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HHiking
Drakensberg Grand Traverse (Midjourney interpretation)
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How the Drakensberg and the Drakensberg Grand Traverse made me tap out.

  • byPolle
  • October 26, 2025
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I just couldn’t breathe. Four steps, five steps, time to breathe. Four steps. Breathe. An urge to lie…
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NNew Zealand
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Routeburn Track in one day (totally doable).

  • byPolle
  • March 14, 2025
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The Routeburn Track is one of New Zealand’s so-called Great Walks, those iconic, magical, and famously beautiful hikes…
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PPlanning & Preparation
Drakensberg Grand Traverse (Midjourney interpretation)
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Planning and preparing for the Drakensberg Grand Traverse

  • byPolle
  • August 11, 2024
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How do you plan and prepare for “one of the most difficult hikes in the world”, the Drakensberg…
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OOmakase
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Faroe Islands, the land of maybe.

  • byPolle
  • July 28, 2023
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“The land of maybe”, he chuckled. That is apparently what the English called it during the second World…
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PPlanning & Preparation
Making plans for the Peaks of the Balkans trail
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Planning and preparing for the Peaks of the Balkans

  • byPolle
  • July 28, 2023
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Omakase is the art of letting go, of having an open mind. And planning and preparation seems to be…
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PPacking list
How Midjourney envisions my Peaks of the Balkans trail
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Packing list for solo hiking Peaks of the Balkans

  • byPolle
  • July 20, 2023
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I started digiting my packing list in Notion during COVID times in 2020. I use the powerful connected…
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MMontenegro
Enjoying Peaks of the Balkans near Valbone Pass
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Solo hiking Peaks of the Balkans through Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro

  • byPolle
  • July 16, 2023
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“Europe’s last true wilderness”, as BBC called it in an article. The Peaks of the Balkans trail in…
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DDenmark
Near the Kallur Lighthouse
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That time I got stuck in a hail storm on The Faroe Islands.

  • byPolle
  • March 18, 2022
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It had been an amazing day on the Faroe Islands. A full day of perfect blue skies As…
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