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Life is like a bag of trail mix – Hexatrek Sections 2 & 3
Section 2 - Nothern Alps We are on our last week of Stage 2 in the French Alps. Things are...a mixed bag, as the title hints at. Having just
Tour du Mont Blanc – A Sidequest on our Hexatrek Thruhike
My partner and I are currently hiking the 3,034km Hexatrek through France. The Hexatrek is a relative newbie to the Thruhiking scene, but
Hiking towards the Sky – Week 6 of the HexaTrek
Section 2 - the Northern Alps Starting into the Northern Alps proper, our hike is changing drastically now and in so many wonderful ways. The first
Thruhiking over Borders and into Switzerland – Week 5 of the HexaTrek
Switzerland At the end of my last blog entry, I wrote that we decided to take an alternative route on the HexaTrek that leads us over the French
Hot, Hotter, France – Hiking the Hexatrek
Hexatrek Thru-hike - Weeks 3 & 4 It occurs to me that upping our daily kilometres during a heatwave might not have been the most sensible
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Finding our feet on the French Thruhike – Our first weeks on the Hexatrek [3035 km (1885 miles)]
Starting out... I feel a trickle of excitement going down my back, or maybe it’s sweat caused by the 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) heat we are