Death Canyon. Aptly named. These events occur between mile 1950 and 2086. We are currently at mile 2386. We were two days walk beyond the...

Every hundred miles or so we need to get off trail and re-supply - food, cooking gas, new shoes, snow gear etc. Stops in town feel like a...

And then they shaved my head. I brought this upon myself. In July I said that I would get Dad to shave my head if we managed to raise...

I write the following between Saturday 17 November 2018 and Tuesday 18 December 2018 - from El Cajon to San Antonio to Playa del Carmen...

Our hiking shoes, heavily worn, no longer needed.

What we eat Before you judge our diet, remember that we burn 4 to 6 thousand calories each day and, despite all we eat, we've lost about...

At the moment I literally carry my life on my back and in my mind (except for a bag of clothes I hid under a bed at mum and dad's and my...

One day in the life of Neil and Dennison...ovich "The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favours, it always wants...

One day in the life of Neil and Dennison...ovich "The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favours, it always wants...

I probably shouldn't say this... But I will. Dad sometimes walks behind Mum with his legs stiff, marching and his hand in a Hitler...

Part 1, Vale la pena Our maskot, Colin the sausage dog, was covered in ice. My boots were frozen stiff, the laces like steel wire. Our...

We listen to a lot of podcasts. I would like to say I listen to a balanced mix - addressing both sides of the ever increasing divide. But...

We have been walking for as long as this toenail is not covered in nail polish. Miles are a concept of time, not a logical distance. That...

"Hold on. What? Who? You're going to have to stop soon...I'm falling asleep." This is how most days end for me on the PCT. Cocooned in my...

Another Update FiresFiresFires The astute may have noticed 29 miles missing from our tracker. Unfortunately we had to skip part of the...

Walking day in day out, with a pack on your back, hurts. Your feet ache, your back and shoulder muscles get tight, the Scotsman gets...

Walking day in day out, with a pack on your back, hurts. Your feet ache, your back and shoulder muscles get tight, the Scotsman gets...

A short rant by N. America is a country rich in natural beauty. Their mountain ranges, national parks and wilderness and wildlife is...

I've been quiet since we left Cascade Locks about 11 days ago. The 'bug' hit me a few days after it hit Neil so we had about 4 days off...

Updates from N We're 150 miles into Oregon now, so it's a good time to update our status on various things of dubious importance....