lightweight backpacking – ultralightbackpacking
In the early dark hours of the moring I was awoken by the squeals and snorts of a wild boar just outside my shelter. With only the thin 3D Silnylon fabric of my shelter keeping us apart I contemplated my next move ... Photos on my Facebook page and Flickr Saturday January 27th 2018 I …
North Sea Trail (Vestkyststien) On Friday March 31st I'll be heading to Hanstholm on the west coast of Denmark. I'm planning a 3 day hike starting at the harbour at Hanstholm and finishing 50 km south at Nørre Vorupør. It will take about 4 hours to drive from Copenhagen to the start. The first section is therefore only about …
Continue reading "Some gear I’ll be using on my next hike in Thy National Park later this month"
total base weight 6.4 kg total pack weight 9.6 kg total distance 23.2 km packing list photos on Flickr I decided to discover an area closer to home on this adventure as I normally travel to Sweden for most of my hiking needs. In Denmark one is restricted as to where one will camp. You are …
I wanted to explore more of this area in the South of Sweden before I moved on to other areas. This hike stretched over two days with a one night stopover. It involved some good distance for the daylight hours I had avialable and some interesting "bush whacking" as well. total base weight 6.5 kg total pack weight 8.8 …
Continue reading "Skåneleden Trail SL1 parts of sections 3, 3A & 4 – Exploring Raslången"
total base weight 5.2 kg total pack weight 7.8 kg Total distance 41.4 km packing list Photos on Flickr Day 1 - Friday 14th October 2016 Bökestad to Fuglabacken 3.3 km I drove by car from Copenhagen on Friday at lunch time and arrived at the Bökestad Shelter parking area at 3:30 pm. I only …
total base weight 5 kg total pack weight 7.2 kg packing list Photos on Flickr Day 1 - Friday September 23rd 2016 Elmelunde to Mandemarke Haver 13 km After 1½ hour drive from Copenhagen down to the island of Møn, I parked my car in the parking area in front of the school at Elmelunde. …
The Skåneleden Trail is over 1000 km long divided into 5 separate trails with 89 sections through the countryside of Skåne. total base weight 5 kg total pack weight 6.8 kg packing list Photos on Flickr Day 1 - Saturday September 10th 2016 Klippan to Krika skog 7.6 km I departed Denmark for Sweden on …
Continue reading "Skåneleden Trail SL3 Sections 1 & 2 – Krika skog to Åstorp"
74 km trail along the Danish-German border total base weight 6.4 kg total pack weight 10.4 kg Photos on Flickr My kit weighed more than I normally carry. This was because the hike stretched over 4 days and I had food packed for the whole period. Consumables packed including water and fuel 4 kg. This …
