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Here’s a fun fact for you: Switzerland has a lot of hiking trails. I know, crazy that a hiker would go to a place that has tonnes of mountains and loves to hike them. Unlike Norway and Italy, I didn’t do any overnight or multi-day journeys in the Swiss Alps. I thought about it, but…
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Date: 8th September 2026 Start: Klausenpass End: Klausenpass Distance Travelled: 13.06 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: too locked in, there was nothing playing upstairs Crevasses Fallen Into: 0 I’ll get to that stat point in a bit, don’t worry. My next destination after Madonna di Campiglio was Milan, and in typical Jono fashion, it…
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Dates: 31st August – 3rd September 2026 Start: Madonna di Campiglio End: Madonna di Campiglio Distance Travelled: 51.73 km Maximum Altitude: 2,580 m (taller than Kosci) Exactly one week after beginning Aurlandsdalen, I was back on another multi-day adventure. But as the title gives away, I’m now quite a distance from Norway. Gonna be another…
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Dates: 24th-26th August 2026 Start: Finse Station End: Vassbygdi Distance Travelled: 53.26 km Number of Times I said “Wow”: 1,241 (definitely didn’t make that up) Perhaps I should’ve just spent my entire trip touring round Scotland. Lovely, peaceful country (tourist-heavy Edinburgh notwithstanding), challenging mountain climbs, what’s not to like? Well, I did come here to…
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Date: 21st August 2026 Start: Cairngorm Mountain Resort End: Cairngorm Mountain Resort Distance Travelled: 18.68 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Welcome to the Internet by Bo Burnham Scottish Summit Views: 0 from 5 Leaving Corrour was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve had to do for a while. Physically it was easy, but…
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Date: 18th August 2026 Start: Corrour Station End: Corrour Station Distance Travelled: 22.54 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Silk by Wolf Alice Bog Holes Fallen Into: miraculously only the one Now, where were we? Oh yeah, Fort William station. Having just come back from climbing Ben Nevis, I was back where my day had…
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Date: 17th August 2026 Start: Glen Nevis Youth Hostel End: Glen Nevis Youth Hostel Distance Travelled: 15.17km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Silk by Wolf Alice Righto, Wales is too hot. Time to go somewhere with a more reasonable temperature that still has plenty of mountains to climb. Well, not straight away. The day after…
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Date: 12th August 2026 Start: Pen-y-Pass End: Pont Bethania Distance Travelled: 13.57km Song Currently Stuck in Head: nothing, was locked in for the entire duration of the hike Apart from a few weekends away and the couple 1.5 week trips I’ve taken to the Grampians and Tassie, the last big holiday I’ve had was the…
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Date: 20th June 2026 Start: Mount Barney Trailhead End: Uh… Mount Barney Trailhead Distance Travelled: 15.2km Song Currently Stuck in Head: the Hamilton soundtrack Number of Other People’s Feet I Used as a Handhold: one (I’ll explain later) Here’s the thing about being a hiker who lives in Queensland– well, one of the things: we…
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Date: 4th January 2026 Start: Narcissus Hut (km 60.2) End: Narcissus Jetty Distance Travelled: 0.3 km Total Distance Completed: 96.58 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys Scent Coming Off Our Clothes: Dan and Hammy are currently recoiling in disgust, hope that’s enough info Gah, just short of 100…
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Wow, Jono! What magnificent scenery! I must say I enjoyed the journey, sitting in my LazyBoy chair. Actually, I am…
Hello Jono, Well, you are certainly on the go! Great to read of your Norwegian journey – or at least…
Well, Jono, you are full of surprises! I hadn’t realised how much you had planned to pack in to your…
Hi Jono, The entertainment continues! Fancy finding so many deserted (almost) places in a country about the size of NZ…
Hi Jono, nice to read of your time at the racing in Italy, and the climbing in Switzerland with Oli.…