Carol, The Hump Ridge Track is tough. Steep and very uneven in parts. There is no sound except what you bring. Thought I got lost more than once. Turn a corner, no more track. You’ve got to hunt for the Orange Triangle of Salvation, then […]
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Pilgrimage on the Via Sacra by Tamsin Grainger
The first day was dedicated to my dad who died on October 5th 1998. It was beset with blisters as a result of my new boots, and twice I became lost, a record even for me, taking a detour of at least 2.5 hours and […]
Lost in Translation by Krista Tibbs
Postcard: Hey K2, Met a little English couple 4 hours from Invermoriston. They mentioned a café a mile up the trail. Yay for me, who had 3 cups of tea, 2 juices, and no facilities since breakfast. Hiked 3 more miles before reaching this “cafe” […]
Le Mercantour by Paul Jackson
Right, here we are then, at La Madone de Fenestre, almost 2,000 metres up in the French Alps, with the Col de Fenestre the only thing separating us from Italy. This was once a Roman sanctuary, then the home of the Black Monks in the […]
