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Day 23-24: https://videos.trom.tf/w/12ffEq8NRNxdWNEwym2bhy

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.

A day well spent! 😄


Day 23-24: HRP and La Porta del Cel hike


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.

A day well spent! 😄


in reply to Sasha

I mean, I've seen the videos, they're well made 😃

And do you make the thumbnails too?
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haha thanks, they are quite simple 😁 Yeah I make the thumbnails too, that part is not so difficult 😀

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Just a little clip of the Baiau Lakes and Refugi Baiau “Josep Maria Montfort”:
https://videos.trom.tf/w/aCRyTbyUcMUJQJRcHYKWgP

Music: Light Scenery by Olezha Chopalish

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There was snow on the ground but it wasn't snowing when you were there 🤔

Then there was a swarm of flies, that was unexpected 🪰

Do many people bring their dogs to GR 11? I'm afraid of dogs, lol 😅
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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- New video from my thru-hike:
https://videos.trom.tf/w/4eLZSfaA6SWj74rePNmd8f

Here I walked from Andorra to Spain and stayed in Refugi Baiau “Josep Maria Montfort”- an awesome free shelter by a gorgeous mountain lake 😀


GR11 Day 22: Baiau Refuge


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.


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Day 21-22 of my thru-hike: https://videos.trom.tf/w/v2H2mY7MUC4cSHKvNBVQNk

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.


Day 21-22 GR11.1 Variant


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.


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That lake is so beautiful! 😍

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Day 19-20- https://videos.trom.tf/w/u641zj1Tk3GYQU9pABYEZJ
I made it to Andorra! And witnessed the craziest thunderstorm of my life! 😄
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If I was there I'd probably waste a lot of time looking at these amazing views and never really go anywhere, haha 😅

And I'm glad you didn't have to camp in that crazy storm, the fallen trees look scary, I hope no one got hurt.
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haha I think I also spent a lot of time looking at the views, and moved very slowly because of that 😁 Yeah I hope no one got hurt too, that storm really came out of nowhere

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Thru-hike Day 16-18: Blisters and Horses!
https://videos.trom.tf/w/b8YtQcs5KDgeQgnzGQzXcU

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

in reply to Sasha

You have a good sense of humor 😄

And damn those mountains and rivers look beautiful, such a lovely place 😍
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thanks 😄 yes they are really beautiful places 😊

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https://videos.trom.tf/w/r5o6YJvPSCbaPSNRLtsJst
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.

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GR11 thru-hike, Day 12-13-
https://videos.trom.tf/w/fJNrhVTLQ4yfXvxr5GqU6S

I made it to the first set of high mountains going east to west across the Pyrenees! Here I walked from Setcases to Queralbs, passing by the Ulldeter Refuge, Pic de Tirapits, and Nuria (all in Spain).

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Wow lots of nice & beautiful places. And you were inside a cloud! :ablobcatrave:

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Day 11 on the trail- https://videos.trom.tf/w/o6L1DU75ecd5eKgy1xU9ML

Here I walked from Mollo to Setcases, struggling up the hills and battling with my blisters and busy mind :D

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I didn't expect to see a horse ringing a bell, haha 😄

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GR11 Thru-Hike
Day 9-10: Women's Problems-
https://videos.trom.tf/w/syzofBadq6DoX4Go6jSL27

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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Wow, lots of different terrains and nice bridges. Also the tiny little frogs 🐸

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GR11
Day 7-8: https://videos.trom.tf/w/hZwNmVGXHi4F7gjsdFQzsR

Here I walked from Ermita de Santa Eugenia to Sant Miquel de Fontfreda, then on to the Bassegoda Refuge, which is a massive free shelter.



Laptop donation campaign for TROM <3


Laptop Donation Campaign - https://www.tromsite.com/tromlaptop/

By Tio:

This is a donation campaign to help me, Tio, buy a new laptop that will allow me to become more mobile while having all I need to work on TROM and its baby projects. Please see the donation campaign for a detailed explanation and help if you can.

Basically I need to take what is in this photo (except those galaxies):


With all of the shoeboxes full of HDDs and cables:

And put it into this:

Thank you very much if you can help out! :)

#tromlive



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Day 5 & 6 on the GR11: https://videos.trom.tf/w/oAEigXSKtfMPBw1FkCnJfZ

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.


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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).

https://videos.trom.tf/w/5gHycr3RAi1AM31mTAyE6r

in reply to Sasha

The door opens and the video ends, excited for the next one 😀

BTW, boars sound way scarier than I thought, could totally use that in a horror movie!
in reply to Rokosun

haha yes they are really scary!! 😁

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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
https://videos.trom.tf/w/kA4RWoda1kD68Tb5QWFjYz
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This series is getting very interesting really quickly!

Boar: *makes scary noises*

Sasha: *takes out her katana, AKA pointless knife* 🤣

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Day 1 & 2 of my big hike from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic across the Pyrenees Mountains-
https://videos.trom.tf/w/u62qwfJkodtERaA7icQCZX

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

@Tio

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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?
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haha actually I have no idea either 😁 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

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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: https://videos.trom.tf/w/bscuS7uYA2PYVJWoa7h1qw
It's me packing my Ultraheavy backpack :D

You can find my full thru-hike gear list here: https://files.trom.tf/s/b5cpxbsHjKkwDQJ

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Oh wow, amazing start of the series, Sasha! Great equipment you have 😎 Can't wait to see how the "hammock plot" turns out.. 😆
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thank you 😀 haha oh the hammock plot 😆🤣

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I made a little video with some big fish :)
https://videos.trom.tf/w/9c1jhV2NSJ5qCPnY1rDb3d?start=0s

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.




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Our Society is Retarded and Fucked Up.


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Its infuriating how poor people have to go through all this BS in our society.


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Great new video by Tio and Dima-


Life is a Monopoly Game https://link.trom.tf/Smx6Tsft

"Tio from TROM explains concept of our trade-based society using Monopoly Game as an example."

Video made by @Dima

Subscribe to his Peertube here https://link.trom.tf/KQPVbxaL and Youtube here https://link.trom.tf/DkNzDW6e

Big thanks to Dima for the video! #tromlive


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Our latest TROM-Cast- https://videos.trom.tf/w/8nzjwMPpyvVDFK9FyP4S4G
-talking about the situation in Ukraine and war in general.

https://www.tromsite.com/videos/


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Wow, that is an amazing article you just wrote. This is the true reality of war, you explained it very well.


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I was interviewed for a mini-documentary + article about Couchsurfing. You can see it here:
https://www.lx.com/entertainment/is-the-couch-surfing-revolution-still-alive/49918/

It’s a nice video with a positive message in the end. The only thing it’s missing, I’d say, is a mention of some alternative couchsurfing platforms like https://www.trustroots.org/ and https://www.bewelcome.org/ – those that haven’t morphed into an evil profit-driven company 😁

I explained the whole Couchsurfing story in more detail here- https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2020/05/26/the-death-of-couchsurfing/
That’s why I’m in this mini-doc 😀

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I've never heard of couchsurfing before, this looks very interesting. See, now I'm more excited for your book, haha 😀
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haha :) It was a really nice project for a few years, and a really great idea that allowed people to connect all over the world. Hopefully it will still live on through different projects in a more decentralized way :)

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Thank you to Merwin for a $4 donation :)
My website got a bunch of attention these days because the Dodo channel published a video about my octopus "friends" and it seems to have gone viral. Unfortunately they only posted it on Facebook but here it is- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=616745376052429
They titled it as "Octopus Leads Her Human Best Friend To Her Den" haha :D It was true tho :)

And here is the video that Dima made about the same octopuses- https://videos.trom.tf/w/svf9xeAmkEzgz8CXKoUZPN

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Big thank you to John Moua for a $30 donation with the message “We support you girl. keep up with your journey and especially your book.” - That is super nice of you! :)

I’m becoming more and more confident that I’d like to self-publish my book without even trying to send it to any agents or publishing companies. That’s mostly because I think I’ll blow my head off if I have to edit it anymore (and I would have to edit it a lot more if a publishing company accepted it). I’d also like to have control over it- no editing out controversial subjects, no changing the title, no .99 prices, and nobody telling me that I can’t give it away for free.

Let’s see. For now I am still editing and editing...

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If you would like to get a notification when I (finally) publish my book, you can subscribe here: https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book
You will receive just one email from me.

I'm done with the 5th draft of parts 1 and 2 now. That's about 1/3 of the way there! (The 5th draft will have to be the final one :D )

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A massive thank you to Jocelyn for a €264 donation. That is extremely kind of you and helps a ton!
And also a massive thank you to Uwe and Benjamin, who still support me on Patreon. I haven’t made much new content for a while because I am still focusing on my book and this has been a huge challenge for me. I made an update about my struggle here a few days ago- https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book

Basically, I’m still working on the 5th draft, which (I know I’ve said this before) I hope will be the last and final one :)

For now, Tio and I have enough money to survive for another 4 months or so thanks to a number of very kind people who help us out. Thank you so much to you all.




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I made a lot of progress polishing up my book these days. Got through almost the entire huge list of grammar questions/problems that I had (-and that was a huuge pain). Now I have a few more edits to do before I go through it all again - hopefully the last time (though I seem to say that every time :D).

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@Dima made a cool video about my octopus experience :D -

https://videos.trom.tf/w/svf9xeAmkEzgz8CXKoUZPN

Here I explain the story of how I met and started interacting with these octopuses :)
See my blog for more details: https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/2021/04/28/meeting-an-octopus/

These days the water temperature is about 14-15 degrees, but I'm still going in there to interact with these octopuses :D Yesterday I found a very friendly one who chased me around the bay. I'll see if I can film him :)

Big thanks to Dima for the video :)

@Dima

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Yesterday I got to preview the first part of TROM II documentary and I must say that it’s really really awesome :) I may be biased (since I’m in it :)) but sometimes it gave me the chills. And it also reminds me a bit of Adam Curtis’ documentaries. Overall I think @Tio did a fantastic job so far, and I can’t wait to see what will come next!
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You are too nice :)
in reply to Tio

Oh I cant wait to watch it :D