antoine – Page 17 – The Walking Gecko

Let’s write a few words about this special journey through the States. The Empire Builder is an Amtrak train Line that starts in the Seattle main train station and ends up 2000 miles or some 46 hours later according to it’s timeplan at the Union station in Chicago. It is a fantastic opportunity to discover […]

Sunshine coast trail May 29 – June 6

Posted on 09/06/201920/10/2019 by antoine

Hey ! Fast status update. I am right now at a well known coffee shop downtown Seattle and will post a few pictures of my latest trail that I just finished.The SCT is a 178 km long trail and is also the longest Canadian hut to hut trail.It took me 9 days to finish it. […]

WCT 15-20 May 2019

Posted on 28/05/201914/06/2019 by antoine

Hello there. Just taking some time before my next hike to post a little review of my west coast trail. In short it was great! We had all kind of weather you can expect in this region but most of time it was sunny. I even got a sunburn, one of the last thing I […]

Almost ready!

Posted on 08/05/201908/05/2019 by antoine

My plane will take off for the canadian west coast in less than three days! Still need to put everything in my backpack but its getting there! I had pretty much to do during the lasts weeks. I quit my job and gave my appartment back. I also modified my north west coast trip. Instead […]

My current TODO list

Posted on 11/03/201911/03/2019 by antoine

In order to prepare my future projects I jhzave still quite a few tasks to complete: Give up Job Give my flat back Finish the preparation for the WCT and order the last needed things Do all the administrative tasks in order to leave Switzerland correctly for a few months. This might be the most […]

Review of the first part of the JCT and what’s coming up next

Posted on 01/01/201910/02/2019 by antoine

200 kilometers! That are some 125 miles. I didn’t finish the trail because of the bad weather but I will complete it in 2019 as soon as the snow will be away. There are some 100 km remaining and it should take me 5-6 days to complete it. Here are some ideas for my next […]

JCT Day 10 Attempt number 1 Noiraigue to La Baronne and down to Boudry

Posted on 22/11/201830/10/2019 by antoine

20 km 800m up/1000m down 6 hoursTotal 204 km It was an interesting day! After a good night of rest in Travers and a good breakfast, I headed back to the trail in Noiraigue. First time that I did not saw the end of this stage indicated on the hiking indicator. Maybe because this was […]