Trekking Blog
Links to photo folders, books and articles (both published and unpublished) about treks in the US (Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Alaska, Hawaii), France, Italy, Spain, Montenegro, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, NZ and Australia.

Washington State
Link to a Google Photos folder showing a hike to Gothic Basin and Foggy Lake off the Mountain Loop Highway in Washington State in late July 2024. The second hike shown is the Obstruction Point to Deer Park Trail in Olympic National Park.

GR65 - Le Chemin de Saint Jacques
Link to a Google Photos folder showing a 210km hike along the GR65- Le Chemin de Saint Jacques Camino route in France, from Le Puy en Velay to Conques in July 2024.

French Alps
Link to a Google Photos folder showing a 160km hike from La Grave -> Briancon -> Col de Vallee Etroite -> Modane -> Bonneval sur Arc -> Col de l'Iseran -> Val d'Isere in the French Alps in June 2024.

From Ocean to Sea (article)
Link to a PDF file telling the story of a 900m trek across the Pyrenees mountains in June 2024. Photos are embedded. Less than 45 mins reading time.

Pyrenees Traverse
Link to a Google Photos folder showing all photos from a 900km traverse across the Pyrenees mountains in June 2024.

Mototapu Track - New Zealand
Link to a Google photos folder showing photos from a 2.5 day walk on the Motatapu Track linking the Wanaka and Queenstown areas in NZ in December 2023. One of the hardest short hikes I've ever done, with the extremely steep terrain made harder by an unusually heavy backpack I had to carry.

Colorado - Elk and Sawatch mountains
Link to a Google Photos folder showing photos from a trip to the Elk and Sawatch mountains in Colorado in August 2023.

Montenegro and Valle d’Aosta
Link to a Google Photos folder showing photos from hikes near Kotor in Montenegro followed by the Valle d'Aosta region in the Italian Alps in April 2023.

Pellegrino (book)
Link to a book on Amazon about a 1900km walk up the length of Italy in early 2023.

Italy Traverse
Link to a Google Photos folder showing photos from a 1900km walk up the length of Italy (south to north) over 43 days in January - March 2023.

Colorado (Elk and San Juan mountains) and New Mexico
Link to a Google Photos folder showing all photos taken on a 6 week solo hiking trip to Colorado and New Mexico in July/August 2022.

Alpine Lakes Wilderness (WA) and Lake Tahoe (CA)
Link to a Google Photos folder showing a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington State followed by a hike from Lake Tahoe to Sonora Pass on the PCT in September 2019.

A Wall of White (article)
Link to a PDF file telling the story of a 1500km hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in America in 2019. Less than one hour reading time.

Pacific Crest Trail
Link to a Google Photos folder showing my hike on the Pacific Crest Trail (Mexican border to Kennedy Meadows South) in April 2019.

Where East Meets West (published article)
Link to an article about a four day trek in the beautiful Caucasus mountains of Georgia in October 2018. Published by Outer Edge magazine in Australia in February 2019. Less than 10 mins reading time.

Georgia (Caucasus mountains)
Link to a Google Photos folder showing photos from a hiking trip to the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia in October 2018. Some of the most beautiful mountains I've ever seen!

Trekking the Tien Shan (published article)
Link to an article published on Explorers Connect about a trip to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in September 2018. Less than 10 mins reading time.

Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Link to a Google Photos folder showing photos from a hiking trip to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in September 2018. The Tien Shan mountains blew me away with their beauty!

A Long Walk in Spain (book)
Link to a book on Amazon about a 1200km walk across Spain on the Camino de Santiago (Frances and Norte routes) in April and May 2018. One of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Camino de Santiago
Link to a Google Photos folder showing photos from a 1200km walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain (and Picos de Europa) in April and May 2018.