Viajarapie is about long distance hiking. The name is in Spanish and it’d roughly translate into Travelling On Foot. The focus is on wilderness, self supported travel and all related aspects: gear, skills, ethics, DIY and the simple joy of being out in nature, feeling back home.
It’s on foot that the world gets big again.
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2017-12-01The second section of my IAT trip goes across the North Arm Hills, a group of mountains north of the Bay of Islands in Western Newfoundland. This story accounts for days 6 to 8 in the trip and starts in a Corner Brook town hotel.
2017-11-16The first section of my hike on the Newfoundland IAT goes across two mountain groups: the Lewis Hills and the Blow-me-Down Mountains. Wild and remote country in western Newfoundland.
2017-10-25This is the little story behind a dramatic shift in my navigation standards: for the first time ever, I'd be going on a long distance route with just a smartphone in my pocket.
2017-10-09This was bound to be the typical trip gear review article until something unexpected happened: I lost nearly all my gear on the flight into Newfoundland. Then, this otherwise typical review article got somewhat wicked and probably a lot more interesting
2017-09-15Newfoundland is a very special place that I want to try to portray as best as I can from the perspective of my trips there. It's all in this text: the good, the bad and the beauty.
2017-09-05My trip plans went down the drain when the St. John's airport belt stopped and my pack hadn't showed up. Then a whole new trip began.
2017-08-29If you've ever wondered what kind of a place Newfoundland is for hiking and backpacking, you can find here some general info on the island and insights into the Long Range Mountains and the International Appalachian Trail as it goes along
2017-08-11Adaptability, focus on the trip, Wilderness, wildlife, sense of connection, paperless navigation and packing heavy by popular demand
2017-07-10I'll be hiking in Newfoundland in the summer of 2017. If you’d ever wonder which gear a lightweight, long distance backpacker would take to a place like Newfoundland, you can see my version here.