My thru-hike Day 25-27- videos.trom.tf/w/3WjVNkM9HmYvG… Here I walked from Tavascan (Spain) to Lake Maurici, passing by a few small villages and finding camping wherever possible. I also learned a lesson here: never put your bag on the ground in these small villages- as there are plenty of dogs there!
Here I walked from Tavascan to Lake Maurici, passing by a few small villages and finding camping wherever possible. I also learned a lesson here: never put your bag on the ground in these small villages- as there are plenty of dogs there!
Its interesting to see all the things you have to worry about when camping. Will there be enough water for the day? Where's the next source of fresh water? How's the weather? Am I on the right track? Do I have enough food? Is my backpack too heavy? Is there gonna be a storm? Will my tent hold up in the storm? Are these horses gonna steal my food? Will dogs piss on my backpack? 😄
Damn there's a lot of things we take for granted when we stay at the comfort of our homes.
Here I walked from the Baiau Refuge, turned off of the GR11 to trek the HRP (Haute Route Pyrenees) and slept in Refugi de Baborte (also called Refugi del Cinquantenari). Then I took another variation and followed a trail called “La Porta del Cel” to get back to the GR11 at a little village called Tavascan.
Here I walked from the Baiau Refuge, turned off of the GR11 to trek the HRP (Haute Route Pyrenees) and slept in Refugi de Baborte (also called Refugi del Cinquantenari). Then I took another variation and followed a trail called “La Porta del Cel” to get back to the GR11 at a little village called Tavascan.
haha no I don't think many people would bring their dogs to do the entire GR11, it would be really difficult for the dog, but people can do bits and pieces of it (like for just a few days) with their dog, I've seen that a bunch
Day 22 of my thru-hike across the Pyrenees Mountains! Here I walked from Andorra to Spain and stayed in Refugi Baiau “Josep Maria Montfort”- an awesome free refuge (mountain hut/ shelter) by a gorgeous mountain lake.
I went off the main GR11 trail (onto the GR11.1 variant) to save myself from walking/camping in the rain. I slept in Refuge Pla de l'Estany (a free mountain hut), then walked to Estany Forcat (a beautiful mountain lake) in the Pyrenees Mountains on the border of Spain and Andorra.
I went off the main GR11 trail (onto the GR11.1 variant) to save myself from walking/camping in the rain. I slept in Refuge Pla de l'Estany (a free mountain hut), then walked to Estany Forcat (a beautiful mountain lake) in the Pyrenees Mountains on the border of Spain and Andorra.
haha I think I also spent a lot of time looking at the views, and moved very slowly because of that :D Yeah I hope no one got hurt too, that storm really came out of nowhere
Somewhere around here I had to raise my daily budget from 3 euros to 5. There was just no way I could get up those mountains without donuts and chorizo! :D My blisters were also killing me! And many horses wanted to eat my food! :D
Yes, somewhere around here I had to raise my daily budget from 3 euros to 5. There was just no way I could get up those mountains without donuts and chorizo! 😄 My blisters were also killing me! And many horses wanted to eat my food! 😄 Here I walked f…
videos.trom.tf/w/r5o6YJvPSCbaP… Days 14 & 15 of my thru-hike across the Pyrenees (Spain). Here I walked from Queralbs to Puigcerdà. At one point I lost the trail and had to bushwhack through stinging nettle.
Days 14 & 15 of my thru-hike across the Pyrenees (Spain). Here I walked from Queralbs to Puigcerdà. At one point I lost the trail and had to bushwhack through stinging nettle.
Day 11 of my thru-hike across the Pyrenees (Spain). Here I walked from Mollo to Setcases, struggling up the hills and battling with my blisters and busy mind 😄
Days 9 & 10 on the GR11 trek, ultraheavy style. Here I walked from the Bassegoda Refuge to a river close to Mollo. It was very hot and I experienced all kinds of pain!
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Basically I need to take what is in this photo (except those galaxies):
With all of the shoeboxes full of HDDs and cables:
I had a nice rest day at Refuge Forn de Calç (a bit early for a rest day- I know, but it was 33 degrees outside!). On day 6 I walked to La Jonquera (which was very disappointing) and on to some random shelter in the forest.
Day 5 & 6 on the GR11. I had a nice rest day at Refuge Forn de Calç (a bit early for a rest day- I know, but it was 33 degrees outside!). On day 6 I walked to La Jonquera (which was very disappointing) and on to some random shelter in the forest.
On my third night on the GR11, I had another terrifying encounter with wild boars. Then I spent my fourth day on the trail struggling with heat and water problems.
Here I walked from the Sant Quirze de Colera Monastery to the Forn de Calç refuge (which is a free shelter for hikers and bikers).
Day 2 & 3 on the GR11 thru-hike (ultraheavy style). Here I went from Port de la Selva to the Sant Pere de Rodes Monastery to Sant Quirze de Colera. I spent my first night alone on this trail- and was terrified of the wild animals that came by my tent. The next day I was attacked by dogs and almost collapsed from heat exhaustion :D videos.trom.tf/w/kA4RWoda1kD68…
Day 1 & 2 of my big hike from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic across the Pyrenees Mountains- videos.trom.tf/w/u62qwfJkodtER…
Thanks @Tio for joining me for the first 20 km of the trail! And thanks for taking some stuff out of my ultraheavy backpack! :D
aand also thank you for setting up this great PeerTube instance :) It turns out that uploading videos to PeerTube is much faster than uploading them to YouTube- and much less confusing! :D Not to mention no ads, no data collection, no google evil, and all that :D
Day 1 & 2 of my big hike from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic across the Pyrenees Mountains! Thanks Tio for joining me for the first 20 km of the trail! And thanks for taking some stuff out of my ultraheavy backpack! 😄
I remember @tio talking about how tired he got just from those few days he was on the hike with you, I have no idea how you managed to go the entire way through with that ultra heavy backpack, I hope the antigravity is working so your back wouldn't hurt.
BTW, were you also writing your book during the hike?
haha actually I have no idea either :D it was very difficult :) I already had my book written out but I had it on my book reader and went through it while I was in the mountains, noting some changes that I wanted to make
I'm starting a new video series about hiking the GR11 (an 840-km thru-hike across the Pyrenees) on a very tight budget. Here is the first video: videos.trom.tf/w/bscuS7uYA2PYV… It's me packing my Ultraheavy backpack :D
Here's me getting ready to trek the GR11, alone, but not alone, since my backpack is kind of like a medium-sized person... piggyback riding me for 840 kilometers... Let's see how this goes! Thru-hiking ULTRACHEAP - the opposite of ULTRALIGHT!
Oh wow, amazing start of the series, Sasha! Great equipment you have :smiling face with sunglasses: Can't wait to see how the "hammock plot" turns out.. :grinning squinting face:
Filmed at the Medes Islands, Spain. This marine reserve has been protected since 1983, allowing biodiversity to be restored in this little piece of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Medes Islands, Spain. This marine reserve has been protected since 1983, allowing biodiversity to be restored in this little piece of the Mediterranean Sea. Music: Ocean Voyage by DHDMusic
This is the first image released by the James Webb Telescope:
If you take a grain of salt, put it on the tip of your finger, and stretch your arm...that is the area of the sky that this represents.
Imagine how small we are, yet how big our eyes have become. Imagine how further we can see from one dim pebble. All of those ellipses of light and little dots, are galaxies. Billions of stars each, trillions of planets. Not enough grains of sand on Earth to match the number of planets in our Universe.
Such revelations should shake our species; our values should be reevaluated. Our priorities re-organized.
And yet, such astonishing truths, are a mere excitement for a select few; such images will become one of the trillions of images in the digital universe. On par with any other. Our society will fail to be moved in any direction; our values seem set in stone; our priorities will follow the same mindless and insignificant profits.
To say this is sad, is unjust. It is unbearable for anyone who understands all of this.
We have created a society of idiots. But we should know the cause by now. It is because humans ended up with a society that is based on trade. Trade this, trade that. You cannot survive if you cannot trade. And so, all of the humans are trapped in a nightmare. We can only wake them up, if we take care of them. Feed them, treat them, give them a shelter, a life. Only then we can hope to see them being curious about themselves and the world they live in. To focus on significant endeavors; to discover the universe, to understand their connection with nature, to protect what needs to be protected, to explore what is unexplored. To become a human species that has grandiose goals, and saner wants.
This is the only path forward. We have to march on the streets, we have to scream online, to provide humans with access to their needs, as trade-free. To decouple them from this hamster wheel, this nightmare. To give them back their brains. No change in politics or policies will do anything if all humans are consumed on a daily basis, for mindless trades.
Provide humans with their needs, as trade-free. Do it!
TROM is marching for this for at least a decade now. What are you doing? Where are you? We need you! #tromlive
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I am releasing a new project to, hopefully, make some money so that I can support our TROM project and myself. This is it -->> webape.site/
So. I provide managed instances for Mastodon, Peertube, Nextcloud, Friendica, and a few other services. On top of this I am making any kind of website in Wordpress. This is my "skill" and so I will try to make some money like this. I have to, I have no choice.
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I am not making a "business" out of this. I want to do a decent job at it, so I will only take 20-30 projects. Enough to sustain myself and have the time to focus on TROM, plus be able to properly manage these paid-for websites.
I tried to provide really cheap and very "tempting" offers, if anyone is interested, since I will only post once about this on my profile, the rest go on the Federated profile of the project -->> social.trom.tf/profile/webape
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in reply to Sasha • • •Its interesting to see all the things you have to worry about when camping. Will there be enough water for the day? Where's the next source of fresh water? How's the weather? Am I on the right track? Do I have enough food? Is my backpack too heavy? Is there gonna be a storm? Will my tent hold up in the storm? Are these horses gonna steal my food? Will dogs piss on my backpack? 😄
Damn there's a lot of things we take for granted when we stay at the comfort of our homes.
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