The Tor Divide, May 2024 by Jim Sutherland
I am not quite sure how and when I found out about The Tor Divide but I entered sometime in 2023. I had missed riding in the Peak District the year before on my version of LEJOG/GBDuro so I grabbe...
AMSTERDAM ADVENTURES: A review of the ePouch Zero-G Travel Bag by Kirsten Anderson
I’ve been an avid traveler since I was in high school. I’ve backpacked around Asia, Europe, and Southern Africa. And in this context, when I say “backpack” I mean the old school living off a shoest...
Hiking Japan’s Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route by Dave Stamboulis
The Kii Peninsula of Japan’s Wakayama Province contains some of the country’s most remote terrain, home to endless mountain ranges, deep cedar forests, wild bears, and some excellent trekking. It’s...
Adventure Needed but Denied by Andrei Turró
As a person who works a full-time job I have always kept a kinda timetable of adventures and places I want to visit and when to visit them. I check the upcoming year how many extra public holiday d...
SMD Flight 30 UL Review by Jim Sutherland
For longer than I remember, I have used backpacks when climbing, hiking, and biking in the mountains. So, when I noticed the Flight 30 Ultra Running Backpack this summer, I thought to myself that i...
South Africa 2023 Trip Report by James Lamers
My partner Kalysha’s academic work in the field of HIV research has brought her to South Africa every summer for the last few years. She had been asking me to join her ever since we moved in togeth...