Travel - Active Stuff Archives - Anwen Garston /category/travel-active-stuff/ Blog Sat, 09 Sep 2017 18:14:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 84828299 “Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” ― Anatoli Boukreev /mountains-like-life/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mountains-like-life Sun, 22 May 2016 14:39:43 +0000 / Mountains. I love them and I hate them. It’s always been this way. When I’m there, I hate it. The struggle. I never find it easy. Never! It doesn’t matter what I do to prepare. For whatever reason, I always find it difficult. No matter how fit I tend to be. Yet I keep going back. I think it’s the […]

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]]> 1660 Climbing Mountains /climbing-mountains/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climbing-mountains Mon, 16 May 2016 18:25:12 +0000 / “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac It’s been a while since I’ve been climbing mountains.  I miss it. Having said that, this particular hike was gruelling!   Hiking the Trolltunga involves a 1,000m ascent (3,000 ft), and took us about […]

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]]> 1638 Glacial Lakes /glacial-lakes/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glacial-lakes Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:57:25 +0000 / This is a, well basically, out of focus panorama of a glacial lake we encountered while hiking the Besseggen Ridge in Norway. I’d dreamed of hiking it for years. It was harder than I thought – I felt like I was rock climbing up a cliff at some points! It was worth the effort though

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]]> 1334 Half Dome Satisfaction /half-dome-finish/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=half-dome-finish Sat, 10 Oct 2015 06:13:44 +0000 / This is Andrew on our way back from climbing the Half Dome.  It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be, and the views from the top were stunning.  It rained torrentially that afternoon which caused a huge rock fall.  I was soaking wet and freezing cold by the time we got back to camp.

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]]> 1328 Torres del Paine /torres-del-paine/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=torres-del-paine Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:56:12 +0000 / This is the path to Mirador Cuernos in Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile. It’s one of the most scenic places I’ve ever visited. It’s also one of the windiest! The wind in Torres del Paine is crazy!  Gusts would appear from nowhere, knocking us down like demons.  We could hardly stand up, let alone walk, at some […]

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]]> 1280 Hiking up Tunupa Volcano /tunupa-volcano/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tunupa-volcano Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:40:28 +0000 / This is a guy in our group making his way up Tunupa Volcano. Tunupa is a dormant volcano that lies above the salt flats in Bolivia. This part’s about 5,000m up. It started to get pretty steep at this point. I was exhausted and hadn’t been well for a few days. I probably shouldn’t have done it but I’m glad […]

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]]> 1263 Norwegian Dreams in Lustrafjord /lustrafjord/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lustrafjord Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:44:39 +0000 / The weather wasn’t great when we were in Norway.  But we had a few hours here and there when the sun was shining.  This photo was taken between the quaint village of Skjolden and Solvorn.  It was the day after we had finished hiking the Besseggen Ridge and I was pretty tired still! Lustrafjord is the innermost arm of the […]

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]]> 1239 Choosing the Best Rucksack for a Round the World Trip /rtw-best-rucksack/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rtw-best-rucksack Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:09:19 +0000 / I’m often asked for recommendations on what to pack on extended trips. My Ultimate Packing List is here, but where do you start Here is what you need to think about, before you even start thinking about packing, or choosing the best rucksack. I know….if you’re busy saving to go travelling, the last thing you want to hear is that you […]

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]]> 844 Kilimanjaro Packing List /kilimanjaro-packing-list/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kilimanjaro-packing-list Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:00:20 +0000 / Here’s the packing list which got us to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. We were backpacking before and after our Kili hike so weight was a huge issue for is. We were planning on doing more trekking too, so whatever we took with us was going to be with us for a long time…. Unless you are a keen walker/camper, (or […]

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]]> 804 How to Get to the Top of Kilimanjaro /get-to-the-top-of-kilimanjaro/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-to-the-top-of-kilimanjaro /get-to-the-top-of-kilimanjaro/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:38:53 +0000 / Walking up Kilimanjaro is not cheap. It costs thousands of dollars. Want to spend all that money and time training only to walk down the mountain with your tail between your legs That would be embarrassing, and depressing! Yet it happens to thousands of people every year. So how do you get to the top of Kilimanjaro Maximise your chances […]

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