keeping it only for the experienced mountaineers or UL hikers. France hiking has so much more to offer than difficulties and harassing ups and downs, it would be too bad to overshadow everything else for those extremes moments. Anyway thanks again, and I'm excited to see you on the rest of the way and hear your remarks !
@doureveur
@doureveur 11 ай бұрын
Osmand has a free open source version based on Open Street Maps. As long as you download ths specific region off the world you have all the trails. GR5, CDT, PCT, HRP, etc. May i suggest you the GR34 (sentier des douaniers) in out beautiful Bretagne.
@paulmctaggart3760
@paulmctaggart3760 Жыл бұрын
All I say is "Go Ted" and Hexa-YourWay or NoWay. Well done on the trail done. All the best and for new challenges opportunites.
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Ted's having a real blast. He actually is quite keen on heading to the Iberian peninsula for some hiking. We see if we can fulfill this dream of his ;) hope winter isn't too bad in welly :):)
@paulmctaggart3760
@paulmctaggart3760 Жыл бұрын
@@atalefromatrail8181 we had hail last week and it remained on the ground for two days. At least we are getting more daylight.
@robinmills5827
@robinmills5827 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Go exploring. Hike some beautiful places that appeal to you. Make your own decisions. Have fun!
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. It took a week or two to settle with the hexatrek-goodbye. But I think we got it now. ;);)
@richardross7219
@richardross7219 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a good decision. Happy Trails. Good Luck, Rick
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick :):)
@alankelly349
@alankelly349 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Anna for your openness and honesty about the reality of daily walking an obviously hard trail. Coming from experienced thru hikers as you and Rene it really shows the reality of how serious I need to be regarding my training especially being a mature age hiker. Regarding my start date I was thinking May 15th. With your experience what date would you suggest? Thank you Rene and Anna so much for making the videos you have made that have helped in my planning of walking the Hexatrek next year. I look forward to following your next adventure. Regards, Alan
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Hi Alan, It's tricky..we have seen young light hikers leave, and a couple in their 70s with over 20kg pack weight mastering the trail (unfortunately you often don't hear about these kinds of people anymore, not sure what happened to them, whether they're still walking, or whether they stopped or changed...) In terms of starting, the 4 of us (Eline and Rapha) agree that a may start is necessary. Unless you're reaaally quick, or also depending on the amount of snow - watching PCT hikers trudge through snow in the desert this season, it can maybe also happen that the alps receive an unusual amount of snow, then you might want to leave later...or even consider starting in Hendaye and doing a NOBO. But yes, 15th of May. We would definitely agree :)! I dont want to make it too complicated. You previously asked about the Apps, if I remember correctly. I would use the hexatrek app PLUS another app where you can download the individual GR trails...in the Vosges the Hexatrek diversions are great. But in the Alps..especially between Lac Leman and chamonix, I think having the option of knowing 'easier' alternates is great to have. So I'd definitely download GR5 for the Alps and GR10 for the Pyrenees. I've heard of a german guy who continued on the GR5 and instead of following the Hexatrek, he took the GR6 and rejoins later again (he said something similar: to keep the joy and fun in the game - so he doesnt do the ECRINS, BELLEDONNE, VERCORS. basically all of stage 3. he believes they are too technical and slow - and I would second that. Unless you're feeding of seeing 800kms of alp like environments, then the hexatrek is your friend. Kévin, the hex founder, is home in the Alps, so if I put my conspiratorial hat on, I'd say he knows many of the extra places and tracks, lives for these hills and wants to give ppl the chance to go and see beyond the GRs - good? Bad? I'm not to judge) It's always tough making decisions on what to follow, because on either trails you will see amazing stuff, or sometimes miss out on a famous landmark. Like skipping, flipping, stopping, its all not easy. But listen to your instinct there. Before Chamonix, Rene and I had the choice twice, whether to follow the hex or the gr5. We felt like the GR5, but always took the hexatrek. And I feel this was a mistake. And I get the impression it was the beginning of the turning point into our journey... Yet. The moment we looked up the hill, in the video, was live, that was this very moment that we knew we had seen enough. And it felt absolutely 100% right to leave the trail there,.because we had ignored our feelings before Chamonix. Hope you still feel ambitious and keen. Maybe Lauren Roericks video or Hiking with Ryan will give you more positive thoughts on the trail. Always good to hear different impressions. :) :) For now we keep promoting the GR34 in chilly and windy Brittany, but we consider a return to the hex maybe in September for a section. I'm just thinking of a good example to show how the hexatrek seemed to us.. On all our long trails, the tracks gave a TASTER to a certain area. For example the Te Araroa: crossed many national forests and parks. You go in, you go out. The PCT: the John Muir trail in the Sierras, a big great taster for the Sierra Nevada. You go in, you go out. If the TA and the PCT behaved like the hexatrek - then you would be criss-crossing through the Sierras, alternating between the high route, and the JMT. Or you would be doing 3 awkward passes back to back in the Nelson Lakes National Park, because they're all stunning, but it would take you twice the time - or so Don't know if that made it clear'ish? Hihi
@liverpoolhikers
@liverpoolhikers Жыл бұрын
"No balance in suffering versus pleasure." That right there is the perfect reason to give up - or at the very least pause - what you are doing in just about any walk of life, but especially when hiking. It's meant to he a holiday after all. Embracing the suck is one thing, getting smothered with a massive suck-pillow is another. Go and recharge your batteries, there's a lot of summer still to go and mountains have the admirable habit of going nowhere while your back is turned. Hugs from across the channel. 👍😘
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Haha the suck-pillow..yeees... We have made 98% peace with leaving the hexatrek, are about to finish our Bretagne section hike and will be heading into maybe a drier climate again. ITS BEEN WET!!!! HAHA
@gjcoop5625
@gjcoop5625 Жыл бұрын
Sensible decision. If you are not feeling it, change what you do. This different scenery, with less demanding paths, will refresh you. And you should be enjoying what you do. I respect that you had the courage to do something different. Happy trails.
@atalefromatrail8181
@atalefromatrail8181 Жыл бұрын
Thank you :) yea it's not easy to actually make it public too. It's almost a topic not many seem to talk about maybe because of fear of feeling like a failure..but absolutely, Rene and I are not there to proof that we are superhuman-hikers. It took a while to accept the decision, it's our first time to bail on a long trail due to 'enjoyment'. but we got it now and it was the right thing to do.
@bettinagrafl6347
@bettinagrafl6347 Жыл бұрын
Right time to make the decision to change! It makes no sense to burn out!