The hike – a story about a change in life

This is a danish site, but I realized that nobody except Danes could read it. And since I decided to walk the Camino in 2016 and finalized it the start of October last year, I have thought about writing in English instead.  So here I go and hopefully it will be well received by the readers of my blog. Danish translation below.

What has happened since my walk ended in October? Well when I think about it, not a lot.  But all things have their time and I have a lot of time. I spend the first two weeks after the Camino doing absolutely nothing and suddenly it was Christmas. So I took my time and enjoyed the first December in 35 year, where I could do exactly, what I wanted to do. It was great.

So my life is in 1st gear and I am not intending to go any faster for a long time. It is time for reflection and having time to do things I really want to do. Spending time with the people around me and get experience in the field of hiking.

So what are my plans as to hikes in the future?  I have one major goal, and all I am going to do relating to hiking is training for this experience.  As a totally inexperienced hiker, I have to learn and train, to accomplish this.

The Pacific Crest Trail, a hike of approximately 4.300 kilometers. I have a plan of walking it over 4 years, but still it is mostly an aspiration.

To accomplish this I have to train hiking in remote areas and I found the Norway is the perfect spot for this combined with trips in the French alps.

So the first trip will be to Norway. I will start with a 8 hour hike to Trolltunga.
Afterwards I will travel to Trondsbu and start a 4 days hike in Hardangervidda.  Here I will combine hiking with fishing lake trout.

 

 

Danish translation (without pictures and links)

Dette er en dansk hjemmeside, men det er gået op for mig at ingen, udover danskere, kunne læse og forstå den. Og siden jeg besluttede at gå Caminoen i 2016 and afsluttede den i starten af oktober sidste år, har jeg tænkt mig at skifte til engelsk. Så nu gør jeg det og håber at den vil blive vel modtaget af læserne af min blog.

Og hvad er der sket siden min tur sluttede i oktober? Ikke meget, når jeg tænker over det. Men alle ting har deres tid og jeg har masser af tid. Jeg brugte de to første uger efter Caminoen på at lave absolut intet og pludselig var det jul. Så jeg tog mig min tid og nød min første december i 35 år, hvor jeg kunne gøre lige præcis, hvad jeg havde lyst til. Det var fantastisk.

Så ligenu kører mit liv i første gear og jeg har ingen intentioner om at køre hurtigere lige nu. Det er tid til refleksion, tid til at gøre ting, jeg har lyst til. Have tid til menneskene omkring mig og få mere erfaring indenfor vandring.

Så hvilke vandreture planlægger jeg at tage på? Jeg har et stort mål, og alt hvad jeg udfører af vandringer har til formål at træne for at få den oplevelse. Som en uerfaren vandrer, skal jeg lære og træne, for at fuldføre det.

The Pacific Crest Trail, en vandring på ca. 4.300 kilometer. Jeg har en plan om, at tage den over 4 år, men det indtil nu mest en aspiration.

Få at opnå det skal jeg træne vandring i ubeboede områder, og jeg synes, at Norge er det perfekte sted for det sammen med ture i de franske alper.

Så den første tur bliver til Norge. Jeg starter med en 8 timers tur til Trolltunga.  Efterfølgende rejser jeg videre til Trondsbu og starter en 4 dages vandring i Hardangervidda.  Her vil jeg kombinere vandring med fiskning efter sø-ørred.

My walks and hikes